VSAT Options History — August 2024

In August 2024, VSAT traded between $15.66 and $24.52. ATM implied volatility averaged 74.3%, placing in the 39.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 72.8% (HV 20d: 147.1%). Max pain ranged from $17.00 to $19.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 6.51.

Notable Days

  • 2024-08-13: Highest Volume — 14,432 contracts
  • 2024-08-13: Largest IV spike — 52.9% change
  • 2024-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2024-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 31.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.00$15.66$24.52$18.66$15.66
Max Pain$18.23$17.00$19.00$17.00$17.00
ATM IV74.3%42.1%131.3%98.3%42.1%
Expected Move18.7%12.1%31.4%28.2%12.1%
HV 20d147.1%88.2%176.6%88.3%157.9%
HV 60d104.8%80.2%118.8%80.2%110.2%
IV Rank39.5%2.3%100.0%84.6%2.3%
IV Percentile44.7%0.4%100.0%98.8%0.4%
Term Structure1.1%-17.9%16.1%-12.8%3.7%
VWIV67.1%42.7%109.7%99.2%42.7%
Skew 25d4.1%-0.2%11.7%-0.2%1.4%
Skew 10d8.0%0.0%18.5%2.9%4.1%
Call IV 25d64.7%44.8%108.1%100.5%44.8%
Put IV 25d68.8%46.2%115.6%100.3%46.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %56.3328.6275.4644.1775.46
Gamma HHI0.120.090.160.120.16
Net GEX-208.1K-370.0K220.7K-212.5K-370.0K
Net DEX-432.8K-31.7M8.6M-1.5M8.0M
Net VEX-120.4K-146.1K-102.8K-136.6K-102.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio6.510.04107.123.770.25
Total Volume3,607.45512914,4321,913458
Total OI56,020.09148,74667,00651,10454,154

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-08-01$18.66$17.0098.3%28.2%88.3%84.6%99.2%-0.2%-12.8%-212.5K-1.5M-136.6K3.7744.17N/AN/A4011,51214,56036,544
2024-08-02$18.74$18.00109.4%31.4%88.2%100.0%109.7%7.4%-17.9%-240.0K-811.8K-139.5K0.1352.62N/AN/A3444314,78237,745
2024-08-05$17.16$19.00131.3%28.1%94.1%100.0%102.1%11.7%-12.2%-274.9K5.6M-138.2K17.6839.21N/AN/A58710,37714,80737,765
2024-08-06$17.54$19.00123.8%26.0%93.5%91.9%92.6%5.8%-6.7%-355.4K5.2M-146.1K107.1236.74N/AN/A788,35515,00843,829
2024-08-07$17.94$19.00131.2%24.9%93.5%99.9%88.1%5.1%-4.9%-255.6K1.1M-134.5K0.1642.12N/AN/A5,77589615,03440,467
2024-08-08$24.52$19.0088.9%21.7%141.7%53.5%77.5%6.0%4.5%138.8K-31.7M-125.5K0.4628.62N/AN/A4,8292,24520,14640,364
2024-08-09$23.31$19.0066.3%18.9%144.1%28.7%66.5%6.2%6.9%190.0K-27.2M-120.8K1.6343.19N/AN/A1,2352,01120,46641,070
2024-08-12$21.66$19.0080.9%18.6%147.6%44.8%65.8%6.0%8.6%220.7K-19.4M-122.8K0.4745.03N/AN/A3,3731,57720,65941,329
2024-08-13$16.71$19.00123.8%18.5%176.6%91.8%65.5%4.5%11.2%-306.0K8.6M-123.3K1.3459.93N/AN/A6,1598,27320,26842,396
2024-08-14$16.79$19.0064.1%18.4%175.8%26.4%68.8%2.0%8.7%-354.7K8.3M-123.6K4.2464.10N/AN/A1,0794,57423,52443,482
2024-08-15$17.42$19.0060.7%17.4%176.2%22.6%64.2%4.1%16.1%-243.7K4.2M-118.8K0.1267.03N/AN/A3,10938123,23639,784
2024-08-16$17.66$19.0058.3%16.7%175.6%20.0%60.0%3.4%1.9%-217.2K3.2M-117.0K0.5466.81N/AN/A1,32571725,06439,820
2024-08-19$17.84$19.0058.4%16.8%175.4%20.1%60.5%2.0%0.2%-214.2K544.3K-114.1K0.3132.56N/AN/A2658115,35533,391
2024-08-20$17.59$19.0055.8%16.0%169.7%17.2%59.8%2.4%0.3%-241.5K1.2M-112.2K0.8462.78N/AN/A53945115,50333,414
2024-08-21$17.51$19.0051.1%14.6%169.5%12.1%52.4%4.0%2.6%-253.6K1.6M-111.8K0.0464.38N/AN/A3,15512515,89233,543
2024-08-22$16.61$17.0048.4%13.9%164.8%9.2%49.6%2.5%3.9%-242.1K3.3M-113.5K0.9770.38N/AN/A98395818,50133,465
2024-08-23$17.03$17.0052.6%15.1%162.0%13.7%52.9%1.3%-0.4%-190.2K1.2M-115.8K0.1170.80N/AN/A5426019,04334,039
2024-08-26$17.14$17.0051.7%14.8%161.2%12.7%53.2%7.2%0.4%-209.9K1.0M-112.5K0.6371.20N/AN/A20913119,12634,068
2024-08-27$16.66$17.0045.9%13.2%161.2%6.4%49.7%0.6%4.0%-253.6K3.3M-109.1K0.7163.26N/AN/A1148119,14934,162
2024-08-28$16.01$17.0046.8%13.4%160.8%7.4%49.3%3.3%2.4%-337.7K6.7M-104.8K0.7966.61N/AN/A1,02380519,19034,243
2024-08-29$15.80$17.0043.9%12.6%158.0%4.2%46.8%2.8%3.9%-356.0K8.1M-105.9K0.9572.29N/AN/A666319,62634,429
2024-08-30$15.66$17.0042.1%12.1%157.9%2.3%42.7%1.4%3.7%-370.0K8.0M-102.8K0.2575.46N/AN/A3669219,67234,482