VSAT Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, VSAT traded between $45.56 and $51.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.6%, placing in the 49.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.2% (HV 20d: 51.8%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.45.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-14: Highest Volume — 2,723 contracts
  • 2022-03-24: Largest IV spike — 45.6% change
  • 2022-03-07: Highest IV Rank — 76.8%
  • 2022-03-07: Largest Expected Move — 18.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.69$45.56$51.40$45.56$48.92
Max Pain$48.04$45.00$50.00$45.00$50.00
ATM IV48.6%31.9%62.9%58.3%35.9%
Expected Move14.3%10.3%18.0%16.7%10.3%
HV 20d51.8%42.5%58.3%49.7%50.5%
HV 60d43.7%40.2%45.3%41.7%44.8%
IV Rank49.3%17.0%76.8%68.0%24.7%
IV Percentile66.5%1.2%98.4%94.4%8.3%
Term Structure1.0%-5.4%6.7%-5.0%4.4%
VWIV50.9%40.6%64.1%55.4%40.6%
Skew 25d3.1%-10.3%16.0%9.3%0.6%
Skew 10d11.6%-8.6%27.1%22.9%25.6%
Call IV 25d48.1%37.9%56.1%52.0%40.0%
Put IV 25d51.3%37.6%66.0%61.3%40.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.3156.4388.7369.5788.73
Gamma HHI0.160.120.230.140.16
Net GEX114.2K-11.6K209.1K-11.6K111.8K
Net DEX-2.2M-5.8M2.4M2.4M-1.2M
Net VEX-80.1K-87.9K-72.5K-74.3K-72.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.450.634.712.093.37
Total Volume1,538.3911,2332,7231,5551,389
Total OI11,079.69610,33712,18810,33711,097

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$45.56$45.0058.3%16.7%49.7%68.0%55.4%9.3%-5.0%-11.6K2.4M-74.3K2.0969.57N/AN/A5031,0525,5344,803
2022-03-02$47.60$45.0050.0%14.3%51.9%51.9%51.4%7.6%5.0%9.6K173.3K-77.0K2.0259.16N/AN/A5261,0655,5964,803
2022-03-03$46.29$45.0051.4%14.7%49.1%54.7%52.9%16.0%1.2%22.3K693.4K-78.1K2.5282.46N/AN/A4221,0655,7694,828
2022-03-04$45.60$45.0060.6%17.4%45.6%72.5%57.0%10.7%-5.4%14.4K1.7M-78.4K2.5774.37N/AN/A4181,0765,7394,828
2022-03-07$48.93$45.0062.9%18.0%42.5%76.8%61.3%5.0%4.8%56.4K-2.3M-85.0K1.6771.79N/AN/A6271,0495,7514,807
2022-03-08$51.40$45.0048.1%15.9%44.6%48.4%56.6%3.1%2.4%119.5K-5.6M-87.6K1.9976.07N/AN/A5151,0275,9954,818
2022-03-09$50.78$45.0049.7%15.4%45.3%51.4%54.4%3.5%-0.6%113.6K-5.2M-85.2K1.4881.92N/AN/A6891,0216,0174,824
2022-03-10$51.12$45.0052.7%17.8%45.2%57.2%59.1%3.4%-5.4%139.1K-5.8M-87.9K2.3678.79N/AN/A4441,0506,1264,822
2022-03-11$50.89$45.0054.7%16.2%45.4%61.0%64.1%2.3%-3.0%139.2K-5.4M-86.3K2.3783.55N/AN/A4471,0606,1674,863
2022-03-14$47.14$50.0057.9%15.2%54.8%67.1%54.9%10.9%-3.7%64.3K-790.2K-79.9K0.6370.04N/AN/A1,6751,0486,2114,854
2022-03-15$46.86$50.0055.8%15.1%54.4%63.1%52.8%7.9%-1.0%139.3K-1.2M-81.7K2.3673.47N/AN/A4441,0497,3204,837
2022-03-16$49.68$50.0044.9%14.1%57.2%42.2%51.4%4.5%5.8%201.3K-4.8M-86.8K2.2767.23N/AN/A4631,0507,2904,847
2022-03-17$49.92$50.0049.4%13.2%57.2%50.7%49.5%4.7%-3.6%209.1K-5.0M-86.2K2.1763.65N/AN/A4821,0457,2804,853
2022-03-18$49.53$50.0043.4%12.9%57.3%39.2%48.4%5.8%2.4%206.8K-4.2M-84.4K2.1061.22N/AN/A5001,0497,3374,851
2022-03-21$48.21$50.0045.1%12.8%58.3%42.5%45.8%-4.9%-1.1%98.6K-656.9K-75.0K2.2956.43N/AN/A4391,0076,3354,486
2022-03-22$48.95$50.0044.4%12.3%56.9%41.1%46.4%-4.8%-1.4%138.5K-2.0M-78.5K2.3168.15N/AN/A4451,0306,4324,494
2022-03-23$48.05$50.0031.9%11.6%55.9%17.0%44.9%9.8%6.6%113.4K-855.2K-77.3K2.1570.36N/AN/A4721,0166,4894,504
2022-03-24$47.79$50.0046.4%13.2%56.1%45.0%44.9%-10.3%6.7%107.0K-555.7K-75.5K1.9377.58N/AN/A5201,0046,5104,505
2022-03-25$49.02$50.0040.4%13.0%55.5%33.4%50.0%-7.9%4.1%155.5K-2.2M-78.8K2.1068.42N/AN/A4791,0046,5144,509
2022-03-28$49.01$50.0045.7%12.9%53.6%43.6%45.0%-2.0%0.9%152.1K-2.3M-76.4K4.1876.06N/AN/A2411,0086,5264,509
2022-03-29$49.48$50.0044.5%12.7%53.6%41.3%41.7%-2.8%2.9%174.0K-2.7M-76.4K4.7160.85N/AN/A2161,0176,5494,523
2022-03-30$49.13$50.0043.7%13.5%51.6%39.8%43.0%-0.2%5.6%153.3K-2.4M-73.7K4.6783.19N/AN/A2181,0176,5574,524
2022-03-31$48.92$50.0035.9%10.3%50.5%24.7%40.6%0.6%4.4%111.8K-1.2M-72.5K3.3788.73N/AN/A3181,0716,5724,525