DUG Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, DUG traded between $4988.00 and $5624.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.8%, placing in the 25.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 49.7%). Max pain ranged from $4800.00 to $5200.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-04: Highest Volume — 14 contracts
  • 2010-02-04: Largest IV spike — 19.9% change
  • 2010-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 39.3%
  • 2010-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 17.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5247.79$4988.00$5624.00$5192.00$5224.00
Max Pain$5031.58$4800.00$5200.00$4800.00$5200.00
ATM IV48.8%41.0%60.8%47.5%41.1%
Expected Move14.0%11.8%17.5%13.6%11.8%
HV 20d49.7%41.7%54.5%46.8%50.0%
HV 60d40.6%38.7%42.2%38.7%39.3%
IV Rank25.7%16.8%39.3%24.2%16.8%
IV Percentile25.5%7.5%61.9%16.3%7.9%
Term Structure2.3%-0.1%4.9%0.7%2.0%
VWIV50.1%42.8%61.8%49.1%42.8%
Skew 25d-10.7%-20.9%-3.8%-5.7%-7.0%
Skew 10d-25.0%-43.9%2.8%-21.5%-11.2%
Call IV 25d55.6%46.4%68.4%52.9%46.4%
Put IV 25d44.9%32.9%56.3%47.1%39.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.2313.1736.3017.7115.34
Gamma HHI0.290.220.530.250.25
Net GEX344.3K130.9K526.5K291.1K248.2K
Net DEX-7.0M-14.7M-2.0M-6.8M-4.1M
Net VEX-32.5K-40.0K-24.7K-34.5K-31.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.041.620.280.17
Total Volume4.21111461
Total OI64.52645755755

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$5192.00$4800.0047.5%13.6%46.8%24.2%49.1%-5.7%0.7%291.1K-6.8M-34.5K0.2817.71N/AN/A514116
2010-02-02$5040.00$4800.0047.5%13.6%42.1%24.1%48.9%-12.9%3.9%325.4K-5.5M-34.8K0.3219.40N/AN/A214517
2010-02-03$5120.00$4800.0045.4%13.0%41.7%21.8%44.1%-9.8%4.9%331.4K-6.4M-34.8K0.5819.41N/AN/A214517
2010-02-04$5536.00$4800.0054.4%15.6%48.0%32.1%54.0%-3.8%0.7%332.1K-11.7M-36.7K0.0513.85N/AN/A1314617
2010-02-05$5544.00$4800.0060.8%17.5%48.1%39.3%61.8%-13.7%3.2%408.0K-14.7M-40.0K0.3622.47N/AN/A725417
2010-02-08$5624.00$4800.0057.8%16.8%47.4%35.9%58.4%-11.3%-0.1%434.8K-14.7M-39.2K0.3316.14N/AN/A315518
2010-02-09$5404.00$5200.0058.1%16.7%50.6%36.2%58.0%-13.2%-0.1%459.9K-11.3M-38.2K0.6036.30N/AN/A115419
2010-02-10$5456.00$5200.0055.3%16.2%49.9%33.0%55.9%-11.3%-0.1%466.5K-12.2M-37.9K1.0623.68N/AN/A115519
2010-02-11$5276.00$5200.0052.4%15.0%51.8%29.8%53.5%-15.4%1.5%485.5K-9.1M-36.3K0.2928.34N/AN/A105520
2010-02-12$5292.00$5200.0049.8%14.3%51.6%26.8%51.1%-10.5%1.4%526.5K-9.3M-35.8K0.0928.81N/AN/A405520
2010-02-16$5064.00$5200.0050.1%14.4%54.5%27.1%53.8%-13.2%4.2%459.4K-4.0M-28.4K0.1620.71N/AN/A415420
2010-02-17$5072.00$5200.0049.4%14.2%53.9%26.3%49.6%-15.0%2.3%403.7K-3.9M-28.3K0.1718.13N/AN/A215320
2010-02-18$5020.00$4800.0046.8%13.4%53.2%23.4%45.9%-20.9%1.5%354.0K-2.6M-26.3K0.6915.77N/AN/A215320
2010-02-19$4988.00$4800.0041.3%11.8%51.6%17.1%43.7%-5.3%2.1%264.4K-2.0M-24.9K1.6225.43N/AN/A125220
2010-02-22$5120.00$5200.0042.2%12.1%49.9%18.2%43.4%-7.6%4.8%130.9K-2.2M-24.7K0.0414.90N/AN/A403015
2010-02-23$5276.00$5200.0043.5%12.5%50.9%19.6%46.2%-6.0%3.8%186.1K-4.3M-26.9K0.1318.59N/AN/A413215
2010-02-24$5224.00$5200.0043.1%12.3%50.8%19.1%44.7%-10.8%2.9%209.9K-4.2M-28.1K0.6613.17N/AN/A213515
2010-02-25$5236.00$5200.0041.0%11.8%50.7%16.8%47.0%-10.6%3.5%223.6K-4.5M-30.1K0.2716.20N/AN/A413616
2010-02-26$5224.00$5200.0041.1%11.8%50.0%16.8%42.8%-7.0%2.0%248.2K-4.1M-31.8K0.1715.34N/AN/A103916