VSAT Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, VSAT traded between $56.50 and $66.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.9%, placing in the 22.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.0% (HV 20d: 25.0%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-10: Highest Volume — 786 contracts
  • 2015-02-11: Largest IV drop — 57.4% change
  • 2015-02-10: Highest IV Rank — 51.7%
  • 2015-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 16.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$62.14$56.50$66.13$56.50$65.50
Max Pain$55.79$55.00$60.00$60.00$55.00
ATM IV35.9%22.3%62.4%53.6%24.4%
Expected Move9.2%6.4%16.0%15.4%7.0%
HV 20d25.0%21.7%27.5%23.0%25.6%
HV 60d24.7%22.7%29.1%28.7%24.2%
IV Rank22.0%6.6%51.7%41.9%9.0%
IV Percentile38.3%2.0%97.2%94.4%4.4%
Term Structure-1.4%-15.9%6.5%-10.1%0.1%
VWIV30.9%23.6%52.7%49.6%24.5%
Skew 25d2.7%0.1%7.5%5.6%0.9%
Skew 10d8.0%-4.3%18.1%8.7%3.0%
Call IV 25d31.8%21.5%51.7%51.2%25.3%
Put IV 25d34.5%23.7%58.8%56.8%26.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %88.7572.9996.8484.1395.59
Gamma HHI0.570.240.920.240.68
Net GEX137.2K10.0K563.8K10.0K99.7K
Net DEX-2.4M-6.0M-495.9K-495.9K-2.9M
Net VEX-6.0K-7.3K-4.6K-6.5K-4.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.001.450.000.42
Total Volume280.6843078630273
Total OI1,362.0531,0941,8021,0941,147

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$56.50$60.0053.6%15.4%23.0%41.9%0.0%5.6%-10.1%10.0K-495.9K-6.5K0.0084.13N/AN/A300613481
2015-02-03$57.66$60.0049.8%14.3%22.0%37.6%49.6%7.5%-13.5%19.6K-791.4K-6.5K0.7686.28N/AN/A12494643481
2015-02-04$56.69$60.0055.9%16.0%21.7%44.4%52.7%7.0%-15.9%17.7K-748.0K-6.6K1.1480.15N/AN/A126144646491
2015-02-05$57.73$55.0053.9%11.0%22.8%42.2%38.1%3.3%-3.5%16.0K-799.9K-7.2K1.1586.65N/AN/A125144650541
2015-02-06$58.74$55.0052.6%11.0%21.8%40.8%38.0%1.0%-3.7%23.5K-1.1M-6.9K1.1072.99N/AN/A130143652541
2015-02-09$59.36$55.0060.2%11.3%22.0%49.2%40.5%1.7%-5.9%28.5K-1.2M-7.2K1.3883.29N/AN/A128177670550
2015-02-10$61.53$55.0062.4%11.9%24.7%51.7%34.5%3.8%-7.3%26.4K-1.6M-7.3K0.1980.94N/AN/A662124671604
2015-02-11$60.00$55.0026.6%7.6%24.7%11.4%24.4%2.9%3.0%78.5K-1.5M-6.3K0.7588.13N/AN/A2421811,179623
2015-02-12$62.17$55.0025.3%7.2%26.8%10.0%25.4%4.6%5.7%175.2K-2.2M-6.5K1.4591.25N/AN/A1371981,105587
2015-02-13$62.76$55.0025.1%7.2%26.4%9.7%27.2%4.0%4.2%298.6K-2.6M-6.8K1.1192.36N/AN/A1661841,105580
2015-02-17$63.46$55.0024.6%7.1%26.4%9.2%25.6%0.1%3.1%334.6K-2.9M-6.5K1.3295.87N/AN/A1391841,109584
2015-02-18$64.90$55.0022.3%6.4%26.7%6.6%28.0%2.1%6.5%563.8K-4.2M-6.0K0.7796.84N/AN/A1511171,105584
2015-02-19$66.13$55.0025.7%7.4%26.9%10.4%25.6%0.7%3.8%456.4K-5.6M-5.1K0.0291.77N/AN/A10521,113584
2015-02-20$66.08$55.0023.5%6.8%26.5%8.0%24.2%1.6%5.4%84.5K-6.0M-4.9K0.0094.10N/AN/A5601,118584
2015-02-23$65.19$55.0025.0%7.2%27.5%9.6%25.1%1.8%-0.6%85.5K-2.7M-4.8K0.4692.69N/AN/A16776647475
2015-02-24$65.53$55.0023.6%6.8%27.5%8.1%24.0%0.1%0.7%91.6K-2.8M-4.6K0.4092.15N/AN/A19276647475
2015-02-25$65.33$55.0023.4%6.7%26.2%7.9%23.6%1.1%0.4%101.3K-2.8M-4.8K0.4090.46N/AN/A19276672475
2015-02-26$65.44$55.0025.1%7.2%25.5%9.7%25.1%2.3%0.1%95.1K-2.9M-4.8K0.4090.56N/AN/A19276672475
2015-02-27$65.50$55.0024.4%7.0%25.6%9.0%24.5%0.9%0.1%99.7K-2.9M-4.7K0.4295.59N/AN/A19281672475