VICR Options History — May 2012

In May 2012, VICR traded between $6.00 and $6.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.3%, placing in the 42.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.3% (HV 20d: 35.0%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.03.

Notable Days

  • 2012-05-18: Highest Volume — 14 contracts
  • 2012-05-17: Largest IV spike — 52.3% change
  • 2012-05-31: Highest IV Rank — 79.2%
  • 2012-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 21.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.41$6.00$6.90$6.90$6.02
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV50.3%33.9%73.7%34.2%73.7%
Expected Move13.3%9.3%21.1%9.8%21.1%
HV 20d35.0%31.7%38.3%37.6%35.5%
HV 60d40.3%37.8%41.6%41.6%39.0%
IV Rank42.2%15.7%79.2%17.7%79.2%
IV Percentile53.4%9.9%97.6%11.1%97.6%
Term Structure-3.9%-42.8%16.3%14.4%-31.5%
Skew 25d8.4%-5.9%24.1%17.5%-5.9%
Skew 10d7.8%-3.5%17.3%7.8%-2.6%
Call IV 25d43.7%32.9%64.3%43.1%64.3%
Put IV 25d52.1%42.7%69.2%60.6%58.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %46.8023.3367.1250.4727.56
Gamma HHI0.640.400.930.850.43
Net GEX7981942.0K2.0K388
Net DEX193.6K172.8K218.7K172.8K186.9K
Net VEX-251-357-168-357-204
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.030.000.080.000.08
Total Volume3.45501400
Total OI642.773608683643614

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-05-01$6.90$7.5034.2%9.8%37.6%17.7%0.0%17.5%14.4%2.0K172.8K-3570.0050.47N/AN/A00279364
2012-05-02$6.90$7.5035.2%10.1%34.8%19.3%0.0%18.9%8.3%2.0K179.9K-3340.0049.05N/AN/A00279364
2012-05-03$6.63$7.5053.1%15.2%36.4%47.3%0.0%24.1%8.4%1.5K188.2K-2940.0024.72N/AN/A00279364
2012-05-04$6.61$0.0052.1%9.3%36.1%45.7%0.0%5.1%12.3%1.4K176.2K-3130.0066.83N/AN/A010279364
2012-05-07$6.61$0.0058.2%10.9%36.1%55.3%0.0%14.1%0.4%1.5K191.9K-2460.0067.08N/AN/A00279374
2012-05-08$6.62$0.0048.8%11.3%36.2%40.5%0.0%16.0%16.3%1.1K193.8K-3060.0065.30N/AN/A010279374
2012-05-09$6.48$0.0067.0%9.4%35.7%68.5%0.0%3.1%-0.4%1.2K213.0K-2100.0066.09N/AN/A00279384
2012-05-10$6.57$0.0041.8%12.0%35.3%28.2%0.0%15.2%9.6%1.1K209.2K-2580.0066.47N/AN/A00279384
2012-05-11$6.49$0.0033.9%9.7%34.3%15.7%0.0%8.5%0.4%194200.9K-2940.0064.67N/AN/A00279384
2012-05-14$6.50$0.0035.6%10.2%33.7%18.3%0.0%10.1%-0.3%490218.7K-1940.0067.10N/AN/A100279384
2012-05-15$6.56$0.0035.2%10.1%31.9%17.7%0.0%11.2%-0.3%570215.8K-2070.0067.12N/AN/A00289384
2012-05-16$6.32$0.0039.5%11.3%31.9%24.6%0.0%4.9%9.1%400201.5K-2370.0065.28N/AN/A100289384
2012-05-17$6.24$0.0060.2%17.2%31.7%57.5%0.0%4.6%-29.5%292190.0K-2780.0048.52N/AN/A00299384
2012-05-18$6.26$0.0037.3%10.7%31.8%21.0%0.0%5.9%13.0%417193.8K-2510.0847.87N/AN/A131299384
2012-05-21$6.45$0.0036.9%10.6%32.6%20.4%0.0%7.0%9.9%576192.5K-2250.0023.33N/AN/A00235373
2012-05-22$6.07$0.0043.8%12.6%35.8%31.5%0.0%7.1%-6.5%429185.8K-2140.0023.91N/AN/A011235373
2012-05-23$6.24$0.0061.6%17.7%38.3%59.8%0.0%6.2%-15.2%408186.2K-2450.0027.36N/AN/A011235378
2012-05-24$6.28$0.0053.7%15.4%37.8%47.2%0.0%10.2%-11.9%428187.8K-2480.0026.53N/AN/A00235379
2012-05-25$6.19$0.0065.9%18.9%37.2%66.6%0.0%3.2%-26.1%424188.9K-2260.0029.05N/AN/A00235379
2012-05-29$6.17$0.0070.5%20.2%34.6%74.0%0.0%2.7%-42.8%392198.3K-1680.0026.41N/AN/A00235379
2012-05-30$6.00$0.0069.2%19.8%35.4%71.9%0.0%-5.1%-23.2%371186.2K-2060.0028.93N/AN/A00235379
2012-05-31$6.02$0.0073.7%21.1%35.5%79.2%0.0%-5.9%-31.5%388186.9K-2040.0027.56N/AN/A00235379