VSCO Options History — August 2023

In August 2023, VSCO traded between $17.34 and $21.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 77.1%, placing in the 56.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 27.5% (HV 20d: 49.6%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.12.

Notable Days

  • 2023-08-31: Highest Volume — 20,283 contracts
  • 2023-08-31: Largest IV drop — 33.9% change
  • 2023-08-28: Highest IV Rank — 76.6%
  • 2023-08-28: Largest Expected Move — 25.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.55$17.34$21.62$19.80$19.31
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV77.1%56.7%89.6%67.7%56.7%
Expected Move22.4%16.2%25.7%19.4%16.2%
HV 20d49.6%43.1%59.0%51.5%59.0%
HV 60d60.4%54.2%62.3%61.0%55.4%
IV Rank56.4%23.2%76.6%41.2%23.2%
IV Percentile86.3%28.2%98.0%69.8%28.2%
Term Structure-8.2%-17.4%3.2%2.6%2.0%
VWIV78.3%60.9%88.8%66.9%60.9%
Skew 25d4.6%0.1%7.8%0.1%4.0%
Skew 10d12.3%0.4%31.3%5.2%12.7%
Call IV 25d76.6%59.2%88.2%66.7%59.2%
Put IV 25d81.2%63.3%91.9%66.8%63.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %36.797.5770.9119.8220.60
Gamma HHI0.260.190.410.280.41
Net GEX348.7K222.2K800.8K311.0K800.8K
Net DEX3.8M-195.3K10.0M4.0M10.0M
Net VEX19.5K9.4K23.3K9.7K19.7K
P/C Ratio1.120.0813.610.400.87
Total Volume2,644.56541020,28396020,283
Total OI42,683.91335,92750,50841,66350,508

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-08-01$19.80$17.5067.7%19.4%51.5%41.2%66.9%0.1%2.6%311.0K4.0M9.7K0.4019.82N/AN/A68527522,95318,710
2023-08-02$19.59$17.5069.7%20.0%46.0%44.4%69.1%0.4%3.2%309.6K3.6M9.4K0.8218.98N/AN/A22518522,83418,714
2023-08-03$20.20$17.5069.8%21.1%45.5%44.5%73.7%4.9%-7.1%228.3K3.2M20.3K0.5064.57N/AN/A38719422,93218,799
2023-08-04$20.59$17.5065.7%20.3%44.9%37.8%70.6%3.6%-5.1%231.7K3.8M20.2K0.4268.99N/AN/A1,35657123,19718,890
2023-08-07$19.46$17.5067.8%21.7%47.9%41.3%75.7%5.0%-7.3%222.2K2.4M18.5K0.8061.29N/AN/A31024722,54918,675
2023-08-08$19.21$17.5070.6%22.1%47.0%45.8%79.8%4.7%-6.8%224.1K2.0M18.6K0.1719.59N/AN/A98316322,75618,804
2023-08-09$19.49$17.5077.7%22.3%47.3%57.3%79.5%3.1%-7.7%247.9K3.3M19.9K13.6119.89N/AN/A1421,93223,47818,881
2023-08-10$19.70$17.5077.5%22.2%43.1%57.0%77.6%2.9%-7.6%286.5K2.6M22.5K0.1418.04N/AN/A71710123,49620,607
2023-08-11$20.08$17.5075.0%21.5%43.5%52.9%74.0%5.1%-7.4%292.8K3.1M21.5K0.1220.62N/AN/A1,74620323,77320,626
2023-08-14$21.45$17.5075.3%21.6%49.1%53.4%75.4%7.4%-8.4%299.3K5.2M21.0K0.0863.87N/AN/A4,66335724,65020,656
2023-08-15$21.36$17.5078.4%22.5%49.1%58.4%78.7%7.8%-9.5%320.7K6.5M22.6K0.3170.91N/AN/A89828024,73720,710
2023-08-16$21.62$17.5076.9%22.0%47.2%56.0%77.5%5.7%-8.3%346.3K7.4M23.3K0.7614.05N/AN/A63948425,18120,803
2023-08-17$21.27$17.5078.2%22.4%46.9%58.1%78.7%6.4%-7.4%326.3K6.4M22.7K0.4812.65N/AN/A29314124,76620,825
2023-08-18$20.77$17.5079.2%22.7%47.0%59.8%77.8%7.0%-8.5%339.2K5.7M21.8K0.5952.34N/AN/A26215424,90320,863
2023-08-21$19.96$17.5079.9%22.9%49.4%60.8%80.6%5.0%-9.3%345.7K4.2M19.6K0.8952.94N/AN/A30126919,13416,793
2023-08-22$18.69$17.5083.6%24.0%54.9%66.9%83.8%4.6%-8.5%339.3K1.8M18.8K0.9112.52N/AN/A43239219,26016,863
2023-08-23$18.09$17.5084.4%24.2%50.3%68.2%84.3%5.4%-10.7%337.5K628.4K18.1K1.137.57N/AN/A1,3671,54819,55016,970
2023-08-24$17.34$17.5088.0%25.2%51.7%74.0%88.0%2.9%-12.9%349.8K-195.3K18.8K0.2749.58N/AN/A2,69872320,61317,668
2023-08-25$18.14$17.5088.6%25.4%54.9%75.0%88.5%4.0%-13.3%385.8K2.2M20.6K0.6713.39N/AN/A1,37492122,92418,234
2023-08-28$17.55$17.5089.6%25.7%55.0%76.6%88.8%3.7%-17.4%415.8K1.2M18.9K0.1758.74N/AN/A3,55160223,68318,987
2023-08-29$17.82$17.5088.3%25.3%54.5%74.5%88.1%3.8%-16.0%515.8K3.4M21.2K1.1353.00N/AN/A46051826,13119,562
2023-08-30$18.09$17.5085.8%24.6%54.9%70.4%83.8%7.8%-16.4%544.4K3.9M20.2K0.4952.30N/AN/A4,5712,22226,30919,773
2023-08-31$19.31$17.5056.7%16.2%59.0%23.2%60.9%4.0%2.0%800.8K10.0M19.7K0.8720.60N/AN/A10,8649,41929,57820,930