VOX Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, VOX traded between $86.57 and $88.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 11.7%, placing in the 7.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 8.0%). Max pain ranged from $82.00 to $82.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.04.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-25: Highest Volume — 40 contracts
  • 2014-09-25: Largest IV spike — 17.7% change
  • 2014-09-30: Highest IV Rank — 11.5%
  • 2014-09-02: Largest Expected Move — 4.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$87.94$86.57$88.96$88.33$87.30
Max Pain$82.00$82.00$82.00$82.00$82.00
ATM IV11.7%10.2%13.3%11.7%13.3%
Expected Move3.7%2.9%4.0%4.0%3.8%
HV 20d8.0%4.5%10.7%8.7%10.5%
HV 60d10.4%9.9%11.1%10.1%11.0%
IV Rank7.5%4.0%11.5%7.6%11.5%
IV Percentile24.3%4.8%59.1%19.0%59.1%
Term Structure1.1%-0.5%2.3%1.3%-0.1%
Skew 25d2.9%2.3%3.5%2.9%2.5%
Skew 10d6.7%4.4%9.2%8.1%4.4%
Call IV 25d10.6%9.3%11.9%9.9%11.9%
Put IV 25d13.5%11.9%15.4%12.8%14.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.369.2817.219.3112.53
Gamma HHI0.150.110.220.130.13
Net GEX71.1K14.3K98.9K80.4K49.7K
Net DEX-256.7K-550.1K197.6K-444.0K30.1K
Net VEX-2.5K-2.8K-2.3K-2.7K-2.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.040.005.001.205.00
Total Volume11.95204000
Total OI322.714290368305368

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$88.33$82.0011.7%4.0%8.7%7.6%0.0%2.9%1.3%80.4K-444.0K-2.7K0.009.31N/AN/A00166139
2014-09-03$88.28$82.0011.4%3.9%8.7%6.9%0.0%2.9%1.0%82.3K-433.1K-2.6K0.009.65N/AN/A00166139
2014-09-04$88.18$82.0011.3%3.9%5.3%6.7%0.0%2.3%1.6%86.0K-433.5K-2.6K0.0017.21N/AN/A00166139
2014-09-05$88.77$82.0010.3%3.7%4.5%4.2%0.0%3.3%1.5%80.9K-550.1K-2.7K0.0010.14N/AN/A00166139
2014-09-08$88.68$82.0010.2%3.7%4.5%4.0%0.0%2.7%2.3%96.1K-522.8K-2.3K0.0012.91N/AN/A027166139
2014-09-09$87.66$82.0010.6%3.8%6.4%4.9%0.0%3.0%1.5%81.9K-251.8K-2.5K1.2012.11N/AN/A56166151
2014-09-10$87.60$82.0010.5%3.8%6.4%4.7%0.0%3.1%1.7%78.1K-210.3K-2.4K0.1311.52N/AN/A152166157
2014-09-11$88.29$82.0011.9%3.8%6.9%8.0%0.0%3.1%1.7%89.5K-437.6K-2.7K0.009.28N/AN/A05179159
2014-09-12$88.18$82.0011.6%3.7%7.0%7.4%0.0%3.1%1.7%89.7K-439.0K-2.7K0.0010.62N/AN/A240179159
2014-09-15$87.35$82.0013.0%3.9%7.8%10.6%0.0%3.2%1.2%91.6K-232.0K-2.6K0.0010.11N/AN/A00185159
2014-09-16$87.80$82.0012.2%2.9%7.9%8.8%0.0%3.1%1.4%98.9K-348.3K-2.5K0.0012.69N/AN/A00185159
2014-09-17$87.99$82.0011.8%3.8%7.8%7.9%0.0%2.9%1.6%97.9K-429.1K-2.5K0.0011.74N/AN/A30185159
2014-09-18$88.66$82.0011.2%3.7%8.2%6.3%0.0%2.9%1.8%88.6K-442.6K-2.5K0.0016.54N/AN/A360165139
2014-09-19$88.96$82.0010.3%3.6%8.2%4.3%0.0%2.6%2.2%89.2K-467.4K-2.4K2.009.47N/AN/A1020164139
2014-09-22$88.38$82.0011.6%3.8%8.7%7.2%0.0%2.9%0.6%45.5K-116.7K-2.5K1.609.71N/AN/A58147143
2014-09-23$87.61$82.0011.6%3.8%9.2%7.3%0.0%3.0%0.6%24.3K52.2K-2.4K0.0010.18N/AN/A00147151
2014-09-24$87.91$82.0011.2%3.7%9.2%6.4%0.0%2.6%0.6%28.9K15.6K-2.3K0.5010.39N/AN/A2211147151
2014-09-25$86.57$82.0013.2%3.8%10.5%11.3%0.0%3.5%-0.5%14.3K197.6K-2.5K0.0011.50N/AN/A400169162
2014-09-26$87.09$82.0012.9%3.8%10.7%10.4%0.0%3.0%-0.0%50.2K30.3K-2.8K0.0010.92N/AN/A00194162
2014-09-29$87.05$82.0013.1%3.8%10.5%10.9%0.0%3.1%0.1%49.3K41.6K-2.6K5.0010.06N/AN/A210194162
2014-09-30$87.30$82.0013.3%3.8%10.5%11.5%0.0%2.5%-0.1%49.7K30.1K-2.6K0.0012.53N/AN/A00196172