VICR Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, VICR traded between $5.80 and $6.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.0%, placing in the 11.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.4% (HV 20d: 36.6%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.33.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-26: Highest Volume — 22 contracts
  • 2012-10-11: Largest IV drop — 39.7% change
  • 2012-10-18: Highest IV Rank — 21.3%
  • 2012-10-18: Largest Expected Move — 17.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.28$5.80$6.66$6.61$6.38
Max Pain$5.48$5.00$7.50$7.50$5.00
ATM IV44.0%33.5%60.8%41.7%42.3%
Expected Move12.2%9.1%17.4%12.0%12.1%
HV 20d36.6%33.3%41.2%37.3%41.2%
HV 60d39.7%35.7%42.2%41.5%36.2%
IV Rank11.5%5.4%21.3%10.2%10.6%
IV Percentile37.9%6.3%85.7%28.6%34.1%
Term Structure5.9%-15.3%19.0%14.2%17.2%
VWIV36.2%36.2%36.2%36.2%36.2%
Skew 25d6.0%-8.9%22.8%11.5%7.8%
Skew 10d11.0%-5.9%34.0%17.5%13.0%
Call IV 25d41.9%34.4%50.8%41.8%38.8%
Put IV 25d48.0%38.1%64.0%53.3%46.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.2612.5868.0514.9015.81
Gamma HHI0.490.350.650.390.65
Net GEX831-9721.9K-8731.9K
Net DEX117.9K78.7K157.1K121.2K79.1K
Net VEX-393-531-287-531-300
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.330.001.000.000.00
Total Volume3.66702200
Total OI814.714540944924562

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$6.61$7.5041.7%12.0%37.3%10.2%0.0%11.5%14.2%-873121.2K-5310.0014.90N/AN/A00439485
2012-10-02$6.47$7.5042.2%12.1%37.9%10.5%0.0%5.5%8.6%-271126.3K-5110.0013.47N/AN/A00439485
2012-10-03$6.43$7.5045.1%12.9%37.0%12.2%0.0%10.2%-10.0%-140129.1K-4910.0014.04N/AN/A00439485
2012-10-04$6.65$7.5043.8%12.5%35.2%11.4%0.0%14.4%8.1%-972123.2K-5090.0014.29N/AN/A00439485
2012-10-05$6.66$5.0040.0%14.8%35.1%9.2%0.0%-5.1%-1.6%-886120.3K-5170.0029.57N/AN/A020439485
2012-10-08$6.54$5.0043.8%12.1%34.7%11.4%0.0%-8.9%0.4%-196142.7K-4920.0036.14N/AN/A00439505
2012-10-09$6.33$5.0047.6%9.1%36.3%13.6%0.0%3.6%15.9%160139.7K-4700.0044.62N/AN/A00439505
2012-10-10$6.39$5.0055.5%10.0%36.1%18.2%0.0%4.5%9.3%402157.1K-3860.0048.06N/AN/A00439505
2012-10-11$6.49$5.0033.5%9.6%34.3%5.4%0.0%6.6%16.1%1.6K147.8K-4170.0068.05N/AN/A30439489
2012-10-12$6.27$5.0035.7%10.2%36.2%6.7%0.0%-0.5%13.6%1.5K146.5K-4030.0048.21N/AN/A00442489
2012-10-15$6.35$5.0038.6%11.1%35.3%8.4%0.0%8.0%17.7%1.6K149.8K-3860.0019.58N/AN/A00442489
2012-10-16$6.47$5.0037.6%10.8%33.3%7.8%0.0%7.1%14.7%1.6K115.4K-4000.0050.31N/AN/A00442440
2012-10-17$6.23$5.0047.2%13.5%35.6%13.4%0.0%5.3%-10.5%1.6K121.7K-3580.0019.26N/AN/A00442440
2012-10-18$6.01$5.0060.8%17.4%36.8%21.3%0.0%20.3%3.2%1.6K124.7K-3240.0031.21N/AN/A00442440
2012-10-19$5.80$5.0046.1%13.2%38.2%12.7%36.2%-5.0%1.6%1.5K126.7K-2871.0019.16N/AN/A55442440
2012-10-22$5.85$5.0044.8%12.9%38.4%12.0%0.0%22.8%7.7%1.5K78.7K-2950.0019.17N/AN/A011298242
2012-10-23$5.97$5.0038.5%11.0%39.4%8.4%0.0%7.3%19.0%1.5K79.2K-2970.0015.90N/AN/A011298253
2012-10-24$5.93$5.0043.8%12.5%39.4%11.4%0.0%2.4%6.9%1.4K83.0K-2930.0020.32N/AN/A00298264
2012-10-25$6.03$5.0047.0%13.5%35.7%13.3%0.0%4.7%-12.9%1.5K81.4K-2940.0017.73N/AN/A00298264
2012-10-26$6.04$5.0047.7%13.7%35.4%13.7%0.0%4.3%-15.3%1.5K81.5K-2940.0012.58N/AN/A220298264
2012-10-31$6.38$5.0042.3%12.1%41.2%10.6%0.0%7.8%17.2%1.9K79.1K-3000.0015.81N/AN/A00298264