DUG Options History — December 2011

In December 2011, DUG traded between $2009.60 and $2341.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.1%, placing in the 31.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.8% (HV 20d: 67.9%). Max pain ranged from $2240.00 to $2400.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.38.

Notable Days

  • 2011-12-14: Highest Volume — 20 contracts
  • 2011-12-09: Largest IV drop — 12.2% change
  • 2011-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 46.3%
  • 2011-12-14: Largest Expected Move — 19.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$2118.55$2009.60$2341.60$2063.20$2050.40
Max Pain$2354.29$2240.00$2400.00$2240.00$2240.00
ATM IV59.1%45.8%73.5%65.1%49.4%
Expected Move16.4%13.1%19.3%18.7%14.2%
HV 20d67.9%54.9%74.2%71.5%54.9%
HV 60d74.4%68.0%78.2%77.2%68.0%
IV Rank31.5%17.6%46.3%37.7%21.4%
IV Percentile65.1%47.6%84.5%70.2%56.0%
Term Structure4.6%-4.0%15.8%-1.6%6.0%
VWIV59.6%47.4%70.5%65.2%51.9%
Skew 25d-15.1%-21.3%-11.2%-13.9%-13.5%
Skew 10d-29.8%-46.0%-17.3%-17.3%-26.4%
Call IV 25d67.3%53.1%78.3%73.4%57.6%
Put IV 25d52.2%42.0%60.7%59.6%44.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %48.5821.5071.6763.0421.50
Gamma HHI0.110.070.250.080.12
Net GEX70.0K29.3K170.9K68.1K50.3K
Net DEX649.7K-4.6M2.9M1.4M2.2M
Net VEX-20.9K-26.4K-14.2K-26.2K-15.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.380.081.220.340.41
Total Volume6.38122032
Total OI131.71499158142115

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-12-01$2063.20$2240.0065.1%18.7%71.5%37.7%65.2%-13.9%-1.6%68.1K1.4M-26.2K0.3463.04N/AN/A218953
2011-12-02$2067.20$2240.0063.0%18.0%69.5%35.4%67.0%-16.9%0.6%70.4K1.4M-26.4K0.1552.55N/AN/A419054
2011-12-05$2016.00$2400.0063.9%18.1%70.1%36.4%70.5%-21.3%1.2%59.7K2.2M-23.7K0.6050.51N/AN/A959155
2011-12-06$2009.60$2400.0064.7%17.5%70.0%37.2%65.6%-16.5%3.6%60.0K2.3M-22.6K0.7939.93N/AN/A329053
2011-12-07$2033.60$2400.0065.3%17.0%69.3%37.8%64.0%-17.1%5.5%61.0K1.9M-23.2K0.1937.33N/AN/A519155
2011-12-08$2147.20$2400.0072.5%18.2%66.1%45.3%62.4%-16.7%6.5%99.7K-465.2K-26.1K0.2750.75N/AN/A419355
2011-12-09$2052.00$2400.0063.6%17.7%66.9%36.1%61.3%-17.3%4.6%69.4K1.7M-22.5K0.7757.37N/AN/A219455
2011-12-12$2144.80$2400.0069.3%17.9%67.4%42.0%63.2%-18.4%5.9%104.8K-247.1K-23.6K0.4045.87N/AN/A629455
2011-12-13$2176.00$2400.0067.0%18.1%67.1%39.6%64.9%-17.1%-4.0%114.0K-385.0K-22.6K0.3352.03N/AN/A629657
2011-12-14$2302.40$2400.0073.5%19.3%69.8%46.3%67.5%-17.7%2.2%166.5K-4.6M-25.3K0.1542.19N/AN/A1739758
2011-12-15$2318.40$2400.0065.3%18.7%69.4%37.8%66.5%-16.4%-1.0%170.9K-4.5M-25.0K0.4639.52N/AN/A739959
2011-12-16$2269.60$2400.0058.7%16.8%68.5%31.0%62.1%-13.8%15.8%42.7K-2.6M-22.0K0.0837.58N/AN/A619959
2011-12-19$2341.60$2400.0057.6%16.5%69.3%29.8%60.1%-15.5%4.3%54.2K-1.2M-21.6K0.2235.91N/AN/A416039
2011-12-20$2155.20$2400.0054.1%15.5%74.2%26.3%55.2%-13.1%3.8%44.9K1.0M-18.0K0.2257.81N/AN/A516239
2011-12-21$2108.00$2320.0048.7%14.0%74.1%20.7%53.2%-13.1%12.2%47.0K1.3M-17.2K1.2267.27N/AN/A346540
2011-12-22$2055.20$2320.0048.0%13.8%70.6%20.0%49.2%-11.3%6.0%29.3K2.5M-15.7K0.2958.65N/AN/A216543
2011-12-23$2027.20$2320.0045.8%13.1%70.0%17.6%47.4%-11.2%6.0%30.9K2.8M-15.8K0.5169.26N/AN/A116644
2011-12-27$2016.00$2320.0048.1%13.8%65.9%20.0%49.3%-11.4%4.9%32.9K2.9M-14.2K0.1871.67N/AN/A416644
2011-12-28$2091.20$2320.0049.1%14.1%67.2%21.2%51.2%-13.0%7.0%47.2K1.7M-16.4K0.1547.71N/AN/A516944
2011-12-29$2044.80$2320.0049.3%14.1%54.9%21.4%53.5%-12.7%6.5%45.9K2.3M-15.8K0.1521.70N/AN/A316945
2011-12-30$2050.40$2240.0049.4%14.2%54.9%21.4%51.9%-13.5%6.0%50.3K2.2M-15.3K0.4121.50N/AN/A117045