VOX Options History — December 2016

In December 2016, VOX traded between $93.52 and $101.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.9%, placing in the 30.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.8% (HV 20d: 15.1%). Max pain ranged from $90.00 to $97.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2016-12-27: Highest Volume — 209 contracts
  • 2016-12-05: Largest IV spike — 187.9% change
  • 2016-12-13: Highest IV Rank — 71.4%
  • 2016-12-28: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$98.47$93.52$101.44$93.52$99.89
Max Pain$94.29$90.00$97.00$90.00$97.00
ATM IV26.9%9.9%51.3%22.6%30.9%
Expected Move5.7%2.8%9.6%6.5%8.9%
HV 20d15.1%13.7%16.6%15.4%13.9%
HV 60d15.3%14.6%17.3%17.3%15.1%
IV Rank30.4%1.9%71.4%23.2%37.2%
IV Percentile61.4%1.6%98.8%54.8%80.2%
Term Structure-5.9%-16.0%12.6%-4.1%-7.1%
VWIV21.2%11.4%37.3%19.8%37.3%
Skew 25d5.1%-7.2%22.6%-1.8%2.2%
Skew 10d5.0%-12.3%42.4%-11.1%41.8%
Call IV 25d19.1%7.0%36.7%33.2%36.7%
Put IV 25d24.2%10.3%38.9%31.5%38.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %139.41125.33148.19140.80137.15
Gamma HHI0.260.150.480.180.19
Net GEX41.5K12.3K82.3K36.8K13.5K
Net DEX-460.6K-686.2K-114.6K-114.6K-322.2K
Net VEX-1.4K-3.0K-926-1.2K-3.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.362.300.462.30
Total Volume150.286117209117145
Total OI169.524134224135222

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-12-01$93.52$90.0022.6%6.5%15.4%23.2%19.8%-1.8%-4.1%36.8K-114.6K-1.2K0.46140.80N/AN/A80378055
2016-12-02$93.97$90.0013.6%3.9%15.3%8.1%27.7%4.9%-1.6%32.9K-127.9K-1.2K0.46146.01N/AN/A80378055
2016-12-05$94.85$93.0039.2%6.0%15.4%51.1%24.7%3.5%-12.9%18.0K-226.3K-1.3K0.46136.60N/AN/A80378055
2016-12-06$95.64$93.0040.6%5.5%15.4%53.4%24.0%6.4%-8.2%26.6K-249.0K-1.3K0.54148.19N/AN/A105578055
2016-12-07$98.06$93.0024.6%3.7%16.6%26.5%11.4%2.3%1.9%72.3K-507.2K-1.0K0.55140.51N/AN/A1035710575
2016-12-08$98.10$93.0043.8%4.4%16.4%58.7%18.8%4.5%-2.8%61.5K-473.0K-1.3K0.55137.49N/AN/A1035710375
2016-12-09$98.16$93.0037.6%3.8%13.7%48.4%20.3%17.8%5.1%36.1K-508.5K-1.3K0.54140.76N/AN/A1055710375
2016-12-12$98.03$93.0024.8%5.6%13.9%26.8%16.1%12.5%-9.5%38.4K-561.4K-1.3K0.52144.67N/AN/A1105710575
2016-12-13$98.99$93.0051.3%2.9%13.8%71.4%13.3%3.0%3.4%66.2K-685.4K-9260.56125.33N/AN/A1015711075
2016-12-14$97.60$97.0021.7%6.2%15.2%21.7%22.7%3.1%-12.1%33.3K-420.9K-1.4K0.56145.17N/AN/A1015710575
2016-12-15$98.13$97.0022.2%6.4%15.2%22.5%24.3%4.4%-15.3%35.0K-425.8K-1.3K0.56146.56N/AN/A1015710575
2016-12-16$98.17$92.0023.7%6.8%15.2%25.1%22.0%3.1%-6.3%29.2K-556.4K-1.5K0.56131.50N/AN/A1015710570
2016-12-19$99.74$92.009.9%2.8%15.9%1.9%11.4%-7.2%12.6%73.9K-560.1K-9420.36143.41N/AN/A91338846
2016-12-20$100.29$92.0013.5%3.9%15.7%7.9%12.7%2.8%0.1%55.6K-600.9K-1.0K0.49129.25N/AN/A90448846
2016-12-21$100.08$97.0026.9%7.7%15.2%30.5%25.0%-3.8%-11.4%31.7K-492.6K-1.2K0.44143.66N/AN/A100448857
2016-12-22$100.77$97.0022.9%6.6%15.2%23.8%16.8%2.0%-16.0%82.3K-686.2K-9420.46138.53N/AN/A108509857
2016-12-23$101.16$97.0022.3%6.4%15.1%22.7%18.2%4.9%-7.7%42.7K-639.7K-1.5K0.46139.17N/AN/A1085010668
2016-12-27$101.44$97.0024.1%6.9%15.1%25.7%27.0%15.4%-13.2%40.9K-624.8K-1.4K0.94143.36N/AN/A10810110668
2016-12-28$100.48$97.0033.5%9.6%15.6%41.4%31.7%22.6%-15.8%12.3K-376.3K-3.0K2.30132.57N/AN/A44101105119
2016-12-29$100.82$97.0014.8%4.2%13.7%10.1%19.4%3.6%-2.7%33.5K-512.7K-2.5K2.30136.95N/AN/A44101103119
2016-12-30$99.89$97.0030.9%8.9%13.9%37.2%37.3%2.2%-7.1%13.5K-322.2K-3.0K2.30137.15N/AN/A44101103119