VOX Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, VOX traded between $82.92 and $86.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.6%, placing in the 32.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 12.9%). Max pain ranged from $83.00 to $88.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-14: Highest Volume — 337 contracts
  • 2015-01-30: Largest IV spike — 56.6% change
  • 2015-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 68.0%
  • 2015-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$84.70$82.92$86.44$84.95$83.15
Max Pain$84.15$83.00$88.00$88.00$85.00
ATM IV15.6%13.5%23.7%14.2%23.7%
Expected Move4.4%3.9%6.8%4.2%6.8%
HV 20d12.9%11.7%14.9%13.6%12.5%
HV 60d12.7%12.1%13.8%13.6%12.4%
IV Rank32.6%23.6%68.0%26.5%68.0%
IV Percentile76.6%54.8%97.6%72.2%97.6%
Term Structure0.2%-5.3%1.5%0.4%-5.3%
VWIV14.9%12.7%18.2%12.7%18.2%
Skew 25d2.7%-12.0%3.9%3.5%-12.0%
Skew 10d5.7%-21.4%8.6%5.2%-21.4%
Call IV 25d14.9%11.7%42.8%12.8%42.8%
Put IV 25d17.6%14.7%30.8%16.3%30.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %51.4833.55149.1037.81149.10
Gamma HHI0.250.150.580.150.15
Net GEX-12.8K-186.9K62.0K16.7K25.5K
Net DEX-77.3K-427.3K265.9K-116.3K-107.3K
Net VEX-2.3K-2.6K-2.1K-2.5K-2.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.181.000.531.00
Total Volume1400337235146
Total OI295.6162445322218

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$84.95$88.0014.2%4.2%13.6%26.5%12.7%3.5%0.4%16.7K-116.3K-2.5K0.5337.81N/AN/A15481191131
2015-01-05$83.62$88.0016.7%4.5%14.5%37.6%16.0%3.4%0.6%-7.0K95.2K-2.4K0.0035.23N/AN/A014192131
2015-01-06$82.92$83.0018.2%4.7%14.7%44.2%0.0%3.8%0.9%-32.1K265.9K-2.3K0.0038.36N/AN/A00192145
2015-01-07$83.38$83.0017.5%4.6%14.9%41.1%0.0%3.9%0.6%-28.3K190.9K-2.3K0.0038.92N/AN/A00192145
2015-01-08$84.43$83.0015.7%4.4%14.5%33.3%14.0%3.5%0.9%-8.3K22.6K-2.3K0.5133.55N/AN/A15478192148
2015-01-09$84.21$83.0014.1%4.3%13.6%25.9%13.5%3.3%1.2%-13.9K47.8K-2.2K0.9446.91N/AN/A158149192148
2015-01-12$84.84$83.0013.6%4.1%13.7%23.8%13.3%3.4%1.4%-118.8K91.9K-2.2K0.9643.49N/AN/A158152192222
2015-01-13$84.81$83.0013.6%4.1%12.5%23.8%13.1%3.5%1.5%-114.8K43.2K-2.2K0.9642.72N/AN/A158152192226
2015-01-14$84.80$83.0016.3%4.7%12.5%35.7%15.9%3.9%0.4%-134.4K53.9K-2.1K0.8241.39N/AN/A185152192226
2015-01-15$84.38$83.0017.0%4.9%12.6%38.8%16.0%3.6%-0.1%-186.9K121.0K-2.4K0.8334.41N/AN/A183152219226
2015-01-16$85.50$83.0016.3%4.7%12.1%35.6%17.0%3.9%0.6%-12.2K-82.2K-2.6K0.0035.62N/AN/A014219223
2015-01-20$85.85$84.0014.0%4.0%11.9%25.5%14.0%3.6%0.3%32.4K-299.6K-2.2K0.1853.59N/AN/A17310458
2015-01-21$85.92$84.0015.6%4.5%11.8%32.7%15.9%3.4%0.2%42.4K-358.9K-2.4K0.5040.90N/AN/A2112161
2015-01-22$86.44$84.0013.5%3.9%11.7%23.7%14.2%3.1%0.6%51.6K-427.3K-2.3K0.9556.19N/AN/A575412362
2015-01-23$85.71$84.0013.5%3.9%12.1%23.6%14.2%3.2%0.3%52.1K-347.0K-2.3K0.7654.60N/AN/A715412362
2015-01-26$85.65$84.0013.6%3.9%12.1%23.8%13.4%3.4%0.1%62.0K-361.2K-2.4K0.0059.21N/AN/A01413762
2015-01-27$84.90$85.0014.2%4.1%12.1%26.6%17.9%2.8%0.1%43.5K-199.9K-2.4K0.0072.90N/AN/A0313776
2015-01-28$84.26$85.0015.1%4.3%12.4%30.4%14.2%3.4%-0.1%36.7K-92.0K-2.3K0.9956.16N/AN/A717013779
2015-01-29$84.21$85.0015.1%4.3%12.1%30.6%14.4%3.7%-0.1%37.2K-87.2K-2.3K0.9658.47N/AN/A737013779
2015-01-30$83.15$85.0023.7%6.8%12.5%68.0%18.2%-12.0%-5.3%25.5K-107.3K-2.4K1.00149.10N/AN/A737313979