VYM Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, VYM traded between $43.77 and $44.55. ATM implied volatility averaged 9.1%, placing in the 0.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 29.7% (HV 20d: 38.8%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 7 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 7 days.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-24: Largest IV drop — 31.0% change
  • 2011-02-23: Highest IV Rank — 2.9%
  • 2011-02-23: Largest Expected Move — 3.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.13$43.77$44.55$44.40$44.33
ATM IV9.1%7.7%12.4%8.5%7.7%
Expected Move2.6%2.2%3.6%2.4%2.2%
HV 20d38.8%38.4%39.5%39.5%38.4%
HV 60d29.4%29.4%29.5%29.5%29.4%
IV Rank0.7%0.0%2.9%0.0%0.0%
IV Percentile0.6%0.0%2.4%0.0%0.0%
Term Structure0.3%-0.1%0.6%0.6%-0.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %145.8880.67200.00200.00163.79
Net GEX00000
Net DEX00000
Net VEX00000
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (7 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-17$44.40$0.008.5%2.4%39.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2011-02-18$44.55$0.008.2%2.3%38.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2011-02-22$44.01$0.0010.6%3.0%39.2%1.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0000.0081.48N/AN/A0000
2011-02-23$43.84$0.0012.4%3.6%39.1%2.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0000.0080.67N/AN/A0000
2011-02-24$43.77$0.008.6%2.5%38.4%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.6%0000.00139.78N/AN/A0000
2011-02-25$44.01$0.007.8%2.2%38.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0000.00155.42N/AN/A0000
2011-02-28$44.33$0.007.7%2.2%38.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-0.1%0000.00163.79N/AN/A0000