DUG Options History — December 2007

In December 2007, DUG traded between $14028.00 and $16964.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.7%. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.8% (HV 20d: 49.0%). Max pain ranged from $14000.00 to $16000.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.38.

Notable Days

  • 2007-12-17: Highest Volume — 2 contracts
  • 2007-12-24: Largest IV drop — 30.7% change
  • 2007-12-19: Largest Expected Move — 18.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15356.40$14028.00$16964.00$16720.00$14392.00
Max Pain$15180.00$14000.00$16000.00$16000.00$14000.00
ATM IV52.7%35.3%64.5%58.0%45.3%
Expected Move15.6%10.1%18.5%16.6%13.0%
HV 20d49.0%41.2%60.2%60.0%43.0%
Term Structure2.4%-10.2%13.9%2.6%4.1%
VWIV55.2%40.3%70.1%61.0%40.3%
Skew 25d-3.0%-16.7%19.4%-7.9%10.9%
Skew 10d-3.1%-21.3%27.6%2.3%27.6%
Call IV 25d54.6%31.9%67.3%57.2%31.9%
Put IV 25d51.6%40.1%71.6%49.3%42.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %73.7718.52116.5683.34113.03
Gamma HHI0.170.160.200.170.16
Net GEX123.0K57.4K196.3K153.4K81.6K
Net DEX-1.7M-4.4M504.1K-4.0M-530.2K
Net VEX-13.0K-16.9K-8.9K-16.9K-9.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.380.002.980.240.09
Total Volume0.20200
Total OI7.755986

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-12-03$16720.00$16000.0058.0%16.6%60.0%0.0%61.0%-7.9%2.6%153.4K-4.0M-16.9K0.2483.34N/AN/A0062
2007-12-04$16964.00$16000.0057.8%16.6%60.2%0.0%57.6%1.7%13.9%169.8K-4.4M-16.9K0.2688.78N/AN/A0062
2007-12-05$16372.00$16000.0056.0%16.1%58.9%0.0%59.0%-8.9%3.4%157.7K-3.5M-16.6K0.4943.55N/AN/A0062
2007-12-06$15536.00$16000.0054.1%15.5%59.0%0.0%48.0%4.8%1.9%133.6K-2.3M-15.8K0.4771.53N/AN/A0062
2007-12-07$15600.00$14800.0050.3%15.6%57.7%0.0%57.5%-13.3%7.9%135.9K-2.0M-15.4K0.1318.52N/AN/A0062
2007-12-10$15412.00$15200.0051.7%17.9%54.9%0.0%59.4%5.5%-2.5%132.4K-1.5M-14.3K0.9164.16N/AN/A0062
2007-12-11$15900.00$15200.0047.8%16.1%47.8%0.0%56.2%-16.7%11.0%152.0K-2.3M-14.8K0.0165.02N/AN/A1062
2007-12-12$15280.00$15200.0049.8%17.7%47.3%0.0%61.5%-1.9%-0.2%137.4K-1.5M-14.3K0.3862.09N/AN/A0072
2007-12-13$15200.00$15200.0061.8%17.7%47.1%0.0%61.7%-6.3%0.0%131.7K-1.2M-13.8K0.0077.45N/AN/A0072
2007-12-14$15548.00$15200.0056.0%16.1%45.5%0.0%55.3%-12.6%5.7%139.7K-1.6M-14.1K0.2728.03N/AN/A0072
2007-12-17$16236.00$15200.0061.1%17.5%48.5%0.0%54.3%-6.7%3.6%196.3K-2.9M-14.1K0.0059.49N/AN/A2072
2007-12-18$15820.00$15200.0059.1%16.9%48.4%0.0%61.0%-9.2%2.6%182.4K-2.3M-12.9K0.2947.76N/AN/A0072
2007-12-19$15720.00$15200.0064.5%18.5%44.2%0.0%62.2%-3.0%-2.6%137.5K-1.4M-12.2K0.0672.46N/AN/A0072
2007-12-20$15232.00$15200.0053.9%15.5%44.1%0.0%54.3%-9.4%6.4%102.8K-575.5K-11.5K0.0691.40N/AN/A0072
2007-12-21$14520.00$15200.0051.0%14.6%46.3%0.0%46.1%-5.3%13.6%64.8K504.1K-9.8K2.9881.80N/AN/A0172
2007-12-24$14364.00$15200.0035.3%10.1%42.2%0.0%49.9%19.4%-2.4%58.9K-774.5K-9.9K0.00116.56N/AN/A0041
2007-12-26$14028.00$15200.0045.9%13.2%41.2%0.0%70.1%5.1%-10.2%57.4K-608.5K-9.3K0.25107.87N/AN/A0041
2007-12-27$14244.00$14400.0047.5%13.6%42.0%0.0%48.9%-8.4%-7.6%61.7K-302.7K-8.9K0.0786.59N/AN/A0041
2007-12-28$14040.00$14000.0047.8%13.7%41.2%0.0%40.3%1.5%-2.5%72.7K-484.8K-9.1K0.5796.02N/AN/A0051
2007-12-31$14392.00$14000.0045.3%13.0%43.0%0.0%40.3%10.9%4.1%81.6K-530.2K-9.0K0.09113.03N/AN/A0051