VOX Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, VOX traded between $86.14 and $88.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.1%, placing in the 11.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 13.5%). Max pain ranged from $82.00 to $89.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-13: Highest Volume — 82 contracts
  • 2014-08-06: Largest IV spike — 15.8% change
  • 2014-08-07: Highest IV Rank — 18.5%
  • 2014-08-07: Largest Expected Move — 4.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$87.26$86.14$88.51$88.44$88.42
Max Pain$86.25$82.00$89.00$89.00$82.00
ATM IV13.1%11.0%16.2%13.8%11.0%
Expected Move4.0%3.8%4.3%4.0%3.9%
HV 20d13.5%8.7%15.1%13.8%8.7%
HV 60d10.4%10.1%10.9%10.4%10.1%
IV Rank11.0%5.8%18.5%12.7%5.8%
IV Percentile48.1%10.7%88.1%69.4%10.7%
Term Structure0.7%-0.2%1.4%0.6%1.4%
VWIV14.5%12.7%16.5%14.2%16.5%
Skew 25d3.0%2.4%4.0%2.9%3.1%
Skew 10d4.9%2.9%8.3%7.1%7.7%
Call IV 25d11.7%9.2%13.7%12.5%9.2%
Put IV 25d14.7%12.3%16.2%15.5%12.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.398.5487.2087.2022.20
Gamma HHI0.140.100.230.190.13
Net GEX36.2K10.7K78.9K24.2K78.9K
Net DEX-116.2K-455.0K121.1K-93.7K-455.0K
Net VEX-2.1K-3.0K-1.1K-1.5K-2.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.002.500.000.50
Total Volume14.429082031
Total OI225.143150305152305

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$88.44$89.0013.8%4.0%13.8%12.7%0.0%2.9%0.6%24.2K-93.7K-1.5K0.0087.20N/AN/A007973
2014-08-04$88.43$89.0014.3%4.1%13.7%13.9%0.0%3.1%0.2%25.9K-83.1K-1.4K0.0020.84N/AN/A007973
2014-08-05$88.51$89.0012.9%3.8%13.4%10.6%0.0%3.0%0.5%28.6K-85.3K-1.4K0.0026.95N/AN/A007973
2014-08-06$86.87$89.0014.9%4.1%14.9%15.5%0.0%3.0%0.3%15.4K73.3K-1.2K0.0033.43N/AN/A407973
2014-08-07$86.14$89.0016.2%4.3%15.1%18.5%0.0%2.4%-0.2%10.7K121.1K-1.1K0.0040.58N/AN/A008373
2014-08-08$86.42$89.0014.6%4.2%15.0%14.7%0.0%3.1%0.1%12.3K111.6K-1.1K2.5039.81N/AN/A4108373
2014-08-11$86.53$89.0013.8%4.0%14.9%12.8%0.0%2.8%0.6%17.2K6.6K-1.1K0.0040.72N/AN/A008763
2014-08-12$86.73$89.0013.2%3.9%14.9%11.3%14.2%3.2%0.4%12.9K20.5K-1.1K0.4641.77N/AN/A26128763
2014-08-13$86.86$86.0014.2%3.9%14.9%13.6%12.7%3.3%0.3%37.6K-127.5K-1.4K1.7348.64N/AN/A305211365
2014-08-14$87.01$86.0013.3%3.8%14.6%11.6%0.0%3.1%0.6%24.1K-28.2K-2.5K0.0041.34N/AN/A031142104
2014-08-15$86.80$86.0013.3%3.8%14.3%11.4%0.0%2.9%0.5%16.7K15.0K-2.6K0.0046.54N/AN/A00142129
2014-08-18$87.03$0.0013.6%4.2%14.1%12.3%0.0%2.7%0.6%18.6K-84.7K-2.5K0.5013.70N/AN/A105110113
2014-08-19$86.74$0.0012.8%4.0%14.0%10.3%0.0%2.6%0.6%17.1K-44.3K-2.3K0.919.23N/AN/A2220105113
2014-08-20$86.81$0.0012.2%4.0%14.0%8.8%0.0%4.0%0.9%26.9K-89.3K-2.7K0.188.99N/AN/A224127133
2014-08-21$86.96$0.0012.2%4.0%14.0%8.7%0.0%3.3%0.9%49.7K-179.8K-2.9K0.078.93N/AN/A151149137
2014-08-22$86.91$0.0012.1%4.0%14.0%8.6%16.5%2.9%0.8%57.0K-186.8K-3.0K0.509.45N/AN/A21164138
2014-08-25$87.27$82.0012.2%4.0%14.1%8.8%0.0%3.0%1.0%65.3K-261.0K-3.0K0.008.97N/AN/A01166138
2014-08-26$87.58$82.0011.4%3.9%10.7%6.8%0.0%3.2%1.2%69.5K-307.3K-3.0K0.008.54N/AN/A00166139
2014-08-27$88.08$82.0011.5%3.9%11.0%7.0%0.0%2.7%1.0%75.0K-389.3K-2.9K0.008.72N/AN/A00166139
2014-08-28$87.90$82.0011.3%3.9%8.7%6.6%0.0%2.6%1.2%76.7K-372.5K-2.9K0.008.67N/AN/A00166139
2014-08-29$88.42$82.0011.0%3.9%8.7%5.8%0.0%3.1%1.4%78.9K-455.0K-2.8K0.0022.20N/AN/A031166139