DIA Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, DIA traded between $121.75 and $127.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.0%, placing in the 68.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 20.1%). Max pain ranged from $124.00 to $127.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.31.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-14: Highest Volume — 216,512 contracts
  • 2008-02-05: Largest IV spike — 15.4% change
  • 2008-02-06: Highest IV Rank — 91.8%
  • 2008-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$124.23$121.75$127.43$127.43$123.01
Max Pain$126.60$124.00$127.00$124.00$127.00
ATM IV22.0%18.2%26.5%20.5%22.4%
Expected Move6.3%5.2%7.2%5.9%6.4%
HV 20d20.1%16.8%23.3%22.4%17.6%
HV 60d19.2%17.8%20.1%20.1%18.4%
IV Rank68.7%48.0%91.8%62.6%69.8%
IV Percentile81.9%58.7%99.2%78.6%86.5%
Term Structure0.2%-0.3%1.1%0.6%0.7%
VWIV22.3%17.9%26.3%21.8%22.9%
Skew 25d6.3%5.1%7.6%6.3%5.7%
Skew 10d11.0%8.3%13.2%11.6%8.3%
Call IV 25d18.6%15.7%21.0%16.9%19.5%
Put IV 25d24.9%20.8%28.6%23.2%25.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.543.518.075.287.39
Gamma HHI0.050.040.070.040.05
Net GEX-29.1M-80.0M8.5M2.1M-59.7M
Net DEX817.6M-666.1M1.90B-666.1M1.36B
Net VEX-25.6M-27.8M-24.2M-27.8M-24.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.310.292.391.251.02
Total Volume110,053.9558,912216,512116,681119,729
Total OI1,616,481.851,363,7281,848,2111,632,2341,534,704

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-01$127.43$124.0020.5%5.9%22.4%62.6%21.8%6.3%0.6%2.1M-666.1M-27.8M1.255.2851,78364,898777,953854,281
2008-02-04$126.03$127.0022.5%6.3%21.7%72.2%23.3%7.2%0.0%-26.0M-22.0M-27.6M1.247.7832,06039,829790,519877,623
2008-02-05$122.96$127.0025.9%7.0%23.3%89.1%23.6%7.2%-0.2%-80.0M1.49B-26.9M1.016.36100,200100,905794,422881,239
2008-02-06$122.26$127.0026.5%7.2%22.6%91.8%26.3%7.6%-0.2%-55.2M1.54B-26.7M1.136.7066,72075,637837,914883,194
2008-02-07$122.73$127.0024.6%6.8%22.4%82.5%24.3%7.2%0.1%-48.3M1.41B-26.4M0.877.8177,68467,402837,704893,562
2008-02-08$121.75$127.0023.9%7.0%22.2%79.0%23.6%7.3%-0.3%-54.7M1.86B-26.1M1.548.0535,07353,844861,229915,595
2008-02-11$122.32$127.0024.8%6.9%22.0%83.1%23.5%7.2%-0.3%-43.0M1.63B-25.5M0.885.9753,75447,199864,760920,229
2008-02-12$123.77$127.0023.2%6.5%22.1%75.1%23.3%7.1%-0.2%-6.5M866.1M-25.9M1.376.8365,95790,610868,320928,094
2008-02-13$125.26$127.0019.8%6.2%21.8%58.2%21.8%6.7%0.1%8.5M111.7M-26.1M1.128.0755,27462,133872,196938,905
2008-02-14$124.01$127.0021.9%6.3%22.0%68.9%22.7%6.5%0.1%-6.4M1.01B-25.6M0.297.31167,64348,869885,518962,693
2008-02-15$123.33$127.0022.0%6.3%20.4%69.5%22.8%6.1%0.1%-20.3M1.90B-24.9M1.567.1632,94151,498831,460958,335
2008-02-19$123.68$126.0021.8%6.3%20.0%68.3%22.1%6.3%0.1%-37.8M961.5M-24.4M1.316.8427,99636,735650,616713,112
2008-02-20$124.09$126.0021.4%6.1%19.4%65.9%21.9%6.2%0.0%-32.5M739.8M-24.5M1.393.5140,66456,594665,268719,684
2008-02-21$123.20$126.0022.0%6.3%16.9%68.5%22.5%5.9%-0.3%-49.1M1.18B-24.2M2.395.7420,98750,196681,657736,755
2008-02-22$123.80$126.0020.6%5.9%16.8%61.4%21.3%5.8%0.1%-40.1M890.0M-24.4M1.245.6426,43532,853690,838743,147
2008-02-25$125.57$126.0019.3%5.5%17.1%53.7%19.9%5.3%0.2%-15.1M271.5M-24.4M0.965.2258,41655,995697,855745,007
2008-02-26$126.81$127.0018.2%5.2%17.0%48.0%17.9%5.1%1.1%8.1M-265.2M-25.0M1.787.0440,62072,179719,220761,818
2008-02-27$126.83$127.0018.8%5.4%16.8%50.9%18.5%5.2%0.9%-1.5M-209.8M-25.3M1.906.1520,94939,906729,108781,328
2008-02-28$125.84$127.0019.7%5.6%16.9%55.6%22.2%5.1%0.9%-24.5M296.5M-25.3M1.865.8920,58338,329735,016788,759
2008-02-29$123.01$127.0022.4%6.4%17.6%69.8%22.9%5.7%0.7%-59.7M1.36B-24.7M1.027.3959,27660,453739,318795,386