VERX Options History — April 2022

In April 2022, VERX traded between $13.85 and $16.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 69.4%, placing in the 45.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 29.8% (HV 20d: 39.6%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2022-04-11: Highest Volume — 661 contracts
  • 2022-04-11: Largest IV spike — 60.6% change
  • 2022-04-11: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2022-04-27: Largest Expected Move — 22.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.25$13.85$16.29$15.89$14.18
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV69.4%49.5%126.3%65.9%56.1%
Expected Move17.0%13.7%22.2%16.1%16.1%
HV 20d39.6%32.5%50.5%47.3%33.1%
HV 60d47.6%43.0%52.4%52.0%43.0%
IV Rank45.2%25.4%100.0%48.7%28.1%
IV Percentile69.4%31.6%100.0%76.5%50.2%
Term Structure-15.9%-49.7%-2.6%-20.2%-9.9%
VWIV48.6%39.0%63.0%49.3%53.4%
Skew 25d3.3%-20.3%19.6%19.4%12.7%
Skew 10d14.9%-8.0%75.1%14.6%21.0%
Call IV 25d51.0%40.6%70.1%42.9%47.0%
Put IV 25d54.3%47.4%62.4%62.4%59.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %114.5493.12137.53109.73120.98
Gamma HHI0.300.260.690.270.27
Net GEX909-89214.7K636-457
Net DEX-36.6K-129.1K15.6K-59.4K7.8K
Net VEX-754-872-665-807-692
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.141.121.070.88
Total Volume236.250661145135
Total OI446.55377793377392

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-04-01$15.89$17.5065.9%16.1%47.3%48.7%49.3%19.4%-20.2%636-59.4K-8071.07109.73N/AN/A7075160217
2022-04-04$16.29$17.5060.6%13.7%47.6%41.8%49.9%3.8%-8.0%843-74.5K-8201.07106.74N/AN/A7075162217
2022-04-05$16.13$17.5049.5%16.9%48.1%27.3%46.0%19.6%-2.6%380-53.7K-7561.09111.95N/AN/A6975161217
2022-04-06$15.72$17.5078.6%18.1%49.3%65.4%51.6%6.9%-12.5%277-52.2K-8361.09112.87N/AN/A6975162217
2022-04-07$16.10$17.5069.6%13.9%49.4%53.6%50.0%1.2%-18.4%484-54.4K-7721.12110.92N/AN/A6775162217
2022-04-08$15.75$17.5075.4%17.3%50.5%61.2%46.3%8.7%-10.2%317-54.3K-7861.12112.34N/AN/A6775163217
2022-04-11$15.61$17.50121.1%15.9%41.9%100.0%52.5%2.0%-8.9%278-48.1K-7630.14108.91N/AN/A58180163217
2022-04-12$15.77$17.50126.3%15.0%41.2%100.0%43.9%3.6%-3.1%14.7K-129.1K-8720.14111.80N/AN/A58080565223
2022-04-13$16.09$17.5054.8%15.7%41.2%26.7%39.0%6.4%-8.8%1.0K-67.0K-8000.14110.69N/AN/A57680569223
2022-04-14$15.73$17.5054.5%15.6%34.4%26.4%41.7%9.7%-15.6%883-60.3K-7560.14111.10N/AN/A57780570223
2022-04-18$15.46$17.5054.6%15.6%35.3%26.5%44.5%4.3%-27.9%602-39.1K-7530.88119.25N/AN/A7263175205
2022-04-19$15.32$17.5060.1%17.2%35.4%32.2%42.6%-3.9%-9.2%547-37.4K-7650.8893.12N/AN/A7263185205
2022-04-20$15.11$17.5053.4%15.3%32.5%25.4%45.8%7.1%-6.9%241-26.8K-7260.86111.02N/AN/A7363187205
2022-04-21$14.61$17.5062.2%17.8%34.4%34.3%41.5%12.4%-28.6%-207-9.2K-7090.86115.88N/AN/A7363187205
2022-04-22$14.56$17.5054.7%15.7%34.2%26.6%45.5%6.2%-13.8%-446-139-7110.86119.28N/AN/A7363187205
2022-04-25$14.60$17.5063.9%18.3%34.0%36.0%63.0%-20.3%-13.3%-220-2.3K-6890.86119.94N/AN/A7363187205
2022-04-26$14.20$17.5077.4%22.2%35.1%49.9%59.5%-7.6%-27.2%-154-1.4K-7130.82122.09N/AN/A7763187205
2022-04-27$13.85$17.5077.6%22.2%32.9%50.1%0.0%-16.4%-49.7%-61015.6K-6650.00137.53N/AN/A00187205
2022-04-28$14.11$17.5071.4%20.5%33.7%43.7%57.3%-10.1%-23.8%-89213.6K-6850.82124.72N/AN/A7763187205
2022-04-29$14.18$17.5056.1%16.1%33.1%28.1%53.4%12.7%-9.9%-4577.8K-6920.88120.98N/AN/A7263187205