VICR Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, VICR traded between $4.11 and $7.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 88.4%, placing in the 39.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 25.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 61.7% (HV 20d: 150.1%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.19.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-13: Highest Volume — 1,046 contracts
  • 2008-11-12: Largest IV spike — 38.5% change
  • 2008-11-21: Highest IV Rank — 50.9%
  • 2008-11-21: Largest Expected Move — 30.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.58$4.11$7.68$7.68$5.79
Max Pain$4.47$2.50$5.00$2.50$5.00
ATM IV88.4%62.4%105.0%90.2%90.9%
Expected Move25.5%21.0%30.1%25.9%26.1%
HV 20d150.1%138.3%173.4%173.4%142.2%
HV 60d121.6%111.1%131.3%111.4%131.0%
IV Rank39.4%21.5%50.9%40.7%41.2%
IV Percentile91.6%56.3%98.8%96.0%92.9%
Term Structure-3.9%-9.8%4.4%-6.8%2.8%
VWIV88.2%73.4%96.9%87.9%94.5%
Skew 25d12.3%-11.3%51.7%8.3%13.3%
Skew 10d17.5%-27.5%38.2%30.4%29.3%
Call IV 25d72.4%48.5%92.7%67.5%78.0%
Put IV 25d84.7%60.7%111.7%75.9%91.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %70.0119.74107.7669.0083.76
Gamma HHI0.430.320.550.450.34
Net GEX14.4K7.5K27.6K26.7K12.6K
Net DEX-714.9K-1.5M-334.5K-1.5M-921.8K
Net VEX-4.4K-7.4K-2.7K-7.4K-4.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.190.001.670.000.00
Total Volume174.73701,046550
Total OI4,795.5794,6994,9214,7314,900

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$7.68$2.5090.2%25.9%173.4%40.7%0.0%8.3%-6.8%26.7K-1.5M-7.4K0.0069.00N/AN/A5504,585146
2008-11-04$7.60$2.5085.8%24.6%162.7%37.7%0.0%6.9%-7.5%27.6K-1.5M-7.4K0.0027.31N/AN/A1004,640146
2008-11-05$7.51$2.5083.3%23.9%161.8%35.9%0.0%-8.5%-5.3%27.2K-1.5M-7.3K0.0072.73N/AN/A004,640146
2008-11-06$6.46$2.5074.1%21.2%160.9%29.5%0.0%3.1%-7.0%20.4K-919.1K-5.8K0.0092.33N/AN/A004,621146
2008-11-07$5.86$5.0062.4%23.9%165.0%21.5%0.0%11.4%-4.3%16.1K-668.5K-4.7K0.0065.89N/AN/A004,621146
2008-11-10$5.35$5.0079.2%22.7%142.7%33.1%0.0%4.3%-1.9%12.9K-472.5K-3.8K0.0094.96N/AN/A2704,621146
2008-11-11$5.46$5.0074.2%22.2%142.3%29.6%0.0%6.8%3.7%14.1K-543.5K-4.2K0.0096.96N/AN/A004,636146
2008-11-12$4.92$5.00102.8%25.2%138.3%49.3%87.9%20.1%-8.7%10.6K-343.2K-3.2K0.0073.57N/AN/A0154,636146
2008-11-13$5.60$5.0073.4%21.0%145.9%29.1%73.4%32.4%4.4%14.9K-572.4K-4.2K0.05107.76N/AN/A1,000464,636141
2008-11-14$5.11$5.0078.1%22.4%148.6%32.3%0.0%23.3%-1.1%12.0K-480.2K-3.5K0.0081.58N/AN/A004,621160
2008-11-17$4.92$5.0096.9%27.8%146.2%45.3%96.9%28.2%-5.1%10.9K-475.8K-3.6K1.6720.64N/AN/A30504,636160
2008-11-18$4.80$5.0093.9%26.9%146.2%43.2%0.0%-11.3%-4.7%9.9K-403.0K-3.3K0.0019.74N/AN/A004,666200
2008-11-19$4.39$5.0094.9%27.2%144.7%43.9%94.5%15.7%-5.0%8.4K-375.7K-3.0K0.0457.32N/AN/A736284,666200
2008-11-20$4.11$5.0094.2%27.0%141.2%43.5%0.0%2.1%-3.3%7.5K-334.5K-2.7K0.00102.61N/AN/A20004,678228
2008-11-21$4.63$5.00105.0%30.1%146.3%50.9%0.0%14.4%-9.8%9.2K-482.6K-3.4K0.0061.37N/AN/A61104,693228
2008-11-24$5.16$5.00104.0%29.8%150.9%50.2%0.0%51.7%-0.6%11.1K-627.6K-3.8K0.0080.60N/AN/A004,481218
2008-11-25$5.07$5.00100.1%28.7%148.7%47.5%0.0%4.2%-6.7%10.4K-603.2K-3.7K0.0060.28N/AN/A50204,495218
2008-11-26$5.64$5.0096.6%27.7%144.3%45.1%0.0%8.3%-6.5%11.8K-847.5K-4.2K0.0061.81N/AN/A0104,505218
2008-11-28$5.79$5.0090.9%26.1%142.2%41.2%0.0%13.3%2.8%12.6K-921.8K-4.4K0.0083.76N/AN/A004,672228