VOX Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, VOX traded between $84.49 and $87.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.7%, placing in the 17.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.9% (HV 20d: 10.8%). Max pain ranged from $85.00 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-11: Highest Volume — 187 contracts
  • 2018-09-12: Largest IV spike — 70.1% change
  • 2018-09-04: Highest IV Rank — 33.9%
  • 2018-09-04: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$85.90$84.49$87.19$85.90$86.94
Max Pain$85.00$85.00$85.00$85.00$85.00
ATM IV20.7%10.4%32.2%32.2%25.4%
Expected Move5.6%3.0%9.2%9.2%7.3%
HV 20d10.8%10.1%11.4%10.7%10.1%
HV 60d11.4%10.6%12.1%11.9%10.6%
IV Rank17.4%2.7%33.9%33.9%24.1%
IV Percentile36.4%2.8%77.4%77.4%54.8%
Term Structure-5.2%-19.7%6.9%-19.7%-6.4%
VWIV21.6%13.4%32.5%30.8%32.5%
Skew 25d4.9%-12.0%30.5%30.5%7.5%
Skew 10d5.1%-20.0%35.3%35.3%32.2%
Call IV 25d19.8%8.8%38.9%16.5%32.8%
Put IV 25d24.8%11.6%47.0%47.0%40.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %150.11121.24178.00178.00162.18
Gamma HHI0.190.120.240.120.13
Net GEX24.8K-63657.6K14.1K13.5K
Net DEX-209.1K-422.2K59.8K-184.0K-237.0K
Net VEX-2.5K-3.3K-1.9K-2.1K-2.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.520.900.770.63
Total Volume150.737117187126169
Total OI208.421166240166195

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$85.90$85.0032.2%9.2%10.7%33.9%30.8%30.5%-19.7%14.1K-184.0K-2.1K0.77178.00N/AN/A715510264
2018-09-05$84.89$85.0024.5%7.0%11.4%22.9%23.9%5.4%2.8%23.5K-114.6K-2.2K0.74169.44N/AN/A816011064
2018-09-06$84.52$85.0027.5%6.3%11.4%27.2%23.0%5.2%-13.1%14.4K-99.5K-2.3K0.79160.15N/AN/A816411069
2018-09-07$84.49$85.0025.5%3.5%11.0%24.3%16.9%4.6%1.7%14.4K31.5K-2.0K0.79126.04N/AN/A816411074
2018-09-10$84.76$85.0013.1%3.4%10.9%6.6%14.0%4.9%-0.8%16.6K59.8K-1.9K0.77133.48N/AN/A836411075
2018-09-11$85.52$85.0013.6%3.2%11.4%7.2%13.4%3.4%0.4%15.8K-11.7K-1.9K0.52126.88N/AN/A1236411275
2018-09-12$85.63$85.0023.1%6.6%11.0%20.8%18.1%-2.3%-13.3%39.0K-242.5K-3.0K0.52153.04N/AN/A1236415775
2018-09-13$86.00$85.0023.8%6.8%10.1%21.9%26.4%5.6%-15.3%28.7K-301.7K-3.0K0.67161.97N/AN/A956415775
2018-09-14$86.10$85.0023.3%6.7%10.1%21.2%25.8%2.1%-14.0%57.6K-409.4K-3.1K0.75159.97N/AN/A856416575
2018-09-17$85.37$85.0018.6%5.3%10.5%14.4%15.8%5.8%-10.5%29.6K-216.2K-2.7K0.75148.28N/AN/A856415875
2018-09-18$86.07$85.0017.2%4.9%10.9%12.4%18.2%2.1%-0.1%32.1K-162.5K-2.5K0.74148.97N/AN/A876415875
2018-09-19$86.03$85.0010.4%3.0%10.7%2.7%14.0%2.0%1.5%-636-108.5K-2.4K0.71130.04N/AN/A906414875
2018-09-20$86.88$85.0016.0%4.6%11.3%10.7%15.6%1.2%0.7%32.5K-238.6K-2.5K0.72141.48N/AN/A785614975
2018-09-21$86.60$85.0021.0%6.0%11.2%17.9%26.8%5.8%-6.0%27.2K-422.2K-3.0K0.69162.02N/AN/A815615075
2018-09-24$86.06$85.0012.0%3.4%10.7%5.0%13.8%2.7%6.9%30.0K-234.5K-2.6K0.75121.24N/AN/A675014368
2018-09-25$86.36$85.0019.3%5.5%10.2%15.5%26.8%-1.3%-10.7%32.6K-390.2K-2.9K0.90160.10N/AN/A676014868
2018-09-26$86.77$85.0025.6%7.3%10.4%24.5%32.3%-12.0%-4.0%27.5K-408.7K-3.3K0.60162.82N/AN/A1076414878
2018-09-27$87.19$85.0020.8%6.0%10.3%17.6%21.6%20.2%0.7%22.6K-281.6K-2.3K0.63145.96N/AN/A1046511382
2018-09-28$86.94$85.0025.4%7.3%10.1%24.1%32.5%7.5%-6.4%13.5K-237.0K-2.5K0.63162.18N/AN/A1046511283