VOX Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, VOX traded between $78.12 and $84.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.9%, placing in the 26.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.5% (HV 20d: 20.4%). Max pain ranged from $81.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.03.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-15: Highest Volume — 211 contracts
  • 2016-01-06: Largest IV spike — 155.0% change
  • 2016-01-08: Highest IV Rank — 63.4%
  • 2016-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$81.34$78.12$84.94$82.73$84.94
Max Pain$81.74$81.00$85.00$85.00$81.00
ATM IV28.9%16.9%56.7%42.2%20.6%
Expected Move6.6%4.7%10.6%7.1%5.9%
HV 20d20.4%17.8%24.7%19.1%24.7%
HV 60d17.0%15.7%18.6%15.8%18.6%
IV Rank26.2%10.1%63.4%43.9%15.2%
IV Percentile62.8%31.0%98.8%94.4%39.3%
Term Structure-2.2%-13.2%6.8%-2.6%6.8%
VWIV22.7%14.6%36.9%29.8%22.4%
Skew 25d7.7%-20.1%35.0%4.0%35.0%
Skew 10d8.2%-16.4%42.7%2.4%9.7%
Call IV 25d22.4%11.9%42.1%31.3%11.9%
Put IV 25d30.1%18.1%54.4%35.3%47.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %126.8283.14161.96149.63156.62
Gamma HHI0.170.130.220.190.13
Net GEX-3.5K-17.4K12.2K10.7K-3.5K
Net DEX238.1K32.1K494.4K61.3K67.5K
Net VEX-1.8K-2.4K-1.2K-1.7K-2.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.030.001.680.620.00
Total Volume160.5261421114414
Total OI170.684139217139174

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$82.73$85.0042.2%7.1%19.1%43.9%29.8%4.0%-2.6%10.7K61.3K-1.7K0.62149.63N/AN/A89558356
2016-01-05$83.59$82.0018.8%4.8%18.9%12.7%15.7%4.6%1.4%12.2K143.1K-1.5K0.5883.14N/AN/A99578365
2016-01-06$83.21$82.0047.9%6.4%18.9%51.6%19.1%17.9%-4.2%11.8K32.1K-1.9K0.58161.96N/AN/A99579367
2016-01-07$81.73$82.0022.7%5.2%19.8%17.9%14.6%4.0%0.3%10.9K173.6K-1.4K0.5689.95N/AN/A101579367
2016-01-08$80.98$82.0056.7%4.7%19.6%63.4%15.0%9.2%1.1%5.6K203.1K-1.4K0.56117.81N/AN/A101579467
2016-01-11$81.35$82.0035.5%4.7%19.7%35.0%15.6%-4.4%1.3%4.5K214.8K-1.3K0.54128.74N/AN/A106579467
2016-01-12$80.79$82.0023.5%5.9%17.8%19.1%17.7%4.0%-3.6%-8.8K272.1K-1.2K0.82107.88N/AN/A111919967
2016-01-13$79.16$82.0025.2%7.2%19.1%21.3%23.2%3.9%0.7%-2.8K242.1K-2.0K0.94129.69N/AN/A108101105101
2016-01-14$80.44$82.0026.1%7.5%19.7%22.4%30.1%-20.1%-0.7%-8.8K371.9K-2.0K0.94128.35N/AN/A108101106111
2016-01-15$78.76$82.0026.7%7.7%18.5%23.3%29.7%4.0%-4.1%-11.0K457.9K-2.0K0.95149.39N/AN/A108103106111
2016-01-19$79.50$82.0027.8%8.0%19.0%24.7%28.2%14.0%-5.1%-13.2K346.2K-2.0K1.68151.65N/AN/A57965896
2016-01-20$78.12$81.0024.3%7.0%19.2%20.1%19.2%2.0%-1.3%-15.5K494.4K-1.5K1.68111.92N/AN/A57966696
2016-01-21$78.84$81.0029.5%8.5%19.4%27.0%25.4%25.7%-8.4%-10.7K411.1K-1.7K1.68145.86N/AN/A57966696
2016-01-22$81.44$81.0016.9%4.8%22.6%10.1%17.0%2.2%0.6%-17.4K316.9K-1.9K1.4387.74N/AN/A67966696
2016-01-25$81.24$81.0020.0%5.7%22.1%14.4%18.3%3.0%1.0%-10.0K255.9K-2.0K1.49102.25N/AN/A65977696
2016-01-26$82.87$81.0030.1%8.6%23.5%27.8%36.9%8.1%-11.4%-7.6K161.1K-2.3K1.49157.22N/AN/A65977797
2016-01-27$82.86$81.0037.0%10.6%23.5%37.1%36.2%26.1%-13.2%-5.9K122.7K-2.4K1.49152.35N/AN/A65977797
2016-01-28$82.96$81.0017.6%5.1%23.2%11.2%17.9%3.2%0.1%-7.4K175.8K-2.1K1.4997.37N/AN/A65977797
2016-01-29$84.94$81.0020.6%5.9%24.7%15.2%22.4%35.0%6.8%-3.5K67.5K-2.3K0.00156.62N/AN/A1407797