DUG Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, DUG traded between $1808.00 and $2116.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.1%, placing in the 14.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.0% (HV 20d: 51.1%). Max pain ranged from $2080.00 to $2240.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-23: Highest Volume — 21 contracts
  • 2012-07-09: Largest IV spike — 15.4% change
  • 2012-07-24: Highest IV Rank — 19.7%
  • 2012-07-24: Largest Expected Move — 13.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1961.03$1808.00$2116.00$2032.00$1851.20
Max Pain$2140.95$2080.00$2240.00$2080.00$2080.00
ATM IV41.1%36.5%45.9%38.1%44.5%
Expected Move12.0%10.7%13.2%10.9%12.8%
HV 20d51.1%40.1%58.1%56.5%41.4%
HV 60d46.4%45.5%47.8%46.1%46.6%
IV Rank14.7%10.1%19.7%11.7%18.2%
IV Percentile27.9%14.3%42.5%18.7%40.5%
Term Structure3.1%0.1%8.0%3.6%0.5%
VWIV41.6%34.4%49.8%37.1%49.0%
Skew 25d-9.5%-13.8%-6.0%-6.0%-8.6%
Skew 10d-22.2%-32.8%-12.5%-24.4%-15.7%
Call IV 25d47.0%40.5%53.8%43.4%50.7%
Put IV 25d37.6%31.9%42.5%37.4%42.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %56.7520.4485.0232.1452.20
Gamma HHI0.170.140.220.140.16
Net GEX52.9K13.7K89.7K28.3K48.7K
Net DEX1.8M-1.2M4.8M1.0M1.9M
Net VEX-17.2K-21.9K-11.0K-19.9K-18.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.007.880.130.53
Total Volume5.23812111
Total OI123.1436414813096

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$2032.00$2080.0038.1%10.9%56.5%11.7%37.1%-6.0%3.6%28.3K1.0M-19.9K0.1332.14N/AN/A108347
2012-07-03$1938.40$2080.0037.2%10.7%58.1%10.8%38.6%-8.6%4.4%13.7K2.8M-16.6K0.1320.44N/AN/A518447
2012-07-05$1989.60$2080.0037.6%10.8%55.5%11.2%34.4%-9.8%4.2%25.9K2.1M-16.9K0.2285.02N/AN/A418548
2012-07-06$2034.40$2240.0036.5%12.1%56.4%10.1%40.8%-10.8%3.6%33.6K1.1M-18.4K0.1049.66N/AN/A618648
2012-07-09$2052.80$2240.0042.1%12.8%56.5%15.8%49.0%-10.1%1.7%35.5K642.8K-18.2K0.3860.01N/AN/A1258748
2012-07-10$2116.00$2240.0042.3%13.2%57.0%16.0%41.2%-12.2%0.1%87.0K-1.2M-21.9K0.1769.01N/AN/A209450
2012-07-11$2060.00$2160.0041.7%13.0%56.9%15.4%42.0%-9.8%2.7%69.5K479.4K-20.2K0.2561.62N/AN/A109550
2012-07-12$2073.60$2160.0045.8%13.1%56.2%19.5%42.6%-9.9%1.5%65.5K12.5K-20.3K0.0053.92N/AN/A309550
2012-07-13$2003.20$2160.0041.5%11.9%56.2%15.1%41.4%-7.9%6.3%63.3K2.1M-17.3K0.0360.98N/AN/A309650
2012-07-16$1988.00$2160.0043.0%12.3%54.9%16.7%39.5%-8.6%2.7%80.1K2.5M-15.9K0.8049.56N/AN/A119850
2012-07-17$1941.60$2160.0041.1%11.8%54.8%14.8%42.5%-13.8%8.0%89.7K4.0M-14.0K0.0983.48N/AN/A209850
2012-07-18$1907.20$2160.0039.4%11.3%54.2%13.0%40.9%-10.0%4.0%48.9K4.8M-12.0K0.2143.15N/AN/A319850
2012-07-19$1893.60$2160.0039.9%11.4%54.0%13.6%39.0%-8.6%2.9%53.3K4.4M-11.2K0.2739.86N/AN/A219747
2012-07-20$1890.40$2160.0038.2%10.9%43.4%11.8%39.5%-8.8%5.1%59.9K4.5M-11.0K7.8862.51N/AN/A1109847
2012-07-23$1932.80$2160.0040.9%11.7%44.7%14.5%44.1%-9.6%1.5%28.1K926.6K-13.9K0.1156.22N/AN/A1923925
2012-07-24$1985.60$2160.0045.9%13.2%42.9%19.7%49.8%-11.1%1.1%77.2K-871.2K-20.7K0.8467.03N/AN/A445527
2012-07-25$1986.40$2080.0044.9%12.9%42.7%18.6%43.2%-10.1%2.2%73.6K-547.1K-21.8K4.9658.52N/AN/A135731
2012-07-26$1881.60$2080.0041.0%11.8%44.3%14.7%39.5%-10.0%3.6%45.8K1.5M-19.3K0.2043.63N/AN/A315834
2012-07-27$1815.20$2080.0039.2%11.2%45.5%12.8%40.6%-7.1%2.2%41.1K2.3M-17.1K0.3067.93N/AN/A215934
2012-07-30$1808.00$2080.0041.4%11.9%40.1%15.1%38.1%-7.2%2.8%42.9K2.5M-16.4K0.1474.80N/AN/A206035
2012-07-31$1851.20$2080.0044.5%12.8%41.4%18.2%49.0%-8.6%0.5%48.7K1.9M-18.1K0.5352.20N/AN/A106135