DUG Options History — December 2008

In December 2008, DUG traded between $10016.00 and $15116.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 117.5%, placing in the 41.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 34.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 62.4% (HV 20d: 179.9%). Max pain ranged from $10400.00 to $18000.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2008-12-04: Highest Volume — 19 contracts
  • 2008-12-16: Largest IV drop — 12.6% change
  • 2008-12-04: Highest IV Rank — 54.7%
  • 2008-12-05: Largest Expected Move — 42.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12633.47$10016.00$15116.00$14476.00$10016.00
Max Pain$15094.74$10400.00$18000.00$16000.00$10400.00
ATM IV117.5%81.2%143.4%137.6%82.5%
Expected Move34.4%23.3%42.5%39.5%23.6%
HV 20d179.9%130.3%205.9%205.0%147.8%
HV 60d211.9%209.1%214.0%212.2%212.5%
IV Rank41.7%23.6%54.7%51.8%24.2%
IV Percentile83.1%73.4%91.3%90.1%73.4%
Term Structure2.7%-16.2%19.1%9.2%10.8%
VWIV126.0%81.8%171.2%137.7%87.7%
Skew 25d-32.4%-57.9%-4.7%-31.3%-20.1%
Skew 10d-51.1%-84.7%-4.5%-43.8%-39.1%
Call IV 25d143.7%80.9%189.2%161.3%95.0%
Put IV 25d111.3%74.9%141.8%130.1%74.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.5313.6452.8926.3338.04
Gamma HHI0.090.040.380.050.16
Net GEX98.1K-95.8K616.6K50.0K21.1K
Net DEX9.6M-10.1M32.4M-969.0K-545.7K
Net VEX-110.4K-190.8K-826-177.0K-6.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.151.580.150.25
Total Volume11.105319154
Total OI111.52611561148

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-12-01$14476.00$16000.00137.6%39.5%205.0%51.8%137.7%-31.3%9.2%50.0K-969.0K-177.0K0.1526.33N/AN/A1326549
2008-12-02$13464.00$15600.00133.2%38.2%205.9%49.5%134.7%-30.7%14.7%119.2K1.7M-167.8K0.8836.63N/AN/A877249
2008-12-03$13396.00$15600.00132.0%37.8%202.0%49.0%139.4%-31.1%13.7%26.7K6.5M-168.1K0.5323.61N/AN/A427254
2008-12-04$15116.00$15600.00143.4%41.1%204.7%54.7%142.5%-5.9%9.4%101.5K-10.1M-190.8K0.9426.77N/AN/A1097355
2008-12-05$14580.00$18000.00137.5%42.5%201.2%51.7%157.7%-55.2%-14.8%168.3K-9.8M-179.1K0.2013.64N/AN/A1637450
2008-12-08$13196.00$17600.00133.4%41.8%201.3%49.6%171.2%-53.7%-16.2%101.3K8.4M-151.0K0.2215.14N/AN/A728051
2008-12-09$13152.00$17200.00127.3%39.9%201.3%46.6%147.9%-57.9%-7.3%111.0K8.6M-148.0K1.5818.16N/AN/A468251
2008-12-10$11936.00$17200.00121.5%37.9%201.8%43.7%148.9%-57.6%-8.4%-8.6K25.2M-106.3K0.8721.55N/AN/A988250
2008-12-11$12060.00$17200.00125.4%36.0%194.6%45.7%135.6%-42.1%-0.3%10.2K21.3M-115.1K0.3322.07N/AN/A938552
2008-12-12$12204.00$16800.00134.8%38.7%174.2%50.4%137.2%-51.8%-9.8%58.9K19.7M-115.3K0.1620.81N/AN/A1028753
2008-12-15$12300.00$15600.00131.1%37.6%171.6%48.5%133.8%-39.1%-9.4%60.1K20.2M-108.7K0.3123.93N/AN/A629153
2008-12-16$11400.00$14800.00114.5%32.8%172.1%40.2%125.4%-42.5%-0.4%-67.4K32.4M-84.8K0.2833.94N/AN/A939454
2008-12-17$11748.00$14400.00116.6%33.4%171.7%41.3%125.0%-27.3%-1.5%-95.8K30.3M-89.9K0.2139.38N/AN/A619655
2008-12-18$13172.00$14400.00110.0%31.5%172.4%38.0%110.8%-21.6%3.8%318.9K14.5M-104.9K0.5031.99N/AN/A1059856
2008-12-19$13072.00$14400.0098.5%28.2%154.6%32.3%100.4%-16.6%12.3%616.6K20.1M-90.5K0.5543.86N/AN/A649957
2008-12-22$13868.00$14000.0090.5%25.9%130.3%28.2%90.2%-8.6%10.8%252.7K-3.9M-88.6K0.4444.56N/AN/A944522
2008-12-29$10688.00$11200.0081.2%23.3%152.6%23.6%81.8%-4.7%15.7%-492997-8260.2852.89N/AN/A2110
2008-12-30$10192.00$10800.0081.5%23.4%153.2%23.8%85.9%-18.1%19.1%20.1K-487.3K-3.7K0.6246.69N/AN/A3231
2008-12-31$10016.00$10400.0082.5%23.6%147.8%24.2%87.7%-20.1%10.8%21.1K-545.7K-6.6K0.2538.04N/AN/A3153