DUG Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, DUG traded between $4568.00 and $5532.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.1%, placing in the 13.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.5% (HV 20d: 33.6%). Max pain ranged from $4400.00 to $4800.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.32.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-11: Highest Volume — 12 contracts
  • 2010-01-12: Largest IV spike — 67.3% change
  • 2010-01-29: Highest IV Rank — 26.8%
  • 2010-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 14.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4881.47$4568.00$5532.00$4788.00$5532.00
Max Pain$4673.68$4400.00$4800.00$4800.00$4800.00
ATM IV40.1%26.3%49.8%37.4%49.8%
Expected Move12.3%10.0%14.3%11.9%14.3%
HV 20d33.6%27.5%40.4%31.5%40.4%
HV 60d40.6%36.4%42.8%42.8%36.9%
IV Rank13.8%0.0%26.8%4.8%26.8%
IV Percentile6.8%0.0%23.4%2.0%23.4%
Term Structure4.8%0.1%8.1%5.1%4.3%
VWIV42.9%35.5%49.3%42.0%49.3%
Skew 25d-7.1%-14.4%-1.9%-8.0%-2.4%
Skew 10d-12.4%-28.1%12.1%-6.8%-3.6%
Call IV 25d46.7%39.1%52.8%47.2%52.8%
Put IV 25d39.6%31.1%50.4%39.2%50.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.0010.1219.3311.9518.01
Gamma HHI0.300.230.440.270.23
Net GEX131.3K13.4K275.6K34.5K275.6K
Net DEX-116.8K-10.0M6.2M4.1M-10.0M
Net VEX-27.5K-35.1K-21.9K-26.0K-35.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.320.051.260.270.30
Total Volume5.47421245
Total OI74.211361019257

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$4788.00$4800.0037.4%11.9%31.5%4.8%42.0%-8.0%5.1%34.5K4.1M-26.0K0.2711.95N/AN/A316032
2010-01-05$4712.00$4800.0036.7%12.7%30.9%4.0%43.5%-9.4%5.5%20.3K4.6M-25.2K0.3313.75N/AN/A216131
2010-01-06$4608.00$4800.0042.0%12.6%31.3%10.6%42.1%-14.4%6.1%13.4K6.1M-23.4K0.2310.12N/AN/A216231
2010-01-07$4628.00$4800.0038.6%12.9%27.8%6.4%45.1%-8.9%3.8%24.0K5.4M-24.0K0.0815.16N/AN/A406331
2010-01-08$4568.00$4800.0031.4%11.4%27.7%0.0%42.5%-9.3%6.5%29.0K5.8M-23.0K0.3215.26N/AN/A626531
2010-01-11$4568.00$4400.0026.3%11.6%27.5%0.0%43.0%-6.2%6.4%32.2K6.2M-22.4K0.0517.52N/AN/A1116631
2010-01-12$4708.00$4400.0043.9%12.6%30.7%20.1%43.6%-9.7%3.2%85.6K3.0M-26.2K0.2816.11N/AN/A316831
2010-01-13$4680.00$4400.0034.2%12.4%30.6%9.0%43.4%-14.1%3.4%84.1K3.3M-25.6K0.3216.58N/AN/A316930
2010-01-14$4648.00$4400.0041.1%11.8%30.6%16.9%40.1%-7.2%7.2%123.4K5.2M-23.2K0.5112.75N/AN/A117031
2010-01-15$4724.00$4400.0039.0%11.2%31.5%14.4%38.5%-9.8%7.6%155.9K4.3M-23.6K1.2614.79N/AN/A237030
2010-01-19$4644.00$4400.0037.0%10.6%30.8%12.2%36.3%-8.6%4.7%120.3K-958.9K-21.9K0.4712.51N/AN/A632511
2010-01-20$4792.00$4800.0034.9%10.0%33.6%9.9%35.5%-4.6%8.1%150.2K-1.7M-25.4K0.4110.49N/AN/A522914
2010-01-21$4976.00$4800.0039.4%11.3%36.0%14.9%39.9%-2.5%6.4%166.8K-3.2M-28.8K0.1815.89N/AN/A513115
2010-01-22$5200.00$4800.0045.3%13.0%39.3%21.7%46.6%-3.6%2.4%171.1K-5.7M-32.2K0.0614.07N/AN/A713315
2010-01-25$5136.00$4800.0046.0%13.2%39.3%22.5%45.3%-5.3%1.9%228.6K-5.8M-33.4K0.1716.42N/AN/A313715
2010-01-26$5204.00$4800.0046.0%13.2%39.4%22.5%44.9%-5.7%0.1%251.8K-6.6M-34.0K0.7516.11N/AN/A113915
2010-01-27$5256.00$4800.0045.6%13.1%39.2%22.0%46.5%-1.9%3.1%253.2K-7.4M-33.7K0.0918.26N/AN/A513916
2010-01-28$5376.00$4800.0046.6%13.3%39.5%23.1%47.2%-3.8%5.1%274.2K-8.8M-34.8K0.0819.33N/AN/A714016
2010-01-29$5532.00$4800.0049.8%14.3%40.4%26.8%49.3%-2.4%4.3%275.6K-10.0M-35.1K0.3018.01N/AN/A414116