VYM Options History — August 2007

In August 2007, VYM traded between $51.46 and $53.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.8%, placing in the 12.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 21.6%). Net GEX was positive for 19 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2007-08-09: Highest Volume — 15 contracts
  • 2007-08-09: Largest IV spike — 172.6% change
  • 2007-08-09: Highest IV Rank — 51.5%
  • 2007-08-09: Largest Expected Move — 9.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$52.66$51.46$53.93$52.54$53.10
ATM IV26.8%15.0%76.4%21.9%19.2%
Expected Move5.4%3.9%9.9%6.3%5.5%
HV 20d21.6%16.5%24.0%16.5%23.4%
HV 60d16.2%13.2%18.1%13.2%18.1%
IV Rank12.2%2.9%51.5%8.4%6.2%
IV Percentile28.7%1.9%94.0%24.1%23.5%
Term Structure-4.7%-14.4%0.6%-10.9%-3.4%
Skew 25d0.3%-6.3%4.9%-0.3%0.1%
Skew 10d1.6%-13.4%6.4%-7.2%4.6%
Call IV 25d26.1%18.1%43.4%31.1%27.4%
Put IV 25d26.3%19.3%48.0%30.8%27.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %156.79148.02189.72158.71155.52
Gamma HHI0.620.461.001.000.53
Net GEX4.6K07.9K07.6K
Net DEX-38.1K-76.3K00-63.5K
Net VEX-289-49300-468
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume1.18201500
Total OI19.273031031

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-08-01$52.54$0.0021.9%6.3%16.5%8.4%0.0%-0.3%-10.9%0000.00158.71N/AN/A0000
2007-08-02$52.78$0.0022.6%6.5%16.6%8.9%0.0%0.1%-11.0%0000.00159.91N/AN/A0000
2007-08-03$51.46$0.0024.3%7.0%18.6%10.2%0.0%-6.3%-7.4%0000.00154.14N/AN/A1000
2007-08-06$52.63$0.0065.5%9.5%20.6%42.9%0.0%4.9%-14.4%181-2.6K-160.00189.57N/AN/A0010
2007-08-07$53.25$0.0027.1%4.0%20.6%12.5%0.0%0.1%-1.3%240-3.0K-170.00149.21N/AN/A0010
2007-08-08$53.93$0.0028.0%3.9%21.1%13.2%0.0%1.2%-1.5%234-3.3K-160.00148.02N/AN/A0010
2007-08-09$52.48$0.0076.4%9.9%21.7%51.5%0.0%4.7%-14.3%182-2.6K-160.00189.72N/AN/A15010
2007-08-10$52.53$0.0031.9%4.0%21.6%16.3%0.0%0.1%-2.8%3.8K-32.3K-2540.00151.08N/AN/A00160
2007-08-13$52.10$0.0041.1%4.3%21.7%23.5%0.0%0.1%-2.1%3.4K-26.3K-2280.00150.65N/AN/A00160
2007-08-14$51.50$0.0046.4%4.5%21.9%27.7%0.0%0.1%-1.1%3.1K-24.5K-2160.00151.41N/AN/A100160
2007-08-16$51.56$0.0015.2%4.3%21.9%3.0%0.0%0.1%-4.1%6.1K-45.1K-4150.00151.88N/AN/A00310
2007-08-17$52.83$0.0015.0%4.3%24.0%2.9%0.0%0.1%-2.9%7.1K-62.0K-4850.00152.71N/AN/A00310
2007-08-20$52.70$0.0015.7%4.5%23.6%3.5%0.0%0.1%-1.3%7.9K-64.2K-4870.00153.01N/AN/A00310
2007-08-21$52.63$0.0016.0%4.6%23.3%3.7%0.0%0.1%-5.0%7.6K-62.6K-4800.00152.95N/AN/A00310
2007-08-22$53.11$0.0016.2%4.6%22.6%3.8%0.0%0.1%0.6%7.8K-67.7K-4890.00154.18N/AN/A00310
2007-08-23$53.13$0.0016.4%4.7%22.6%4.0%0.0%0.1%-0.2%7.7K-67.9K-4850.00153.79N/AN/A00310
2007-08-24$53.60$0.0016.5%4.7%21.8%4.1%0.0%0.1%-5.5%7.7K-76.3K-4930.00153.07N/AN/A00310
2007-08-27$53.16$0.0017.6%5.1%21.3%5.0%0.0%0.1%-1.7%7.7K-66.3K-4750.00154.75N/AN/A00310
2007-08-28$51.99$0.0018.4%5.3%22.7%5.6%0.0%0.1%-2.7%6.8K-47.4K-4080.00154.46N/AN/A00310
2007-08-29$52.91$0.0018.4%5.3%23.3%5.6%0.0%0.1%-3.3%7.8K-59.9K-4530.00154.79N/AN/A00310
2007-08-30$52.65$0.0018.9%5.4%23.2%5.9%0.0%0.1%-6.1%7.5K-60.7K-4630.00155.74N/AN/A00310
2007-08-31$53.10$0.0019.2%5.5%23.4%6.2%0.0%0.1%-3.4%7.6K-63.5K-4680.00155.52N/AN/A00310