VSAT Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, VSAT traded between $36.35 and $40.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.0%, placing in the 37.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 21.8% (HV 20d: 21.2%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.38.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-05: Highest Volume — 51 contracts
  • 2012-09-11: Largest IV drop — 38.5% change
  • 2012-09-06: Highest IV Rank — 92.1%
  • 2012-09-06: Largest Expected Move — 21.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.65$36.35$40.62$38.84$37.38
Max Pain$40.79$40.00$45.00$45.00$40.00
ATM IV43.0%31.6%75.1%57.7%36.5%
Expected Move11.7%9.1%21.5%16.5%10.5%
HV 20d21.2%17.7%25.5%23.4%25.2%
HV 60d35.0%34.3%37.0%37.0%34.9%
IV Rank37.7%18.6%92.1%62.7%26.8%
IV Percentile46.1%13.1%99.6%97.2%35.3%
Term Structure-5.5%-28.9%4.3%-28.9%1.3%
VWIV44.9%32.1%76.4%76.4%37.4%
Skew 25d0.1%-67.0%19.1%-62.8%8.6%
Skew 10d1.5%-78.0%38.4%-74.2%34.3%
Call IV 25d41.4%23.0%100.8%91.2%28.0%
Put IV 25d41.5%28.4%79.9%28.4%36.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %106.6792.08130.42123.51100.33
Gamma HHI0.370.250.550.270.33
Net GEX-18.9K-32.7K-6.6K-31.4K-9.3K
Net DEX441.7K257.4K682.7K526.6K324.6K
Net VEX-2.3K-3.6K-1.2K-3.2K-1.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.380.001.551.550.00
Total Volume9.47405101
Total OI1,1303821,4271,354416

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$38.84$45.0057.7%16.5%23.4%62.7%0.0%-62.8%-28.9%-31.4K526.6K-3.2K0.00123.51N/AN/A002491,105
2012-09-05$38.41$45.0073.0%20.9%20.5%88.4%0.0%-67.0%-15.9%-25.9K435.3K-3.3K1.55128.48N/AN/A20312491,105
2012-09-06$39.00$45.0075.1%21.5%20.9%92.1%76.4%-13.8%-23.9%-28.7K515.9K-3.5K0.00124.84N/AN/A202651,115
2012-09-07$39.36$40.0054.5%10.5%19.9%57.2%0.0%18.7%-15.1%-22.7K354.4K-2.9K0.00130.42N/AN/A0202651,115
2012-09-10$38.70$40.0071.8%13.9%20.5%86.4%0.0%19.1%-21.0%-32.7K682.7K-3.6K0.00129.95N/AN/A502651,122
2012-09-11$39.39$40.0044.1%13.2%21.0%39.7%0.0%15.2%-23.1%-21.7K441.8K-2.5K0.00120.54N/AN/A002651,122
2012-09-12$39.30$40.0032.7%9.6%20.8%20.3%33.5%7.5%1.5%-20.2K476.4K-2.4K1.0096.82N/AN/A20202651,122
2012-09-13$39.94$40.0033.2%9.5%18.6%21.2%0.0%10.7%2.0%-15.2K408.7K-2.5K0.0095.57N/AN/A002851,142
2012-09-14$40.62$40.0032.9%9.4%18.5%20.6%0.0%2.0%2.6%-15.2K281.2K-2.6K0.0092.08N/AN/A002851,142
2012-09-17$40.24$40.0032.9%9.4%17.7%20.7%0.0%10.5%1.7%-18.4K336.9K-2.4K0.0096.08N/AN/A022851,142
2012-09-18$39.79$40.0033.6%9.6%17.9%21.9%0.0%8.5%0.5%-25.0K452.3K-2.2K0.0097.60N/AN/A002661,144
2012-09-19$38.77$40.0033.1%9.5%20.1%21.1%0.0%4.7%1.1%-21.2K563.4K-2.1K0.0098.22N/AN/A2002661,134
2012-09-20$38.21$40.0033.6%9.6%20.8%21.9%0.0%4.0%0.6%-22.0K641.3K-1.9K0.0097.62N/AN/A012661,134
2012-09-21$38.33$40.0032.9%9.4%20.8%20.7%0.0%4.3%1.1%-19.2K672.1K-1.8K0.5099.25N/AN/A212511,129
2012-09-24$37.96$40.0031.6%9.1%21.0%18.6%32.1%3.7%3.2%-8.6K257.4K-1.6K0.0096.74N/AN/A10211171
2012-09-25$36.54$40.0034.6%9.9%24.7%23.6%0.0%2.5%4.3%-6.6K321.3K-1.4K0.0097.14N/AN/A01212171
2012-09-26$36.35$40.0035.6%10.2%24.5%25.3%0.0%11.2%2.0%-6.6K352.1K-1.2K0.00101.02N/AN/A023212171
2012-09-27$37.17$40.0036.8%10.5%25.5%27.3%0.0%14.0%1.1%-8.8K347.8K-1.5K0.00100.50N/AN/A100212194
2012-09-28$37.38$40.0036.5%10.5%25.2%26.8%37.4%8.6%1.3%-9.3K324.6K-1.6K0.00100.33N/AN/A01222194