VICR Options History — December 2011

In December 2011, VICR traded between $7.50 and $8.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.6%, placing in the 41.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 18.0% (HV 20d: 67.6%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.20.

Notable Days

  • 2011-12-21: Highest Volume — 60 contracts
  • 2011-12-22: Largest IV drop — 31.7% change
  • 2011-12-15: Highest IV Rank — 60.4%
  • 2011-12-05: Largest Expected Move — 17.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.02$7.50$8.37$7.88$7.96
Max Pain$12.26$10.00$12.50$10.00$12.50
ATM IV49.6%37.7%61.5%51.2%39.5%
Expected Move14.9%10.8%17.8%14.7%11.3%
HV 20d67.6%54.5%74.1%72.0%54.5%
HV 60d73.2%64.0%75.6%74.3%64.0%
IV Rank41.9%23.2%60.4%44.4%26.0%
IV Percentile61.4%22.2%88.5%72.2%29.0%
Term Structure6.6%-6.7%19.1%-4.0%12.3%
Skew 25d10.3%-7.2%23.6%-3.6%-7.2%
Skew 10d19.1%10.8%27.0%22.9%19.1%
Call IV 25d43.6%36.2%58.9%56.7%44.0%
Put IV 25d54.0%36.8%61.3%53.1%36.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %42.4227.05141.8540.5484.22
Gamma HHI0.450.390.490.400.49
Net GEX11-474506-43506
Net DEX296.1K261.1K344.2K266.1K344.2K
Net VEX-540-643-403-589-542
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.200.200.200.200.20
Total Volume8.571060020
Total OI946.6198831,0439111,043

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-12-01$7.88$10.0051.2%14.7%72.0%44.4%0.0%-3.6%-4.0%-43266.1K-5890.0040.54N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-02$7.85$10.0052.3%15.0%67.1%46.0%0.0%-3.6%-6.7%10269.4K-5800.0039.81N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-05$8.24$12.5048.1%17.8%68.4%39.5%0.0%23.6%2.6%-305263.2K-6310.0030.90N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-06$8.37$12.5046.6%16.3%68.7%37.1%0.0%20.8%7.6%-457261.1K-6430.0034.21N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-07$8.26$12.5049.3%15.9%68.6%41.4%0.0%17.9%9.2%-358265.6K-6060.0034.97N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-08$7.80$12.5050.6%16.3%69.3%43.5%0.0%16.3%8.2%15273.6K-5040.0033.50N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-09$8.23$12.5049.6%16.3%71.2%41.9%0.0%18.2%8.9%-179276.3K-5650.0034.01N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-12$8.16$12.5057.4%16.5%69.5%54.0%0.0%17.0%8.2%-135278.3K-5240.0036.17N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-13$7.85$12.5049.9%17.0%68.1%42.2%0.0%16.0%5.5%43278.9K-4970.0036.26N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-14$7.50$12.5059.9%16.6%69.3%57.9%0.0%10.0%7.7%288283.0K-4170.0034.64N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-15$7.73$12.5061.5%17.6%70.4%60.4%0.0%13.1%4.1%156283.0K-4440.0033.36N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-16$7.74$12.5058.1%16.7%70.4%55.1%0.0%12.1%7.9%247288.4K-4190.0036.94N/AN/A00419492
2011-12-19$7.65$12.5058.3%16.7%70.4%55.4%0.0%11.2%0.2%329288.2K-4030.0036.05N/AN/A040391492
2011-12-20$8.30$12.5046.3%13.3%74.1%36.7%0.0%15.4%18.4%-326314.9K-5250.0035.94N/AN/A010391532
2011-12-21$8.23$12.5055.8%16.0%72.4%51.4%0.0%15.7%2.2%-474315.4K-5470.2036.39N/AN/A5010391542
2011-12-22$8.37$12.5038.1%10.9%68.3%23.8%0.0%2.8%19.1%88313.3K-5520.0044.55N/AN/A050441552
2011-12-23$8.21$12.5037.7%10.8%67.3%23.3%0.0%10.4%-2.5%47336.8K-6110.00141.85N/AN/A00441602
2011-12-27$8.18$12.5037.7%10.8%62.4%23.2%0.0%1.5%15.9%256344.0K-5740.0029.74N/AN/A00441602
2011-12-28$7.89$12.5049.0%14.1%63.1%41.0%0.0%9.8%10.4%302338.2K-5820.0027.05N/AN/A00441602
2011-12-29$7.95$12.5045.2%13.0%54.9%34.9%0.0%-0.4%3.9%218336.9K-5900.0029.65N/AN/A00441602
2011-12-30$7.96$12.5039.5%11.3%54.5%26.0%0.0%-7.2%12.3%506344.2K-5420.0084.22N/AN/A020441602