VYM Options History — October 2024

In October 2024, VYM traded between $127.42 and $131.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.0%, placing in the 41.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.7% (HV 20d: 9.2%). Max pain ranged from $125.00 to $129.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.08.

Notable Days

  • 2024-10-18: Highest Volume — 19,484 contracts
  • 2024-10-07: Largest IV spike — 25.3% change
  • 2024-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 62.7%
  • 2024-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$129.30$127.42$131.43$128.00$128.15
Max Pain$127.30$125.00$129.00$125.00$128.00
ATM IV14.0%11.2%18.3%12.7%18.3%
Expected Move4.1%3.6%5.3%3.6%5.3%
HV 20d9.2%8.2%10.3%10.3%9.6%
HV 60d12.4%10.2%12.9%12.9%10.2%
IV Rank41.1%27.4%62.7%34.9%62.7%
IV Percentile81.1%52.0%97.6%73.8%97.6%
Term Structure-0.5%-3.0%1.5%1.4%-2.1%
VWIV14.4%12.4%19.3%15.7%19.3%
Skew 25d5.1%3.4%10.8%7.4%4.8%
Skew 10d8.4%0.1%15.6%7.4%9.8%
Call IV 25d11.9%6.0%16.3%8.3%16.3%
Put IV 25d17.0%14.7%21.1%15.7%21.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %59.1437.5880.1180.1162.63
Gamma HHI0.520.100.840.680.21
Net GEX20.4M3.8M47.3M22.2M6.5M
Net DEX-119.9M-227.8M-71.4M-109.5M-71.4M
Net VEX-362.3K-409.8K-291.8K-398.4K-360.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.080.016.252.571.07
Total Volume1,088.4785319,48482118
Total OI24,120.56522,40625,47224,24423,238

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-10-01$128.00$125.0012.7%3.6%10.3%34.9%15.7%7.4%1.4%22.2M-109.5M-398.4K2.5780.11N/AN/A235919,8914,353
2024-10-02$127.95$125.0012.8%3.7%10.3%35.2%12.4%4.5%1.5%22.6M-106.6M-394.7K1.4571.23N/AN/A558019,8994,381
2024-10-03$127.42$127.0014.1%4.4%10.1%42.0%13.2%6.3%-1.1%20.6M-97.5M-380.3K0.0337.58N/AN/A1,0292919,9124,382
2024-10-04$128.63$127.0011.2%3.9%8.9%27.4%12.7%5.5%-0.4%27.6M-119.3M-409.8K0.2948.43N/AN/A411220,3294,407
2024-10-07$127.69$128.0014.0%4.4%8.8%41.4%17.4%6.0%-1.2%22.8M-98.7M-384.3K4.1654.40N/AN/A3213320,3514,410
2024-10-08$128.08$128.0012.6%4.1%8.7%34.2%15.4%5.8%-0.7%27.7M-99.5M-375.5K0.7044.61N/AN/A574020,3584,491
2024-10-09$129.08$128.0013.9%4.0%8.9%41.0%12.4%10.8%-0.7%32.8M-128.2M-386.9K0.3470.99N/AN/A1264320,3784,523
2024-10-10$128.69$128.0013.9%4.0%8.8%41.0%16.5%5.2%-0.9%35.1M-108.6M-366.2K2.3950.19N/AN/A5713620,4304,532
2024-10-11$130.19$127.0013.4%3.9%9.2%38.6%12.6%4.6%-0.4%42.4M-161.5M-362.6K0.2548.50N/AN/A2827020,4354,629
2024-10-14$130.86$127.0013.2%3.8%9.0%37.2%12.4%4.5%-0.5%40.1M-186.3M-337.7K0.1451.94N/AN/A2623620,5114,672
2024-10-15$130.39$127.0014.6%4.2%9.2%44.4%15.6%4.3%-0.7%47.3M-172.4M-339.7K0.3046.52N/AN/A2918620,5734,670
2024-10-16$131.38$126.0013.5%3.9%9.4%38.9%13.0%4.8%-0.3%32.8M-206.6M-316.9K0.0357.26N/AN/A276720,5764,700
2024-10-17$131.43$126.0013.3%3.8%8.9%38.1%12.6%4.1%-3.0%24.2M-222.2M-291.8K0.1656.69N/AN/A5108020,6534,706
2024-10-18$131.29$126.0012.8%3.7%8.2%35.4%13.9%3.5%0.8%3.8M-227.8M-294.0K0.0157.50N/AN/A19,23025420,7584,714
2024-10-21$130.06$128.0013.2%3.8%9.1%37.5%13.6%3.4%0.1%8.8M-90.5M-388.8K0.7364.73N/AN/A18013118,9813,425
2024-10-22$130.22$128.0013.1%3.7%9.1%36.8%14.1%5.8%0.1%8.3M-86.3M-375.4K6.2568.55N/AN/A3622519,0433,537
2024-10-23$129.69$129.0014.5%4.2%8.8%43.8%14.7%4.1%-0.1%8.0M-82.6M-377.7K0.7064.25N/AN/A1097619,0693,700
2024-10-24$129.45$128.0014.7%4.2%8.8%44.8%14.1%4.3%-0.1%7.6M-80.8M-378.4K0.5159.63N/AN/A1226219,1543,751
2024-10-25$128.53$128.0014.8%4.2%9.2%45.3%16.7%5.1%-0.8%6.8M-76.6M-349.7K2.0765.18N/AN/A5411219,1753,771
2024-10-28$129.38$128.0015.6%4.5%9.4%49.1%13.7%4.6%-1.6%7.2M-76.5M-365.9K0.1960.13N/AN/A1482819,1693,826
2024-10-29$128.70$128.0014.9%4.3%9.7%46.0%14.5%4.4%-0.2%6.8M-74.2M-346.8K0.5365.67N/AN/A1337119,2743,826
2024-10-30$128.59$128.0015.9%4.6%9.7%50.8%15.3%3.9%-1.4%6.6M-74.8M-350.3K0.0773.52N/AN/A88619,3393,871
2024-10-31$128.15$128.0018.3%5.3%9.6%62.7%19.3%4.8%-2.1%6.5M-71.4M-360.2K1.0762.63N/AN/A576119,3633,875