VWO Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, VWO traded between $40.74 and $42.91. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.7%, placing in the 38.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 19.9%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 6.86.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-23: Highest Volume — 110,940 contracts
  • 2013-10-10: Largest IV drop — 12.0% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 64.1%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.87$40.74$42.91$40.93$41.87
Max Pain$41.71$40.00$43.00$40.00$42.00
ATM IV19.7%15.7%25.4%20.8%18.0%
Expected Move5.7%4.6%7.3%6.0%5.1%
HV 20d19.9%15.4%24.6%24.6%15.8%
HV 60d21.0%20.4%22.6%22.6%20.4%
IV Rank38.1%19.6%64.1%43.1%30.2%
IV Percentile66.5%36.1%97.2%79.0%52.8%
Term Structure-0.0%-2.6%1.2%-0.3%0.8%
VWIV19.4%16.1%25.1%20.1%18.3%
Skew 25d4.6%3.1%6.8%5.2%3.2%
Skew 10d12.3%4.5%20.9%15.7%4.5%
Call IV 25d17.9%15.2%23.0%18.5%16.7%
Put IV 25d22.6%18.8%28.7%23.7%19.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %64.4822.7184.4969.2271.76
Gamma HHI0.300.130.590.190.59
Net GEX-1.6M-22.5M7.5M3.5M-22.5M
Net DEX2.3M-67.8M167.9M-23.2M167.9M
Net VEX-1.0M-1.6M-842.6K-857.6K-1.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio6.860.1984.340.270.73
Total Volume6,790.957295110,940606784
Total OI139,500.174105,270228,009105,270228,009

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$40.93$40.0020.8%6.0%24.6%43.1%20.1%5.2%-0.3%3.5M-23.2M-857.6K0.2769.22N/AN/A47613058,72946,541
2013-10-02$41.06$40.0021.3%6.1%24.2%45.2%20.9%5.1%-1.1%3.8M-28.7M-851.4K0.3266.80N/AN/A2819059,02046,634
2013-10-03$40.95$40.0021.9%6.3%24.0%48.3%22.5%4.6%-0.7%3.7M-27.1M-853.4K0.7072.20N/AN/A47733459,21846,698
2013-10-04$41.50$41.0021.0%6.0%23.9%43.8%21.2%3.7%0.1%4.9M-42.9M-872.4K0.9872.75N/AN/A56655459,47646,938
2013-10-07$41.13$41.0022.9%6.6%22.1%52.8%20.9%5.4%-0.9%4.2M-31.1M-847.4K1.7173.63N/AN/A32255259,66746,954
2013-10-08$40.74$41.0025.4%7.3%22.2%64.1%25.1%5.7%-2.6%3.3M-21.6M-849.1K1.5571.23N/AN/A28744559,85947,339
2013-10-09$41.06$41.0024.0%6.9%22.4%57.7%0.0%6.7%-0.7%4.0M-19.3M-846.6K0.7568.55N/AN/A32824760,03547,613
2013-10-10$41.98$0.0021.1%6.1%23.1%44.5%19.7%6.8%-0.4%6.0M-51.3M-861.5K1.4622.71N/AN/A54178860,22947,726
2013-10-11$42.15$43.0020.0%5.8%23.0%39.4%0.0%6.3%-0.3%6.7M-58.3M-856.0K1.5142.07N/AN/A24436960,59847,664
2013-10-14$42.42$41.0020.1%5.8%22.8%39.9%20.5%5.9%1.0%6.6M-67.0M-842.6K2.2081.07N/AN/A19142060,34247,413
2013-10-15$41.91$42.0021.0%6.0%23.3%44.0%21.5%6.3%0.5%6.3M-49.8M-842.7K19.4480.30N/AN/A2484,82260,35047,389
2013-10-16$42.21$41.0019.3%5.5%18.5%36.2%19.2%5.1%1.2%7.5M-57.0M-854.9K4.6082.76N/AN/A1,2015,52060,47951,773
2013-10-17$42.50$42.0018.1%5.2%18.7%30.9%18.8%4.9%0.2%6.5M-59.7M-875.0K11.3084.49N/AN/A2122,39660,65056,538
2013-10-18$42.50$42.0017.5%5.0%16.4%27.7%17.7%3.6%0.6%4.2M-60.8M-875.2K1.3182.79N/AN/A2,4883,25860,75458,689
2013-10-21$42.52$43.0015.7%4.6%16.3%19.6%16.4%3.6%0.4%3.0M-39.4M-871.2K0.1927.45N/AN/A2,76352156,30555,598
2013-10-22$42.91$43.0017.3%5.0%16.0%26.7%16.1%3.3%-0.1%3.9M-67.8M-890.0K1.3238.50N/AN/A35046158,89956,033
2013-10-23$41.97$43.0018.2%5.2%18.0%31.1%18.5%3.2%0.3%2.2M-27.7M-893.7K84.3452.40N/AN/A1,300109,64059,05856,298
2013-10-24$41.88$43.0018.0%5.2%18.0%30.1%18.2%3.6%0.2%-19.2M142.6M-1.5M1.0669.14N/AN/A1,9132,02959,300159,713
2013-10-25$42.12$43.0017.9%5.1%17.2%29.7%17.2%3.9%-0.3%-19.0M128.9M-1.6M0.6568.51N/AN/A75148961,020161,295
2013-10-28$42.24$0.0018.3%5.2%16.6%31.7%16.8%3.5%0.6%-18.4M116.3M-1.5M0.5753.40N/AN/A63636060,562160,970
2013-10-29$42.36$42.0017.7%5.1%15.4%28.9%18.0%3.1%0.8%-17.6M101.8M-1.5M19.6558.92N/AN/A2965,81761,141161,150
2013-10-30$42.15$42.0018.3%5.2%15.6%31.6%18.7%3.9%0.5%-21.0M129.1M-1.5M1.1472.30N/AN/A13815761,286166,552
2013-10-31$41.87$42.0018.0%5.1%15.8%30.2%18.3%3.2%0.8%-22.5M167.9M-1.5M0.7371.76N/AN/A45433061,348166,661