DUG Options History — May 2010

In May 2010, DUG traded between $4348.00 and $5802.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.8%, placing in the 77.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.4% (HV 20d: 56.4%). Max pain ranged from $4320.00 to $5040.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.79.

Notable Days

  • 2010-05-06: Highest Volume — 33 contracts
  • 2010-05-27: Largest IV drop — 17.5% change
  • 2010-05-07: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2010-05-20: Largest Expected Move — 23.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5153.44$4348.00$5802.40$4348.00$5526.40
Max Pain$4680.00$4320.00$5040.00$4400.00$5040.00
ATM IV63.8%50.6%80.9%50.6%59.0%
Expected Move18.2%14.5%23.2%14.5%16.9%
HV 20d56.4%38.7%70.3%38.7%70.3%
HV 60d42.2%35.1%50.1%37.4%50.1%
IV Rank77.8%56.0%100.0%56.0%61.8%
IV Percentile84.7%47.6%100.0%47.6%83.7%
Term Structure-0.9%-4.5%5.5%-2.0%0.7%
VWIV65.4%48.6%84.0%48.6%60.6%
Skew 25d-16.1%-30.3%1.4%-10.3%-17.3%
Skew 10d-27.1%-39.4%3.5%-22.5%-32.7%
Call IV 25d75.3%57.5%98.2%57.5%71.7%
Put IV 25d59.2%47.2%71.4%47.2%54.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %47.8531.2069.5347.9459.36
Gamma HHI0.080.050.380.150.05
Net GEX193.3K-72.2K770.0K-72.2K168.5K
Net DEX-15.1M-34.7M404.2K404.2K-15.8M
Net VEX-52.1K-63.7K-30.5K-30.5K-63.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.790.122.430.901.13
Total Volume14.64332311
Total OI127.856118461127

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-05-03$4348.00$4400.0050.6%14.5%38.7%56.0%48.6%-10.3%-2.0%-72.2K404.2K-30.5K0.9047.94N/AN/A12113031
2010-05-04$4566.40$4320.0054.4%15.6%41.1%63.7%56.1%-11.9%0.1%86.7K-5.2M-35.4K0.4137.64N/AN/A523933
2010-05-05$4704.00$4320.0058.8%16.9%42.5%72.9%57.3%-16.2%-1.6%130.1K-7.4M-36.3K2.1346.40N/AN/A8174232
2010-05-06$5048.80$4320.0063.4%18.2%48.8%82.2%65.8%1.4%-2.6%148.7K-13.2M-38.3K0.8969.53N/AN/A17164741
2010-05-07$5220.80$4480.0072.1%19.9%49.6%100.0%70.1%-13.0%-1.0%130.5K-15.3M-48.0K0.6431.20N/AN/A1385755
2010-05-10$4819.20$4560.0064.9%18.0%57.7%85.3%63.6%-12.0%-2.2%111.5K-9.3M-52.9K2.4340.06N/AN/A8206559
2010-05-11$4858.40$4720.0056.6%16.0%57.7%68.3%57.1%-13.2%2.3%31.2K-8.4M-58.9K0.4733.70N/AN/A426876
2010-05-12$4729.60$4720.0054.0%15.1%58.7%62.8%55.0%-14.4%-0.9%34.1K-6.2M-57.3K0.3141.66N/AN/A416977
2010-05-13$4805.60$4720.0052.8%15.1%58.2%60.3%56.3%-12.5%-1.2%93.2K-7.8M-56.8K1.1039.82N/AN/A227278
2010-05-14$4980.00$4720.0059.7%17.1%58.7%74.6%59.7%-16.7%2.7%169.1K-13.2M-58.1K0.1240.81N/AN/A1227380
2010-05-17$5079.20$4720.0063.0%18.1%58.9%81.4%66.2%-16.2%0.2%344.1K-18.3M-55.8K0.4646.19N/AN/A1058181
2010-05-18$5160.00$4720.0065.3%18.7%56.2%86.0%67.7%-15.8%-4.5%368.1K-20.2M-57.2K0.3542.49N/AN/A738582
2010-05-19$5263.20$4720.0069.9%20.0%56.3%95.5%74.4%-16.5%-2.1%347.4K-23.1M-60.0K0.2640.30N/AN/A928784
2010-05-20$5733.60$4800.0080.9%23.2%62.2%100.0%84.0%-23.6%-4.4%405.9K-34.7M-53.2K0.1249.09N/AN/A1629286
2010-05-21$5538.40$4800.0077.2%22.1%60.9%93.5%80.8%-30.3%-1.9%770.0K-31.6M-55.4K0.9852.60N/AN/A889787
2010-05-24$5795.20$4800.0072.8%20.9%61.8%86.0%74.8%-21.6%0.1%126.8K-18.3M-50.9K0.7756.52N/AN/A765445
2010-05-25$5780.80$4880.0075.0%21.5%60.4%89.7%80.2%-27.0%-4.0%110.6K-19.7M-55.7K0.5660.01N/AN/A745950
2010-05-26$5802.40$4880.0068.7%19.7%59.3%78.8%69.0%-17.3%-1.9%170.5K-20.5M-54.3K0.3461.52N/AN/A836450
2010-05-27$5308.80$4960.0056.7%16.3%69.6%57.9%60.0%-17.3%5.5%191.7K-13.3M-62.4K1.4160.23N/AN/A467052
2010-05-28$5526.40$5040.0059.0%16.9%70.3%61.8%60.6%-17.3%0.7%168.5K-15.8M-63.7K1.1359.36N/AN/A567156