VIK Options History — January 2026

In January 2026, VIK traded between $68.24 and $74.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.4%, placing in the 12.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.8% (HV 20d: 24.6%). Max pain ranged from $65.00 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.36.

Notable Days

  • 2026-01-29: Highest Volume — 6,916 contracts
  • 2026-01-13: Largest IV spike — 33.3% change
  • 2026-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 19.3%
  • 2026-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$71.15$68.24$74.30$72.08$72.22
Max Pain$65.25$65.00$70.00$65.00$70.00
ATM IV33.4%27.5%38.5%32.0%37.1%
Expected Move9.6%8.3%10.7%9.2%10.6%
HV 20d24.6%18.1%30.3%26.7%30.3%
HV 60d31.5%30.9%33.1%31.7%33.1%
IV Rank12.5%4.9%19.3%11.8%17.2%
IV Percentile31.6%3.2%59.5%23.0%49.2%
Term Structure4.7%-2.3%6.6%-2.3%6.2%
VWIV33.4%27.5%36.9%29.7%36.1%
Skew 25d3.9%1.0%7.4%6.9%5.5%
Skew 10d8.6%-2.5%21.1%20.2%12.4%
Call IV 25d31.7%26.4%36.0%26.4%32.8%
Put IV 25d35.6%31.9%39.6%33.4%38.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.1362.5382.9082.9068.90
Gamma HHI0.280.220.440.270.23
Net GEX1.4M710.9K2.1M1.4M1.7M
Net DEX-28.4M-43.8M-14.1M-34.6M-34.4M
Net VEX-172.4K-235.7K-152.1K-163.6K-235.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.360.0410.503.570.59
Total Volume1,062.851496,916379465
Total OI22,554.9520,53327,45621,36427,456

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-01-02$72.08$65.0032.0%9.2%26.7%11.8%29.7%6.9%-2.3%1.4M-34.6M-163.6K3.5782.90N/AN/A8329610,56410,800
2026-01-05$72.58$65.0030.6%8.5%26.6%9.8%27.5%3.4%5.3%1.5M-37.4M-157.1K0.5871.89N/AN/A21312310,56010,766
2026-01-06$74.30$65.0029.6%8.6%27.5%8.4%30.7%3.1%5.9%1.7M-43.8M-152.1K1.0163.84N/AN/A747510,57910,815
2026-01-07$74.04$65.0027.5%8.3%27.1%5.3%32.9%3.5%6.4%1.7M-43.5M-154.0K10.5067.85N/AN/A4042010,58611,038
2026-01-08$72.96$65.0027.7%8.7%27.1%5.6%30.5%3.2%6.6%1.8M-38.7M-175.5K1.5565.29N/AN/A10215811,43411,570
2026-01-09$72.06$65.0031.1%9.2%27.3%10.5%31.9%3.3%4.1%1.7M-34.5M-174.0K1.6973.76N/AN/A6841,15611,41811,715
2026-01-12$72.66$65.0028.9%8.9%27.0%4.9%32.1%1.6%5.4%1.7M-34.4M-168.8K0.7962.53N/AN/A52241310,83811,644
2026-01-13$71.40$65.0038.5%9.4%26.7%19.3%31.6%3.8%5.4%1.6M-29.2M-169.0K1.0175.39N/AN/A33033211,25311,938
2026-01-14$71.21$65.0035.2%10.1%24.0%14.4%35.1%4.8%4.3%1.6M-28.9M-176.5K0.9672.74N/AN/A83280111,91112,118
2026-01-15$70.05$65.0034.4%9.9%24.6%13.2%33.9%2.5%2.7%1.9M-23.4M-175.4K0.8067.29N/AN/A25120012,11312,134
2026-01-16$69.38$65.0033.0%9.5%24.4%11.1%34.1%1.0%5.2%2.1M-18.1M-167.2K0.2773.28N/AN/A62816912,11112,241
2026-01-20$68.44$65.0034.5%9.9%24.7%13.4%35.8%4.6%5.3%710.9K-14.7M-165.6K0.4969.59N/AN/A45222210,6049,929
2026-01-21$69.62$65.0034.1%9.8%18.5%12.7%32.0%7.4%4.9%819.2K-18.1M-163.2K0.4871.38N/AN/A1698110,52810,027
2026-01-22$69.55$65.0034.3%9.8%18.1%13.0%34.0%2.0%5.8%834.7K-18.3M-163.7K0.4374.47N/AN/A74132210,56910,092
2026-01-23$68.24$65.0034.2%9.8%18.7%12.9%34.4%4.3%5.7%743.1K-14.1M-170.0K0.2974.81N/AN/A1163411,16610,376
2026-01-26$69.81$65.0036.1%10.3%20.8%15.7%35.8%5.7%4.7%905.8K-18.6M-169.6K0.0466.70N/AN/A1,0524211,19610,395
2026-01-27$68.97$65.0037.2%10.7%21.1%17.4%36.9%4.0%4.3%907.7K-17.2M-173.3K0.6270.96N/AN/A1,16172511,65910,422
2026-01-28$69.75$65.0036.5%10.5%21.4%16.4%36.0%3.6%3.8%1.4M-25.0M-183.7K0.5980.30N/AN/A53931812,75610,309
2026-01-29$73.73$65.0036.5%10.5%29.6%16.3%36.5%4.7%4.9%1.8M-41.5M-190.0K0.8968.68N/AN/A3,6663,25012,97910,490
2026-01-30$72.22$70.0037.1%10.6%30.3%17.2%36.1%5.5%6.2%1.7M-34.4M-235.7K0.5968.90N/AN/A29317215,03912,417