VWO Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, VWO traded between $41.62 and $46.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.7%, placing in the 33.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 13.4%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $44.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.06.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-08: Highest Volume — 5,923 contracts
  • 2014-09-03: Largest IV spike — 46.5% change
  • 2014-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 61.2%
  • 2014-09-30: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.23$41.62$46.49$45.49$41.71
Max Pain$43.14$42.00$44.00$42.00$44.00
ATM IV14.7%9.5%19.7%9.5%18.8%
Expected Move4.9%4.5%5.4%4.5%5.4%
HV 20d13.4%10.7%17.2%11.5%17.2%
HV 60d13.1%11.6%14.8%11.6%14.8%
IV Rank33.3%4.0%61.2%4.0%56.1%
IV Percentile26.0%0.4%72.6%0.4%62.7%
Term Structure0.2%-1.8%1.4%1.0%0.1%
VWIV16.8%14.0%19.7%14.9%17.8%
Skew 25d4.3%2.1%7.6%5.8%3.6%
Skew 10d9.6%3.8%18.1%9.7%12.9%
Call IV 25d13.7%10.0%16.9%10.0%16.9%
Put IV 25d18.0%14.4%22.4%15.8%20.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %59.8246.9693.5957.3659.81
Gamma HHI0.160.090.450.170.11
Net GEX2.8M533.9K5.6M5.6M1.3M
Net DEX-18.8M-120.0M72.1M-118.5M70.6M
Net VEX-902.0K-1.0M-764.2K-839.4K-774.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.060.135.940.310.33
Total Volume2,409.9057395,9231,6511,305
Total OI110,676.04898,769119,491104,201104,609

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$45.49$42.009.5%4.5%11.5%4.0%14.9%5.8%1.0%5.6M-118.5M-839.4K0.3157.36N/AN/A1,26139056,62447,577
2014-09-03$46.25$42.0013.9%4.5%11.0%28.8%15.2%3.1%-0.5%4.7M-115.3M-927.3K0.1366.03N/AN/A3,75849557,35547,914
2014-09-04$46.04$42.0015.3%4.6%10.8%36.6%16.1%4.1%-1.8%5.2M-108.5M-946.3K2.7747.01N/AN/A9372,59959,07548,380
2014-09-05$46.49$42.0012.7%4.7%10.7%22.0%16.6%4.0%-0.6%3.1M-120.0M-924.8K1.4561.46N/AN/A2,3763,45459,69350,829
2014-09-08$45.95$42.0014.0%4.6%11.6%29.0%16.5%4.3%0.4%3.6M-88.7M-983.1K5.9448.17N/AN/A8535,07059,53852,974
2014-09-09$45.39$42.0015.1%5.0%11.8%35.6%16.6%3.9%0.9%4.6M-57.2M-1.0M2.5056.81N/AN/A4761,18960,19256,294
2014-09-10$45.19$42.0014.0%4.7%11.9%29.5%17.6%6.8%0.6%3.9M-67.4M-930.3K0.7057.47N/AN/A73851860,51157,102
2014-09-11$44.87$42.0016.0%4.9%12.2%40.2%17.3%5.3%-0.5%3.9M-27.3M-1.0M1.5763.63N/AN/A28745261,04957,507
2014-09-12$44.26$42.0015.8%5.2%13.2%39.3%18.1%4.5%0.7%2.8M-1.5M-978.0K1.6246.96N/AN/A9271,50461,19457,841
2014-09-15$44.07$44.0016.8%5.2%13.2%45.1%16.7%5.0%1.0%1.8M10.5M-961.3K0.3548.10N/AN/A1,48952058,74257,946
2014-09-16$44.63$44.0012.3%4.9%13.5%20.0%16.8%7.6%1.1%1.9M-32.2M-945.7K0.3760.30N/AN/A1,57358458,66358,317
2014-09-17$44.20$44.0016.3%4.9%13.7%41.9%19.7%4.2%-0.0%2.9M-1.6M-958.4K0.5193.59N/AN/A1,04253359,76858,665
2014-09-18$44.30$44.0010.9%4.6%13.7%11.9%0.0%2.1%0.2%3.6M-46.8M-793.5K0.1757.90N/AN/A1,20420759,88459,019
2014-09-19$43.97$44.0014.0%5.0%13.9%29.5%17.5%2.2%0.6%4.9M15.7M-916.9K0.9360.09N/AN/A95488360,64658,845
2014-09-22$43.32$44.0011.6%4.5%14.7%15.5%14.0%3.6%-0.2%533.9K19.7M-875.4K0.1859.97N/AN/A4,04973450,30448,465
2014-09-23$43.04$44.0015.2%5.1%14.3%35.7%0.0%2.9%0.5%858.8K52.9M-854.0K0.7571.28N/AN/A55541653,73049,099
2014-09-24$43.26$44.0014.8%5.1%14.2%33.7%17.4%4.3%0.7%795.3K37.0M-904.6K0.1658.75N/AN/A2,03531753,39049,299
2014-09-25$42.26$44.0015.7%5.2%15.7%38.8%16.3%3.7%1.4%1.6M58.1M-764.2K0.5463.98N/AN/A1,32571354,98349,342
2014-09-26$42.53$44.0016.9%5.1%16.0%45.5%15.8%4.3%0.1%1.1M52.9M-874.2K0.2657.88N/AN/A92424055,69049,774
2014-09-29$41.62$44.0019.7%5.4%17.2%61.2%18.6%6.1%-0.2%1.0M72.1M-771.1K0.7359.70N/AN/A99672655,24448,124
2014-09-30$41.71$44.0018.8%5.4%17.2%56.1%17.8%3.6%0.1%1.3M70.6M-774.2K0.3359.81N/AN/A98232356,07848,531