VICR Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, VICR traded between $9.02 and $10.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.2%, placing in the 22.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 44.9%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-05: Highest Volume — 176 contracts
  • 2016-05-05: Largest IV spike — 35.0% change
  • 2016-05-05: Highest IV Rank — 32.2%
  • 2016-05-05: Largest Expected Move — 17.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.57$9.02$10.20$9.76$10.18
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV48.2%35.1%69.3%49.7%43.8%
Expected Move13.4%10.1%17.3%14.2%12.6%
HV 20d44.9%39.3%49.9%47.8%43.9%
HV 60d50.0%49.0%51.5%49.9%49.6%
IV Rank22.2%16.0%32.2%22.9%20.1%
IV Percentile24.6%11.1%58.7%26.2%17.1%
Term Structure2.1%-8.4%20.9%0.2%12.5%
VWIV46.1%36.5%59.8%51.0%52.7%
Skew 25d10.5%-7.1%79.8%5.1%16.5%
Skew 10d25.7%-4.8%120.7%9.0%19.0%
Call IV 25d48.2%33.8%67.4%50.4%42.6%
Put IV 25d58.7%39.8%122.9%55.5%59.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %87.3944.25118.4761.6791.67
Gamma HHI0.540.440.700.600.50
Net GEX1.0K-1132.1K1.6K464
Net DEX145.9K110.5K176.7K152.1K169.8K
Net VEX-308-390-232-335-268
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.560.880.880.63
Total Volume158144176175150
Total OI427.905406456435420

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$9.76$10.0049.7%14.2%47.8%22.9%51.0%5.1%0.2%1.6K152.1K-3350.8861.67N/AN/A9382212223
2016-05-03$9.47$10.0058.7%16.8%49.1%27.2%59.8%11.2%-7.2%1.5K135.6K-3900.88113.97N/AN/A9382212223
2016-05-04$9.30$10.0051.3%14.7%48.5%23.7%47.2%8.7%8.0%1.8K114.2K-3530.8844.25N/AN/A9382212194
2016-05-05$9.26$10.0069.3%17.3%46.4%32.2%59.7%2.1%-4.5%1.2K110.5K-3800.87106.69N/AN/A9482222194
2016-05-06$9.23$10.0047.1%12.3%46.2%21.7%38.6%12.3%4.2%1.3K124.5K-3240.8769.98N/AN/A9482223194
2016-05-09$9.32$10.0056.2%14.1%46.2%26.0%42.9%-2.8%-0.9%1.6K112.3K-3600.8783.44N/AN/A9482223194
2016-05-10$9.56$10.0052.5%12.2%46.9%24.2%42.8%-0.6%2.4%1.6K127.0K-2940.6678.23N/AN/A9462223194
2016-05-11$9.80$10.0043.4%12.4%43.5%19.9%42.5%6.6%4.8%2.0K127.8K-3640.6683.26N/AN/A9462223214
2016-05-12$9.62$10.0048.3%13.9%43.0%22.3%48.4%0.5%1.6%2.1K154.1K-3400.6686.09N/AN/A9462223233
2016-05-13$9.10$10.0041.4%11.9%40.1%19.0%36.7%-2.3%1.9%1.3K138.2K-2980.6673.86N/AN/A9462223213
2016-05-16$9.15$10.0050.7%14.5%39.9%23.4%44.7%-4.1%-6.9%1.5K138.3K-2880.6660.88N/AN/A9462223213
2016-05-17$9.29$10.0057.0%16.3%40.0%26.4%54.9%2.6%-4.3%1.2K132.1K-3280.66118.47N/AN/A9462223213
2016-05-18$9.20$10.0053.9%15.5%39.6%24.9%48.8%0.9%-8.4%502152.8K-3000.56111.27N/AN/A9453223223
2016-05-19$9.02$10.0045.8%13.1%39.3%21.1%40.4%-7.1%-6.0%394163.5K-2320.5674.68N/AN/A9453223224
2016-05-20$9.67$10.0040.5%11.6%46.4%18.6%38.1%6.7%10.7%250164.6K-2900.56112.98N/AN/A9453223224
2016-05-23$9.57$10.0039.0%11.2%46.4%17.9%36.5%4.7%2.7%221164.9K-2450.5773.96N/AN/A9252191223
2016-05-24$10.08$10.0035.1%10.1%49.9%16.0%39.1%68.0%20.9%-113164.0K-2930.5797.91N/AN/A9252191223
2016-05-25$10.07$10.0039.6%11.4%49.8%18.1%39.7%8.6%2.9%332169.7K-2510.63109.05N/AN/A9258191223
2016-05-26$10.06$10.0044.3%12.7%45.4%20.4%49.4%79.8%6.1%279170.4K-2820.6392.52N/AN/A9258191229
2016-05-27$10.20$10.0044.2%12.7%44.1%20.3%53.3%2.9%4.1%263176.7K-2450.6390.40N/AN/A9258191229
2016-05-31$10.18$10.0043.8%12.6%43.9%20.1%52.7%16.5%12.5%464169.8K-2680.6391.67N/AN/A9258191229