VYM Options History — June 2011

In June 2011, VYM traded between $43.73 and $45.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.0%, placing in the 9.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.6% (HV 20d: 13.4%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $46.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.00.

Notable Days

  • 2011-06-01: Highest Volume — 6 contracts
  • 2011-06-23: Largest IV spike — 469.2% change
  • 2011-06-27: Highest IV Rank — 37.0%
  • 2011-06-27: Largest Expected Move — 17.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.28$43.73$45.07$45.07$44.99
Max Pain$44.94$43.00$46.00$44.00$43.00
ATM IV20.0%9.8%61.4%13.8%11.3%
Expected Move5.7%2.8%17.6%4.0%3.2%
HV 20d13.4%12.2%14.6%12.2%14.5%
HV 60d11.4%11.1%11.6%11.5%11.6%
IV Rank9.1%2.3%37.0%5.0%3.2%
IV Percentile33.7%8.3%89.7%23.0%15.1%
Term Structure0.1%-25.4%31.7%0.7%1.7%
VWIV14.3%9.5%19.0%9.5%19.0%
Skew 25d4.5%-3.1%10.2%6.6%0.5%
Skew 10d5.1%-3.1%10.0%3.7%2.2%
Call IV 25d23.9%9.4%77.3%9.4%9.4%
Put IV 25d28.5%10.0%82.2%16.0%10.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %125.8482.29200.0097.91100.31
Gamma HHI0.800.520.990.760.69
Net GEX-4.6K-14.3K710-3.3K710
Net DEX22.4K-2.1K47.6K7.1K-812
Net VEX-22-450-37-5
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.005.005.005.005.00
Total Volume0.3680660
Total OI11017113

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-06-01$45.07$44.0013.8%4.0%12.2%5.0%9.5%6.6%0.7%-3.3K7.1K-375.0097.91N/AN/A1529
2011-06-02$44.85$46.0016.0%4.6%12.3%6.4%0.0%0.0%-0.0%-5.8K29.1K-430.00126.44N/AN/A00114
2011-06-03$44.44$46.0014.9%4.4%12.6%5.7%0.0%6.6%1.3%-5.7K33.7K-450.0082.29N/AN/A00314
2011-06-06$44.12$0.0015.9%3.0%12.7%6.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-6.1K39.1K-330.00200.00N/AN/A00114
2011-06-07$44.15$46.0014.6%4.3%12.7%5.5%0.0%4.8%1.4%-6.3K37.7K-370.0085.96N/AN/A00314
2011-06-08$44.12$46.0014.9%4.4%12.3%5.7%0.0%4.8%1.6%-6.5K38.8K-340.0083.14N/AN/A00314
2011-06-09$44.35$46.0014.7%4.2%12.4%5.6%0.0%4.8%1.5%-6.9K34.8K-320.0090.02N/AN/A00314
2011-06-10$43.73$46.0014.5%4.2%13.0%5.4%0.0%6.5%2.1%-7.0K45.2K-270.0090.67N/AN/A00314
2011-06-13$43.88$46.0015.0%4.3%12.8%5.8%0.0%7.6%2.0%-8.6K43.3K-230.0089.78N/AN/A00314
2011-06-14$44.38$46.0014.6%4.2%13.6%5.5%0.0%3.1%1.7%-8.3K32.5K-200.0095.85N/AN/A00314
2011-06-15$43.73$46.0015.9%4.6%14.0%6.4%0.0%7.9%1.0%-10.3K47.6K-170.0087.82N/AN/A00314
2011-06-16$43.96$46.0016.6%4.8%14.2%6.8%19.0%10.2%1.3%-14.3K42.1K-160.0086.62N/AN/A01314
2011-06-17$44.09$0.0011.0%3.1%14.3%3.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2011-06-20$44.41$0.009.8%2.8%14.6%2.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2011-06-23$44.27$43.0055.8%16.0%14.2%33.2%0.0%-1.6%-20.7%129-1.7K-130.00195.74N/AN/A0021
2011-06-27$43.84$43.0061.4%17.6%14.4%37.0%0.0%-3.1%-25.4%125-1.6K-120.00196.53N/AN/A0021
2011-06-28$44.32$43.0015.6%4.5%14.0%6.2%0.0%3.9%-0.2%152374-60.0083.20N/AN/A0021
2011-06-29$44.58$43.0033.6%9.6%14.2%18.2%0.0%5.5%31.7%167-2.1K-110.00198.69N/AN/A0021
2011-06-30$44.99$43.0011.3%3.2%14.5%3.2%0.0%0.5%1.7%710-812-50.00100.31N/AN/A0021