VSAT Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, VSAT traded between $37.87 and $49.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.7%, placing in the 25.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 32.5% (HV 20d: 68.1%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-07: Highest Volume — 1,298 contracts
  • 2013-02-07: Largest IV drop — 38.9% change
  • 2013-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 57.6%
  • 2013-02-11: Largest Expected Move — 10.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$45.32$37.87$49.29$38.26$46.96
Max Pain$45.79$40.00$50.00$40.00$50.00
ATM IV35.7%24.2%54.7%33.4%31.8%
Expected Move9.5%6.9%10.3%9.6%9.1%
HV 20d68.1%19.8%81.5%19.8%80.8%
HV 60d45.3%23.2%50.7%28.5%50.4%
IV Rank25.4%6.0%57.6%21.6%18.9%
IV Percentile49.5%2.8%94.8%45.2%29.8%
Term Structure0.7%-2.8%16.1%1.2%1.6%
VWIV32.2%18.8%42.3%36.8%18.8%
Skew 25d7.4%1.1%15.8%8.0%14.4%
Skew 10d11.5%-5.9%59.9%10.3%59.9%
Call IV 25d27.2%19.1%33.9%28.6%19.1%
Put IV 25d34.7%30.1%40.5%36.6%33.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %94.0568.12120.0994.57103.92
Gamma HHI0.460.320.890.890.57
Net GEX-24.7K-50.1K8.0K-46.9K-29.8K
Net DEX-481.6K-1.9M468.8K401.7K-114.0K
Net VEX-2.9K-3.6K-950-3.2K-2.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.002.610.000.00
Total Volume162.84201,298010
Total OI1,286.7897561,6817561,263

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$38.26$40.0033.4%9.6%19.8%21.6%0.0%8.0%1.2%-46.9K401.7K-3.2K0.0094.57N/AN/A00113643
2013-02-04$37.87$40.0046.3%9.6%19.9%43.4%0.0%6.5%-0.3%-50.1K468.8K-3.2K0.0092.78N/AN/A2211113643
2013-02-05$39.09$40.0052.5%10.2%22.9%53.8%36.8%9.0%-0.9%-7.2K-38.4K-3.6K0.3294.77N/AN/A6220332644
2013-02-06$39.74$40.0054.7%10.3%23.6%57.6%42.3%13.8%-1.2%-203-254.9K-3.5K1.2992.17N/AN/A5267364654
2013-02-07$49.29$40.0033.5%9.6%79.4%21.6%33.7%1.1%-1.8%8.0K-1.9M-9500.5368.12N/AN/A851447412663
2013-02-08$47.36$45.0033.0%9.5%79.9%20.8%32.3%5.4%0.7%-37.0K-1.8M-3.0K0.1787.56N/AN/A6461136431,038
2013-02-11$47.25$45.0035.9%10.3%79.9%25.8%31.6%5.1%-2.8%-26.9K-910.3K-3.4K2.6191.53N/AN/A23605521,084
2013-02-12$47.11$45.0034.8%10.0%80.0%24.0%29.4%4.8%-0.9%-22.6K-936.1K-3.2K0.0090.27N/AN/A0855611,068
2013-02-13$47.31$45.0033.3%9.6%80.0%21.4%0.0%4.1%-0.3%-23.7K-973.7K-3.0K0.0079.44N/AN/A1605611,066
2013-02-14$47.18$45.0034.8%10.0%80.0%23.9%0.0%4.4%-0.5%-20.4K-985.0K-3.1K0.0093.70N/AN/A0255751,060
2013-02-15$46.87$45.0034.0%9.7%80.3%22.5%32.0%3.2%0.5%-22.9K-870.6K-3.2K0.1591.06N/AN/A72115751,085
2013-02-19$47.86$50.0024.2%6.9%80.3%6.0%0.0%15.8%16.1%-23.5K-708.9K-3.1K0.07120.09N/AN/A302401888
2013-02-20$46.65$50.0032.5%9.3%81.2%19.9%32.8%5.6%1.4%-25.7K-378.1K-2.9K0.0690.09N/AN/A16310388890
2013-02-21$46.69$50.0033.8%9.7%80.9%22.2%0.0%3.8%0.5%-27.3K-45.2K-2.9K0.0098.80N/AN/A00327900
2013-02-22$46.74$50.0027.9%8.0%80.9%12.2%0.0%6.4%0.7%-29.5K-90.9K-2.8K0.00107.97N/AN/A00327900
2013-02-25$45.85$50.0034.0%9.7%81.4%22.5%18.8%12.3%-0.5%-28.3K90.0K-2.7K0.0095.48N/AN/A060327900
2013-02-26$46.04$50.0033.7%9.7%81.4%22.1%0.0%8.6%-1.1%-29.4K56.6K-2.7K0.0094.35N/AN/A460327900
2013-02-27$46.99$50.0033.4%9.6%81.5%21.6%0.0%9.1%1.6%-25.6K-172.3K-2.8K0.00100.24N/AN/A10362900
2013-02-28$46.96$50.0031.8%9.1%80.8%18.9%0.0%14.4%1.6%-29.8K-114.0K-2.6K0.00103.92N/AN/A100363900