VICR Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, VICR traded between $35.38 and $42.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 83.4%, placing in the 59.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.0% (HV 20d: 67.4%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-04: Highest Volume — 3,919 contracts
  • 2018-10-04: Largest IV spike — 71.3% change
  • 2018-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 26.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.93$35.38$42.97$41.89$40.16
Max Pain$36.74$35.00$40.00$40.00$35.00
ATM IV83.4%59.5%125.4%60.5%67.5%
Expected Move22.3%17.1%26.9%17.4%19.3%
HV 20d67.4%50.8%80.9%50.8%80.8%
HV 60d57.2%54.9%64.0%55.2%59.4%
IV Rank59.8%40.0%100.0%41.3%40.2%
IV Percentile94.8%88.1%100.0%93.7%88.1%
Term Structure-9.0%-23.2%18.9%16.6%-4.9%
VWIV79.1%59.7%94.8%61.0%66.6%
Skew 25d3.3%0.9%7.1%4.5%4.3%
Skew 10d8.2%-0.7%15.7%11.4%11.1%
Call IV 25d78.3%60.0%94.4%60.0%68.2%
Put IV 25d81.7%63.2%97.1%64.5%72.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %24.1012.0047.4912.5917.04
Gamma HHI0.190.140.250.140.17
Net GEX264.5K155.9K460.1K155.9K296.6K
Net DEX-6.9M-15.4M-3.1M-3.3M-9.5M
Net VEX-61.0K-73.1K-50.2K-50.2K-60.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.161.240.760.99
Total Volume2,550.1741,5003,9193,0781,666
Total OI15,596.04312,39420,17912,93213,251

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$41.89$40.0060.5%17.4%50.8%41.3%61.0%4.5%16.6%155.9K-3.3M-50.2K0.7612.59N/AN/A1,7511,3279,0453,887
2018-10-02$41.65$40.0059.5%17.1%50.8%40.0%59.7%2.9%17.7%184.7K-5.5M-56.3K0.5613.36N/AN/A95954110,2664,218
2018-10-03$42.97$40.0060.6%17.4%52.7%41.3%63.5%1.9%18.9%225.2K-8.6M-62.8K0.1612.00N/AN/A3,07448510,5424,238
2018-10-04$41.49$40.00103.8%22.6%53.0%92.6%80.1%1.9%-13.7%269.6K-11.1M-73.1K0.2018.79N/AN/A3,25366612,1714,291
2018-10-05$40.19$40.00107.0%22.8%52.8%96.4%81.0%1.9%-16.2%252.8K-6.7M-69.0K0.2420.16N/AN/A2,45458211,9344,339
2018-10-08$41.61$40.00122.9%24.0%56.1%100.0%84.6%3.0%-19.5%278.9K-9.8M-72.0K0.2522.86N/AN/A2,43360111,9414,353
2018-10-09$40.46$40.00125.4%24.4%56.2%100.0%87.1%1.5%-19.1%267.7K-7.8M-69.0K0.1820.32N/AN/A2,49544412,0634,374
2018-10-10$36.79$40.0091.4%26.2%61.7%65.9%92.1%3.2%-21.4%210.9K-3.1M-59.4K0.1928.40N/AN/A3,12260212,2464,397
2018-10-11$36.52$35.0091.6%26.3%61.7%66.1%92.1%3.8%-20.5%242.9K-3.7M-59.6K0.3224.91N/AN/A2,15469212,9334,422
2018-10-12$36.85$35.0089.9%25.8%60.8%64.4%90.1%3.2%-21.0%245.9K-3.2M-57.4K0.3723.09N/AN/A1,69263012,9884,526
2018-10-15$37.03$35.0093.8%26.9%61.1%68.3%93.4%2.2%-23.2%255.5K-4.0M-57.3K0.3021.60N/AN/A2,04260913,1784,536
2018-10-16$38.34$35.0091.6%26.3%62.7%66.1%94.8%3.7%-22.9%301.0K-6.9M-60.5K0.5322.17N/AN/A1,16461413,5704,576
2018-10-17$42.77$35.0070.2%20.1%76.4%44.6%70.2%2.5%-9.1%460.1K-15.4M-68.4K0.3023.40N/AN/A2,33270113,9554,642
2018-10-18$39.42$35.0077.8%22.3%80.5%52.2%78.7%0.9%-8.7%310.3K-9.1M-62.8K0.4840.00N/AN/A1,96994414,2824,433
2018-10-19$37.74$35.0069.7%20.0%80.9%44.0%70.4%4.6%-5.3%274.5K-5.8M-59.1K0.7625.68N/AN/A1,5131,14315,4124,767
2018-10-22$37.64$35.0071.1%20.4%80.9%45.4%74.4%2.9%-4.4%262.7K-6.2M-58.0K1.0143.55N/AN/A8788899,9312,463
2018-10-23$36.55$35.0078.5%22.5%80.9%53.0%80.0%4.2%-7.9%253.3K-5.8M-57.4K1.0922.01N/AN/A9841,07210,2812,631
2018-10-24$36.41$35.0080.8%23.2%78.2%55.2%83.9%6.5%-8.7%262.2K-6.1M-58.7K0.9719.83N/AN/A86383910,5522,785
2018-10-25$37.82$35.0075.1%21.5%79.9%49.5%82.2%5.9%-8.1%287.9K-7.9M-61.9K1.2423.33N/AN/A74892410,6762,950
2018-10-26$36.98$35.0079.3%22.7%78.2%53.7%78.6%7.1%-9.4%266.4K-6.6M-59.0K0.6428.31N/AN/A1,31384410,6933,056
2018-10-29$35.38$35.0078.1%22.4%72.4%51.1%82.7%1.3%-9.0%256.2K-5.3M-55.0K0.6147.49N/AN/A1,47389410,8183,066
2018-10-30$38.74$35.0072.1%20.7%80.5%44.9%73.2%2.4%-7.2%261.4K-7.2M-56.5K0.6523.45N/AN/A1,3808999,9643,067
2018-10-31$40.16$35.0067.5%19.3%80.8%40.2%66.6%4.3%-4.9%296.6K-9.5M-60.5K0.9917.04N/AN/A83782910,1233,128