VICR Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, VICR traded between $7.24 and $8.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 81.5%, placing in the 39.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 23.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 22.5% (HV 20d: 59.0%). Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.06.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-24: Highest Volume — 152 contracts
  • 2016-02-12: Largest IV spike — 155.3% change
  • 2016-02-12: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2016-02-12: Largest Expected Move — 60.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.67$7.24$8.34$8.02$8.34
ATM IV81.5%60.2%212.0%81.8%113.0%
Expected Move23.0%17.3%60.8%23.4%32.4%
HV 20d59.0%46.4%64.2%61.9%46.4%
HV 60d46.5%45.1%48.3%45.1%48.3%
IV Rank39.0%27.9%100.0%40.5%53.0%
IV Percentile53.6%35.7%100.0%55.6%79.4%
Term Structure-16.3%-193.0%14.0%-42.1%8.7%
Skew 25d4.0%-132.4%38.7%-6.2%38.7%
Skew 10d16.7%-41.7%65.8%2.6%46.2%
Call IV 25d67.1%43.6%149.5%82.4%49.8%
Put IV 25d71.1%17.1%88.5%76.1%88.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %131.6691.95163.24109.41160.08
Gamma HHI0.410.270.560.430.46
Net GEX612-86860831779
Net DEX131.0K37.1K151.4K145.5K151.4K
Net VEX-177-545-110-130-110
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.060.691.240.890.69
Total Volume124112152132152
Total OI359338398338398

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$8.02$0.0081.8%23.4%61.9%40.5%0.0%-6.2%-42.1%831145.5K-1300.89109.41N/AN/A7062140198
2016-02-02$7.71$0.0066.5%19.1%62.9%32.8%0.0%1.3%-24.4%583138.3K-1500.89127.21N/AN/A7062140198
2016-02-03$7.53$0.0069.2%19.8%62.9%34.2%0.0%-0.9%13.0%463136.9K-1390.8991.95N/AN/A7062140198
2016-02-04$7.78$0.0062.2%17.5%64.2%30.6%0.0%0.7%-3.8%631139.4K-1440.89140.36N/AN/A7062140198
2016-02-05$7.46$0.0074.2%18.0%63.7%36.7%0.0%2.0%-5.7%600129.7K-1711.24129.31N/AN/A5062140198
2016-02-08$7.62$0.0080.4%20.8%62.0%39.8%0.0%15.7%-2.6%650128.3K-2131.24131.95N/AN/A5062160198
2016-02-09$7.63$0.0067.0%18.0%61.9%33.1%0.0%-27.2%14.0%606134.5K-1571.24134.11N/AN/A5062160198
2016-02-10$7.64$0.0079.2%22.7%60.7%39.2%0.0%19.8%-7.5%728129.9K-1921.24138.94N/AN/A5062160198
2016-02-11$7.45$0.0083.1%23.8%60.0%41.7%0.0%17.7%-12.8%572132.6K-1551.24116.09N/AN/A5062160198
2016-02-12$7.50$0.00212.0%60.8%59.3%100.0%0.0%-132.4%-193.0%-8637.1K-5451.24163.24N/AN/A5062160198
2016-02-16$7.65$0.0073.8%21.2%59.7%34.4%0.0%1.1%-12.3%674137.9K-1331.24121.72N/AN/A5062160198
2016-02-17$7.37$0.0083.1%23.8%59.9%38.8%0.0%12.0%-7.2%522133.8K-1231.24113.75N/AN/A5062160198
2016-02-18$7.35$0.0067.0%19.2%59.4%31.1%0.0%14.6%-5.2%598132.2K-1381.24126.44N/AN/A5062160198
2016-02-19$7.24$0.0087.9%25.2%59.4%41.1%0.0%34.2%-45.8%616123.9K-1851.24162.10N/AN/A5062160198
2016-02-22$7.57$0.0060.2%17.3%58.7%27.9%0.0%9.1%2.9%541137.5K-1261.24149.27N/AN/A5062160198
2016-02-23$7.53$0.0065.2%18.7%56.6%30.3%0.0%7.7%0.5%623128.1K-1901.24128.05N/AN/A5062160198
2016-02-24$7.78$0.0073.3%21.0%52.9%34.2%0.0%25.4%-10.7%672136.6K-1590.69135.57N/AN/A9062160198
2016-02-25$8.14$0.0062.9%18.0%54.1%29.2%0.0%36.6%1.6%860144.3K-1820.69118.36N/AN/A9062200198
2016-02-26$8.10$0.0067.8%19.4%54.0%31.5%0.0%10.3%6.1%778141.5K-2060.69135.27N/AN/A9062200198
2016-02-29$8.34$0.00113.0%32.4%46.4%53.0%0.0%38.7%8.7%779151.4K-1100.69160.08N/AN/A9062200198