VYM Options History — July 2007

In July 2007, VYM traded between $52.10 and $55.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.1%, placing in the 3.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.6% (HV 20d: 13.5%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days.

Notable Days

  • 2007-07-03: Largest IV spike — 567.9% change
  • 2007-07-10: Highest IV Rank — 9.8%
  • 2007-07-05: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$54.37$52.10$55.63$54.48$52.10
Max Pain$55.00$55.00$55.00$55.00$55.00
ATM IV24.1%11.3%134.1%20.1%21.6%
Expected Move4.7%3.2%6.2%5.8%6.2%
HV 20d13.5%11.1%16.4%14.1%16.1%
HV 60d11.2%10.1%13.0%10.1%13.0%
IV Rank3.8%0.0%9.8%5.8%8.1%
IV Percentile11.6%0.0%22.9%15.1%22.9%
Term Structure-4.1%-9.9%4.8%-5.3%-8.0%
Skew 25d-0.8%-7.5%14.7%0.1%-2.5%
Skew 10d3.0%-9.1%14.7%-1.3%-9.1%
Call IV 25d28.0%11.1%139.0%28.5%30.5%
Put IV 25d27.2%11.6%153.8%28.6%28.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %153.5081.56200.00161.81156.17
Gamma HHI1.001.001.001.001.00
Net GEX2.5K05.9K3.5K0
Net DEX-14.7K-27.3K0-19.8K0
Net VEX-17-400-400
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI5.3330880

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-07-02$54.48$55.0020.1%5.8%14.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%-5.3%3.5K-19.8K-400.00161.81N/AN/A0080
2007-07-03$54.51$55.00134.1%0.0%13.9%0.0%0.0%14.7%0.0%3.1K-20.2K-390.00200.00N/AN/A0080
2007-07-05$54.61$55.0021.8%6.2%13.7%5.8%0.0%0.0%-9.9%3.5K-20.5K-360.00161.74N/AN/A0080
2007-07-06$54.58$0.0022.5%3.9%12.1%6.4%0.0%-6.8%-1.4%3.5K-20.2K-350.00154.15N/AN/A0080
2007-07-09$54.77$0.0025.1%4.0%11.1%8.5%0.0%-5.5%-1.2%3.6K-21.4K-320.00154.40N/AN/A0080
2007-07-10$54.02$0.0026.7%4.2%12.1%9.8%0.0%-3.5%-1.8%3.4K-16.3K-290.00154.00N/AN/A0080
2007-07-11$54.27$0.0020.8%3.4%11.6%5.0%0.0%-7.3%4.8%5.9K-14.3K-250.00123.05N/AN/A0080
2007-07-12$55.36$0.0015.1%4.3%13.0%0.4%0.0%-1.1%-0.6%3.7K-25.4K-270.00153.91N/AN/A0080
2007-07-13$55.63$0.0014.8%4.2%12.9%0.1%0.0%2.6%-4.9%3.6K-27.3K-250.00153.26N/AN/A0080
2007-07-16$55.58$0.0015.6%4.5%12.7%0.8%0.0%2.5%-5.4%3.7K-26.9K-200.00154.74N/AN/A0080
2007-07-17$55.44$0.0015.2%4.3%12.7%0.4%0.0%1.0%-2.5%3.9K-25.9K-180.00155.23N/AN/A0080
2007-07-18$55.26$0.0015.5%4.4%12.7%0.7%0.0%-1.3%-3.7%4.0K-24.5K-160.00155.14N/AN/A0080
2007-07-19$55.47$0.0015.6%4.5%12.0%0.8%0.0%1.4%-3.0%4.0K-26.1K-130.00156.44N/AN/A0080
2007-07-20$54.71$0.0016.2%4.6%13.0%1.2%0.0%-7.5%-6.1%4.0K-20.2K-90.00157.63N/AN/A0080
2007-07-23$55.10$0.0017.0%4.9%12.5%1.9%0.0%-3.8%-4.5%0000.00157.40N/AN/A0000
2007-07-24$53.95$0.0017.7%5.1%14.4%2.5%0.0%0.1%-6.8%0000.00158.65N/AN/A0000
2007-07-25$54.02$0.0011.3%3.2%14.4%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.7%0000.0081.56N/AN/A0000
2007-07-26$53.03$0.0018.8%5.4%15.5%5.9%0.0%0.1%-7.4%0000.00157.25N/AN/A0000
2007-07-27$52.26$0.0019.5%5.6%16.2%6.4%0.0%-1.4%-4.9%0000.00157.85N/AN/A0000
2007-07-30$52.59$0.0020.7%5.9%16.4%7.4%0.0%-0.0%-9.8%0000.00159.22N/AN/A0000
2007-07-31$52.10$0.0021.6%6.2%16.1%8.1%0.0%-2.5%-8.0%0000.00156.17N/AN/A0000