DAVE Options History — March 2011

In March 2011, DAVE traded between $296.32 and $328.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.4%, placing in the 22.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 35.3% (HV 20d: 28.0%). Max pain ranged from $240.00 to $320.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.32.

Notable Days

  • 2011-03-01: Highest Volume — 2 contracts
  • 2011-03-21: Largest IV spike — 222.2% change
  • 2011-03-21: Highest IV Rank — 73.3%
  • 2011-03-21: Largest Expected Move — 40.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$311.28$296.32$328.96$323.20$312.00
Max Pain$264.35$240.00$320.00$320.00$320.00
ATM IV63.4%39.5%140.3%104.7%109.8%
Expected Move15.5%11.4%40.2%30.0%12.7%
HV 20d28.0%22.7%35.5%35.0%22.7%
HV 60d29.0%27.6%31.8%31.0%27.6%
IV Rank22.6%6.8%73.3%49.8%53.2%
IV Percentile51.4%15.5%99.6%98.8%98.4%
Term Structure-5.9%-96.5%73.3%73.3%-81.6%
VWIV83.4%69.1%104.7%104.7%76.2%
Skew 25d-1.3%-125.7%112.7%9.7%-125.7%
Skew 10d-3.4%-140.6%79.5%30.0%-140.6%
Call IV 25d69.2%30.0%169.3%123.3%166.7%
Put IV 25d67.9%39.5%178.5%133.0%41.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %127.1480.29197.44158.82178.37
Gamma HHI0.570.460.860.530.82
Net GEX2.4K1.8K3.8K2.4K2.5K
Net DEX-45.0K-164.4K-18.2K-145.8K-18.2K
Net VEX-277-532-186-438-253
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.320.001.251.250.00
Total Volume0.0870220
Total OI11.174912912

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-03-01$323.20$320.00104.7%30.0%35.0%49.8%104.7%9.7%73.3%2.4K-145.8K-4381.25158.82N/AN/A1190
2011-03-02$328.96$320.0079.7%22.8%35.2%33.3%0.0%13.1%0.0%2.3K-164.4K-5320.00160.22N/AN/A00101
2011-03-03$321.92$320.0039.9%11.4%35.5%7.1%0.0%6.7%3.1%3.8K-57.5K-3200.00113.72N/AN/A00101
2011-03-04$318.40$240.0040.1%12.1%33.4%7.2%0.0%10.9%0.9%3.4K-48.8K-2970.0097.82N/AN/A00101
2011-03-07$310.40$240.0039.5%12.2%34.2%6.8%0.0%21.3%-0.4%2.8K-34.9K-2510.0080.29N/AN/A00101
2011-03-08$305.92$240.0040.4%12.2%32.4%7.4%0.0%27.8%0.5%2.5K-29.7K-2400.00100.79N/AN/A00101
2011-03-09$304.96$240.0042.9%0.0%32.2%9.1%0.0%112.7%-1.7%3.1K-68.2K-3830.00164.19N/AN/A00101
2011-03-10$303.04$240.0042.1%12.1%32.1%8.5%0.0%25.0%0.8%2.2K-24.6K-2190.00103.51N/AN/A00101
2011-03-11$301.44$240.0042.7%12.2%27.0%8.9%0.0%26.1%0.0%2.2K-23.9K-2130.00103.59N/AN/A00101
2011-03-14$302.40$240.0042.8%12.3%22.7%9.0%0.0%12.2%0.6%2.2K-24.4K-2080.00104.08N/AN/A00101
2011-03-15$296.32$240.00118.6%0.0%23.0%59.0%0.0%9.2%51.7%2.3K-82.3K-3770.00192.71N/AN/A00101
2011-03-16$300.48$240.0042.1%12.1%24.2%8.5%0.0%6.5%1.4%2.0K-19.7K-1860.00107.82N/AN/A00101
2011-03-17$307.52$240.0048.1%13.8%26.4%12.5%0.0%13.0%-6.5%2.7K-31.2K-2210.0093.22N/AN/A00101
2011-03-18$309.76$240.0043.5%12.5%26.5%9.5%0.0%14.8%-1.6%2.7K-29.9K-2180.00102.57N/AN/A00101
2011-03-21$319.04$240.00140.3%40.2%25.2%73.3%0.0%7.7%-96.5%1.8K-39.1K-2020.00197.44N/AN/A0091
2011-03-22$316.80$240.0043.1%12.4%25.1%9.2%0.0%5.0%0.4%2.3K-34.7K-2191.00104.68N/AN/A00101
2011-03-23$309.44$240.0044.5%12.8%26.2%10.1%0.0%2.4%-2.7%1.9K-25.7K-2550.00105.94N/AN/A00102
2011-03-24$312.64$240.0045.9%13.1%26.4%11.0%0.0%4.0%-3.4%2.2K-30.2K-2870.00102.50N/AN/A00102
2011-03-25$312.96$240.0045.5%13.0%25.1%10.7%69.1%4.0%-2.6%2.0K-28.7K-2820.00106.00N/AN/A00102
2011-03-28$315.20$320.00108.1%0.0%25.3%52.1%0.0%-118.8%-27.7%2.3K-28.8K-2580.00167.22N/AN/A00102
2011-03-29$313.28$320.0044.3%12.7%24.9%10.0%76.2%4.8%-1.4%1.9K-22.9K-2580.00110.18N/AN/A00102
2011-03-30$313.28$320.00109.2%0.0%23.8%52.8%0.0%-122.9%-37.1%2.5K-21.1K-2630.00168.45N/AN/A00102
2011-03-31$312.00$320.00109.8%0.0%22.7%53.2%0.0%-125.7%-81.6%2.5K-18.2K-2530.00178.37N/AN/A00102