VSAT Options History — February 2009

In February 2009, VSAT traded between $17.94 and $23.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.9%, placing in the 22.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 33.0% (HV 20d: 84.9%). Net GEX was positive for 13 of 15 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 15 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2009-02-09: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2009-02-09: Largest IV spike — 21.1% change
  • 2009-02-26: Highest IV Rank — 24.7%
  • 2009-02-26: Largest Expected Move — 15.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.90$17.94$23.00$23.00$18.30
ATM IV51.9%42.2%55.3%42.2%53.3%
Expected Move15.1%14.1%15.8%14.1%15.3%
HV 20d84.9%56.5%95.0%57.2%95.0%
HV 60d60.3%50.0%63.9%50.3%63.6%
IV Rank22.1%14.9%24.7%14.9%23.2%
IV Percentile89.8%83.7%91.7%83.7%89.7%
Term Structure0.5%-2.5%2.6%0.1%1.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.9552.9188.7269.6877.20
Gamma HHI0.830.501.001.000.50
Net GEX99904.7K0344
Net DEX-10.8K-22.7K00-13.9K
Net VEX-44-11100-98
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume2.66701000
Total OI16030020

Daily Data (15 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-02-06$23.00$0.0042.2%14.1%57.2%14.9%0.0%0.0%0.1%0000.0069.68N/AN/A0000
2009-02-09$22.82$0.0051.1%15.2%56.5%21.5%0.0%0.0%-0.9%0000.0060.77N/AN/A10000
2009-02-10$19.15$0.0052.2%15.2%84.9%22.4%0.0%0.0%1.8%236-1.1K-40.0052.91N/AN/A00100
2009-02-11$19.05$0.0051.5%15.2%84.2%21.9%0.0%0.0%0.4%138-510-20.0069.04N/AN/A00100
2009-02-12$20.12$0.0052.0%14.9%87.0%22.2%0.0%0.0%0.5%397-1.7K-50.0070.46N/AN/A100100
2009-02-13$20.72$0.0054.5%15.6%87.6%24.1%0.0%0.0%-0.2%1.7K-16.9K-160.0065.24N/AN/A00200
2009-02-17$19.90$0.0054.1%15.5%88.5%23.8%0.0%0.0%0.5%1.6K-10.3K-90.0067.22N/AN/A100200
2009-02-18$19.91$0.0052.8%15.1%88.5%22.8%0.0%0.0%1.6%2.0K-21.7K-670.0073.28N/AN/A00300
2009-02-19$19.90$0.0052.6%15.1%88.3%22.7%0.0%0.0%2.0%2.8K-21.9K-650.0074.18N/AN/A00300
2009-02-20$20.07$0.0051.0%14.6%88.4%21.5%0.0%0.0%2.6%4.7K-22.7K-640.0083.36N/AN/A00300
2009-02-23$18.83$0.0053.3%15.3%90.6%23.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%191-9.9K-570.0071.49N/AN/A00100
2009-02-24$19.40$0.0050.9%14.6%91.0%21.4%0.0%0.0%0.6%194-10.7K-580.0067.87N/AN/A100100
2009-02-25$19.41$0.0051.6%14.8%90.9%22.0%0.0%0.0%-0.1%376-17.1K-1110.0088.72N/AN/A00200
2009-02-26$17.94$0.0055.3%15.8%94.4%24.7%0.0%0.0%-2.5%334-13.2K-980.0087.85N/AN/A00200
2009-02-27$18.30$0.0053.3%15.3%95.0%23.2%0.0%0.0%1.0%344-13.9K-980.0077.20N/AN/A00200