VYM Options History — September 2007

In September 2007, VYM traded between $52.36 and $55.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.6%, placing in the 6.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 18.0%). Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2007-09-04: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2007-09-13: Largest IV drop — 45.0% change
  • 2007-09-12: Highest IV Rank — 13.5%
  • 2007-09-06: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$53.92$52.36$55.27$53.62$54.65
ATM IV19.6%14.7%28.4%21.2%18.6%
Expected Move4.9%4.1%6.4%6.1%5.3%
HV 20d18.0%15.2%21.5%21.5%15.3%
HV 60d18.1%17.6%18.6%17.8%18.5%
IV Rank6.5%2.7%13.5%7.8%5.7%
IV Percentile21.1%1.1%38.2%26.9%24.9%
Term Structure-5.4%-8.0%-2.5%-8.0%-7.1%
Skew 25d3.0%0.1%8.1%0.1%3.1%
Skew 10d9.1%4.6%14.7%6.7%10.0%
Call IV 25d21.6%15.1%31.9%29.9%23.7%
Put IV 25d24.6%20.3%32.0%29.9%26.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %146.96131.57156.59155.80147.36
Gamma HHI0.570.520.610.530.61
Net GEX9.9K8.1K13.5K8.1K13.5K
Net DEX-95.4K-127.7K-73.2K-73.2K-119.8K
Net VEX-673-870-482-482-870
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume1.579010100
Total OI45.21131613161

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-09-04$53.62$0.0021.2%6.1%21.5%7.8%0.0%0.1%-8.0%8.1K-73.2K-4820.00155.80N/AN/A100310
2007-09-05$53.06$0.0021.9%6.3%20.5%8.3%0.0%0.2%-7.3%10.3K-87.6K-6240.00156.59N/AN/A00410
2007-09-06$53.19$0.0022.5%6.4%20.1%8.8%0.0%0.2%-6.8%9.9K-87.6K-6050.00156.56N/AN/A00410
2007-09-07$52.48$0.0023.5%4.3%20.0%9.6%0.0%1.6%-2.9%9.7K-77.3K-5930.00151.90N/AN/A00410
2007-09-10$52.36$0.0026.4%4.3%17.6%11.9%0.0%1.2%-2.5%9.5K-75.9K-5620.00153.53N/AN/A00410
2007-09-11$52.94$0.0027.2%4.1%18.0%12.6%0.0%3.0%-2.7%10.4K-86.0K-5880.00150.26N/AN/A00410
2007-09-12$53.20$0.0028.4%4.3%17.8%13.5%0.0%3.8%-2.7%10.1K-91.2K-6020.00148.91N/AN/A00410
2007-09-13$53.50$0.0015.6%4.5%17.2%3.4%0.0%5.0%-4.4%11.2K-100.9K-6290.00146.04N/AN/A00410
2007-09-14$53.66$0.0014.7%4.2%17.2%2.7%0.0%5.5%-4.8%10.9K-97.1K-6220.00145.43N/AN/A00410
2007-09-17$53.41$0.0016.4%4.7%15.2%4.0%0.0%4.7%-5.3%11.3K-96.1K-6060.00148.70N/AN/A00410
2007-09-18$54.96$0.0016.9%4.8%18.1%4.4%0.0%8.1%-5.8%12.7K-127.7K-6240.00131.57N/AN/A010410
2007-09-19$55.27$0.0016.0%4.6%18.1%3.7%0.0%7.4%-6.3%8.2K-114.0K-7710.00135.10N/AN/A004110
2007-09-20$54.93$0.0015.9%4.6%18.1%3.6%0.0%1.1%-7.2%8.2K-106.8K-7710.00140.61N/AN/A004110
2007-09-21$55.13$0.0016.7%4.8%18.1%4.2%0.0%0.4%-8.0%8.2K-108.9K-7640.00139.88N/AN/A004110
2007-09-24$54.33$0.0017.2%4.9%18.8%4.7%0.0%2.1%-3.4%9.1K-89.5K-7730.00147.33N/AN/A004110
2007-09-25$54.33$0.0017.6%5.0%18.6%4.9%0.0%2.0%-4.5%8.9K-82.9K-7690.00147.14N/AN/A004110
2007-09-26$54.71$0.0017.8%5.1%16.5%5.1%0.0%3.2%-6.5%9.0K-91.2K-7710.00145.51N/AN/A004110
2007-09-27$54.76$0.0018.1%5.2%15.5%5.4%0.0%3.6%-6.7%8.5K-98.3K-7640.00144.04N/AN/A1004110
2007-09-28$54.65$0.0018.6%5.3%15.3%5.7%0.0%3.1%-7.1%13.5K-119.8K-8700.00147.36N/AN/A005110