VICR Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, VICR traded between $7.70 and $8.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.4%, placing in the 43.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.5% (HV 20d: 42.9%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.33.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-09: Highest Volume — 50 contracts
  • 2012-01-12: Largest IV spike — 35.7% change
  • 2012-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 59.5%
  • 2012-01-12: Largest Expected Move — 17.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.08$7.70$8.93$8.18$8.93
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV50.4%36.1%60.9%42.4%36.1%
Expected Move15.1%10.4%17.5%12.2%10.4%
HV 20d42.9%31.0%55.3%55.3%38.5%
HV 60d58.6%55.0%63.2%63.2%56.1%
IV Rank43.0%20.8%59.5%30.6%20.8%
IV Percentile59.6%18.3%88.1%34.1%18.3%
Term Structure4.5%-2.5%20.4%13.2%10.5%
Skew 25d16.2%-4.6%42.3%-2.3%8.1%
Skew 10d39.9%4.1%81.9%15.4%35.2%
Call IV 25d44.8%36.6%49.8%44.6%44.7%
Put IV 25d61.1%42.3%92.2%42.3%52.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %46.7529.3861.8129.3860.50
Gamma HHI0.540.480.690.480.52
Net GEX1.0K-1.1K3.8K147-1.1K
Net DEX215.9K12.6K364.9K356.5K12.9K
Net VEX-498-579-442-579-491
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.330.001.300.001.30
Total Volume6.25050046
Total OI821.953551,1131,063380

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$8.18$12.5042.4%12.2%55.3%30.6%0.0%-2.3%13.2%147356.5K-5790.0029.38N/AN/A00441622
2012-01-04$7.98$12.5040.6%11.7%53.2%27.8%0.0%-4.6%20.4%546359.3K-5410.0030.36N/AN/A00441622
2012-01-05$7.98$12.5041.9%12.0%52.8%29.8%0.0%-4.6%20.0%556359.8K-5360.0031.48N/AN/A00441622
2012-01-06$7.70$0.0049.6%16.7%54.0%41.9%0.0%13.2%-0.0%473352.7K-5320.0045.02N/AN/A00441622
2012-01-09$7.81$0.0043.5%16.8%50.4%32.3%0.0%39.0%-0.4%1.6K364.9K-4870.0044.93N/AN/A500441622
2012-01-10$7.82$0.0049.4%16.3%46.3%41.5%0.0%14.6%1.9%2.0K331.3K-5290.0043.07N/AN/A20491622
2012-01-11$7.99$0.0044.9%17.2%47.0%34.4%0.0%37.3%0.4%2.1K328.5K-5240.0044.97N/AN/A00491622
2012-01-12$8.14$0.0060.9%17.5%45.3%59.5%0.0%35.0%-2.5%1.5K326.6K-5110.0045.28N/AN/A00491622
2012-01-13$7.91$0.0058.1%16.7%43.3%55.1%0.0%15.7%1.3%2.6K326.2K-5210.0044.25N/AN/A00491622
2012-01-17$7.74$0.0060.4%17.3%42.8%58.7%0.0%42.3%-0.8%3.8K267.5K-4790.0046.46N/AN/A00491537
2012-01-18$8.04$0.0058.3%16.7%44.9%55.4%0.0%15.9%1.4%1.7K257.1K-4860.0048.66N/AN/A20491537
2012-01-19$7.93$0.0060.4%17.3%45.0%58.8%0.0%15.4%-1.0%2.4K256.2K-4770.0048.94N/AN/A00491537
2012-01-20$7.90$0.0057.3%16.4%33.7%53.8%0.0%13.0%2.2%2.7K258.4K-4690.0052.12N/AN/A00491537
2012-01-23$7.99$0.0055.5%15.9%34.0%51.0%0.0%29.4%1.5%14428.6K-4530.0054.15N/AN/A00170185
2012-01-24$8.05$0.0049.7%14.2%33.5%42.0%0.0%15.8%6.8%20430.8K-4500.0058.32N/AN/A00170185
2012-01-25$8.23$0.0048.0%13.8%33.8%39.3%0.0%15.7%10.0%6324.6K-4600.0057.14N/AN/A00170185
2012-01-26$8.24$0.0053.9%15.4%33.8%48.5%0.0%8.7%0.7%9925.3K-4420.0054.54N/AN/A025170185
2012-01-27$8.27$0.0057.3%16.4%31.0%53.9%0.0%14.9%-2.0%-25238.4K-4900.0033.58N/AN/A00170210
2012-01-30$8.84$0.0039.3%11.3%38.5%25.7%0.0%2.1%5.9%-96212.6K-5050.0061.81N/AN/A00170210
2012-01-31$8.93$0.0036.1%10.4%38.5%20.8%0.0%8.1%10.5%-1.1K12.9K-4911.3060.50N/AN/A2026170210