VYM Options History — July 2011

In July 2011, VYM traded between $43.76 and $45.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.2%, placing in the 9.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.4% (HV 20d: 12.7%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2011-07-01: Highest Volume — 3 contracts
  • 2011-07-26: Largest IV spike — 256.9% change
  • 2011-07-29: Highest IV Rank — 34.1%
  • 2011-07-29: Largest Expected Move — 16.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$45.09$43.76$45.95$45.54$43.76
Max Pain$43.00$43.00$43.00$43.00$43.00
ATM IV21.2%8.0%57.1%8.0%57.1%
Expected Move6.3%2.3%16.4%2.3%16.4%
HV 20d12.7%11.7%14.6%14.6%12.3%
HV 60d12.1%11.7%12.5%11.8%12.3%
IV Rank9.9%1.0%34.1%1.0%34.1%
IV Percentile36.6%2.8%89.3%2.8%89.3%
Term Structure-2.3%-19.7%11.5%4.0%-19.7%
Skew 25d3.4%-9.0%13.9%3.4%-7.6%
Skew 10d3.7%-7.6%11.9%2.6%-7.6%
Call IV 25d24.1%7.8%76.2%7.8%76.2%
Put IV 25d27.6%11.2%69.7%11.2%68.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %107.1463.59194.0693.61190.43
Gamma HHI0.790.401.001.000.74
Net GEX1.3K4862.8K1.7K486
Net DEX-8.2K-12.2K-2.6K-2.6K-7.8K
Net VEX-33-49-6-6-49
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.30330
Total OI53636

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-07-01$45.54$43.008.0%2.3%14.6%1.0%0.0%3.4%4.0%1.7K-2.6K-60.0093.61N/AN/A3021
2011-07-05$45.45$0.0011.8%3.7%13.2%3.6%0.0%2.7%1.5%2.3K-8.9K-340.0079.77N/AN/A0051
2011-07-06$45.58$0.0010.4%3.6%13.1%2.7%0.0%2.5%1.4%2.3K-10.0K-350.0082.75N/AN/A0051
2011-07-07$45.95$0.0012.1%3.6%12.8%3.8%0.0%3.2%2.0%2.6K-12.2K-350.0088.59N/AN/A0051
2011-07-08$45.69$0.009.4%3.5%12.7%2.0%0.0%5.7%1.8%2.8K-10.5K-340.0095.30N/AN/A0051
2011-07-11$45.15$0.0016.3%4.2%13.6%6.6%0.0%6.3%0.6%1.7K-7.4K-310.0087.07N/AN/A0051
2011-07-12$45.00$0.0017.3%8.1%13.6%7.3%0.0%13.9%11.5%1.3K-7.1K-300.00138.59N/AN/A0051
2011-07-13$45.09$0.0015.0%4.3%13.6%5.8%0.0%5.9%0.7%1.2K-6.7K-290.0087.73N/AN/A0051
2011-07-14$44.88$0.0014.7%4.2%12.6%5.6%0.0%-9.0%2.0%698-6.1K-280.00107.69N/AN/A0051
2011-07-15$44.99$0.0043.6%12.5%12.5%25.0%0.0%3.7%-16.5%575-6.9K-280.00193.71N/AN/A0051
2011-07-18$44.59$0.0014.8%4.2%12.4%5.6%0.0%5.4%0.1%657-5.5K-260.0063.59N/AN/A0030
2011-07-19$45.13$0.0014.0%4.0%11.8%5.1%0.0%5.3%0.1%725-6.4K-270.0070.34N/AN/A0030
2011-07-20$45.10$0.0013.8%3.9%11.7%4.9%0.0%4.8%0.2%756-6.3K-270.0072.45N/AN/A0030
2011-07-21$45.62$0.0012.5%3.6%12.3%4.1%0.0%5.6%0.2%720-7.3K-270.0079.10N/AN/A2030
2011-07-22$45.53$0.0011.9%3.4%12.1%3.7%0.0%4.5%0.4%1.3K-11.9K-450.0080.91N/AN/A0050
2011-07-25$45.28$0.0014.6%4.2%12.3%5.5%0.0%4.3%-0.2%1.2K-11.2K-440.0075.98N/AN/A0050
2011-07-26$45.02$0.0052.3%15.0%11.9%30.8%0.0%4.8%-16.3%645-11.4K-440.00194.06N/AN/A0050
2011-07-27$44.36$0.0018.0%5.2%12.6%7.8%0.0%7.7%-1.6%1.1K-8.6K-420.0069.29N/AN/A0050
2011-07-28$44.09$0.0055.7%16.0%12.6%33.1%0.0%-4.2%-18.1%610-10.0K-430.00191.90N/AN/A0150
2011-07-29$43.76$0.0057.1%16.4%12.3%34.1%0.0%-7.6%-19.7%486-7.8K-490.00190.43N/AN/A0051