VNET Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, VNET traded between $8.55 and $10.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.8%, placing in the 42.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.3% (HV 20d: 47.5%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.53.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-22: Highest Volume — 9,602 contracts
  • 2016-08-17: Largest IV drop — 14.5% change
  • 2016-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 52.2%
  • 2016-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 20.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.52$8.55$10.87$9.63$9.28
Max Pain$11.74$10.00$12.00$10.00$12.00
ATM IV57.8%50.4%68.8%67.2%52.8%
Expected Move16.7%14.4%20.6%20.3%15.2%
HV 20d47.5%24.2%63.6%39.6%63.6%
HV 60d66.1%59.1%90.0%90.0%64.0%
IV Rank42.1%35.3%52.2%50.7%37.5%
IV Percentile70.8%61.9%86.1%82.9%64.3%
Term Structure0.3%-5.2%5.2%-0.4%2.4%
VWIV57.8%47.9%69.5%67.8%52.1%
Skew 25d5.8%-0.5%11.4%8.5%4.4%
Skew 10d7.8%-28.5%42.2%26.7%-3.0%
Call IV 25d56.2%48.9%65.5%65.5%53.3%
Put IV 25d62.1%49.8%74.1%74.0%57.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %88.0035.25103.8791.1499.83
Gamma HHI0.240.170.340.210.25
Net GEX-64.0K-292.0K177.8K68.3K-209.1K
Net DEX14.6M8.7M20.1M11.5M17.0M
Net VEX-51.6K-59.6K-45.2K-49.1K-55.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.530.185.930.691.32
Total Volume5,480.9138039,6024,1325,550
Total OI80,049.43571,77989,77171,77985,611

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$9.63$10.0067.2%20.3%39.6%50.7%67.8%8.5%-0.4%68.3K11.5M-49.1K0.6991.14N/AN/A2,4451,68745,03826,741
2016-08-02$9.49$10.0068.8%20.6%39.9%52.2%68.5%11.4%-1.8%60.6K11.9M-45.8K0.7988.49N/AN/A2,3671,88145,12526,904
2016-08-03$9.61$10.0068.6%20.2%35.8%52.0%69.5%6.4%-2.5%71.6K11.4M-50.2K0.8984.52N/AN/A2,4582,17745,19227,219
2016-08-04$9.56$12.0067.6%18.0%35.5%51.0%60.8%8.3%-1.0%55.4K12.2M-45.2K0.8678.73N/AN/A2,3742,04445,24928,055
2016-08-05$9.62$12.0066.4%18.3%34.7%50.0%60.3%10.5%-2.7%45.5K12.4M-47.1K0.6982.38N/AN/A2,6351,81345,24928,587
2016-08-08$10.03$12.0061.8%17.6%34.4%45.8%59.3%7.9%0.5%106.3K11.0M-49.1K1.4884.23N/AN/A1,8772,77544,80228,485
2016-08-09$10.31$12.0058.8%17.0%35.2%43.0%59.6%8.5%-1.5%146.4K10.2M-51.5K1.6295.29N/AN/A2,2513,64345,15729,554
2016-08-10$10.29$12.0055.4%17.1%34.3%39.9%59.6%9.7%4.9%123.8K10.7M-52.3K1.5689.34N/AN/A2,2723,55345,25130,534
2016-08-11$10.24$12.0057.0%17.1%32.1%41.3%57.3%9.6%3.2%124.4K11.2M-48.2K1.4193.73N/AN/A2,3603,33045,41430,541
2016-08-12$10.26$12.0057.6%17.3%24.2%41.9%59.7%6.4%5.2%120.7K10.8M-54.9K1.4493.10N/AN/A2,4333,51445,87831,882
2016-08-15$10.87$12.0061.4%17.7%30.4%45.3%62.3%0.5%-3.4%177.8K8.7M-59.6K0.9590.58N/AN/A2,9012,74845,91933,114
2016-08-16$10.53$12.0060.6%17.4%32.5%44.6%60.5%2.7%2.6%153.8K9.6M-56.9K1.6881.95N/AN/A2,9765,01146,67333,946
2016-08-17$9.20$12.0051.8%14.8%59.4%36.6%54.6%0.9%-1.2%-156.0K17.4M-45.5K1.4289.53N/AN/A2,9044,13447,89936,137
2016-08-18$8.95$12.0052.5%15.2%60.1%37.3%56.3%5.4%-5.2%-257.8K19.1M-47.7K5.93103.87N/AN/A2181,29349,17839,564
2016-08-19$8.99$12.0050.4%14.4%60.1%35.3%55.5%-0.5%-0.1%-244.1K20.1M-49.6K2.11103.50N/AN/A2,8526,02549,31840,453
2016-08-22$8.55$12.0054.3%15.3%62.4%38.8%54.2%2.9%2.1%-239.7K18.8M-47.2K2.64100.45N/AN/A2,6376,96542,97637,259
2016-08-23$8.86$12.0052.6%14.8%63.1%37.3%50.6%5.1%-0.9%-281.6K19.4M-54.8K1.8235.25N/AN/A2,4294,42043,52041,503
2016-08-24$8.85$12.0053.6%14.7%63.1%38.2%47.9%4.0%-0.8%-277.7K18.9M-55.6K0.1895.39N/AN/A68112243,83941,424
2016-08-25$8.81$12.0053.0%15.4%62.9%37.7%50.8%3.4%0.4%-292.0K19.2M-54.8K1.4673.96N/AN/A2,3263,39744,17041,476
2016-08-26$8.87$12.0052.5%14.5%63.0%37.2%55.1%10.0%-0.7%-273.1K19.4M-54.6K1.4690.10N/AN/A2,2873,34944,23541,678
2016-08-29$9.00$12.0051.8%14.8%63.3%36.6%55.8%5.8%3.3%-257.1K18.2M-54.1K1.4582.10N/AN/A2,1933,17143,97941,130
2016-08-30$9.18$12.0052.8%15.3%63.6%37.5%51.7%2.0%3.4%-237.9K17.5M-56.1K1.3896.57N/AN/A2,3503,23344,15141,128
2016-08-31$9.28$12.0052.8%15.2%63.6%37.5%52.1%4.4%2.4%-209.1K17.0M-55.5K1.3299.83N/AN/A2,3913,15944,37841,233