DUG Options History — October 2008

In October 2008, DUG traded between $14820.00 and $29760.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 157.9%, placing in the 74.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 41.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 61.9% (HV 20d: 219.8%). Max pain ranged from $15600.00 to $19200.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2008-10-06: Highest Volume — 41 contracts
  • 2008-10-13: Largest IV drop — 32.0% change
  • 2008-10-01: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-10-10: Largest Expected Move — 53.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19926.96$14820.00$29760.00$15800.00$14820.00
Max Pain$18034.78$15600.00$19200.00$15600.00$18800.00
ATM IV157.9%107.2%234.3%107.2%132.4%
Expected Move41.0%30.7%53.2%30.7%38.0%
HV 20d219.8%134.0%282.1%134.0%279.9%
HV 60d143.9%95.7%181.4%95.7%181.4%
IV Rank74.6%47.1%100.0%100.0%49.2%
IV Percentile97.7%93.3%100.0%100.0%93.3%
Term Structure-17.1%-42.9%1.6%-15.7%-4.6%
VWIV147.9%108.9%182.4%108.9%142.6%
Skew 25d-32.0%-70.1%-4.4%-12.6%-42.6%
Skew 10d-45.3%-98.7%-5.0%-14.6%-68.0%
Call IV 25d165.5%114.3%204.3%114.3%162.3%
Put IV 25d133.5%101.7%182.0%101.7%119.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %39.2219.0663.5519.0638.73
Gamma HHI0.100.040.250.220.04
Net GEX202.8K45.0K397.8K154.8K45.0K
Net DEX-40.1M-129.9M7.9M-7.2M7.9M
Net VEX-162.3K-227.5K-50.8K-50.8K-178.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.251.340.700.39
Total Volume16.348641247
Total OI82.5222911229106

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-10-01$15800.00$15600.00107.2%30.7%134.0%100.0%108.9%-12.6%-15.7%154.8K-7.2M-50.8K0.7019.06N/AN/A14101811
2008-10-02$17988.00$15600.00122.1%35.0%137.7%100.0%121.5%-4.9%-18.1%211.1K-21.0M-77.6K0.5627.61N/AN/A19102516
2008-10-03$18064.00$16000.00127.2%36.5%137.7%100.0%125.8%-10.0%-23.6%339.7K-28.1M-105.5K0.7133.52N/AN/A19133421
2008-10-06$19600.00$16800.00158.6%36.7%139.8%100.0%129.7%-14.0%-26.7%309.8K-42.8M-115.0K0.7224.10N/AN/A24173826
2008-10-07$21600.00$17600.00156.9%36.9%143.1%98.7%125.9%-4.4%-26.3%237.5K-59.9M-137.4K0.6431.12N/AN/A16104333
2008-10-08$21600.00$17600.00165.3%35.4%143.2%100.0%121.2%-8.5%-25.7%309.6K-62.7M-155.2K0.5540.12N/AN/A1064735
2008-10-09$25880.00$17600.00211.4%44.5%149.8%100.0%148.2%-7.6%-36.3%244.2K-96.8M-160.4K0.3061.90N/AN/A935137
2008-10-10$29760.00$17600.00234.3%53.2%151.5%100.0%182.4%-4.5%-42.9%175.9K-129.9M-158.9K0.4859.94N/AN/A1155338
2008-10-13$18880.00$17600.00159.4%39.1%228.5%62.6%153.3%-26.5%-22.3%397.8K-38.4M-165.1K1.3463.55N/AN/A575340
2008-10-14$19020.00$18000.00196.6%38.8%227.2%81.2%145.6%-40.6%-17.0%294.9K-33.7M-169.5K0.6223.02N/AN/A645445
2008-10-15$25060.00$18800.00216.7%46.6%243.4%91.2%165.8%-29.9%-24.9%78.0K-94.1M-179.3K0.3255.17N/AN/A1145746
2008-10-16$21020.00$18800.00153.9%44.1%251.7%59.9%164.3%-32.7%-10.2%368.4K-65.9M-177.9K1.0627.56N/AN/A666347
2008-10-17$21232.00$18800.00169.1%48.5%251.4%67.5%175.3%-45.0%-26.8%221.0K-63.0M-171.4K0.6743.52N/AN/A1496349
2008-10-20$16800.00$18800.00130.9%37.5%265.4%48.4%141.9%-66.4%-12.4%74.2K-6.8M-153.3K0.4836.44N/AN/A423628
2008-10-21$18080.00$18800.00128.3%36.8%259.2%47.1%134.0%-44.2%1.6%96.4K-11.7M-164.9K0.3130.93N/AN/A723829
2008-10-22$21592.00$18400.00147.8%42.4%265.7%56.9%151.0%-37.5%-4.6%183.2K-38.4M-191.6K0.3933.00N/AN/A1354230
2008-10-23$19080.00$18400.00147.7%42.3%269.8%56.8%158.1%-54.8%-3.5%194.8K-28.5M-195.6K0.7441.42N/AN/A974732
2008-10-24$20620.00$18800.00157.6%45.2%268.9%61.7%161.1%-54.0%-14.6%197.3K-34.5M-219.0K0.4129.57N/AN/A835037
2008-10-27$22720.00$19200.00167.5%48.0%264.2%66.7%166.9%-30.6%-14.3%221.6K-49.9M-227.5K0.2544.17N/AN/A515039
2008-10-28$17200.00$19200.00140.7%40.3%281.9%53.3%166.2%-70.1%-6.7%137.6K-14.7M-198.9K0.6246.07N/AN/A645340
2008-10-29$16700.00$19200.00160.6%46.0%282.1%63.2%159.8%-46.6%-12.7%117.6K-6.7M-195.7K0.6560.47N/AN/A1175441
2008-10-30$15204.00$18800.00138.9%39.8%279.9%52.4%151.2%-48.0%-4.8%53.8K3.6M-185.1K0.4831.06N/AN/A525746
2008-10-31$14820.00$18800.00132.4%38.0%279.9%49.2%142.6%-42.6%-4.6%45.0K7.9M-178.1K0.3938.73N/AN/A525947