DAVE Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, DAVE traded between $283.20 and $331.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.3%, placing in the 22.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 20.1% (HV 20d: 68.4%). Max pain ranged from $320.00 to $400.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-19: Highest Volume — 3 contracts
  • 2008-03-18: Largest IV spike — 39.5% change
  • 2008-03-18: Highest IV Rank — 27.9%
  • 2008-03-18: Largest Expected Move — 15.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$307.47$283.20$331.84$326.08$305.28
Max Pain$384.00$320.00$400.00$320.00$400.00
ATM IV48.3%39.4%54.9%46.5%53.8%
Expected Move13.9%11.3%15.8%13.3%15.4%
HV 20d68.4%60.2%74.9%66.2%60.2%
HV 60d69.3%65.2%72.0%69.6%65.2%
IV Rank22.5%16.8%27.9%17.4%27.1%
IV Percentile83.7%62.3%92.9%82.5%90.9%
Term Structure-0.6%-7.6%4.4%2.0%-1.7%
VWIV47.9%45.9%49.8%45.9%49.8%
Skew 25d5.4%-2.7%14.0%7.1%2.9%
Skew 10d7.6%-7.8%29.3%17.3%3.7%
Call IV 25d52.8%42.5%57.8%47.3%55.9%
Put IV 25d58.2%43.8%68.2%54.4%58.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.5463.86107.32104.6368.65
Gamma HHI0.530.420.660.440.57
Net GEX2.0K1.5K2.7K2.0K2.6K
Net DEX68.6K33.7K108.0K33.7K74.7K
Net VEX-409-557-199-557-434
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.001.110.001.11
Total Volume0.20300
Total OI18.7518201819

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$326.08$320.0046.5%13.3%66.2%17.4%0.0%7.1%2.0%2.0K33.7K-5570.00104.63N/AN/A00135
2008-03-04$320.64$320.0045.5%13.1%62.5%16.9%0.0%8.2%0.4%1.9K42.7K-5030.00103.58N/AN/A00135
2008-03-05$323.20$320.0048.7%14.0%62.3%18.7%0.0%13.8%-2.0%1.9K44.6K-5090.00104.01N/AN/A00135
2008-03-06$314.56$320.0046.8%13.4%60.5%22.1%0.0%6.9%2.5%1.7K50.1K-4700.00105.40N/AN/A00135
2008-03-07$331.84$400.0042.2%14.5%63.7%18.8%0.0%10.1%-2.5%1.7K38.9K-5160.0096.58N/AN/A00135
2008-03-10$300.80$400.0046.8%14.3%71.0%22.1%0.0%2.3%-2.0%1.5K87.5K-3420.0097.08N/AN/A10135
2008-03-11$307.52$400.0053.9%14.2%71.7%27.1%0.0%2.5%-2.2%1.8K70.0K-3740.00100.46N/AN/A00145
2008-03-12$301.44$400.0045.2%12.3%70.5%20.9%0.0%-2.0%0.6%1.8K64.4K-3790.00103.35N/AN/A00145
2008-03-13$310.40$400.0049.5%14.2%71.6%24.0%0.0%4.0%-1.3%1.7K64.8K-3720.00100.19N/AN/A00145
2008-03-14$293.76$400.0050.0%14.3%69.9%24.3%0.0%1.3%-2.7%1.7K83.5K-3090.00101.94N/AN/A00145
2008-03-17$283.84$400.0039.4%11.3%70.5%16.8%0.0%7.1%4.4%1.9K108.0K-1990.00107.32N/AN/A00145
2008-03-18$291.52$400.0054.9%15.8%71.6%27.9%0.0%-0.3%-7.6%1.7K86.5K-2820.00102.12N/AN/A00145
2008-03-19$283.20$400.0048.0%13.8%72.0%22.9%0.0%-2.7%-5.8%2.0K95.6K-2480.00103.99N/AN/A03145
2008-03-20$293.76$400.0042.4%12.2%73.3%19.0%0.0%1.8%1.1%1.9K92.0K-3980.00105.91N/AN/A00146
2008-03-24$309.44$400.0051.0%14.6%73.5%25.1%0.0%6.5%-0.1%2.3K72.3K-4430.0067.14N/AN/A00136
2008-03-25$321.60$400.0052.5%15.1%74.5%26.2%0.0%8.0%-0.0%2.5K53.4K-4950.0063.86N/AN/A00136
2008-03-26$313.28$400.0051.1%14.7%74.9%25.2%45.9%7.5%0.6%2.5K59.7K-4640.5064.40N/AN/A00136
2008-03-27$310.08$400.0047.6%13.6%67.4%22.6%49.8%14.0%3.2%2.7K72.8K-4371.1175.12N/AN/A00136
2008-03-28$307.20$400.0050.1%14.4%60.4%24.4%0.0%8.5%1.9%2.6K77.0K-4440.0075.14N/AN/A00136
2008-03-31$305.28$400.0053.8%15.4%60.2%27.1%0.0%2.9%-1.7%2.6K74.7K-4340.0068.65N/AN/A00136