DIA Options History — August 2009

In August 2009, DIA traded between $91.61 and $95.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.2%, placing in the 2.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 14.0%). Max pain ranged from $85.00 to $92.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.06.

Notable Days

  • 2009-08-20: Highest Volume — 301,930 contracts
  • 2009-08-17: Largest IV spike — 11.3% change
  • 2009-08-17: Highest IV Rank — 5.2%
  • 2009-08-17: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$93.86$91.61$95.82$92.86$95.05
Max Pain$87.76$85.00$92.00$88.00$87.00
ATM IV20.2%19.1%22.3%21.0%20.4%
Expected Move5.8%5.5%6.4%6.0%5.8%
HV 20d14.0%11.7%17.5%17.5%13.2%
HV 60d18.2%16.8%19.8%19.8%16.9%
IV Rank2.9%1.5%5.2%4.4%2.2%
IV Percentile9.1%2.0%18.3%15.1%9.9%
Term Structure0.6%-0.1%1.4%0.0%1.3%
VWIV21.0%19.6%23.4%21.7%20.9%
Skew 25d4.1%2.6%5.2%3.0%4.2%
Skew 10d8.7%5.4%11.9%5.4%7.5%
Call IV 25d18.8%17.7%20.8%19.8%18.6%
Put IV 25d22.9%21.4%25.9%22.8%22.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.622.896.334.716.12
Gamma HHI0.110.070.580.090.07
Net GEX53.5M26.4M158.4M54.0M26.4M
Net DEX-878.6M-1.35B-453.0M-1.03B-453.0M
Net VEX-9.0M-9.2M-8.6M-9.2M-9.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.060.181.970.911.01
Total Volume80,997.09544,815301,93060,47454,996
Total OI1,042,038.381893,6991,158,3571,014,162966,092

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-08-03$92.86$88.0021.0%6.0%17.5%4.4%21.7%3.0%0.0%54.0M-1.03B-9.2M0.914.7131,73228,742564,027450,135
2009-08-04$93.19$88.0020.6%5.9%14.5%3.9%20.8%3.0%-0.1%53.2M-1.09B-9.1M0.663.0537,47724,577564,907456,641
2009-08-05$92.83$88.0019.8%5.7%15.0%3.0%20.4%2.6%0.7%51.7M-994.6M-9.2M1.103.0829,20732,151575,664462,717
2009-08-06$92.63$89.0020.8%6.0%15.0%4.2%21.2%2.8%0.5%51.0M-944.4M-9.2M1.022.8925,58326,012576,759463,736
2009-08-07$93.79$85.0019.7%5.9%14.6%2.9%20.7%4.2%0.5%62.7M-1.24B-8.9M1.014.8841,77042,078584,615467,469
2009-08-10$93.50$85.0020.3%6.0%13.8%3.6%21.2%4.4%0.4%64.1M-1.19B-9.0M1.034.4122,09022,725593,752473,697
2009-08-11$92.58$85.0019.9%6.0%14.9%2.4%22.4%4.8%0.4%50.3M-896.2M-8.9M1.424.9121,95631,100595,643478,682
2009-08-12$93.77$86.0019.1%5.8%12.1%1.6%21.4%4.5%0.5%66.0M-1.22B-8.9M1.304.1436,90947,972599,500483,167
2009-08-13$94.19$87.0020.3%5.8%11.7%3.0%20.3%4.6%0.4%68.9M-1.35B-9.0M0.805.1446,51437,403608,761491,731
2009-08-14$93.41$87.0020.1%5.8%12.5%2.7%20.5%4.4%0.5%65.2M-1.18B-9.1M1.295.1040,03251,546621,090501,910
2009-08-17$91.61$88.0022.3%6.4%14.6%5.2%23.4%5.1%0.4%35.8M-567.4M-9.0M1.975.6633,69966,467625,964509,525
2009-08-18$92.30$88.0021.6%6.2%14.5%4.4%22.1%5.2%0.4%45.4M-826.0M-9.0M1.284.4021,66827,679628,565526,349
2009-08-19$93.13$88.0020.8%6.0%14.6%3.5%21.7%5.1%0.4%53.7M-998.5M-9.0M1.473.9228,25641,569626,664531,693
2009-08-20$93.79$88.0019.3%5.5%13.3%1.8%20.0%4.5%0.4%69.0M-1.13B-8.6M0.184.84255,53646,394618,543532,381
2009-08-21$95.03$91.0019.5%5.6%13.9%2.0%21.0%4.4%0.5%158.4M-731.0M-8.6M0.963.8069,92267,097523,300538,887
2009-08-24$95.13$92.0019.8%5.6%13.9%2.4%20.0%4.0%0.7%30.1M-470.7M-8.7M1.313.2027,44235,930467,838425,861
2009-08-25$95.48$92.0020.0%5.6%13.8%2.2%19.6%3.4%0.8%31.0M-524.3M-8.9M1.124.3834,20538,156475,920439,173
2009-08-26$95.46$87.0019.9%5.8%13.7%2.2%20.4%4.2%1.1%27.4M-504.5M-8.9M0.666.1228,80119,151479,830450,162
2009-08-27$95.82$87.0019.4%5.6%13.5%1.5%20.6%3.9%1.2%30.8M-586.5M-9.2M0.726.0341,14729,773489,473455,595
2009-08-28$95.58$87.0019.4%5.5%13.6%1.5%20.3%4.0%1.4%28.6M-526.2M-9.2M1.046.3327,20428,271493,972462,416
2009-08-31$95.05$87.0020.4%5.8%13.2%2.2%20.9%4.2%1.3%26.4M-453.0M-9.1M1.016.1227,30927,687499,587466,505