VIK Options History — August 2025

In August 2025, VIK traded between $56.25 and $63.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.2%, placing in the 15.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.3% (HV 20d: 24.9%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.44.

Notable Days

  • 2025-08-18: Highest Volume — 14,345 contracts
  • 2025-08-07: Largest IV spike — 43.5% change
  • 2025-08-18: Highest IV Rank — 29.8%
  • 2025-08-18: Largest Expected Move — 12.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$59.61$56.25$63.89$57.36$63.89
Max Pain$59.52$55.00$60.00$55.00$60.00
ATM IV34.2%25.6%44.4%37.2%29.4%
Expected Move10.3%8.4%12.7%10.7%8.4%
HV 20d24.9%19.3%30.2%19.3%27.9%
HV 60d26.7%23.5%29.9%29.6%24.9%
IV Rank15.1%2.5%29.8%19.4%8.1%
IV Percentile34.5%0.4%82.1%46.8%4.8%
Term Structure-1.4%-4.8%2.0%2.0%2.0%
VWIV36.2%30.9%46.7%36.5%31.7%
Skew 25d4.2%1.2%7.0%1.2%3.0%
Skew 10d7.3%-5.5%24.6%-0.1%10.5%
Call IV 25d33.9%28.9%42.6%34.1%28.9%
Put IV 25d38.1%31.9%47.7%35.3%31.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %66.7433.3087.0887.0870.49
Gamma HHI0.390.270.500.380.43
Net GEX260.7K-576.9K1.5M-181.9K1.4M
Net DEX-18.2M-29.7M-1.8M-17.7M-27.6M
Net VEX-119.8K-162.0K-94.9K-96.3K-141.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.440.0312.8112.810.84
Total Volume1,590.6676814,3452,251248
Total OI19,108.71411,65324,48515,24724,485

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-08-01$57.36$55.0037.2%10.7%19.3%19.4%36.5%1.2%2.0%-181.9K-17.7M-96.3K12.8187.08N/AN/A1632,0887,8457,402
2025-08-04$58.88$60.0032.6%10.5%20.8%12.7%37.0%4.9%-0.7%27.1K-21.8M-96.0K0.1068.13N/AN/A344337,8427,708
2025-08-05$58.34$60.0032.5%10.7%21.3%12.5%37.2%4.0%-1.9%-48.0K-20.5M-95.7K0.7170.96N/AN/A55397,9207,730
2025-08-06$57.64$60.0025.6%10.6%21.4%2.5%38.3%3.5%-2.0%-145.8K-18.7M-96.4K5.3873.08N/AN/A3832,0607,9107,717
2025-08-07$56.88$60.0036.7%11.5%21.7%18.7%38.5%5.7%-3.8%-252.8K-15.5M-100.5K0.3170.73N/AN/A52168,1218,178
2025-08-08$56.25$60.0033.1%11.0%22.0%13.4%37.8%3.9%-2.3%-482.4K-13.2M-100.2K0.1270.99N/AN/A434518,1128,191
2025-08-11$57.52$60.0037.0%11.0%22.3%19.2%37.8%4.1%-3.2%-215.2K-18.0M-96.5K0.4067.26N/AN/A138558,1598,240
2025-08-12$59.57$60.0032.4%11.0%25.3%12.4%37.8%3.5%-3.2%387.2K-24.3M-94.9K0.1666.18N/AN/A509828,1458,266
2025-08-13$59.98$60.0038.3%11.0%25.2%21.1%39.3%7.0%-3.4%687.6K-27.5M-101.1K0.1475.83N/AN/A487668,8848,301
2025-08-14$60.09$55.0040.0%11.5%25.2%23.4%40.5%5.4%-3.1%874.4K-29.1M-100.2K0.3365.43N/AN/A7252399,1398,327
2025-08-15$60.34$60.0040.4%11.6%24.6%24.0%39.6%5.8%-4.0%1.4M-29.7M-104.1K0.4366.41N/AN/A5382329,2838,430
2025-08-18$60.54$60.0044.4%12.7%24.6%29.8%46.7%5.1%-4.8%336.2K-14.0M-105.4K2.1533.30N/AN/A4,5549,7916,1645,489
2025-08-19$59.40$60.0033.7%9.7%25.0%14.3%33.0%4.0%-0.5%-266.2K-7.0M-162.0K1.0166.79N/AN/A1,3701,38110,11313,417
2025-08-20$58.31$60.0033.7%9.7%25.6%14.3%34.8%3.5%-0.4%-532.6K-2.4M-160.8K2.2059.91N/AN/A23050710,12113,042
2025-08-21$58.14$60.0033.3%9.5%25.3%13.7%32.4%4.9%0.3%-576.9K-1.8M-159.1K0.3656.17N/AN/A36513210,13413,044
2025-08-22$60.32$60.0032.1%9.2%28.2%12.1%31.1%4.3%0.1%125.1K-13.2M-149.6K0.2367.13N/AN/A79318610,16712,968
2025-08-25$60.02$60.0033.2%9.5%28.1%13.6%34.3%3.3%-0.6%24.1K-11.5M-145.8K0.7366.98N/AN/A27920410,18613,030
2025-08-26$61.61$60.0033.1%9.5%29.2%13.5%33.3%4.1%-0.5%656.8K-19.4M-137.2K0.1569.98N/AN/A1,04415710,08112,958
2025-08-27$63.06$60.0030.2%8.7%30.1%9.2%31.5%3.2%0.6%776.4K-20.7M-136.2K0.0356.88N/AN/A2,250779,23612,899
2025-08-28$63.66$60.0029.9%8.6%30.2%8.9%30.9%2.9%0.8%1.5M-28.0M-136.8K1.6271.75N/AN/A40064710,95612,943
2025-08-29$63.89$60.0029.4%8.4%27.9%8.1%31.7%3.0%2.0%1.4M-27.6M-141.4K0.8470.49N/AN/A13511311,20913,276