DUG Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, DUG traded between $1672.80 and $1942.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.2%, placing in the 6.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.2% (HV 20d: 26.0%). Max pain ranged from $1680.00 to $1920.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.35.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-14: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2012-02-09: Largest IV spike — 17.9% change
  • 2012-02-10: Highest IV Rank — 15.6%
  • 2012-02-10: Largest Expected Move — 13.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1775.44$1672.80$1942.40$1942.40$1724.80
Max Pain$1812.00$1680.00$1920.00$1920.00$1680.00
ATM IV38.2%33.8%46.5%39.4%37.1%
Expected Move11.3%9.7%13.3%11.3%10.6%
HV 20d26.0%21.7%29.4%26.1%22.6%
HV 60d48.6%38.2%54.0%53.5%38.5%
IV Rank6.8%2.0%15.6%8.0%5.6%
IV Percentile15.8%2.4%46.0%18.3%11.5%
Term Structure3.8%2.0%6.8%4.0%4.2%
VWIV41.0%34.7%47.6%40.8%35.3%
Skew 25d-8.5%-11.0%-5.9%-6.5%-8.6%
Skew 10d-18.1%-29.1%33.8%33.8%-2.6%
Call IV 25d44.9%38.1%52.1%43.6%40.2%
Put IV 25d36.4%29.1%42.3%37.1%31.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %51.9922.86101.01101.0158.45
Gamma HHI0.170.120.310.200.18
Net GEX49.0K4.0K84.1K67.1K52.2K
Net DEX1.3M-680.4K2.9M-680.4K952.3K
Net VEX-12.3K-14.6K-9.3K-13.7K-11.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.350.011.180.580.38
Total Volume4.2521036
Total OI83.85681017481

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$1942.40$1920.0039.4%11.3%26.1%8.0%40.8%-6.5%4.0%67.1K-680.4K-13.7K0.58101.01N/AN/A214727
2012-02-02$1922.40$1920.0038.6%11.1%26.3%7.2%40.1%-8.9%4.5%74.6K-484.2K-14.3K0.7250.02N/AN/A224828
2012-02-03$1853.60$1920.0034.0%11.4%28.9%2.2%39.5%-8.6%3.0%55.1K694.2K-13.4K0.6076.68N/AN/A435029
2012-02-06$1809.60$1920.0036.5%11.8%29.4%5.0%41.1%-8.0%2.7%50.1K1.2M-12.7K0.4253.95N/AN/A525230
2012-02-07$1789.60$1920.0035.5%11.6%29.4%3.9%42.6%-8.8%2.5%44.3K1.6M-13.1K0.1936.71N/AN/A315532
2012-02-08$1799.20$1840.0034.9%11.5%29.1%3.2%47.6%-8.9%2.4%58.7K1.4M-13.5K0.2554.67N/AN/A205632
2012-02-09$1800.00$1840.0041.1%11.8%27.0%9.9%43.4%-9.0%2.2%49.6K1.5M-13.0K0.1049.29N/AN/A205732
2012-02-10$1835.20$1840.0046.5%13.3%27.2%15.6%47.6%-9.8%2.0%84.1K666.3K-14.6K0.2448.76N/AN/A315832
2012-02-13$1804.00$1840.0043.8%12.6%27.1%12.8%44.2%-11.0%2.2%71.2K1.4M-13.1K0.3862.09N/AN/A116032
2012-02-14$1794.40$1840.0041.4%11.9%26.8%10.2%46.2%-9.3%6.6%65.0K1.5M-12.9K0.4761.78N/AN/A736033
2012-02-15$1799.20$1840.0042.9%12.3%24.8%11.8%43.1%-8.4%3.0%36.6K1.8M-13.0K0.2939.25N/AN/A216335
2012-02-16$1748.80$1760.0042.8%12.3%26.3%11.6%43.4%-10.2%3.6%66.9K2.5M-11.9K0.2168.50N/AN/A216535
2012-02-17$1733.60$1760.0038.8%11.1%26.3%7.4%40.0%-8.4%4.6%61.0K2.9M-11.4K0.4024.32N/AN/A426635
2012-02-21$1715.20$1760.0034.1%9.8%26.1%2.4%37.4%-8.0%6.8%18.2K1.4M-10.9K0.2423.73N/AN/A514226
2012-02-22$1706.40$1760.0035.3%10.1%25.9%3.7%36.2%-7.0%5.7%24.1K1.4M-11.0K1.1858.01N/AN/A224427
2012-02-23$1685.60$1760.0033.8%9.7%25.1%2.0%37.3%-8.9%4.5%4.0K2.0M-9.7K0.0161.87N/AN/A204529
2012-02-24$1672.80$1760.0036.5%10.5%22.1%4.9%37.2%-10.3%2.3%20.4K1.7M-10.8K0.1822.86N/AN/A514629
2012-02-27$1682.40$1680.0037.8%10.8%22.1%6.4%42.0%-6.0%3.0%36.7K1.5M-11.3K0.0364.41N/AN/A205029
2012-02-28$1689.60$1680.0034.1%9.8%21.7%2.4%34.7%-5.9%5.4%39.5K1.8M-9.3K0.0823.47N/AN/A205129
2012-02-29$1724.80$1680.0037.1%10.6%22.6%5.6%35.3%-8.6%4.2%52.2K952.3K-11.5K0.3858.45N/AN/A425229