VWO Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, VWO traded between $36.67 and $39.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.2%, placing in the 44.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 22.2%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.76.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-06: Highest Volume — 58,060 contracts
  • 2014-02-04: Largest IV drop — 11.8% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 69.3%
  • 2014-02-26: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.43$36.67$39.20$36.67$38.89
Max Pain$42.00$42.00$42.00$42.00$42.00
ATM IV21.2%18.8%26.6%26.6%21.1%
Expected Move3.2%0.8%6.3%2.8%6.2%
HV 20d22.2%20.0%23.8%20.3%20.3%
HV 60d19.7%19.0%20.4%19.0%19.7%
IV Rank44.2%33.1%69.3%69.3%43.7%
IV Percentile71.2%47.6%98.8%98.8%72.2%
Term Structure-0.1%-2.8%2.3%-1.9%0.7%
VWIV16.3%4.0%27.9%7.0%25.1%
Skew 25d5.7%4.5%7.2%6.0%4.8%
Skew 10d14.0%8.8%19.7%10.6%8.8%
Call IV 25d19.2%16.0%22.9%22.9%19.0%
Put IV 25d24.9%22.8%28.9%28.9%23.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.9613.7426.4018.9622.49
Gamma HHI0.390.170.780.250.68
Net GEX-3.3M-30.0M23.2M-3.2M23.2M
Net DEX119.8M74.4M175.8M106.2M97.8M
Net VEX-769.5K-879.2K-554.8K-554.8K-791.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.760.0515.421.2215.42
Total Volume6,969.10556058,0609,4679,785
Total OI148,730.57996,235173,74996,235156,504

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$36.67$42.0026.6%0.0%20.3%69.3%7.0%6.0%-1.9%-3.2M106.2M-554.8K1.2218.96N/AN/A4,2715,19643,94752,288
2014-02-04$37.52$42.0023.5%2.8%22.2%54.7%4.0%5.3%-1.3%-4.2M92.1M-620.5K0.9226.40N/AN/A3,5023,21347,69153,292
2014-02-05$37.39$42.0023.6%4.0%22.1%55.3%6.8%6.0%0.2%-3.8M100.9M-673.6K3.0724.46N/AN/A6572,01450,99355,607
2014-02-06$38.13$42.0023.1%2.4%23.5%53.1%9.3%5.7%0.7%-5.5M87.4M-726.0K0.7716.41N/AN/A32,73725,32351,11456,782
2014-02-07$38.28$42.0021.6%3.4%23.5%46.2%7.6%4.5%-0.3%-5.1M108.2M-879.2K0.8717.32N/AN/A3,7673,26382,78381,823
2014-02-10$37.85$42.0022.0%0.0%22.5%47.8%26.9%6.0%-0.7%-4.9M175.8M-790.7K0.4615.08N/AN/A55125677,51583,487
2014-02-11$38.65$42.0021.1%1.3%23.6%43.6%0.0%6.0%-2.8%-6.8M139.0M-848.6K0.0719.27N/AN/A7,36249277,94483,732
2014-02-12$38.59$42.0021.2%6.1%23.2%44.3%20.5%4.7%-1.2%-1.4M135.9M-867.8K0.1116.61N/AN/A1,02711285,11083,990
2014-02-13$38.63$42.0020.2%1.4%23.2%39.4%12.7%5.8%-2.4%1.1M132.0M-842.2K1.0419.62N/AN/A2,1052,19085,59683,982
2014-02-14$39.10$42.0019.2%2.3%23.6%35.0%0.0%4.6%-1.1%-7.8M94.9M-850.2K1.2521.20N/AN/A28435587,63186,118
2014-02-18$38.77$42.0019.4%0.8%23.8%35.9%0.0%6.6%1.9%-10.5M141.9M-814.9K1.5913.74N/AN/A51381780,29486,050
2014-02-19$38.60$42.0020.7%6.1%23.8%41.9%25.7%5.5%0.7%-12.0M174.3M-778.5K0.7024.50N/AN/A60942780,25986,366
2014-02-20$38.80$42.0020.1%6.2%23.4%39.0%21.2%6.6%0.9%-17.0M157.5M-805.8K3.4819.39N/AN/A3461,20580,46284,736
2014-02-21$39.07$42.0018.8%1.3%22.0%33.1%27.9%7.1%2.3%-30.0M124.4M-776.4K0.2419.62N/AN/A1,42034180,64984,264
2014-02-24$39.03$42.0018.9%1.0%20.0%33.7%0.0%7.2%1.0%1.7M93.6M-755.1K1.2718.21N/AN/A2,2012,79275,16264,352
2014-02-25$38.54$42.0020.6%1.0%20.4%41.3%0.0%5.5%-0.1%1.2M116.4M-730.9K0.0525.00N/AN/A11,22552876,97267,117
2014-02-26$38.44$42.0020.9%6.3%20.4%42.7%23.8%4.9%-0.0%7.3M123.9M-736.1K0.6024.01N/AN/A34921187,92067,536
2014-02-27$39.20$42.0020.1%2.3%20.2%39.2%9.2%5.7%0.5%16.0M74.4M-777.9K0.2817.03N/AN/A75721088,11467,699
2014-02-28$38.89$42.0021.1%6.2%20.3%43.7%25.1%4.8%0.7%23.2M97.8M-791.7K15.4222.49N/AN/A5969,18988,66167,843