VICR Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, VICR traded between $8.64 and $9.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.2%, placing in the 22.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.3% (HV 20d: 34.9%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.36.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-15: Highest Volume — 540 contracts
  • 2010-01-06: Largest IV spike — 35.9% change
  • 2010-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 31.7%
  • 2010-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 15.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.24$8.64$9.92$9.53$8.66
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV48.2%37.9%55.1%45.6%55.1%
Expected Move14.5%11.8%15.8%14.9%15.8%
HV 20d34.9%26.7%45.0%45.0%39.7%
HV 60d48.7%47.4%50.4%48.8%48.6%
IV Rank22.0%7.7%31.7%18.5%31.7%
IV Percentile17.0%3.6%36.1%10.3%36.1%
Term Structure-0.2%-5.2%6.1%2.0%3.8%
VWIV52.5%50.5%54.2%53.8%50.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %77.3826.6999.8485.3798.08
Gamma HHI0.780.431.001.000.44
Net GEX20.3K-32862.9K36.8K1.6K
Net DEX-282.0K-880.7K-20.9K-616.1K-20.9K
Net VEX-2.5K-2.9K-2.0K-2.9K-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.360.001.770.000.00
Total Volume43.842054000
Total OI2,400.9471,6673,0602,9601,824

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$9.53$0.0045.6%14.9%45.0%18.5%0.0%0.0%2.0%36.8K-616.1K-2.9K0.0085.37N/AN/A002,086874
2010-01-05$9.34$0.0037.9%15.6%35.4%7.7%0.0%0.0%-1.9%34.9K-373.4K-2.6K0.0084.18N/AN/A002,086874
2010-01-06$9.27$0.0051.5%15.5%26.9%26.6%0.0%0.0%-0.4%29.2K-482.0K-2.8K0.0062.65N/AN/A002,086874
2010-01-07$9.45$0.0048.1%14.5%26.7%21.9%0.0%0.0%2.8%36.5K-529.5K-2.7K0.0026.69N/AN/A002,086874
2010-01-08$9.92$0.0043.2%14.9%31.6%15.1%53.8%0.0%1.1%62.9K-880.7K-2.9K0.0062.07N/AN/A0502,086874
2010-01-11$9.69$10.0044.1%15.2%29.7%16.4%0.0%0.0%-0.4%62.3K-574.3K-2.6K0.0062.74N/AN/A1902,086924
2010-01-12$9.35$10.0052.2%15.1%32.9%27.7%0.0%0.0%-0.5%32.9K-283.9K-2.3K0.0031.07N/AN/A002,096924
2010-01-13$9.42$10.0054.3%14.8%32.8%30.6%0.0%0.0%0.7%37.3K-287.7K-2.3K0.0090.47N/AN/A002,096924
2010-01-14$9.50$10.0051.3%14.7%32.2%26.4%51.3%0.0%1.2%45.4K-368.0K-2.3K0.0089.46N/AN/A5002,096924
2010-01-15$9.30$10.0054.2%15.5%33.2%30.4%54.2%0.0%-5.2%1.4K-106.8K-2.0K1.7788.21N/AN/A1953452,136924
2010-01-19$9.49$10.0050.5%14.5%32.8%25.3%50.5%0.0%-2.7%-328-186.9K-2.6K0.3791.45N/AN/A3011882785
2010-01-20$9.20$10.0051.0%14.6%35.0%26.0%0.0%0.0%-4.9%516-121.5K-2.6K0.0072.73N/AN/A00912796
2010-01-21$8.80$10.0041.7%12.0%38.5%13.0%0.0%0.0%2.2%435-51.6K-2.4K0.0099.84N/AN/A00912796
2010-01-22$8.86$10.0043.6%12.5%38.5%15.7%0.0%0.0%-3.6%509-55.3K-2.4K0.0089.22N/AN/A00912796
2010-01-25$9.12$10.0053.5%15.4%37.4%29.5%0.0%0.0%-3.7%426-110.0K-2.5K0.0094.72N/AN/A30912799
2010-01-26$8.99$10.0043.4%12.4%37.7%15.4%0.0%0.0%0.3%444-77.3K-2.4K0.0080.48N/AN/A1300915799
2010-01-27$8.98$10.0041.2%11.8%37.6%12.4%0.0%0.0%-0.5%1.3K-141.7K-2.5K0.0098.17N/AN/A001,025799
2010-01-28$8.64$10.0052.6%15.1%39.7%28.2%0.0%0.0%6.1%1.4K-90.6K-2.4K0.0062.55N/AN/A001,025799
2010-01-29$8.66$10.0055.1%15.8%39.7%31.7%0.0%0.0%3.8%1.6K-20.9K-2.2K0.0098.08N/AN/A001,025799