VSAT Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, VSAT traded between $39.93 and $45.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 47.3%, placing in the 52.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 16.3% (HV 20d: 31.0%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.13.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-23: Highest Volume — 40 contracts
  • 2011-02-17: Largest IV spike — 74.1% change
  • 2011-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 92.0%
  • 2011-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 18.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.71$39.93$45.00$44.96$41.61
Max Pain$28.16$25.00$45.00$45.00$25.00
ATM IV47.3%28.3%68.3%40.5%28.3%
Expected Move12.4%8.1%18.9%11.6%8.1%
HV 20d31.0%22.1%36.6%27.7%36.0%
HV 60d23.6%19.9%26.6%21.5%26.5%
IV Rank52.3%16.4%92.0%39.4%16.4%
IV Percentile83.8%20.6%99.6%92.5%20.6%
Term Structure-8.5%-28.8%11.5%-2.7%6.9%
VWIV39.9%28.1%56.0%42.6%28.1%
Skew 25d3.2%-47.1%34.7%34.7%4.9%
Skew 10d6.2%-61.2%37.5%28.2%37.5%
Call IV 25d46.1%23.9%89.3%56.9%26.6%
Put IV 25d49.3%26.1%91.6%91.6%31.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %134.87122.50148.43140.99139.17
Gamma HHI0.520.360.730.730.48
Net GEX17.0K9.6K25.5K25.5K21.8K
Net DEX-964.7K-1.3M-592.9K-1.3M-879.4K
Net VEX-4.1K-4.6K-3.6K-4.4K-3.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.130.001.000.000.00
Total Volume6.053040010
Total OI780.053747827778827

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$44.96$45.0040.5%11.6%27.7%39.4%0.0%34.7%-2.7%25.5K-1.3M-4.4K0.00140.99N/AN/A00489289
2011-02-02$44.59$45.0046.5%13.3%25.9%50.7%0.0%-18.8%-2.0%22.5K-1.2M-4.4K0.00146.14N/AN/A00489289
2011-02-03$44.40$45.0065.8%18.9%25.6%87.2%0.0%-37.2%-20.3%15.7K-1.2M-4.6K0.00148.43N/AN/A00489289
2011-02-04$44.71$25.0068.3%11.4%25.7%92.0%0.0%3.4%-9.1%16.4K-1.3M-4.5K0.00135.72N/AN/A00489289
2011-02-07$44.83$25.0062.6%9.3%25.5%81.2%42.6%2.3%-5.6%17.9K-1.2M-4.5K0.00132.17N/AN/A80489289
2011-02-08$45.00$25.0051.3%11.8%25.5%59.9%43.4%10.8%-8.4%20.0K-1.3M-4.3K0.00130.05N/AN/A20489289
2011-02-09$44.42$25.0051.7%12.1%25.8%60.6%0.0%11.0%-10.8%19.1K-1.2M-4.4K0.00133.22N/AN/A00491289
2011-02-10$44.36$25.0043.3%12.4%25.8%44.7%0.0%34.0%-12.7%16.7K-1.2M-4.4K0.00134.57N/AN/A40491289
2011-02-11$44.87$25.0042.8%12.3%22.1%43.8%0.0%8.8%-11.2%23.5K-1.3M-4.2K0.00133.77N/AN/A00495289
2011-02-14$41.80$25.0056.8%16.3%33.8%70.2%40.1%24.1%-1.3%12.9K-923.6K-4.3K0.00131.37N/AN/A10495289
2011-02-15$40.34$25.0056.3%16.1%35.9%69.3%56.0%13.9%-28.8%9.6K-646.8K-4.2K0.00133.68N/AN/A100496289
2011-02-16$40.81$25.0031.5%9.0%36.1%22.4%0.0%6.1%-0.8%14.8K-592.9K-3.7K0.00122.50N/AN/A00486289
2011-02-17$41.30$25.0054.8%15.7%36.1%66.5%0.0%17.1%-18.7%10.7K-684.2K-4.0K0.00125.32N/AN/A00486289
2011-02-18$41.25$25.0041.5%11.9%36.1%41.3%0.0%6.9%-6.1%15.4K-698.4K-3.9K0.00134.30N/AN/A00486289
2011-02-22$40.43$25.0039.7%11.4%36.4%37.9%0.0%9.4%-15.0%18.6K-719.0K-3.6K0.00135.85N/AN/A00458289
2011-02-23$39.93$25.0041.4%11.9%36.6%41.2%29.3%-47.1%-15.7%12.0K-619.1K-3.6K1.00141.63N/AN/A2020458289
2011-02-24$40.40$25.0046.0%13.2%35.2%49.8%0.0%-34.8%-9.9%10.2K-771.0K-3.8K0.00136.21N/AN/A200478309
2011-02-25$41.41$25.0029.3%8.4%36.4%18.3%0.0%12.2%11.5%19.6K-737.1K-3.8K0.00127.50N/AN/A200498309
2011-02-28$41.61$25.0028.3%8.1%36.0%16.4%28.1%4.9%6.9%21.8K-879.4K-3.6K0.00139.17N/AN/A010518309