VICR Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, VICR traded between $5.12 and $6.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 55.0%, placing in the 17.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.6% (HV 20d: 47.3%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-28: Highest Volume — 286 contracts
  • 2012-11-05: Largest IV spike — 92.1% change
  • 2012-11-12: Highest IV Rank — 32.6%
  • 2012-11-14: Largest Expected Move — 16.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.62$5.12$6.47$6.36$5.35
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV55.0%36.0%80.4%46.9%52.2%
Expected Move13.9%10.3%16.8%13.5%15.0%
HV 20d47.3%40.5%52.3%40.5%47.7%
HV 60d39.5%35.8%42.6%36.0%42.2%
IV Rank17.9%6.9%32.6%13.3%16.3%
IV Percentile66.3%14.7%97.2%50.8%71.4%
Term Structure5.1%-14.0%24.4%-14.0%3.0%
VWIV51.0%47.4%54.5%54.5%51.7%
Skew 25d17.7%-14.0%28.5%3.3%17.4%
Skew 10d28.9%-1.6%45.2%15.1%32.6%
Call IV 25d39.2%27.7%48.6%48.0%43.9%
Put IV 25d56.9%33.9%62.7%51.3%61.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.1913.9739.8316.2539.47
Gamma HHI0.520.430.630.630.46
Net GEX905-6261.9K1.9K1.8K
Net DEX98.0K48.3K128.1K76.2K48.3K
Net VEX-239-379-126-320-321
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.001.821.330.00
Total Volume30.52402863540
Total OI6485361,0305621,030

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-01$6.36$5.0046.9%13.5%40.5%13.3%0.0%3.3%-14.0%1.9K76.2K-3201.3316.25N/AN/A1520298264
2012-11-02$6.47$5.0036.0%10.3%41.0%6.9%0.0%-14.0%17.3%1.7K78.7K-3790.0014.74N/AN/A00304284
2012-11-05$6.11$5.0069.1%11.8%43.8%26.1%0.0%15.5%-10.2%1.7K92.4K-2870.0016.30N/AN/A020304284
2012-11-06$6.23$5.0069.8%11.1%44.5%26.5%0.0%6.3%-0.1%1.6K97.8K-3240.0013.97N/AN/A00304304
2012-11-07$6.00$5.0066.8%14.8%45.9%24.8%0.0%25.8%5.0%1.5K102.2K-2850.0033.21N/AN/A00304304
2012-11-08$5.94$5.0070.9%12.5%44.8%27.1%0.0%14.1%-0.8%1.4K105.9K-2720.0015.10N/AN/A00304304
2012-11-09$5.80$5.0067.0%14.8%45.1%24.9%0.0%23.8%11.0%1.3K105.8K-2600.0039.83N/AN/A020304304
2012-11-12$5.62$5.0080.4%15.6%45.3%32.6%0.0%28.5%3.9%1.1K94.6K-2380.0026.21N/AN/A00304277
2012-11-13$5.30$5.0062.5%15.5%48.0%22.3%0.0%25.5%0.6%910101.3K-1840.0028.40N/AN/A00304277
2012-11-14$5.25$5.0046.1%16.8%47.4%12.7%0.0%22.8%-2.3%881102.5K-1700.0023.14N/AN/A00304277
2012-11-15$5.20$5.0054.8%15.7%46.2%17.8%0.0%18.0%4.8%843103.8K-1620.0028.63N/AN/A00304277
2012-11-16$5.12$5.0056.7%16.2%45.1%18.9%0.0%16.3%-3.8%86696.6K-1260.0020.51N/AN/A00304257
2012-11-19$5.48$5.0054.0%15.5%51.7%17.3%54.5%25.1%3.1%99895.3K-1700.0028.44N/AN/A075284252
2012-11-20$5.65$5.0045.4%13.0%51.8%12.4%51.3%27.9%19.6%50497.4K-2240.0032.69N/AN/A040284322
2012-11-21$5.55$5.0043.2%12.4%52.0%11.1%49.1%26.2%20.4%147112.0K-2320.0035.63N/AN/A020284362
2012-11-23$5.52$5.0039.7%11.4%51.3%9.0%0.0%19.6%24.4%-180115.4K-2120.0020.91N/AN/A00284382
2012-11-26$5.34$5.0050.3%14.4%52.3%15.2%0.0%17.7%0.4%-549123.4K-1830.0023.68N/AN/A00284382
2012-11-27$5.33$5.0043.0%12.3%51.7%11.0%0.0%15.6%18.4%-626123.0K-1890.0029.26N/AN/A740284382
2012-11-28$5.23$5.0052.1%14.9%51.8%16.2%52.0%13.2%1.7%-615128.1K-1740.0018.87N/AN/A2860356382
2012-11-29$5.25$5.0047.8%13.7%46.6%13.7%47.4%23.6%4.5%1.8K58.0K-3061.8223.83N/AN/A1120617382
2012-11-30$5.35$5.0052.2%15.0%47.7%16.3%51.7%17.4%3.0%1.8K48.3K-3210.0039.47N/AN/A400628402