VSAT Options History — November 2009

In November 2009, VSAT traded between $29.06 and $31.25. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.8%, placing in the 7.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 32.6%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.11.

Notable Days

  • 2009-11-20: Highest Volume — 600 contracts
  • 2009-11-05: Largest IV drop — 16.3% change
  • 2009-11-03: Highest IV Rank — 13.3%
  • 2009-11-03: Largest Expected Move — 12.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.18$29.06$31.25$29.30$30.65
Max Pain$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV33.8%28.6%42.5%40.1%32.0%
Expected Move9.7%8.2%12.2%11.5%9.2%
HV 20d32.6%23.7%36.9%23.7%36.9%
HV 60d26.9%22.9%29.6%22.9%29.6%
IV Rank7.3%3.0%13.3%11.5%6.1%
IV Percentile12.6%0.8%60.3%49.6%4.4%
Term Structure-0.0%-6.4%2.5%-4.6%-0.4%
VWIV31.8%28.8%33.8%33.8%28.8%
Skew 25d4.0%-0.9%9.8%-0.4%5.2%
Skew 10d6.6%-0.1%20.0%2.1%9.1%
Call IV 25d26.7%24.4%29.3%28.5%29.0%
Put IV 25d30.7%28.2%35.3%28.2%34.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %84.8963.2393.8491.0782.70
Gamma HHI0.770.510.960.510.96
Net GEX44.2K26.8K84.4K42.7K83.8K
Net DEX-1.8M-2.1M-1.4M-1.7M-1.6M
Net VEX-2.1K-2.4K-1.8K-2.4K-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.110.001.001.000.00
Total Volume39.2060000
Total OI968.759381,014938942

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-11-02$29.30$25.0040.1%11.5%23.7%11.5%0.0%-0.4%-4.6%42.7K-1.7M-2.4K0.0091.07N/AN/A00827111
2009-11-03$30.45$25.0042.5%12.2%27.0%13.3%0.0%6.8%-6.4%33.3K-2.0M-2.1K0.0086.14N/AN/A00827111
2009-11-04$29.06$25.0040.4%11.6%31.9%11.7%0.0%-0.3%-4.8%41.4K-1.7M-2.4K0.0091.77N/AN/A00827111
2009-11-05$29.97$25.0033.8%9.7%33.5%7.7%33.8%2.8%0.5%36.6K-1.9M-2.1K1.0089.69N/AN/A2020827111
2009-11-06$30.18$25.0032.6%9.6%33.3%6.5%0.0%4.2%1.5%32.9K-1.9M-2.1K0.0090.00N/AN/A00827130
2009-11-09$30.22$25.0033.6%9.9%33.3%7.5%0.0%4.8%0.8%32.1K-1.9M-2.0K0.0089.13N/AN/A20827130
2009-11-10$29.45$25.0035.1%9.9%34.5%8.8%0.0%-0.9%0.1%32.8K-1.8M-2.1K0.0090.37N/AN/A00827130
2009-11-11$29.61$25.0034.0%9.4%31.6%7.8%33.0%0.4%1.3%35.0K-1.8M-2.0K0.0089.87N/AN/A044827130
2009-11-12$29.47$25.0032.1%9.2%31.5%6.1%0.0%1.4%1.1%30.1K-1.7M-2.1K0.0089.06N/AN/A10827174
2009-11-13$29.65$25.0031.8%9.1%31.7%5.9%0.0%1.1%2.3%29.9K-1.7M-2.0K0.0090.24N/AN/A00828174
2009-11-16$30.77$25.0033.3%9.5%34.3%7.1%0.0%7.1%1.2%26.8K-2.0M-1.9K0.0091.08N/AN/A130828174
2009-11-17$30.76$25.0033.9%9.7%33.8%7.7%0.0%7.8%0.6%28.9K-2.1M-1.9K0.0093.84N/AN/A00840174
2009-11-18$30.28$25.0032.3%9.3%33.1%6.3%30.7%3.5%2.5%30.4K-1.9M-1.9K0.0063.23N/AN/A50840174
2009-11-19$29.99$25.0032.8%9.4%33.0%6.7%0.0%3.2%2.1%28.7K-1.8M-1.9K0.0091.21N/AN/A00835174
2009-11-20$30.41$25.0032.8%9.4%32.9%6.7%32.8%6.7%1.3%29.7K-2.0M-1.8K0.0064.27N/AN/A6000835174
2009-11-23$31.12$25.0031.7%9.1%33.9%5.8%0.0%9.6%-0.0%75.8K-1.8M-2.4K0.0064.60N/AN/A50802151
2009-11-24$31.25$25.0032.0%9.2%33.9%6.0%31.9%9.8%-0.5%72.3K-1.8M-2.3K0.0082.72N/AN/A10802151
2009-11-25$31.15$25.0028.6%8.2%32.3%3.0%28.8%4.6%0.5%76.0K-1.9M-2.2K0.0085.36N/AN/A730803151
2009-11-27$29.86$25.0030.5%8.8%36.0%4.7%0.0%2.7%0.8%84.4K-1.4M-2.4K0.0081.42N/AN/A00791151
2009-11-30$30.65$25.0032.0%9.2%36.9%6.1%0.0%5.2%-0.4%83.8K-1.6M-2.2K0.0082.70N/AN/A00791151