VOX Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, VOX traded between $81.93 and $85.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.1%, placing in the 19.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.0% (HV 20d: 15.1%). Max pain ranged from $79.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-29: Highest Volume — 135 contracts
  • 2015-12-29: Largest IV spike — 154.8% change
  • 2015-12-03: Highest IV Rank — 38.6%
  • 2015-12-01: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$84.30$81.93$85.75$85.41$84.16
Max Pain$81.68$79.00$85.00$85.00$84.00
ATM IV24.1%11.1%38.1%37.8%36.8%
Expected Move6.1%3.2%10.8%10.8%10.5%
HV 20d15.1%11.3%18.4%11.5%18.4%
HV 60d17.5%15.4%19.0%17.8%15.4%
IV Rank19.8%2.4%38.6%38.1%36.7%
IV Percentile54.7%2.4%91.3%90.1%87.7%
Term Structure-5.3%-24.6%9.7%-12.6%-14.5%
VWIV22.9%11.0%42.3%42.3%40.7%
Skew 25d2.4%-15.8%31.4%3.2%6.9%
Skew 10d4.2%-21.8%34.2%12.2%34.2%
Call IV 25d25.6%12.1%48.4%48.4%42.9%
Put IV 25d28.0%8.2%51.7%51.7%49.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %142.78119.34166.95166.95155.15
Gamma HHI0.190.130.560.220.20
Net GEX2.7K-119.3K26.2K8.7K10.8K
Net DEX16.4K-104.8K191.0K-57.5K-23.6K
Net VEX-1.6K-1.9K-1.3K-1.5K-1.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.521.280.980.52
Total Volume101.59131356135
Total OI122.045103137103137

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$85.41$85.0037.8%10.8%11.5%38.1%42.3%3.2%-12.6%8.7K-57.5K-1.5K0.00166.95N/AN/A066340
2015-12-02$84.63$83.0025.6%7.3%11.4%21.8%20.2%6.6%-10.5%12.2K-15.6K-1.4K0.98156.24N/AN/A47466346
2015-12-03$83.90$79.0038.1%5.6%11.3%38.6%27.0%4.2%-8.8%8.0K-98.9K-1.6K1.19152.16N/AN/A47566346
2015-12-04$85.04$79.0029.5%4.2%12.4%27.0%16.4%5.3%0.9%9.2K9.1K-1.7K1.19140.70N/AN/A47566356
2015-12-07$85.18$79.0024.6%3.2%12.3%20.4%11.0%-1.4%3.1%11.3K8.3K-1.4K0.00138.19N/AN/A036356
2015-12-08$85.09$81.0029.7%4.7%11.9%27.3%17.3%-8.6%-3.7%4.0K-4.5K-1.7K1.28127.34N/AN/A46596359
2015-12-09$83.98$81.0021.2%6.1%12.7%16.0%28.0%-1.7%-11.1%2.3K-45.1K-1.8K1.28147.34N/AN/A46596459
2015-12-10$83.98$81.0025.1%7.2%12.6%21.1%15.5%9.9%-17.6%2.3K-6.6K-1.7K1.28139.51N/AN/A46596459
2015-12-11$81.93$81.0017.7%5.1%14.8%11.3%17.2%2.4%-0.1%1.3K191.0K-1.4K1.20121.03N/AN/A49596459
2015-12-14$82.10$81.0020.2%5.8%14.4%14.6%19.6%-4.1%-6.1%-7.3K134.2K-1.5K1.20119.34N/AN/A49596759
2015-12-15$82.90$81.0024.2%6.9%13.7%20.0%32.1%6.3%-16.7%2.7K35.1K-1.6K1.20149.77N/AN/A49596759
2015-12-16$84.90$81.0027.7%7.9%16.2%24.6%29.7%-15.8%-13.1%5.1K-2.6K-1.7K1.20145.29N/AN/A49596759
2015-12-17$84.23$81.0011.5%3.3%16.1%2.9%16.0%-0.0%3.2%4.9K35.0K-1.6K1.20126.91N/AN/A49596759
2015-12-18$82.97$81.0015.9%4.6%16.9%8.9%19.4%3.6%-3.9%-119.3K161.4K-1.4K1.20138.23N/AN/A49596759
2015-12-21$83.47$81.0011.1%3.2%17.1%2.4%20.1%0.4%7.6%6.2K115.6K-1.3K1.02141.45N/AN/A45466153
2015-12-22$84.53$81.0017.5%5.0%17.7%10.9%32.0%5.3%2.7%6.4K36.6K-1.5K0.98154.40N/AN/A47466156
2015-12-23$85.37$81.0018.4%5.3%18.0%12.1%21.0%-4.0%5.8%19.0K-25.0K-1.5K0.58156.06N/AN/A79466356
2015-12-24$85.16$84.0015.1%4.3%18.1%7.7%14.3%1.0%6.4%22.3K24.1K-1.7K0.58126.08N/AN/A79467156
2015-12-28$85.00$84.0013.6%3.9%18.0%5.7%11.2%-1.0%9.7%26.2K35.5K-1.6K0.58123.81N/AN/A79467156
2015-12-29$85.75$84.0034.5%9.9%18.2%33.7%27.9%2.5%-24.6%7.6K-41.2K-1.9K0.52158.00N/AN/A89467156
2015-12-30$84.92$84.0035.0%10.0%18.4%34.4%24.9%31.4%-12.8%16.6K-104.8K-1.9K0.52157.15N/AN/A89468156
2015-12-31$84.16$84.0036.8%10.5%18.4%36.7%40.7%6.9%-14.5%10.8K-23.6K-1.9K0.52155.15N/AN/A89468156