DAVE Options History — March 2010

In March 2010, DAVE traded between $213.44 and $263.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.2%, placing in the 6.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 41.9%). Max pain ranged from $240.00 to $240.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.05.

Notable Days

  • 2010-03-29: Highest Volume — 8 contracts
  • 2010-03-05: Largest IV drop — 32.9% change
  • 2010-03-03: Highest IV Rank — 13.2%
  • 2010-03-03: Largest Expected Move — 15.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$231.93$213.44$263.04$218.24$257.60
Max Pain$240.00$240.00$240.00$240.00$240.00
ATM IV43.2%34.5%53.9%38.7%35.5%
Expected Move12.7%9.9%15.4%11.1%10.2%
HV 20d41.9%26.7%61.8%26.7%60.9%
HV 60d34.6%30.4%42.9%30.4%42.7%
IV Rank6.6%1.2%13.2%3.8%1.9%
IV Percentile13.0%0.4%27.8%7.5%1.2%
Term Structure3.4%-6.4%20.2%9.5%12.0%
VWIV45.1%37.4%52.8%52.8%37.4%
Skew 25d7.1%3.2%22.1%6.8%3.6%
Skew 10d19.3%6.3%57.3%16.3%7.4%
Call IV 25d42.4%33.3%45.0%44.5%37.9%
Put IV 25d49.5%41.5%55.5%51.3%41.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %41.9725.9983.7756.6358.86
Gamma HHI0.910.540.980.960.54
Net GEX2.8K1.9K3.4K2.5K2.1K
Net DEX-89.6K-160.5K-60.9K-72.9K-104.7K
Net VEX-525-1.1K-425-437-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.050.007.340.000.00
Total Volume0.5650802
Total OI11.08710201020

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-03-01$218.24$0.0038.7%11.1%26.7%3.8%0.0%6.8%9.5%2.5K-72.9K-4370.0056.63N/AN/A0091
2010-03-02$228.80$0.0049.7%14.3%30.7%10.7%0.0%6.2%-0.8%2.7K-92.3K-4720.0043.54N/AN/A0091
2010-03-03$229.44$0.0053.9%15.4%30.5%13.2%0.0%5.9%-6.4%2.7K-92.7K-4710.0026.72N/AN/A0091
2010-03-04$228.80$0.0053.2%15.2%30.6%12.8%0.0%4.9%20.2%2.8K-82.0K-4490.0058.83N/AN/A0091
2010-03-05$222.08$240.0035.7%12.4%32.8%2.0%0.0%6.4%2.5%2.6K-75.2K-4690.0026.22N/AN/A0091
2010-03-08$221.76$240.0039.7%13.9%32.1%4.5%0.0%6.0%-1.4%2.6K-76.6K-4670.0030.09N/AN/A0091
2010-03-09$223.68$240.0039.8%13.7%32.1%4.5%0.0%7.1%-0.9%2.7K-77.2K-4630.0030.75N/AN/A0091
2010-03-10$223.68$240.0041.8%12.7%31.7%5.7%0.0%6.1%2.5%2.7K-75.8K-4600.0025.99N/AN/A0091
2010-03-11$213.44$240.0044.8%12.9%36.4%7.6%52.8%6.8%-6.3%2.5K-60.9K-4250.0034.17N/AN/A0091
2010-03-12$217.60$240.0043.0%12.3%36.9%6.5%0.0%7.2%-1.3%2.6K-65.4K-4390.0045.26N/AN/A0091
2010-03-15$224.32$240.0046.5%13.3%38.2%8.6%0.0%7.2%0.4%2.7K-75.8K-4800.0037.87N/AN/A0091
2010-03-16$242.24$240.0047.7%13.7%46.0%9.4%0.0%5.2%-0.4%3.0K-108.9K-5120.0026.06N/AN/A0091
2010-03-17$234.24$240.0048.8%14.0%47.2%10.1%0.0%7.3%-0.4%2.8K-95.8K-5010.0027.46N/AN/A0091
2010-03-18$230.40$240.0046.3%13.3%47.5%8.5%0.0%5.0%-0.2%2.9K-83.9K-4860.0032.89N/AN/A0091
2010-03-19$238.72$240.0038.3%11.0%46.0%3.6%0.0%9.1%10.1%2.8K-98.1K-4970.0083.77N/AN/A1091
2010-03-22$231.68$240.0044.8%12.8%47.2%7.6%0.0%3.2%2.0%3.1K-85.9K-4920.0039.56N/AN/A00101
2010-03-23$229.44$240.0045.8%13.1%47.2%8.2%0.0%5.5%1.6%3.1K-88.0K-4970.0039.94N/AN/A00101
2010-03-24$230.40$240.0045.5%13.0%46.8%8.0%0.0%3.2%2.3%3.1K-89.0K-4940.0038.42N/AN/A00101
2010-03-25$232.96$240.0042.2%12.1%46.8%6.0%0.0%7.6%4.2%3.2K-96.4K-4960.0041.28N/AN/A00101
2010-03-26$233.60$240.0040.9%11.7%46.7%5.2%0.0%5.0%5.7%3.2K-95.0K-4990.0038.61N/AN/A00101
2010-03-29$263.04$240.0034.5%9.9%61.8%1.2%0.0%22.1%14.2%3.4K-160.5K-4817.3464.26N/AN/A17101
2010-03-30$258.24$240.0036.2%10.4%60.8%2.3%37.4%14.7%10.2%1.9K-107.1K-1.0K0.0058.02N/AN/A20118
2010-03-31$257.60$240.0035.5%10.2%60.9%1.9%0.0%3.6%12.0%2.1K-104.7K-1.1K0.0058.86N/AN/A02128