DUG Options History — August 2011

In August 2011, DUG traded between $2183.20 and $3100.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 77.7%, placing in the 63.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 14.5% (HV 20d: 92.2%). Max pain ranged from $2160.00 to $2640.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2011-08-05: Highest Volume — 39 contracts
  • 2011-08-08: Largest IV spike — 59.2% change
  • 2011-08-04: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2011-08-08: Largest Expected Move — 27.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2657.43$2183.20$3100.00$2183.20$2482.40
Max Pain$2448.70$2160.00$2640.00$2320.00$2640.00
ATM IV77.7%52.5%125.4%52.9%65.6%
Expected Move21.4%15.1%27.1%15.2%18.8%
HV 20d92.2%38.8%117.4%38.8%116.5%
HV 60d64.0%41.1%75.4%41.1%75.0%
IV Rank63.3%35.6%100.0%87.6%38.1%
IV Percentile97.5%92.9%100.0%97.2%93.3%
Term Structure-2.6%-10.5%3.7%-1.5%0.1%
VWIV76.8%54.2%94.0%55.1%70.5%
Skew 25d-18.4%-28.8%-5.3%-11.4%-15.3%
Skew 10d-30.1%-53.4%3.0%-19.0%3.0%
Call IV 25d88.2%57.9%106.6%61.2%77.3%
Put IV 25d69.8%49.8%87.3%49.8%62.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %51.7318.0782.3522.5282.35
Gamma HHI0.080.070.230.080.08
Net GEX131.3K10.1K305.2K10.1K90.6K
Net DEX-11.1M-23.8M-119.0K-119.0K-3.5M
Net VEX-50.3K-56.4K-45.4K-45.4K-49.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.221.170.580.30
Total Volume13.13439118
Total OI183.739137219159185

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-08-01$2183.20$2320.0052.9%15.2%38.8%87.6%55.1%-11.4%-1.5%10.1K-119.0K-45.4K0.5822.52N/AN/A748970
2011-08-02$2297.60$2320.0054.4%15.6%42.7%93.1%54.2%-5.3%-1.6%60.7K-2.7M-46.8K0.3221.48N/AN/A939270
2011-08-03$2321.60$2320.0052.5%15.1%42.8%86.3%54.3%-12.1%-0.2%106.5K-4.2M-48.2K0.6818.07N/AN/A859670
2011-08-04$2640.00$2320.0074.4%21.3%60.4%100.0%73.5%-7.1%-5.2%159.0K-12.5M-49.8K0.2331.78N/AN/A16410071
2011-08-05$2659.20$2160.0078.8%20.7%60.5%100.0%71.8%-24.2%-5.8%166.0K-13.9M-52.7K0.5029.01N/AN/A261310472
2011-08-08$3100.00$2400.00125.4%27.1%78.5%100.0%94.0%-14.7%-10.5%174.8K-23.8M-53.2K0.7340.32N/AN/A131011580
2011-08-09$2808.80$2400.0094.9%24.5%88.4%68.5%84.7%-18.9%-3.5%167.9K-20.0M-53.9K0.7774.90N/AN/A12911784
2011-08-10$3009.60$2400.00111.9%25.5%90.2%86.0%91.7%-15.9%-4.2%158.0K-22.9M-51.5K0.2963.55N/AN/A8312290
2011-08-11$2704.80$2400.0082.4%23.6%100.0%55.5%82.0%-28.8%-0.3%136.2K-14.1M-56.4K0.9773.51N/AN/A5512092
2011-08-12$2660.00$2480.0073.5%21.1%97.4%46.4%74.0%-23.3%-5.5%139.8K-12.2M-55.2K1.1552.32N/AN/A3312191
2011-08-15$2477.60$2480.0065.3%18.7%101.6%37.9%77.6%-18.4%2.7%98.6K-6.1M-50.0K0.2553.14N/AN/A7212094
2011-08-16$2561.60$2400.0068.5%19.7%100.8%41.2%70.3%-18.5%-3.8%110.4K-8.6M-52.0K0.2252.32N/AN/A10212493
2011-08-17$2536.80$2400.0069.8%20.0%101.0%42.5%64.6%-16.3%-1.6%113.5K-7.9M-48.4K1.1750.54N/AN/A2212792
2011-08-18$2825.60$2400.0089.0%25.5%105.3%62.3%87.2%-22.5%-6.9%218.4K-18.2M-49.5K0.3654.10N/AN/A7312689
2011-08-19$2939.20$2480.0089.3%25.6%105.0%62.7%90.2%-23.6%-5.0%305.2K-22.0M-47.2K0.3047.76N/AN/A14412890
2011-08-22$2976.00$2480.0089.4%25.6%104.9%62.8%88.9%-20.1%-4.7%115.4K-13.3M-45.7K0.2650.51N/AN/A728156
2011-08-23$2705.60$2480.0077.2%22.1%112.5%50.1%81.7%-28.1%1.9%109.4K-9.9M-47.7K0.6155.61N/AN/A748457
2011-08-24$2683.20$2560.0077.0%22.1%112.5%50.0%86.8%-22.5%-0.5%112.9K-9.2M-49.6K0.8351.44N/AN/A548959
2011-08-25$2804.80$2560.0082.4%23.6%113.0%55.6%81.8%-17.0%-1.2%124.9K-10.7M-51.7K0.3259.72N/AN/A729263
2011-08-26$2695.20$2640.0082.2%23.6%114.6%55.4%88.6%-21.9%-5.8%141.3K-10.0M-52.4K0.5260.32N/AN/A1269765
2011-08-29$2535.20$2640.0066.3%19.0%117.4%38.9%72.6%-16.3%0.7%106.7K-5.2M-50.6K0.5768.69N/AN/A4210469
2011-08-30$2512.80$2640.0063.1%18.1%116.4%35.6%70.3%-20.3%3.7%94.5K-4.7M-49.3K0.2675.90N/AN/A10310571
2011-08-31$2482.40$2640.0065.6%18.8%116.5%38.1%70.5%-15.3%0.1%90.6K-3.5M-49.2K0.3082.35N/AN/A6211372