VYMI Options History — May 2021

In May 2021, VYMI traded between $66.81 and $69.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.7%. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 15.1%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $68.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.12.

Notable Days

  • 2021-05-24: Highest Volume — 100 contracts
  • 2021-05-11: Largest IV spike — 35.6% change
  • 2021-05-25: Largest Expected Move — 5.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$68.83$66.81$69.97$67.54$69.97
Max Pain$66.60$65.00$68.00$65.00$68.00
ATM IV15.7%10.6%24.9%13.0%10.6%
Expected Move4.2%3.0%5.8%3.7%3.0%
HV 20d15.1%14.2%15.4%14.9%14.2%
Term Structure-0.9%-8.5%2.7%1.7%-0.1%
VWIV13.1%10.3%16.0%13.3%11.1%
Skew 25d3.5%-6.2%14.8%1.4%3.9%
Skew 10d4.5%-1.5%19.7%2.6%2.6%
Call IV 25d13.6%8.4%21.6%11.9%8.4%
Put IV 25d17.1%12.0%31.0%13.4%12.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %121.55109.02138.13134.25119.03
Gamma HHI0.380.270.620.270.34
Net GEX5.6K-25.5K22.7K7.3K5.8K
Net DEX15.4K-127.6K438.6K-51.4K107.5K
Net VEX-875-2.5K-295-316-2.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.120.0010.000.000.00
Total Volume18.5010011
Total OI94.13024330243

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-05-03$67.54$65.0013.0%3.7%0.0%0.0%13.3%1.4%1.7%7.3K-51.4K-3160.00134.25N/AN/A01255
2021-05-04$66.81$67.0014.2%4.1%0.0%0.0%14.2%-3.9%1.2%5.5K-36.8K-3180.00135.38N/AN/A02256
2021-05-05$67.76$65.0015.7%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-6.2%-0.7%7.6K-56.3K-3290.00138.13N/AN/A01256
2021-05-06$68.51$65.0018.9%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%-0.0%8.8K-65.8K-3150.00118.90N/AN/A10257
2021-05-07$69.38$65.0014.7%4.1%14.9%0.0%13.8%8.1%-4.4%8.8K-73.1K-3090.00119.80N/AN/A20247
2021-05-10$69.44$65.0018.4%3.7%14.4%0.0%0.0%-1.2%1.0%8.8K-79.0K-3130.00119.11N/AN/A00247
2021-05-11$68.67$65.0024.9%5.7%14.8%0.0%0.0%14.8%0.9%8.1K-75.4K-2960.00122.48N/AN/A00247
2021-05-12$67.69$65.0016.7%4.8%15.4%0.0%0.0%6.8%0.2%7.1K-45.8K-3120.00117.34N/AN/A200247
2021-05-13$68.23$65.0017.3%5.0%15.3%0.0%0.0%7.2%0.2%22.7K-92.3K-3610.00117.94N/AN/A00407
2021-05-14$69.07$65.0012.6%3.6%15.4%0.0%16.0%5.2%0.1%21.3K-127.6K-3680.10109.02N/AN/A202407
2021-05-17$69.11$68.0014.5%4.2%15.4%0.0%10.3%5.4%0.6%15.4K-82.4K-2950.00118.37N/AN/A10299
2021-05-18$69.51$68.0012.9%3.7%14.5%0.0%0.0%2.6%0.4%11.7K-94.9K-3360.00117.41N/AN/A050309
2021-05-19$68.60$68.0017.4%5.0%15.3%0.0%0.0%0.4%-2.1%-4.4K111.9K-7890.00121.76N/AN/A003059
2021-05-20$69.21$68.0012.6%3.6%15.4%0.0%11.0%-1.6%2.7%-2.7K82.5K-66910.00118.84N/AN/A8803059
2021-05-21$69.06$68.0015.7%4.5%15.2%0.0%0.0%9.8%-1.2%-22.2K438.6K-1.4K0.00121.15N/AN/A08034139
2021-05-24$69.51$68.0016.0%4.6%15.3%0.0%14.9%3.1%-2.7%-25.5K152.3K-1.8K0.00119.59N/AN/A100022120
2021-05-25$69.36$68.0020.2%5.8%15.4%0.0%0.0%2.9%-7.4%17.1K66.3K-2.5K0.00122.09N/AN/A00122120
2021-05-26$69.47$68.0015.4%4.4%15.2%0.0%0.0%6.6%-8.5%12.2K106.0K-2.3K0.00122.13N/AN/A10122120
2021-05-27$69.69$68.0011.4%3.3%15.2%0.0%0.0%3.1%0.1%-2.1K124.2K-2.0K0.00118.34N/AN/A00123120
2021-05-28$69.97$68.0010.6%3.0%14.2%0.0%11.1%3.9%-0.1%5.8K107.5K-2.0K0.00119.03N/AN/A10123120