VET Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, VET traded between $7.81 and $9.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.5%, placing in the 22.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 39.4%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-21: Highest Volume — 4,293 contracts
  • 2026-01-12: Largest IV spike — 59.5% change
  • 2026-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 73.7%
  • 2026-01-15: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.84$7.81$9.86$8.54$9.70
Max Pain$7.38$5.00$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV42.5%30.9%85.6%35.1%46.0%
Expected Move11.5%9.9%14.1%10.1%13.2%
HV 20d39.4%32.3%44.3%32.3%44.3%
HV 60d42.1%40.5%43.4%42.1%43.4%
IV Rank22.7%9.1%73.7%14.0%26.9%
IV Percentile30.7%3.6%98.8%8.7%48.8%
Term Structure2.9%-17.5%9.7%-3.1%1.1%
VWIV39.8%25.6%47.6%37.2%46.0%
Skew 25d16.0%-3.8%170.2%6.6%35.9%
Skew 10d36.0%-2.3%243.2%5.2%54.0%
Call IV 25d38.0%26.3%46.4%31.7%41.4%
Put IV 25d54.0%34.9%206.8%38.3%77.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %73.6632.6287.1532.6280.29
Gamma HHI0.560.390.750.390.58
Net GEX111.3K51.0K191.4K84.2K179.7K
Net DEX-7.0M-9.2M-3.1M-8.9M-7.4M
Net VEX-22.3K-32.7K-17.1K-18.7K-32.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.002.930.780.33
Total Volume9501234,293393206
Total OI49,508.9516,42374,13673,19522,461

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$8.54$7.5035.1%10.1%32.3%14.0%37.2%6.6%-3.1%84.2K-8.9M-18.7K0.7832.62N/AN/A22117264,9178,278
2026-01-05$8.16$5.0032.6%11.3%35.2%11.1%39.7%-3.8%4.9%100.9K-7.4M-17.6K2.2767.03N/AN/A43298164,8078,277
2026-01-06$8.04$7.5035.0%11.2%35.3%13.9%39.2%-1.0%4.4%127.6K-6.8M-18.9K2.9380.58N/AN/A7020565,1248,901
2026-01-07$7.81$7.5030.9%11.8%35.3%9.1%41.2%12.1%-1.5%191.4K-5.6M-18.7K1.6764.34N/AN/A6911565,1528,749
2026-01-08$8.14$7.5039.1%10.7%38.9%18.7%25.6%10.4%6.2%97.0K-7.5M-18.5K0.1283.67N/AN/A2312765,1798,776
2026-01-09$8.25$7.5036.1%10.7%39.3%15.1%42.6%-2.8%6.7%61.2K-8.1M-17.9K0.2384.54N/AN/A2235165,3428,794
2026-01-12$8.38$7.5057.5%9.9%39.3%40.5%29.5%11.9%0.9%59.8K-8.2M-17.6K0.0780.83N/AN/A2671965,2558,744
2026-01-13$8.57$7.5085.6%11.6%39.2%73.7%43.1%1.8%9.7%51.0K-8.9M-18.8K0.0685.06N/AN/A1,0086365,2418,746
2026-01-14$8.77$7.5035.3%10.1%39.2%14.2%37.5%14.2%4.8%63.3K-9.2M-19.3K0.5377.46N/AN/A1,27467364,7258,756
2026-01-15$8.55$7.5049.1%14.1%36.8%30.6%47.6%-3.1%-17.5%54.9K-8.5M-17.1K0.0979.13N/AN/A1131064,4178,383
2026-01-16$8.70$7.5045.2%13.0%36.5%26.0%43.5%8.1%7.4%60.3K-8.9M-17.5K0.2287.15N/AN/A2,10747264,3828,434
2026-01-20$8.82$7.5037.4%10.7%34.0%16.7%40.7%9.2%5.5%69.5K-3.1M-19.3K0.1754.29N/AN/A1,52325911,3485,075
2026-01-21$9.41$7.5041.0%11.8%39.8%21.0%41.1%3.7%3.0%102.6K-4.8M-22.2K0.0080.27N/AN/A4,2781512,4755,161
2026-01-22$9.04$7.5036.7%10.5%43.1%15.9%35.3%-0.5%7.5%119.9K-4.7M-26.2K0.0077.39N/AN/A636314,6825,174
2026-01-23$9.30$7.5039.1%11.2%43.9%18.7%39.4%-2.5%5.8%132.6K-5.5M-27.3K0.0661.72N/AN/A4152314,9215,175
2026-01-26$9.43$7.5045.0%12.9%43.9%25.7%45.0%-2.4%-1.7%142.0K-5.7M-27.3K0.0663.21N/AN/A7194415,1475,177
2026-01-27$9.66$7.5041.5%11.9%43.8%21.6%41.5%16.8%2.6%169.1K-6.8M-29.3K0.0075.31N/AN/A593215,8605,180
2026-01-28$9.71$7.5038.7%11.1%43.8%18.2%39.1%170.2%7.7%177.0K-7.1M-29.9K0.1378.73N/AN/A4165416,1095,182
2026-01-29$9.86$7.5042.1%12.1%43.8%22.2%42.1%35.7%4.8%182.6K-7.8M-31.7K0.0179.59N/AN/A1,0011016,4845,189
2026-01-30$9.70$7.5046.0%13.2%44.3%26.9%46.0%35.9%1.1%179.7K-7.4M-32.7K0.3380.29N/AN/A1555117,2775,184