DUG Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, DUG traded between $2210.40 and $2536.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.2%, placing in the 27.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 35.0%). Max pain ranged from $2320.00 to $2800.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.55.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-23: Highest Volume — 22 contracts
  • 2011-02-22: Largest IV spike — 39.0% change
  • 2011-02-22: Highest IV Rank — 44.5%
  • 2011-02-22: Largest Expected Move — 14.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2393.77$2210.40$2536.00$2486.40$2210.40
Max Pain$2505.26$2320.00$2800.00$2800.00$2320.00
ATM IV39.2%34.9%49.0%37.7%41.1%
Expected Move11.5%10.1%14.0%10.8%11.8%
HV 20d35.0%33.0%37.3%34.3%36.8%
HV 60d30.0%28.0%31.0%30.9%28.0%
IV Rank27.5%20.0%44.5%24.9%30.8%
IV Percentile32.7%11.1%73.0%24.2%46.4%
Term Structure3.8%-2.2%21.6%1.1%2.9%
VWIV40.9%36.3%48.7%38.5%43.7%
Skew 25d-7.9%-10.3%-4.8%-6.3%-8.2%
Skew 10d-18.7%-28.3%-12.2%-26.9%-13.0%
Call IV 25d45.2%39.9%54.3%42.0%46.6%
Put IV 25d37.3%34.0%45.3%35.6%38.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %83.8867.9897.8577.6997.73
Gamma HHI0.110.040.400.040.10
Net GEX134.1K-146.3K361.6K151.5K111.0K
Net DEX2.3M-365.0K6.3M96.4K2.2M
Net VEX-34.3K-49.6K-22.4K-49.6K-33.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.550.061.500.401.18
Total Volume12522913
Total OI208.474173247173234

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$2486.40$2800.0037.7%10.8%34.3%24.9%38.5%-6.3%1.1%151.5K96.4K-49.6K0.4077.69N/AN/A6314429
2011-02-02$2480.00$2720.0037.9%10.9%33.5%25.3%39.4%-4.8%2.3%156.9K1.3M-40.5K0.5178.69N/AN/A4214930
2011-02-03$2478.40$2720.0036.7%10.5%33.6%23.1%38.0%-4.9%3.4%166.0K1.4M-39.5K0.3588.42N/AN/A4115132
2011-02-04$2494.40$2640.0035.6%11.1%33.0%21.3%40.3%-8.6%3.5%186.2K1.1M-40.8K0.3867.98N/AN/A5215332
2011-02-07$2459.20$2640.0035.4%10.9%33.0%21.0%41.5%-8.3%2.5%150.4K2.4M-32.9K0.1372.97N/AN/A8115532
2011-02-08$2476.00$2560.0034.9%11.1%33.1%20.0%42.5%-9.4%0.6%182.2K1.6M-37.0K0.1576.62N/AN/A18315833
2011-02-09$2536.00$2560.0036.4%11.7%34.2%22.7%40.8%-9.8%0.5%361.6K-365.0K-43.9K0.1076.47N/AN/A8117333
2011-02-10$2487.20$2480.0039.0%11.2%33.8%27.1%38.2%-9.9%1.5%296.4K1.5M-34.3K0.7378.51N/AN/A3217633
2011-02-11$2485.60$2480.0038.2%11.0%33.6%25.8%38.2%-7.1%1.1%274.3K1.6M-35.7K0.5280.26N/AN/A5317935
2011-02-14$2376.80$2480.0037.9%10.9%35.8%25.2%41.1%-8.6%5.5%118.7K3.7M-27.6K1.5083.02N/AN/A71118236
2011-02-15$2424.80$2480.0037.7%10.8%36.9%24.9%38.5%-6.7%1.3%133.6K4.0M-28.2K0.9586.03N/AN/A7718743
2011-02-16$2364.00$2480.0038.6%11.1%35.9%26.4%37.5%-10.3%3.8%54.5K5.0M-30.5K1.1286.70N/AN/A4419147
2011-02-17$2314.40$2480.0036.5%10.5%35.2%22.9%38.4%-7.0%21.6%-63.8K4.7M-34.2K0.4192.88N/AN/A9419446
2011-02-18$2291.20$2400.0035.3%10.1%35.2%20.6%36.3%-5.4%17.2%-146.3K6.3M-22.4K0.6087.57N/AN/A6420047
2011-02-22$2328.80$2400.0049.0%14.0%36.4%44.5%45.3%-8.7%4.3%96.7K1.6M-28.9K0.4597.85N/AN/A14615931
2011-02-23$2242.40$2320.0048.4%13.9%37.2%43.5%48.7%-9.0%-2.2%89.8K2.4M-28.0K0.5788.69N/AN/A14816434
2011-02-24$2304.00$2320.0046.5%13.3%37.1%40.1%47.1%-9.6%-0.1%141.8K631.1K-36.6K0.3487.05N/AN/A14517439
2011-02-25$2241.60$2320.0042.4%12.1%37.3%33.0%43.0%-7.2%1.0%85.9K2.4M-28.5K0.0688.65N/AN/A11118343
2011-02-28$2210.40$2320.0041.1%11.8%36.8%30.8%43.7%-8.2%2.9%111.0K2.2M-33.0K1.1897.73N/AN/A6719143