VICR Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, VICR traded between $9.00 and $10.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 54.0%, placing in the 25.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 56.7%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-29: Highest Volume — 175 contracts
  • 2016-04-13: Largest IV drop — 57.2% change
  • 2016-04-12: Highest IV Rank — 44.8%
  • 2016-04-22: Largest Expected Move — 16.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.75$9.00$10.51$10.13$9.63
Max Pain$11.88$10.00$17.50$17.50$10.00
ATM IV54.0%41.0%95.8%49.6%51.6%
Expected Move13.7%11.2%16.5%14.2%14.8%
HV 20d56.7%51.3%63.4%56.7%51.3%
HV 60d53.7%49.2%56.2%55.0%50.2%
IV Rank25.0%18.8%44.8%22.9%23.8%
IV Percentile29.7%13.9%71.8%23.4%30.6%
Term Structure0.7%-7.3%10.9%-7.3%3.1%
VWIV52.0%46.3%56.8%53.8%52.0%
Skew 25d8.0%-5.6%62.9%4.0%-5.6%
Skew 10d21.2%-10.5%104.1%14.5%-10.5%
Call IV 25d45.5%37.9%59.4%53.9%59.4%
Put IV 25d53.5%40.8%103.8%57.9%53.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %91.2656.36117.64117.64104.01
Gamma HHI0.660.420.910.440.62
Net GEX1.5K7533.0K2.8K1.6K
Net DEX102.3K-14151.8K145.2K114.5K
Net VEX-219-374-151-268-354
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.441.151.150.88
Total Volume111.76252175116175
Total OI279.667122390342390

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$10.13$17.5049.6%14.2%56.7%22.9%53.8%4.0%-7.3%2.8K145.2K-2681.15117.64N/AN/A5462144198
2016-04-04$9.60$0.0049.0%11.2%58.3%22.6%0.0%2.9%-0.1%3.0K144.8K-2141.1581.10N/AN/A5462144198
2016-04-05$9.62$0.0056.8%15.1%56.6%26.3%0.0%0.1%-2.5%2.3K148.0K-2281.15100.59N/AN/A5462144198
2016-04-06$9.36$0.0053.7%15.1%57.2%24.8%0.0%1.3%-3.0%2.1K151.8K-1971.1580.11N/AN/A5462144198
2016-04-07$9.00$0.0071.8%13.4%58.2%33.4%0.0%-2.7%0.8%1.6K147.5K-1901.15103.26N/AN/A5462144198
2016-04-08$9.12$0.0059.4%13.6%58.2%27.6%0.0%-0.9%1.1%1.9K114.9K-1871.1567.78N/AN/A5462144158
2016-04-11$9.05$0.0076.8%13.2%55.5%35.8%0.0%-2.0%8.6%753122.8K-1661.15110.30N/AN/A5462144158
2016-04-12$9.01$0.0095.8%14.6%55.5%44.8%0.0%0.3%-0.1%794123.3K-1571.1556.36N/AN/A5462144158
2016-04-13$9.52$0.0041.0%11.7%58.3%18.8%0.0%21.4%10.9%2.4K119.8K-1571.1567.98N/AN/A5462144158
2016-04-14$9.28$0.0051.2%14.7%57.9%23.6%0.0%19.6%1.5%779126.8K-1611.1591.68N/AN/A5462144158
2016-04-15$9.93$0.0047.8%13.7%63.4%22.0%0.0%9.0%3.8%947138.4K-1511.1572.74N/AN/A5462144158
2016-04-18$10.04$0.0044.9%12.9%62.4%20.6%0.0%7.3%2.3%1.1K-14-1701.0494.54N/AN/A505210022
2016-04-19$9.84$0.0042.4%12.1%62.5%19.4%0.0%-0.8%-4.9%1.1K23.7K-1780.5299.73N/AN/A502610048
2016-04-20$9.98$0.0046.8%13.4%62.2%21.6%0.0%7.4%-0.3%99248.6K-1860.44116.75N/AN/A502210072
2016-04-21$10.13$0.0043.6%12.5%53.4%20.0%0.0%62.9%1.9%81463.5K-2240.4494.48N/AN/A502210092
2016-04-22$10.39$0.0057.7%16.5%53.8%26.7%0.0%23.1%-3.0%86067.4K-2080.44106.23N/AN/A502210092
2016-04-25$10.26$0.0043.9%12.6%53.8%20.2%0.0%9.9%3.6%93684.5K-2160.7382.69N/AN/A3022100112
2016-04-26$10.45$0.0046.7%13.4%52.3%21.5%46.3%5.0%2.2%1.2K77.9K-2811.0388.85N/AN/A6062120112
2016-04-27$10.51$10.0050.6%14.5%51.9%23.4%50.9%1.5%2.6%1.8K75.9K-3371.0074.67N/AN/A8282150152
2016-04-28$9.93$10.0052.5%15.1%51.6%24.3%56.8%4.6%-6.4%1.9K108.1K-3741.00104.87N/AN/A8282201188
2016-04-29$9.63$10.0051.6%14.8%51.3%23.8%52.0%-5.6%3.1%1.6K114.5K-3540.88104.01N/AN/A9382202188