VSAT Options History — March 2009

In March 2009, VSAT traded between $16.25 and $21.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 53.8%, placing in the 23.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 20.4% (HV 20d: 74.2%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.07.

Notable Days

  • 2009-03-03: Highest Volume — 30 contracts
  • 2009-03-06: Largest IV drop — 25.2% change
  • 2009-03-05: Highest IV Rank — 28.4%
  • 2009-03-05: Largest Expected Move — 17.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.68$16.25$21.77$17.39$20.82
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV53.8%45.0%60.2%56.6%53.9%
Expected Move15.7%15.0%17.3%16.2%15.5%
HV 20d74.2%59.8%97.4%94.9%64.8%
HV 60d66.0%62.2%69.6%64.1%69.6%
IV Rank23.2%17.0%28.4%25.7%23.1%
IV Percentile87.0%81.0%92.9%92.1%86.1%
Term Structure0.3%-1.9%5.0%1.1%-0.2%
VWIV55.0%53.2%58.9%58.9%54.1%
Skew 25d4.0%-8.6%12.5%-1.4%5.4%
Skew 10d6.7%-8.5%15.6%2.0%5.2%
Call IV 25d49.9%40.3%57.0%48.2%50.0%
Put IV 25d54.0%40.1%62.4%46.8%55.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.9662.0599.5791.3781.34
Gamma HHI0.340.280.510.510.39
Net GEX9272962.5K3072.3K
Net DEX-32.3K-76.6K-10.5K-12.0K-61.7K
Net VEX-246-364-84-90-344
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.070.000.500.500.00
Total Volume3.54503000
Total OI58.86420872087

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-03-02$17.39$0.0056.6%16.2%94.9%25.7%0.0%0.0%1.1%307-12.0K-900.0091.37N/AN/A00200
2009-03-03$16.92$0.0056.3%16.1%94.9%25.5%0.0%-1.4%-0.7%296-10.5K-840.5099.57N/AN/A2010200
2009-03-04$17.32$0.0056.5%16.2%95.3%25.6%0.0%3.8%-1.1%508-19.4K-2300.0099.57N/AN/A004010
2009-03-05$16.25$0.0060.2%17.3%96.9%28.4%0.0%5.4%-1.2%421-13.7K-2040.0097.50N/AN/A004010
2009-03-06$16.51$0.0045.0%15.6%97.4%17.0%58.9%12.5%1.0%444-15.1K-2090.0073.59N/AN/A044010
2009-03-09$16.32$15.0047.3%15.9%81.8%18.4%0.0%-8.6%0.8%318-11.9K-2090.0078.66N/AN/A004014
2009-03-10$17.07$15.0049.1%15.9%84.7%19.8%0.0%-1.1%0.7%390-15.8K-2220.0075.24N/AN/A004014
2009-03-11$17.21$15.0054.2%15.8%59.8%23.6%0.0%1.1%-0.1%406-16.2K-2220.0076.67N/AN/A204014
2009-03-12$18.61$15.0056.3%16.1%66.8%25.2%0.0%2.0%0.5%552-29.2K-2470.0064.25N/AN/A004214
2009-03-13$18.65$15.0055.9%16.0%63.5%24.6%0.0%-0.2%0.4%555-29.9K-2460.0075.44N/AN/A004214
2009-03-16$17.94$15.0055.8%16.0%63.4%24.5%0.0%6.3%0.3%488-24.9K-2340.0082.58N/AN/A004214
2009-03-17$18.56$15.0057.1%16.4%63.7%25.5%0.0%6.4%-1.9%530-28.2K-2410.0075.62N/AN/A004214
2009-03-18$19.14$15.0052.5%15.0%64.9%22.0%0.0%6.3%0.4%604-32.7K-2500.0080.92N/AN/A204214
2009-03-19$19.39$15.0053.8%15.4%65.1%23.0%0.0%6.1%0.0%629-34.6K-2500.0073.65N/AN/A004214
2009-03-20$18.73$15.0053.7%15.4%66.0%22.9%0.0%4.7%5.0%580-30.7K-2410.0074.44N/AN/A004214
2009-03-23$20.42$15.0056.0%16.1%69.2%24.7%53.2%8.2%-0.7%731-37.3K-2580.0062.07N/AN/A2004014
2009-03-24$20.02$15.0053.3%15.3%69.0%22.6%53.7%5.9%-0.3%1.6K-43.1K-2820.0066.68N/AN/A206014
2009-03-25$20.82$15.0052.8%15.1%70.3%22.2%0.0%5.2%0.7%2.0K-55.1K-2960.0082.60N/AN/A1006214
2009-03-26$21.77$15.0052.4%15.0%64.6%21.9%0.0%4.4%-1.3%2.5K-76.6K-3640.0076.44N/AN/A017214
2009-03-27$20.42$15.0052.2%15.0%69.5%21.8%54.1%5.4%2.1%2.1K-55.8K-3470.0062.05N/AN/A707215
2009-03-30$20.61$15.0052.4%15.0%66.2%22.0%0.0%6.9%2.0%2.2K-57.2K-3440.0086.93N/AN/A007215
2009-03-31$20.82$15.0053.9%15.5%64.8%23.1%0.0%5.4%-0.2%2.3K-61.7K-3440.0081.34N/AN/A007215