VERX Options History — April 2023

In April 2023, VERX traded between $20.39 and $22.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.1%, placing in the 17.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.3% (HV 20d: 40.7%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.62.

Notable Days

  • 2023-04-03: Highest Volume — 289 contracts
  • 2023-04-06: Largest IV drop — 22.2% change
  • 2023-04-25: Highest IV Rank — 24.1%
  • 2023-04-25: Largest Expected Move — 18.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.82$20.39$22.88$21.14$20.69
Max Pain$21.05$17.50$22.50$17.50$22.50
ATM IV56.1%48.0%65.3%50.7%57.7%
Expected Move16.2%14.5%18.7%14.5%16.5%
HV 20d40.7%29.8%85.1%85.1%29.8%
HV 60d59.6%59.0%60.5%60.5%59.9%
IV Rank17.3%11.3%24.1%13.3%18.5%
IV Percentile28.8%7.1%60.3%10.7%34.1%
Term Structure-7.0%-22.0%3.7%3.7%-9.8%
VWIV54.3%37.7%60.0%50.8%51.8%
Skew 25d8.2%0.2%23.3%0.2%5.1%
Skew 10d15.0%-18.8%36.2%-10.7%33.4%
Call IV 25d53.6%45.0%60.4%49.1%58.2%
Put IV 25d61.8%49.3%82.7%49.3%63.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.1641.51103.5189.41103.51
Gamma HHI0.540.390.760.480.61
Net GEX138.1K51.5K223.0K223.0K53.8K
Net DEX-6.7M-9.7M-919.4K-6.8M-951.3K
Net VEX-8.1K-9.8K-5.6K-9.5K-5.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.620.018.600.620.39
Total Volume74.211028928932
Total OI5,367.9472,9756,5005,6362,991

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-04-03$21.14$17.5050.7%14.5%85.1%13.3%50.8%0.2%3.7%223.0K-6.8M-9.5K0.6289.41N/AN/A1781115,473163
2023-04-04$21.62$17.5052.3%15.0%84.9%14.5%37.7%9.1%-22.0%191.5K-7.3M-9.8K0.1985.11N/AN/A52105,654266
2023-04-05$22.12$17.5061.7%17.7%40.0%21.4%57.3%3.9%-5.3%223.0K-8.1M-9.7K0.8085.76N/AN/A15125,671266
2023-04-06$22.19$22.5048.0%16.3%36.2%11.3%56.9%11.4%-3.1%187.7K-8.7M-9.6K0.0162.20N/AN/A17225,667272
2023-04-10$22.30$22.5052.9%16.2%35.6%15.0%60.0%5.0%-2.8%198.0K-8.9M-9.6K3.1778.10N/AN/A23735,839274
2023-04-11$22.03$20.0057.4%15.8%36.2%18.2%54.4%8.6%-3.4%203.7K-8.4M-9.4K0.6080.57N/AN/A58355,840343
2023-04-12$22.08$20.0055.1%15.8%36.3%16.5%55.1%6.3%-6.5%194.4K-8.7M-8.7K3.1181.69N/AN/A19595,896358
2023-04-13$22.88$20.0055.7%16.0%37.3%17.0%56.6%12.1%-5.2%158.4K-9.7M-8.8K0.1870.46N/AN/A60115,905411
2023-04-14$22.57$20.0056.0%16.1%38.2%17.2%55.5%9.4%-5.0%157.4K-9.5M-8.8K1.5957.20N/AN/A29465,955423
2023-04-17$22.41$20.0051.8%14.9%37.5%14.1%52.0%9.3%-0.5%141.0K-9.3M-7.9K8.6043.48N/AN/A5435,959465
2023-04-18$22.02$22.5056.7%16.3%34.5%17.8%0.0%5.8%-11.2%152.0K-9.0M-7.4K0.7484.41N/AN/A27205,961500
2023-04-19$22.57$22.5059.9%17.2%32.5%20.1%59.6%1.7%-8.9%112.5K-9.5M-7.9K1.7580.55N/AN/A475,975520
2023-04-20$22.34$22.5053.6%15.4%32.8%15.4%0.0%23.3%-3.8%88.6K-9.3M-7.4K1.0088.01N/AN/A335,978522
2023-04-21$22.06$22.5057.8%16.6%33.4%18.5%56.6%20.5%-8.1%81.3K-9.0M-7.1K0.3685.29N/AN/A153555,977519
2023-04-24$21.55$22.5054.6%15.7%35.2%16.2%54.2%1.4%-7.5%77.1K-1.5M-7.1K0.1083.35N/AN/A2022,695296
2023-04-25$20.96$22.5065.3%18.7%36.2%24.1%56.8%17.3%-13.7%67.0K-1.3M-6.7K4.3193.08N/AN/A13562,675300
2023-04-26$20.75$22.5061.8%17.7%36.1%21.5%0.0%2.1%-12.1%62.4K-1.2M-6.4K0.0091.34N/AN/A022,687304
2023-04-27$20.39$22.5056.3%16.2%35.7%17.5%0.0%3.6%-8.3%51.5K-919.4K-5.6K0.0041.51N/AN/A002,687304
2023-04-28$20.69$22.5057.7%16.5%29.8%18.5%51.8%5.1%-9.8%53.8K-951.3K-5.7K0.39103.51N/AN/A2392,687304