DUG Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, DUG traded between $1516.00 and $1784.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.3%, placing in the 11.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.4% (HV 20d: 29.9%). Max pain ranged from $1680.00 to $1840.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-14: Highest Volume — 17 contracts
  • 2012-09-13: Largest IV spike — 14.0% change
  • 2012-09-05: Highest IV Rank — 19.0%
  • 2012-09-05: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1627.41$1516.00$1784.00$1772.80$1628.00
Max Pain$1776.84$1680.00$1840.00$1760.00$1680.00
ATM IV35.3%30.9%41.5%38.8%32.2%
Expected Move10.3%9.2%11.9%11.1%9.2%
HV 20d29.9%18.6%35.1%21.3%34.2%
HV 60d38.2%33.0%41.7%41.5%33.0%
IV Rank11.1%5.6%19.0%15.6%7.2%
IV Percentile15.4%2.8%40.1%29.0%4.0%
Term Structure3.9%1.8%7.8%5.3%2.7%
VWIV36.9%31.3%41.1%37.8%31.3%
Skew 25d-9.0%-17.9%-6.6%-9.0%-8.6%
Skew 10d-19.6%-29.5%-11.1%-19.9%-14.3%
Call IV 25d41.4%36.3%47.8%44.5%39.5%
Put IV 25d32.4%24.0%38.2%35.5%30.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %30.2314.3377.9333.2226.31
Gamma HHI0.220.150.490.170.16
Net GEX156.8K75.2K285.2K144.6K153.6K
Net DEX1.7M-1.0M3.9M-940.8K527.0K
Net VEX-12.4K-18.7K-7.9K-18.6K-13.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.053.910.330.05
Total Volume6.84221782
Total OI121.316104149109114

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$1772.80$1760.0038.8%11.1%21.3%15.6%37.8%-9.0%5.3%144.6K-940.8K-18.6K0.3333.22N/AN/A627732
2012-09-05$1784.00$1760.0041.5%11.9%18.6%19.0%40.8%-9.6%3.0%145.4K-1.0M-18.7K0.1329.40N/AN/A317833
2012-09-06$1709.60$1760.0035.7%10.2%24.2%11.7%37.2%-8.4%1.8%149.3K543.6K-16.0K0.3448.69N/AN/A628033
2012-09-07$1652.80$1840.0030.9%10.7%26.7%5.6%36.7%-10.8%5.6%139.0K1.8M-13.9K0.4018.32N/AN/A528134
2012-09-10$1671.20$1840.0034.4%10.6%27.1%9.9%38.4%-8.4%5.2%152.6K1.6M-13.4K0.4331.18N/AN/A318335
2012-09-11$1640.00$1840.0033.8%10.3%27.5%9.2%39.9%-9.7%5.1%138.4K2.1M-12.8K0.2020.02N/AN/A418336
2012-09-12$1625.60$1840.0032.4%10.1%27.5%7.5%38.6%-7.3%4.0%132.0K2.6M-11.2K0.3024.74N/AN/A318236
2012-09-13$1564.00$1840.0037.0%10.6%30.2%13.2%38.7%-17.9%3.8%102.1K3.6M-8.5K0.4355.82N/AN/A838436
2012-09-14$1516.00$1840.0036.3%10.4%31.1%12.3%41.1%-12.7%3.2%75.2K3.9M-7.9K0.2649.64N/AN/A1348637
2012-09-17$1543.20$1760.0035.6%10.2%32.1%11.5%38.1%-7.6%2.9%161.4K3.2M-9.3K1.0777.93N/AN/A559639
2012-09-18$1568.00$1760.0037.8%10.8%32.6%14.3%37.1%-8.3%3.3%206.1K2.4M-10.7K0.2330.96N/AN/A829941
2012-09-19$1599.20$1760.0037.0%10.6%33.5%13.3%36.8%-7.3%2.9%272.4K1.7M-11.5K0.5117.66N/AN/A4210342
2012-09-20$1584.80$1760.0036.5%10.5%33.5%12.7%37.8%-8.8%4.2%285.2K2.2M-11.0K3.9115.61N/AN/A2710443
2012-09-21$1577.60$1760.0033.4%9.6%32.2%8.8%34.1%-7.3%7.8%241.3K3.2M-11.4K0.8430.04N/AN/A2210346
2012-09-24$1591.20$1760.0032.8%9.4%32.4%7.9%33.4%-7.6%3.0%84.8K1.9M-10.7K0.1014.33N/AN/A307331
2012-09-25$1624.00$1760.0033.5%9.6%33.5%8.8%33.8%-8.1%5.1%113.0K1.3M-11.9K0.1514.66N/AN/A317531
2012-09-26$1656.00$1760.0038.1%10.9%34.5%14.6%36.6%-7.6%1.8%130.5K617.4K-13.3K0.1821.05N/AN/A927531
2012-09-27$1612.80$1680.0032.8%9.4%35.1%8.0%32.5%-6.6%2.9%152.3K767.5K-12.3K1.3314.87N/AN/A128231
2012-09-28$1628.00$1680.0032.2%9.2%34.2%7.2%31.3%-8.6%2.7%153.6K527.0K-13.2K0.0526.31N/AN/A208232