VICR Options History — September 2015

In September 2015, VICR traded between $8.95 and $10.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 82.5%, placing in the 40.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 23.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 30.8% (HV 20d: 51.7%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.14.

Notable Days

  • 2015-09-10: Highest Volume — 454 contracts
  • 2015-09-25: Largest IV spike — 1504.1% change
  • 2015-09-22: Highest IV Rank — 89.0%
  • 2015-09-22: Largest Expected Move — 51.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.73$8.95$10.58$9.71$10.18
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV82.5%6.3%178.2%10.4%95.2%
Expected Move23.3%1.8%51.1%3.0%27.3%
HV 20d51.7%46.3%56.7%49.6%52.1%
HV 60d47.1%44.3%50.2%45.3%47.5%
IV Rank40.7%2.2%89.0%4.3%47.1%
IV Percentile49.5%1.6%94.8%2.8%59.5%
Term Structure22.4%-125.8%212.4%141.1%-57.5%
VWIV79.6%6.3%130.9%78.2%106.3%
Skew 25d2.7%-66.6%128.3%24.5%-14.9%
Skew 10d36.8%-49.7%153.9%57.2%7.0%
Call IV 25d95.8%17.8%181.6%143.0%110.1%
Put IV 25d98.5%9.5%192.3%167.5%95.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %134.1798.75151.03149.03141.99
Gamma HHI0.430.280.560.450.40
Net GEX-60-1.2K1.9K-1.0K526
Net DEX205.7K127.5K285.0K182.0K265.1K
Net VEX-614-875-236-777-442
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.143.635.223.853.63
Total Volume352.6670454354384
Total OI479344505485504

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-09-01$9.71$0.0010.4%3.0%49.6%4.3%0.0%24.5%141.1%-1.0K182.0K-7773.85149.03N/AN/A73281139346
2015-09-02$9.79$0.0097.6%28.0%47.3%48.3%0.0%4.2%116.2%-925127.5K-8754.12141.11N/AN/A73301139346
2015-09-03$9.49$12.5094.6%10.2%47.3%46.8%78.2%3.7%128.2%-670164.5K-8554.12138.53N/AN/A73301139366
2015-09-04$9.34$12.5087.5%45.7%47.3%43.2%51.9%-9.8%4.6%-612157.4K-8404.12128.03N/AN/A73301139366
2015-09-08$9.45$12.50117.2%0.0%46.3%58.2%0.0%18.2%-68.9%-356179.5K-7400.00137.43N/AN/A00139346
2015-09-09$8.95$12.5062.9%18.0%48.7%30.8%77.8%-0.6%-10.4%569133.8K-2364.40116.39N/AN/A73321139205
2015-09-10$9.39$12.5016.8%4.8%51.5%7.5%17.5%128.3%124.9%783160.6K-4055.22123.03N/AN/A73381139245
2015-09-11$9.33$12.5081.3%23.3%50.8%40.1%84.5%-28.3%131.5%45170.3K-7885.22144.28N/AN/A73381139335
2015-09-14$9.74$12.50136.3%39.1%52.9%67.9%128.8%59.8%-81.5%22244.1K-3425.22129.77N/AN/A73381139335
2015-09-15$10.20$12.5058.7%16.8%55.8%28.7%0.0%12.6%62.4%163209.9K-6420.00141.34N/AN/A00139315
2015-09-16$10.58$12.509.5%2.7%56.7%3.8%126.7%-66.6%-3.2%-547210.8K-6524.12147.83N/AN/A73301139335
2015-09-17$10.50$12.50145.6%41.7%55.8%72.6%121.6%-0.1%-65.4%-1.2K201.1K-8294.12151.03N/AN/A73301139355
2015-09-18$9.81$12.50144.4%41.4%55.6%71.9%130.9%-43.7%-81.1%-577176.7K-8284.12151.01N/AN/A73301139355
2015-09-21$9.86$12.50106.0%30.4%54.3%52.5%61.2%-25.3%77.6%-238232.4K-6574.12118.67N/AN/A73301139355
2015-09-22$9.90$12.50178.2%51.1%53.4%89.0%71.5%-27.8%-125.8%-622240.3K-5994.1298.75N/AN/A73301139355
2015-09-23$9.44$12.5048.7%14.0%52.5%23.6%51.0%2.1%2.6%701285.0K-2463.63104.36N/AN/A83301139355
2015-09-24$9.46$12.506.3%1.8%52.5%2.2%6.3%10.7%212.4%1.9K188.0K-7683.63145.93N/AN/A83301149355
2015-09-25$9.64$12.50101.9%29.2%52.2%50.5%100.2%-6.7%-21.7%-101241.3K-5763.63142.28N/AN/A83301149355
2015-09-28$9.70$12.5058.9%16.9%52.1%28.8%60.9%9.4%-2.2%603279.5K-3463.63128.41N/AN/A83301149355
2015-09-29$9.94$12.5074.8%21.4%51.5%36.8%77.3%7.6%-12.5%310270.5K-4463.63138.41N/AN/A83301149355
2015-09-30$10.18$12.5095.2%27.3%52.1%47.1%106.3%-14.9%-57.5%526265.1K-4423.63141.99N/AN/A83301149355