VICR Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, VICR traded between $8.70 and $13.61. ATM implied volatility averaged 72.9%, placing in the 34.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.1% (HV 20d: 61.8%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.10.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-20: Highest Volume — 642 contracts
  • 2014-10-30: Largest IV spike — 168.7% change
  • 2014-10-20: Highest IV Rank — 58.1%
  • 2014-10-28: Largest Expected Move — 17.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.51$8.70$13.61$8.70$13.61
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV72.9%30.2%117.0%114.1%49.3%
Expected Move13.0%10.9%17.1%12.4%11.0%
HV 20d61.8%39.5%89.2%39.5%80.0%
HV 60d50.8%42.2%62.3%42.2%62.3%
IV Rank34.1%10.8%58.1%56.5%21.2%
IV Percentile52.5%7.1%82.1%81.0%33.7%
Term Structure7.0%-69.2%131.5%-67.2%-14.0%
VWIV42.0%30.6%49.5%41.3%38.5%
Skew 25d11.3%-11.2%45.1%1.2%8.4%
Skew 10d11.9%-12.1%51.2%22.7%7.2%
Call IV 25d59.3%25.1%145.7%66.8%38.9%
Put IV 25d70.6%40.5%190.8%68.0%47.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %106.2688.01152.49111.7888.60
Gamma HHI0.390.310.660.390.62
Net GEX787-4.6K5.8K1.8K-2.8K
Net DEX-90.8K-393.1K87.5K87.5K-393.1K
Net VEX-1.4K-1.8K-976-976-1.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.100.004.150.004.15
Total Volume254.3910642200371
Total OI1,113.879181,3211,035957

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$8.70$7.50114.1%12.4%39.5%56.5%41.3%1.2%-67.2%1.8K87.5K-9760.00111.78N/AN/A2000492543
2014-10-02$8.95$7.50111.3%13.4%40.5%55.0%0.0%31.1%-12.6%3.4K43.7K-1.3K0.00120.67N/AN/A00692543
2014-10-03$9.67$7.50102.8%14.0%47.9%50.4%0.0%8.6%131.5%987-54.2K-1.6K0.00152.49N/AN/A00692543
2014-10-06$9.80$7.5053.6%12.6%47.4%23.6%0.0%4.1%2.2%5.0K-16.6K-1.2K0.0099.05N/AN/A00692543
2014-10-07$10.20$7.5089.6%12.2%48.8%43.2%38.4%28.4%17.5%1.5K-79.2K-1.3K0.00110.96N/AN/A60682543
2014-10-08$10.46$7.5061.6%12.4%48.3%27.9%43.7%22.2%2.2%668-117.4K-1.1K0.88109.45N/AN/A277244712543
2014-10-09$9.99$7.5082.2%13.3%51.5%39.2%0.0%8.8%-9.2%959-22.2K-1.4K0.0090.33N/AN/A20684597
2014-10-10$9.88$7.5037.9%12.6%51.8%15.0%0.0%6.2%-3.1%5.8K23.0K-1.2K0.0093.56N/AN/A100684597
2014-10-13$9.73$7.5086.1%13.1%51.6%41.3%0.0%4.1%8.4%5.0K31.9K-1.2K0.00102.63N/AN/A00694597
2014-10-14$9.87$7.5065.0%12.7%51.7%29.8%40.7%1.6%-13.4%5.4K-765-1.2K0.8788.01N/AN/A279244724597
2014-10-15$9.80$7.5097.2%13.3%51.9%47.3%42.2%5.5%-3.5%4.8K-47.1K-1.2K0.8195.70N/AN/A279225724537
2014-10-16$9.75$7.5087.3%13.0%51.9%41.9%0.0%-11.2%-69.2%5.5K16.3K-1.2K0.00112.29N/AN/A20693572
2014-10-17$9.22$7.5051.6%13.4%54.8%22.5%0.0%2.1%8.5%2.1K55.4K-1.3K0.0093.83N/AN/A0162691572
2014-10-20$9.24$7.50117.0%14.8%54.4%58.1%45.3%5.1%95.5%485-34.8K-1.7K0.72130.14N/AN/A374268528451
2014-10-21$9.45$7.5060.0%14.3%54.6%27.1%48.8%0.6%-7.0%-1.0K27.3K-1.4K0.7297.51N/AN/A374268467451
2014-10-22$11.38$7.5075.3%11.8%85.2%35.4%49.5%30.1%-20.2%-4.0K-137.6K-1.2K0.94100.16N/AN/A286268468451
2014-10-23$11.25$7.5058.4%11.3%85.0%26.2%39.2%14.6%-3.6%-2.6K-176.4K-1.6K1.3791.70N/AN/A196268486451
2014-10-24$11.33$7.5045.4%12.0%84.9%19.1%30.6%8.4%-5.8%-3.3K-146.6K-1.4K1.3793.28N/AN/A196268486451
2014-10-27$11.38$7.5030.2%10.9%85.0%10.8%0.0%18.9%-0.6%-1.0K-186.9K-1.8K0.00119.65N/AN/A340486451
2014-10-28$12.41$7.5055.0%17.1%89.2%24.3%40.9%19.2%23.3%-4.6K-292.8K-1.4K0.00114.67N/AN/A280498451
2014-10-29$12.65$7.5039.7%14.8%82.4%16.0%41.1%-3.2%88.2%-3.8K-329.9K-1.6K4.01120.04N/AN/A72289495451
2014-10-30$13.08$7.50106.7%11.4%82.5%52.5%47.6%45.1%13.8%-2.1K-338.7K-1.4K4.01107.47N/AN/A72289485472
2014-10-31$13.61$7.5049.3%11.0%80.0%21.2%38.5%8.4%-14.0%-2.8K-393.1K-1.3K4.1588.60N/AN/A72299485472