VSAT Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, VSAT traded between $59.63 and $66.30. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.6%, placing in the 17.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 31.5%). Max pain ranged from $60.00 to $65.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.98.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-11: Highest Volume — 498 contracts
  • 2015-11-10: Largest IV drop — 35.2% change
  • 2015-11-09: Highest IV Rank — 36.2%
  • 2015-11-04: Largest Expected Move — 12.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$62.61$59.63$66.30$66.28$61.98
Max Pain$61.32$60.00$65.00$65.00$60.00
ATM IV32.6%23.8%48.8%41.1%29.8%
Expected Move8.7%6.8%12.0%11.8%8.6%
HV 20d31.5%28.2%34.2%31.7%29.2%
HV 60d29.6%27.8%30.9%28.9%30.1%
IV Rank17.9%7.9%36.2%27.5%14.8%
IV Percentile60.8%21.8%92.1%84.9%57.9%
Term Structure-0.7%-8.4%3.9%-8.4%-2.4%
VWIV30.4%26.0%43.6%41.0%32.2%
Skew 25d4.8%0.8%16.8%2.8%0.8%
Skew 10d7.8%-1.8%17.8%7.6%2.6%
Call IV 25d29.2%24.6%44.5%41.9%28.4%
Put IV 25d34.0%29.2%61.3%44.7%29.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %95.5686.73108.0987.95102.75
Gamma HHI0.490.200.850.200.40
Net GEX-28.4K-173.0K22.7K20.2K13.9K
Net DEX-251.5K-1.1M815.6K-1.1M-356.3K
Net VEX-4.1K-4.9K-2.9K-4.5K-2.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.980.0022.300.542.00
Total Volume274.63204981853
Total OI1,301.3161,1331,4711,1331,160

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$66.28$65.0041.1%11.8%31.7%27.5%41.0%2.8%-8.4%20.2K-1.1M-4.5K0.5487.95N/AN/A12065419714
2015-11-04$65.18$65.0041.9%12.0%30.1%28.4%43.6%16.8%-8.2%21.2K-1.1M-4.2K0.5298.71N/AN/A12465425714
2015-11-05$66.07$65.0043.4%9.5%29.8%30.1%32.5%3.5%-1.4%22.7K-1.1M-4.3K1.0889.86N/AN/A125135425714
2015-11-06$66.30$65.0044.0%9.6%29.4%30.7%0.0%4.0%-2.3%20.4K-1.1M-4.8K0.0086.73N/AN/A012427779
2015-11-09$66.00$65.0048.8%9.7%29.3%36.2%27.4%4.8%-2.9%17.6K-1.0M-4.7K22.3086.92N/AN/A10223427787
2015-11-10$63.01$60.0031.6%7.7%33.0%16.8%29.4%5.8%1.8%-49.2K27.4K-4.9K3.0494.16N/AN/A1213684321,014
2015-11-11$62.65$60.0023.8%6.8%28.2%7.9%28.3%4.0%-0.2%-43.9K-39.6K-4.7K3.12108.09N/AN/A121377436989
2015-11-12$60.23$60.0027.5%7.9%31.0%12.2%26.5%4.9%3.9%-105.1K649.8K-4.5K2.8888.32N/AN/A1153314381,009
2015-11-13$59.63$60.0027.9%8.0%30.3%12.6%30.0%3.0%2.5%-81.0K815.6K-4.4K2.78100.32N/AN/A1233424481,008
2015-11-16$62.03$60.0029.9%8.6%34.2%14.8%26.7%7.5%0.1%-69.6K104.4K-4.4K0.0095.21N/AN/A2404461,007
2015-11-17$61.35$60.0028.7%8.2%34.1%13.5%26.8%3.2%2.6%-87.5K273.5K-4.2K2.6194.93N/AN/A1313424541,012
2015-11-18$61.16$60.0027.9%8.0%33.8%12.6%28.0%3.2%3.0%-119.9K269.3K-3.9K2.61100.53N/AN/A1313424591,012
2015-11-19$60.81$60.0028.5%8.2%33.7%13.3%26.0%4.5%2.4%-173.0K378.4K-3.7K2.4991.05N/AN/A1333314591,012
2015-11-20$61.74$60.0028.7%8.2%33.1%13.5%31.2%4.2%0.9%18.0K-192.2K-3.8K2.5698.40N/AN/A1333414621,001
2015-11-23$60.82$60.0028.6%8.2%32.9%13.4%27.0%2.0%-0.0%14.8K-325.1K-3.5K0.0096.74N/AN/A50404755
2015-11-24$61.02$60.0028.0%8.0%32.9%12.7%0.0%5.1%-0.7%12.9K-273.3K-3.3K0.0098.81N/AN/A00399755
2015-11-25$61.45$60.0030.0%8.6%32.3%15.0%29.3%7.1%-2.5%13.6K-302.2K-3.4K1.1197.69N/AN/A125139399760
2015-11-27$61.90$60.0028.7%8.2%29.9%13.5%32.2%3.8%-2.0%15.2K-381.0K-3.5K1.0998.54N/AN/A125136404760
2015-11-30$61.98$60.0029.8%8.6%29.2%14.8%0.0%0.8%-2.4%13.9K-356.3K-2.9K2.00102.75N/AN/A12404756