VICR Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, VICR traded between $5.06 and $5.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.8%, placing in the 14.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 33.5% (HV 20d: 16.4%). Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.26.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-01: Highest Volume — 661 contracts
  • 2013-02-27: Largest IV drop — 25.9% change
  • 2013-02-25: Highest IV Rank — 23.9%
  • 2013-02-25: Largest Expected Move — 18.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.27$5.06$5.39$5.37$5.28
ATM IV49.8%37.4%65.3%41.0%38.6%
Expected Move15.1%11.1%18.7%16.2%11.1%
HV 20d16.4%14.6%20.3%18.6%20.3%
HV 60d28.3%24.6%33.6%33.6%25.1%
IV Rank14.7%6.6%23.9%9.8%6.6%
IV Percentile62.6%19.0%90.5%29.8%21.0%
Term Structure0.9%-9.9%18.6%-1.3%10.0%
Skew 25d12.7%-2.8%18.2%-2.8%11.8%
Skew 10d19.5%-8.4%29.5%-8.4%21.9%
Call IV 25d43.5%40.3%57.9%57.9%42.4%
Put IV 25d56.2%53.5%63.1%55.1%54.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %41.9116.58140.1917.5364.46
Gamma HHI0.450.350.700.360.52
Net GEX1.1K-4382.3K-438873
Net DEX13.9K-39.6K56.5K56.5K16.7K
Net VEX-484-702-91-91-658
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.260.001.050.000.15
Total Volume62.842066166123
Total OI1,046.2112231,2562231,256

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$5.37$0.0041.0%16.2%18.6%9.8%0.0%-2.8%-1.3%-43856.5K-910.0017.53N/AN/A661081142
2013-02-04$5.35$0.0042.8%14.9%18.6%10.8%0.0%14.1%2.1%79537.7K-2750.0023.57N/AN/A00735142
2013-02-05$5.33$0.0037.4%16.6%15.2%7.7%0.0%14.3%-3.4%78937.0K-2791.0520.73N/AN/A1920735142
2013-02-06$5.27$0.0045.1%16.1%15.6%12.2%0.0%13.6%-1.9%71942.8K-3280.0021.49N/AN/A031754162
2013-02-07$5.29$0.0052.8%15.1%15.6%16.7%0.0%12.5%0.4%45850.9K-3100.0016.58N/AN/A00754182
2013-02-08$5.27$0.0055.2%15.8%15.0%18.0%0.0%12.7%-1.5%46249.8K-3100.0017.52N/AN/A00754182
2013-02-11$5.35$0.0054.2%15.5%15.6%17.5%0.0%16.1%-0.2%58249.8K-3050.1325.10N/AN/A20025754182
2013-02-12$5.31$0.0050.6%14.5%15.7%15.4%0.0%11.5%1.7%1.4K-7.0K-5660.0034.94N/AN/A00954207
2013-02-13$5.30$0.0053.2%15.2%15.1%16.9%0.0%12.5%0.7%1.4K-8.2K-5810.0030.63N/AN/A00954207
2013-02-14$5.30$0.0050.5%14.5%14.6%15.3%0.0%14.9%2.9%1.4K-5.2K-5510.0038.66N/AN/A350954207
2013-02-15$5.28$0.0055.0%15.8%14.7%17.9%0.0%14.0%-2.6%1.5K-14.6K-5680.0025.30N/AN/A100989207
2013-02-19$5.32$0.0055.5%15.9%15.0%18.2%0.0%13.8%-3.6%1.8K-15.9K-5750.5031.65N/AN/A2010930196
2013-02-20$5.39$0.0048.0%13.8%15.7%13.9%0.0%0.0%18.6%2.3K-39.6K-7020.00140.19N/AN/A00950206
2013-02-21$5.22$0.0055.0%15.8%17.0%17.9%0.0%14.3%0.4%1.8K-17.5K-6160.0032.77N/AN/A045950206
2013-02-22$5.15$0.0052.6%15.1%16.0%16.5%0.0%18.2%4.6%1.6K7.5K-6270.00125.43N/AN/A00950251
2013-02-25$5.06$0.0065.3%18.7%16.8%23.9%0.0%13.6%-9.9%1.5K2.0K-6470.0034.61N/AN/A020950251
2013-02-26$5.14$0.0053.8%15.4%17.9%17.2%0.0%13.3%2.3%1.5K17.9K-6240.0034.03N/AN/A00950271
2013-02-27$5.15$0.0039.9%11.4%17.8%7.4%0.0%10.1%-2.0%1.2K2.5K-5840.0061.05N/AN/A075950231
2013-02-28$5.28$0.0038.6%11.1%20.3%6.6%0.0%11.8%10.0%87316.7K-6580.1564.46N/AN/A203950306