VNET Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, VNET traded between $9.26 and $11.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 66.1%, placing in the 33.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.1% (HV 20d: 70.2%). Max pain ranged from $9.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.53.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-29: Highest Volume — 5,354 contracts
  • 2018-10-12: Largest IV spike — 54.0% change
  • 2018-10-12: Highest IV Rank — 53.1%
  • 2018-10-03: Largest Expected Move — 32.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.92$9.26$11.39$10.31$11.00
Max Pain$9.87$9.00$10.00$9.00$10.00
ATM IV66.1%47.6%101.6%47.6%65.8%
Expected Move19.1%15.4%32.3%15.4%18.7%
HV 20d70.2%40.7%77.7%40.7%77.7%
HV 60d63.6%54.7%69.2%54.7%69.2%
IV Rank33.5%23.3%53.1%23.3%33.4%
IV Percentile74.8%13.9%97.6%13.9%82.1%
Term Structure-1.5%-66.0%69.6%-2.1%18.7%
VWIV61.5%43.1%93.2%43.1%93.2%
Skew 25d4.8%-1.0%37.9%1.3%-0.4%
Skew 10d18.0%-15.6%150.8%1.1%40.8%
Call IV 25d64.7%47.6%128.2%47.6%68.9%
Put IV 25d69.6%48.9%166.1%48.9%68.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.1022.29140.6122.72140.61
Gamma HHI0.210.120.370.160.31
Net GEX14.6K-15.9K40.1K32.8K-4.5K
Net DEX-1.6M-3.3M-567.1K-2.0M-2.2M
Net VEX-10.7K-12.9K-8.9K-12.5K-10.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.530.294.290.343.52
Total Volume2,956.6521,6485,3541,6483,970
Total OI9,351.4357,96610,39510,15410,167

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$10.31$9.0047.6%15.4%40.7%23.3%43.1%1.3%-2.1%32.8K-2.0M-12.5K0.3422.72N/AN/A1,2264225,4154,739
2018-10-02$10.10$9.0057.7%16.5%41.5%28.9%51.9%1.6%1.4%21.2K-1.7M-12.7K0.4056.01N/AN/A1,2164915,4074,822
2018-10-03$11.39$9.0056.0%32.3%59.0%28.0%56.5%9.2%69.6%40.1K-3.3M-12.8K0.3486.04N/AN/A1,4844985,4004,817
2018-10-04$10.17$10.0055.1%16.0%72.8%27.5%54.9%-0.6%-2.2%15.0K-1.8M-12.9K0.39121.27N/AN/A1,2394885,4704,863
2018-10-05$10.12$10.0056.1%16.3%72.8%28.0%55.8%11.0%0.7%15.2K-1.7M-12.6K0.2941.81N/AN/A1,6324775,5114,884
2018-10-08$9.59$10.0060.2%17.1%75.5%30.3%59.1%2.6%-0.6%733-908.6K-11.8K0.3935.66N/AN/A1,2094745,1714,845
2018-10-09$9.79$10.0061.8%16.8%74.7%31.2%58.4%8.0%-3.9%-297-1.1M-11.3K0.3932.31N/AN/A1,2194745,0954,889
2018-10-10$9.75$10.0066.3%17.3%74.7%33.6%62.2%2.4%-6.4%1.1K-1.0M-11.4K0.3657.92N/AN/A1,3474835,0824,895
2018-10-11$9.77$10.0065.9%18.7%74.7%33.4%67.5%1.9%-0.1%3.2K-1.1M-12.4K0.9492.28N/AN/A1,3481,2615,2784,892
2018-10-12$10.03$10.00101.6%18.5%74.2%53.1%61.7%37.9%-34.1%14.1K-1.7M-11.7K1.42102.60N/AN/A1,3451,9055,2784,459
2018-10-15$9.91$10.0071.9%19.5%72.1%36.8%68.8%2.7%-0.1%17.1K-1.8M-9.8K1.7630.75N/AN/A1,1462,0135,0323,889
2018-10-16$10.31$10.0062.7%17.9%72.5%31.7%63.1%3.6%-1.6%27.7K-2.2M-9.7K1.5530.20N/AN/A1,4432,2335,0423,789
2018-10-17$9.86$10.0066.0%18.9%73.9%33.5%65.3%-0.8%5.0%20.1K-1.9M-9.6K1.5529.83N/AN/A1,4422,2385,3463,671
2018-10-18$9.52$10.0064.7%18.0%72.4%32.8%66.2%4.7%12.3%3.9K-1.4M-9.4K1.5830.30N/AN/A1,3742,1685,3473,676
2018-10-19$9.26$10.0059.9%17.5%71.2%30.1%56.2%-1.0%-4.7%14.3K-1.2M-9.1K1.6022.29N/AN/A1,3712,1895,4033,665
2018-10-22$9.75$10.0062.6%18.3%73.9%31.6%55.9%2.8%5.1%20.1K-1.7M-9.1K2.1329.46N/AN/A1,0542,2414,6483,337
2018-10-23$9.65$10.0068.2%18.6%73.6%34.7%57.1%3.6%6.9%20.3K-1.5M-9.2K2.0435.22N/AN/A1,0612,1624,6943,388
2018-10-24$9.62$10.0093.7%27.8%73.6%48.8%54.0%6.1%-6.4%21.2K-1.5M-9.0K2.2588.44N/AN/A1,0292,3164,7013,388
2018-10-25$9.64$10.0068.4%17.5%73.5%34.8%52.8%0.1%2.4%23.3K-1.6M-8.9K2.2388.90N/AN/A1,0392,3184,7363,543
2018-10-26$9.62$10.0063.7%17.2%73.4%32.2%52.7%8.9%-16.5%22.7K-1.6M-8.9K2.3147.31N/AN/A1,0022,3194,7563,546
2018-10-29$9.41$10.0069.5%18.4%73.1%35.4%65.5%1.6%-66.0%21.8K-1.5M-9.5K4.29128.17N/AN/A1,0124,3424,6923,274
2018-10-30$9.57$10.0074.3%27.1%73.2%38.1%92.4%3.9%-10.9%-15.9K-567.1K-10.8K3.19124.15N/AN/A1,0223,2614,7165,425
2018-10-31$11.00$10.0065.8%18.7%77.7%33.4%93.2%-0.4%18.7%-4.5K-2.2M-10.7K3.52140.61N/AN/A8783,0924,7165,451