VET Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, VET traded between $23.31 and $27.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.8%, placing in the 28.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.0% (HV 20d: 72.9%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-04: Highest Volume — 102 contracts
  • 2016-02-08: Largest IV spike — 51.4% change
  • 2016-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 52.1%
  • 2016-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 28.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.57$23.31$27.20$26.22$27.20
Max Pain$29.25$25.00$30.00$25.00$30.00
ATM IV62.8%38.0%98.2%98.2%51.4%
Expected Move18.1%14.7%28.1%28.1%14.7%
HV 20d72.9%57.2%81.6%75.1%58.2%
HV 60d63.3%60.9%65.3%60.9%65.3%
IV Rank28.4%11.8%52.1%52.1%20.8%
IV Percentile64.1%9.5%95.2%95.2%38.9%
Term Structure-8.2%-34.0%12.3%-34.0%12.3%
VWIV61.1%49.1%103.7%103.7%53.7%
Skew 25d9.1%-1.0%28.7%28.7%1.1%
Skew 10d17.8%2.6%39.6%33.4%10.0%
Call IV 25d58.5%43.8%85.8%85.8%56.8%
Put IV 25d67.6%56.0%114.5%114.5%58.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %107.1584.72129.31129.31115.56
Gamma HHI0.280.240.360.330.27
Net GEX4.0K6359.1K3.2K3.4K
Net DEX29.6K-43.3K98.6K34.2K20.3K
Net VEX-1.1K-1.5K-887-1.2K-1.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.620.900.900.78
Total Volume83671029571
Total OI477.85463491474465

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$26.22$25.0098.2%28.1%75.1%52.1%103.7%28.7%-34.0%3.2K34.2K-1.2K0.90129.31N/AN/A5045355119
2016-02-02$25.06$25.0055.5%15.9%76.7%23.6%56.1%14.0%-0.6%3.6K40.1K-1.2K0.90112.37N/AN/A5045355124
2016-02-03$26.77$25.0070.3%20.2%80.6%33.5%69.1%22.5%-17.9%4.5K-11.9K-1.4K0.82128.39N/AN/A5545355124
2016-02-04$26.81$30.0070.1%16.4%76.8%33.3%49.1%8.4%-8.0%5.4K-43.3K-1.5K0.8586.78N/AN/A5547362124
2016-02-05$26.33$30.0038.0%15.4%75.0%11.8%53.1%1.0%2.5%9.1K-32.0K-1.3K0.85108.73N/AN/A5547362124
2016-02-08$26.22$30.0057.5%16.6%75.0%24.9%49.6%9.9%-4.6%5.3K-5.0K-1.3K0.8595.46N/AN/A5547362124
2016-02-09$23.95$30.0058.6%18.5%81.6%25.6%60.1%4.3%-14.9%4.7K22.0K-1.2K0.85102.94N/AN/A5547362124
2016-02-10$23.31$30.0066.0%18.9%81.6%30.6%66.1%-0.1%-8.2%2.9K84.7K-9750.62105.18N/AN/A5232362124
2016-02-11$23.46$30.0067.9%19.5%81.6%31.8%65.3%7.8%-10.0%2.6K98.6K-9510.7384.72N/AN/A4432363123
2016-02-12$24.29$30.0051.3%14.7%79.2%20.8%56.7%15.4%2.1%4.1K63.2K-1.1K0.73113.99N/AN/A4432362123
2016-02-16$24.29$30.0066.9%19.2%75.8%31.2%65.6%3.0%-12.7%4.0K66.9K-9830.73100.17N/AN/A4432362123
2016-02-17$25.56$30.0061.8%17.7%77.0%27.7%59.6%8.3%-14.4%5.1K36.1K-1.0K0.80112.93N/AN/A4435362123
2016-02-18$25.53$30.0067.1%19.2%75.8%31.3%66.2%-1.0%-14.0%7.0K-9.9K-1.2K0.86115.16N/AN/A4438362120
2016-02-19$25.68$30.0062.5%17.9%74.5%28.2%58.8%16.2%-2.3%2.2K11.8K-1.0K0.86104.27N/AN/A4438362129
2016-02-22$26.80$30.0066.9%19.2%67.6%31.2%59.3%20.5%-13.7%3.7K16.0K-1.1K0.68104.52N/AN/A4027339125
2016-02-23$25.63$30.0061.6%17.6%63.5%27.6%59.5%8.7%-3.0%2.3K61.0K-8870.68107.25N/AN/A4027340123
2016-02-24$26.08$30.0058.4%16.7%62.4%25.5%55.4%1.0%-11.6%63569.9K-9190.68108.39N/AN/A4027340123
2016-02-25$25.85$30.0062.2%17.8%62.2%28.0%57.5%6.8%-6.2%2.3K57.3K-9930.6898.96N/AN/A4027340123
2016-02-26$26.41$30.0064.3%18.4%57.2%29.4%58.5%4.3%-4.6%3.8K11.8K-1.1K0.70108.02N/AN/A4028340123
2016-02-29$27.20$30.0051.4%14.7%58.2%20.8%53.7%1.1%12.3%3.4K20.3K-1.0K0.78115.56N/AN/A4031340125