VOX Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, VOX traded between $84.88 and $89.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.0%, placing in the 17.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 14.3%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $88.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-13: Highest Volume — 187 contracts
  • 2015-02-11: Largest IV spike — 16.9% change
  • 2015-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 24.5%
  • 2015-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 3.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$88.12$84.88$89.21$84.88$88.62
Max Pain$82.89$80.00$88.00$85.00$88.00
ATM IV12.0%10.4%13.7%13.7%11.2%
Expected Move3.5%3.2%3.9%3.9%3.2%
HV 20d14.3%13.4%15.3%14.6%13.4%
HV 60d13.5%13.1%13.9%13.1%13.3%
IV Rank17.0%9.9%24.5%24.5%13.4%
IV Percentile23.7%4.8%60.3%60.3%9.9%
Term Structure0.5%-0.3%1.2%0.4%0.8%
VWIV12.8%11.9%13.6%12.2%12.4%
Skew 25d2.9%2.4%3.9%3.9%2.7%
Skew 10d6.2%4.6%8.6%6.5%6.7%
Call IV 25d11.1%10.1%12.8%12.8%10.4%
Put IV 25d14.0%12.8%16.7%16.7%13.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %63.9729.7496.7578.7587.48
Gamma HHI0.170.130.200.190.15
Net GEX62.3K42.6K90.0K45.4K50.4K
Net DEX-832.4K-1.3M-170.4K-170.4K-734.8K
Net VEX-2.2K-2.4K-1.7K-2.3K-2.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.501.331.330.68
Total Volume139.52631877165
Total OI246.105216291221231

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$84.88$85.0013.7%3.9%14.6%24.5%12.2%3.9%0.4%45.4K-170.4K-2.3K1.3378.75N/AN/A3413982
2015-02-03$86.75$85.0012.1%3.5%15.3%17.3%13.6%2.5%0.8%65.4K-478.5K-2.3K0.9586.89N/AN/A787414286
2015-02-04$86.90$85.0012.4%3.5%14.8%18.6%13.0%2.4%1.1%68.6K-532.2K-2.3K0.9096.75N/AN/A797114886
2015-02-05$87.67$80.0011.5%3.7%15.0%14.7%12.9%3.2%0.3%68.3K-661.6K-2.3K0.9029.74N/AN/A797115085
2015-02-06$87.99$80.0011.4%3.7%14.5%14.3%13.0%2.8%0.4%64.9K-716.8K-2.2K0.8629.97N/AN/A837115085
2015-02-09$88.10$80.0011.8%3.7%14.4%16.2%13.5%3.0%0.7%73.7K-761.7K-2.0K0.9543.30N/AN/A757115485
2015-02-10$88.87$80.0010.4%3.5%14.5%9.9%13.6%2.9%0.3%70.2K-876.1K-1.9K0.9544.69N/AN/A757115685
2015-02-11$88.84$80.0012.1%3.5%14.5%17.6%13.4%2.9%0.5%71.3K-900.5K-1.8K0.9547.13N/AN/A757115685
2015-02-12$89.07$80.0012.0%3.4%14.5%16.9%12.3%2.7%0.3%65.7K-964.8K-1.7K0.6363.10N/AN/A1137115685
2015-02-13$89.21$80.0011.7%3.3%14.2%15.5%11.9%2.8%0.6%71.1K-1.3M-2.1K0.6158.45N/AN/A1167119685
2015-02-17$89.06$80.0011.9%3.4%13.7%16.7%12.3%2.6%0.5%69.2K-1.3M-2.2K0.6162.94N/AN/A1167120185
2015-02-18$88.52$80.0012.0%3.4%14.0%17.0%12.4%2.9%0.5%90.0K-1.2M-2.2K0.6462.50N/AN/A1147320185
2015-02-19$88.34$80.0012.3%3.5%14.1%18.2%12.1%2.6%1.2%66.8K-1.2M-2.2K0.5061.38N/AN/A2120386
2015-02-20$88.73$80.0011.8%3.4%14.0%16.3%12.4%2.9%0.4%49.6K-1.3M-2.2K0.8068.49N/AN/A151220586
2015-02-23$87.73$88.0012.9%3.7%14.3%20.8%12.9%3.1%0.2%42.6K-617.5K-2.4K0.6273.00N/AN/A1026314670
2015-02-24$88.13$88.0012.9%3.7%14.3%20.8%13.1%3.3%-0.3%48.1K-666.2K-2.4K0.6267.92N/AN/A1026315374
2015-02-25$88.55$88.0011.6%3.3%13.8%15.2%12.8%2.9%0.3%52.0K-722.8K-2.4K0.6276.53N/AN/A1026315374
2015-02-26$88.34$88.0012.6%3.6%13.5%19.6%13.1%3.4%-0.3%51.2K-702.7K-2.4K0.6876.50N/AN/A986715374
2015-02-27$88.62$88.0011.2%3.2%13.4%13.4%12.4%2.7%0.8%50.4K-734.8K-2.3K0.6887.48N/AN/A986715378