VSAT Options History — January 2008

In January 2008, VSAT traded between $20.52 and $33.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.3%, placing in the 32.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 29.0% (HV 20d: 69.3%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.05.

Notable Days

  • 2008-01-11: Highest Volume — 58 contracts
  • 2008-01-30: Largest IV spike — 43.5% change
  • 2008-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 78.2%
  • 2008-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 20.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.11$20.52$33.88$33.88$20.77
Max Pain$26.43$25.00$30.00$30.00$25.00
ATM IV40.3%29.6%71.7%32.1%49.8%
Expected Move11.6%8.5%20.6%9.2%14.3%
HV 20d69.3%39.3%82.0%40.5%72.1%
HV 60d55.7%41.9%59.9%41.9%54.1%
IV Rank32.1%16.4%78.2%20.0%46.1%
IV Percentile80.2%36.3%99.2%48.0%97.6%
Term Structure-1.1%-31.1%10.5%4.3%-6.4%
VWIV44.6%30.1%71.7%39.8%71.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %82.0858.33102.7995.4969.65
Gamma HHI0.870.541.000.881.00
Net GEX5.9K98324.1K24.1K1.7K
Net DEX-58.3K-337.8K20.2K-337.8K1.5K
Net VEX-363-981-47-981-239
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.050.000.290.000.00
Total Volume7.1905803
Total OI295221357221357

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-01-02$33.88$30.0032.1%9.2%40.5%20.0%0.0%0.0%4.3%24.1K-337.8K-9810.0095.49N/AN/A002192
2008-01-03$32.64$30.0029.6%8.5%42.1%16.4%0.0%0.0%7.4%20.6K-246.8K-8740.0099.41N/AN/A002192
2008-01-04$32.37$30.0035.1%10.1%41.1%24.4%0.0%0.0%2.7%20.3K-241.7K-8440.00102.79N/AN/A002192
2008-01-07$32.15$30.0036.4%10.4%39.3%26.3%0.0%0.0%1.8%19.6K-221.2K-7650.00101.95N/AN/A002192
2008-01-08$26.71$30.0035.4%10.2%75.5%24.9%0.0%0.0%6.2%4.7K-30.4K-2130.0085.93N/AN/A202192
2008-01-09$24.48$30.0038.8%11.1%80.1%29.8%39.8%0.0%-0.8%983-1.1K-470.0668.15N/AN/A3122192
2008-01-10$23.51$25.0037.3%10.7%80.5%27.7%0.0%0.0%2.3%2.1K-12.2K-930.0084.67N/AN/A2002504
2008-01-11$22.72$25.0035.9%10.3%80.3%25.6%36.8%0.0%2.5%2.1K-22.4K-1620.2996.65N/AN/A45132704
2008-01-14$22.78$25.0037.5%10.8%80.4%28.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%2.8K-32.8K-3810.0096.65N/AN/A0030516
2008-01-15$22.49$25.0032.5%9.3%80.4%20.5%0.0%0.0%8.5%2.7K-24.6K-3470.00100.72N/AN/A0030516
2008-01-16$23.15$25.0039.5%11.3%82.0%30.8%0.0%0.0%1.5%3.0K-40.1K-3880.0063.36N/AN/A10030516
2008-01-17$22.35$25.0032.9%9.4%81.9%21.2%30.1%0.0%10.5%2.8K-28.7K-3840.0074.77N/AN/A5031516
2008-01-18$21.50$25.0036.3%10.4%77.5%26.2%0.0%0.0%6.2%2.7K-10.9K-3190.0072.00N/AN/A0032016
2008-01-22$20.99$25.0039.6%11.4%75.7%31.1%0.0%0.0%2.8%2.2K-3.3K-2720.0070.22N/AN/A0032017
2008-01-23$20.58$25.0043.1%12.4%71.2%36.2%0.0%0.0%-0.9%2.0K-3.2K-2650.0069.24N/AN/A0032016
2008-01-24$20.70$25.0043.5%12.5%71.1%36.8%0.0%0.0%-1.4%2.1K-3.5K-2640.0069.48N/AN/A0032016
2008-01-25$20.57$25.0042.5%12.2%70.5%35.3%0.0%0.0%-16.7%1.5K20.2K-1390.0088.29N/AN/A0032017
2008-01-28$20.67$25.0046.6%13.4%71.2%41.3%0.0%0.0%-17.3%2.0K13.5K-1700.0087.05N/AN/A0032016
2008-01-29$20.52$25.0050.0%14.3%70.6%46.3%0.0%0.0%-5.2%1.6K2.1K-2350.0068.97N/AN/A0032016
2008-01-30$20.68$25.0071.7%20.6%71.4%78.2%71.7%0.0%-31.1%1.7K-616-2410.0058.33N/AN/A20032016
2008-01-31$20.77$25.0049.8%14.3%72.1%46.1%0.0%0.0%-6.4%1.7K1.5K-2390.0069.65N/AN/A0334017