VNET Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, VNET traded between $8.57 and $11.18. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.8%, placing in the 35.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.7% (HV 20d: 56.1%). Max pain ranged from $7.00 to $9.50. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.85.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-01: Highest Volume — 3,425 contracts
  • 2018-08-03: Largest IV drop — 56.6% change
  • 2018-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 79.1%
  • 2018-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 23.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.54$8.57$11.18$8.91$9.75
Max Pain$7.76$7.00$9.50$9.50$8.00
ATM IV60.8%46.8%129.5%111.9%53.7%
Expected Move16.1%13.2%23.5%19.6%16.1%
HV 20d56.1%46.6%72.7%49.9%72.2%
HV 60d57.5%46.8%71.0%71.0%56.9%
IV Rank35.3%26.3%79.1%67.8%30.8%
IV Percentile49.6%11.9%99.2%98.8%40.1%
Term Structure-6.2%-131.1%10.6%-131.1%0.2%
VWIV56.5%43.2%86.0%79.0%51.0%
Skew 25d1.1%-13.1%26.8%-13.1%7.8%
Skew 10d-2.3%-94.0%53.5%-5.1%-94.0%
Call IV 25d56.3%46.5%81.5%81.5%51.3%
Put IV 25d57.4%48.8%103.2%68.4%59.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.2316.28137.70137.7070.14
Gamma HHI0.230.140.410.210.25
Net GEX7.9K-21.6K56.1K-16.3K27.9K
Net DEX-1.5M-4.2M-5.1K-250.4K-2.0M
Net VEX-15.0K-15.5K-14.2K-14.2K-15.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.850.521.371.120.69
Total Volume2,688.2612,2533,4253,4253,280
Total OI12,184.1310,21213,72910,21213,729

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$8.91$9.50111.9%19.6%49.9%67.8%79.0%-13.1%-131.1%-16.3K-250.4K-14.2K1.12137.70N/AN/A1,6181,8074,1366,076
2018-08-02$8.89$9.50129.5%23.5%47.2%79.1%69.9%26.8%-1.3%-21.1K-140.6K-15.3K0.8898.18N/AN/A1,8151,5994,7436,438
2018-08-03$8.70$9.5056.2%19.9%47.0%32.3%86.0%-5.0%-0.9%-20.8K-89.8K-15.5K1.05124.02N/AN/A1,3011,3714,8986,450
2018-08-06$8.66$7.0058.4%15.8%46.9%33.7%57.1%-3.0%-1.0%-21.3K-41.9K-15.0K1.3322.64N/AN/A1,1321,5044,9936,449
2018-08-07$8.62$7.0058.3%16.6%46.8%33.7%57.9%-2.2%0.0%-19.3K-138.9K-15.1K1.3519.25N/AN/A1,1101,5045,1426,603
2018-08-08$8.57$7.0058.8%16.3%46.6%34.0%58.7%-1.0%-2.0%-21.6K-5.1K-14.9K1.3726.38N/AN/A1,1101,5175,1536,603
2018-08-09$8.95$7.0059.2%16.3%49.9%34.3%58.9%-2.0%-1.3%-14.3K-487.8K-15.3K0.9634.93N/AN/A1,1931,1465,1536,622
2018-08-10$8.75$7.0058.3%17.5%50.1%33.7%56.5%-0.6%-4.1%-19.2K-278.5K-14.9K0.9623.13N/AN/A1,1981,1465,2746,596
2018-08-13$9.01$7.0056.4%15.9%51.4%32.5%53.3%1.4%-0.4%-14.8K-527.9K-14.5K1.0422.12N/AN/A1,1351,1805,2366,592
2018-08-14$9.27$7.0054.6%15.1%50.3%31.3%52.9%-0.4%-0.4%-12.2K-814.6K-14.7K0.6453.34N/AN/A1,6211,0415,2326,694
2018-08-15$8.99$7.0059.6%15.4%47.2%34.5%56.0%6.8%-9.3%-8.0K-663.5K-14.9K0.8174.43N/AN/A1,3551,0955,6906,744
2018-08-16$9.36$7.0059.5%16.5%49.5%34.5%57.8%2.5%-1.6%-5.5K-1.1M-15.3K0.8431.76N/AN/A1,3261,1205,7946,985
2018-08-17$9.08$7.0050.1%15.1%49.8%28.4%51.3%0.3%2.1%4.8K-721.1K-15.2K0.8331.85N/AN/A1,5221,2666,1387,137
2018-08-20$9.19$8.0062.3%14.4%49.6%36.2%50.6%-0.9%-0.8%9.5K-1.2M-15.1K0.6889.04N/AN/A1,3419125,5346,331
2018-08-21$10.52$8.0046.8%13.2%69.4%26.3%49.4%1.2%-0.9%26.4K-3.0M-14.8K0.5431.14N/AN/A1,8881,0205,5796,316
2018-08-22$10.49$8.0052.2%15.0%69.4%29.8%52.1%-1.4%-3.1%39.6K-3.1M-15.0K0.5771.12N/AN/A1,8001,0286,0436,424
2018-08-23$10.50$8.0049.6%14.3%69.0%28.2%43.2%-1.3%0.6%38.1K-3.1M-15.0K0.5241.07N/AN/A1,8339536,0486,435
2018-08-24$10.91$8.0049.6%14.2%64.4%28.1%50.2%5.6%0.3%29.7K-3.6M-15.0K0.6255.96N/AN/A1,5309536,0576,440
2018-08-27$11.18$8.0048.9%15.4%63.7%27.7%51.8%-0.3%0.0%43.0K-4.2M-14.8K0.6438.22N/AN/A1,4129086,1846,389
2018-08-28$11.08$8.0052.8%15.9%63.7%30.2%49.9%1.1%-1.4%51.6K-4.1M-15.0K0.6262.84N/AN/A1,5039286,5386,391
2018-08-29$10.52$8.0049.9%14.3%63.1%28.3%49.6%-3.1%2.5%56.1K-3.3M-15.0K0.6016.28N/AN/A1,6529966,6096,462
2018-08-30$9.58$8.0060.9%14.9%72.7%35.4%55.6%6.0%10.6%50.1K-1.8M-14.8K0.8894.72N/AN/A1,6801,4816,6976,458
2018-08-31$9.75$8.0053.7%16.1%72.2%30.8%51.0%7.8%0.2%27.9K-2.0M-15.1K0.6970.14N/AN/A1,9421,3386,7826,947