VICR Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, VICR traded between $8.07 and $9.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.1%, placing in the 16.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 43.1%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.34.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-23: Highest Volume — 392 contracts
  • 2010-02-08: Largest IV spike — 21.5% change
  • 2010-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 24.8%
  • 2010-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 15.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.07$8.07$9.78$8.68$9.51
Max Pain$9.34$7.50$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV44.1%34.6%50.1%40.8%35.7%
Expected Move13.2%9.9%15.5%11.7%10.2%
HV 20d43.1%36.9%47.8%39.7%42.4%
HV 60d42.9%41.1%48.6%48.6%42.7%
IV Rank16.3%3.2%24.8%11.7%4.7%
IV Percentile12.7%2.4%24.6%5.6%3.6%
Term Structure3.1%-2.9%12.3%11.4%1.6%
VWIV43.2%39.0%48.7%39.0%41.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %75.8542.66107.08107.0862.43
Gamma HHI0.580.440.850.440.53
Net GEX-294-3.5K2.5K1.5K-1.4K
Net DEX-189.7K-370.4K10.1K-26.0K-295.5K
Net VEX-2.6K-2.9K-2.2K-2.2K-2.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.340.001.010.670.00
Total Volume56.68403921250
Total OI2,066.4741,8242,2621,8242,181

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$8.68$10.0040.8%11.7%39.7%11.7%39.0%0.0%11.4%1.5K-26.0K-2.2K0.67107.08N/AN/A75501,025799
2010-02-02$8.54$10.0041.1%11.8%38.5%12.3%0.0%0.0%9.1%79710.1K-2.2K0.0088.63N/AN/A7001,030849
2010-02-03$8.37$10.0049.1%14.1%38.5%23.3%0.0%0.0%12.3%1.3K-32.5K-2.3K0.0072.59N/AN/A11901,100849
2010-02-04$8.07$10.0050.1%14.4%40.1%24.8%0.0%0.0%8.2%2.5K-16.0K-2.3K0.0042.66N/AN/A301,194849
2010-02-05$8.38$7.5039.6%15.3%42.2%10.2%0.0%0.0%0.7%2.4K-47.8K-2.4K0.0048.18N/AN/A001,194849
2010-02-08$8.34$7.5048.1%15.5%36.9%22.0%0.0%0.0%8.4%2.5K-47.4K-2.4K0.0062.86N/AN/A0501,194849
2010-02-09$8.76$7.5046.9%15.3%41.8%20.3%0.0%0.0%-2.7%1.2K-104.3K-2.6K0.0084.78N/AN/A1501,194899
2010-02-10$9.10$7.5042.2%14.7%42.8%13.8%0.0%0.0%-2.9%458-173.1K-2.7K0.0080.83N/AN/A001,191899
2010-02-11$9.64$7.5048.7%14.0%47.6%22.7%48.7%0.0%-0.9%-544-348.6K-2.8K0.0084.67N/AN/A0501,191899
2010-02-12$9.50$10.0048.4%13.9%47.8%22.3%0.0%0.0%-1.8%-1.9K-258.4K-2.8K0.0089.00N/AN/A801,191949
2010-02-16$9.50$10.0049.8%14.3%47.2%24.3%0.0%0.0%-0.7%-1.8K-255.0K-2.7K0.0086.27N/AN/A001,199949
2010-02-17$9.63$10.0047.4%13.6%46.9%20.9%0.0%0.0%1.2%-2.7K-296.6K-2.7K0.6867.31N/AN/A73501,199949
2010-02-18$9.78$10.0048.7%14.0%45.6%22.8%0.0%0.0%0.2%-3.5K-370.4K-2.9K0.0088.92N/AN/A001,263999
2010-02-19$9.54$10.0047.1%13.5%43.3%20.5%47.1%0.0%1.2%-2.1K-251.9K-2.8K0.0068.41N/AN/A01001,263999
2010-02-22$9.30$10.0041.9%12.0%44.5%13.3%41.9%0.0%6.3%-1.3K-328.5K-2.7K1.0091.06N/AN/A661,053799
2010-02-23$9.08$10.0041.5%11.9%44.3%12.7%41.6%0.0%-0.3%-809-283.2K-2.6K1.0170.50N/AN/A1951971,059805
2010-02-24$9.19$10.0035.8%10.3%44.2%4.9%41.1%0.0%4.1%-869-204.3K-2.8K0.0077.36N/AN/A1001,216955
2010-02-25$9.44$10.0034.6%9.9%45.1%3.2%0.0%0.0%3.3%-1.4K-274.1K-2.9K0.0067.64N/AN/A001,226955
2010-02-26$9.51$10.0035.7%10.2%42.4%4.7%0.0%0.0%1.6%-1.4K-295.5K-2.8K0.0062.43N/AN/A001,226955