VOX Options History — May 2021

In May 2021, VOX traded between $132.30 and $138.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.9%, placing in the 8.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 17.1%). Max pain ranged from $124.00 to $140.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.10.

Notable Days

  • 2021-05-05: Highest Volume — 35 contracts
  • 2021-05-11: Largest IV spike — 56.5% change
  • 2021-05-11: Highest IV Rank — 21.8%
  • 2021-05-17: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$135.80$132.30$138.89$138.06$138.78
Max Pain$137.60$124.00$140.00$124.00$138.00
ATM IV18.9%12.8%25.9%21.4%14.0%
Expected Move5.3%3.7%6.8%6.1%4.0%
HV 20d17.1%12.1%20.5%12.1%18.8%
HV 60d17.5%16.5%18.7%16.5%17.2%
IV Rank8.7%0.0%21.8%12.6%2.4%
IV Percentile20.9%0.0%65.9%32.5%0.4%
Term Structure-0.5%-6.1%3.6%-3.6%2.4%
VWIV18.5%15.6%22.1%22.1%17.4%
Skew 25d4.3%-6.0%12.9%4.0%5.5%
Skew 10d9.8%-0.3%20.7%1.4%10.8%
Call IV 25d18.2%10.8%21.5%17.5%12.1%
Put IV 25d22.6%15.1%33.6%21.5%17.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %93.2569.90138.21138.2181.88
Gamma HHI0.120.100.150.100.12
Net GEX35.6K26.9K47.6K27.1K33.1K
Net DEX-1.5M-2.0M-1.1M-1.3M-1.6M
Net VEX-3.8K-4.6K-2.2K-2.2K-4.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.100.0016.500.001.00
Total Volume10.4503542
Total OI242.25152289152265

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-05-03$138.06$124.0021.4%6.1%12.1%12.6%0.0%4.0%-3.6%27.1K-1.3M-2.2K0.00138.21N/AN/A4012230
2021-05-04$135.64$124.0020.5%5.9%13.7%10.8%22.1%6.2%-6.1%33.1K-1.1M-2.6K0.0494.84N/AN/A27112630
2021-05-05$135.61$130.0019.1%5.5%13.6%7.9%0.0%6.1%-2.8%39.5K-1.4M-3.0K16.50118.47N/AN/A23315331
2021-05-06$136.00$140.0022.5%5.6%13.6%14.9%17.7%3.0%1.7%30.4K-1.3M-3.4K0.0071.02N/AN/A29015364
2021-05-07$138.06$140.0018.1%4.9%14.6%5.6%0.0%7.4%0.5%37.7K-1.6M-3.8K0.0073.29N/AN/A0617164
2021-05-10$135.72$140.0016.5%4.8%15.9%2.4%0.0%-1.9%-1.0%35.5K-1.5M-3.5K0.0079.68N/AN/A3017164
2021-05-11$134.90$140.0025.9%6.0%16.0%21.8%19.6%5.8%-1.3%38.8K-1.4M-4.0K0.00103.70N/AN/A3017464
2021-05-12$132.30$140.0022.8%6.5%17.1%15.5%0.0%4.8%-0.9%31.8K-1.2M-4.3K0.00104.80N/AN/A2017664
2021-05-13$133.29$140.0020.5%5.9%16.7%10.8%0.0%4.4%1.1%36.0K-1.3M-3.9K0.08104.95N/AN/A13117864
2021-05-14$135.25$140.0022.7%6.5%17.6%15.3%0.0%6.1%-3.1%43.3K-1.7M-3.8K0.0078.27N/AN/A0119164
2021-05-17$134.02$140.0023.6%6.8%17.7%17.1%0.0%8.2%-4.5%39.2K-1.6M-3.8K0.0080.88N/AN/A1019063
2021-05-18$133.62$140.0018.7%5.4%17.7%6.9%0.0%12.9%-0.5%43.0K-1.6M-3.8K0.0069.90N/AN/A0019163
2021-05-19$132.44$140.0019.8%5.7%17.9%9.1%0.0%4.4%-0.2%42.3K-1.4M-4.1K0.0099.42N/AN/A10019163
2021-05-20$135.43$140.0015.9%4.6%19.7%1.1%0.0%1.5%3.6%47.6K-1.8M-3.8K0.0089.72N/AN/A02020163
2021-05-21$135.01$140.0019.6%5.6%19.3%8.8%0.0%2.8%-2.4%32.7K-1.7M-4.2K10.0098.68N/AN/A11020183
2021-05-24$137.58$140.0012.8%3.7%20.4%0.0%0.0%0.1%3.5%27.7K-1.8M-4.2K6.00107.30N/AN/A1619385
2021-05-25$137.19$140.0014.8%4.2%20.5%3.8%15.6%5.4%2.9%26.9K-1.8M-4.4K0.0088.38N/AN/A4019491
2021-05-26$138.14$138.0015.4%4.4%20.4%5.1%0.0%-6.0%-1.9%35.7K-2.0M-4.2K0.0083.80N/AN/A28019891
2021-05-27$138.89$138.0014.3%4.1%19.2%2.9%0.0%5.8%2.2%30.3K-1.6M-4.6K0.0097.78N/AN/A1017491
2021-05-28$138.78$138.0014.0%4.0%18.8%2.4%17.4%5.5%2.4%33.1K-1.6M-4.4K1.0081.88N/AN/A1117491