DLNG Options History — January 2014

In January 2014, DLNG traded between $20.97 and $22.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.6%. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.1% (HV 20d: 30.5%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $22.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2014-01-09: Highest Volume — 102 contracts
  • 2014-01-29: Largest IV spike — 60.5% change
  • 2014-01-31: Largest Expected Move — 13.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.61$20.97$22.22$21.84$21.38
Max Pain$20.24$20.00$22.50$22.50$20.00
ATM IV40.6%25.0%73.3%28.3%46.6%
Expected Move8.4%6.6%13.4%8.1%13.4%
HV 20d30.5%25.9%34.8%27.0%28.6%
Term Structure5.1%-37.0%39.0%1.7%-9.7%
VWIV20.3%20.3%20.3%20.3%20.3%
Skew 25d0.8%-10.7%7.7%3.5%-10.7%
Skew 10d7.9%-1.1%32.7%8.7%1.1%
Call IV 25d26.5%19.6%43.5%24.4%43.5%
Put IV 25d27.4%21.6%32.9%27.9%32.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %133.13102.79162.85135.54144.90
Gamma HHI0.830.650.960.960.84
Net GEX17.6K3.9K63.8K22.3K4.5K
Net DEX-146.2K-291.4K-67.8K-195.0K-120.9K
Net VEX-1.4K-1.5K-1.2K-1.3K-1.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.003.403.400.00
Total Volume8.3330102220
Total OI347.714277477310282

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-01-02$21.84$22.5028.3%8.1%27.0%0.0%0.0%3.5%1.7%22.3K-195.0K-1.3K3.40135.54N/AN/A51725555
2014-01-03$21.88$22.5028.9%8.3%26.3%0.0%0.0%4.8%-2.5%22.1K-149.7K-1.4K0.14162.85N/AN/A7126072
2014-01-06$21.83$20.0032.4%7.6%25.9%0.0%0.0%2.6%1.5%20.3K-180.7K-1.4K0.00102.79N/AN/A0326772
2014-01-07$21.18$20.0051.4%7.0%28.4%0.0%0.0%5.9%24.0%13.5K-120.1K-1.4K0.00119.47N/AN/A01026775
2014-01-08$21.19$20.0059.8%6.9%28.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%34.5%11.8K-117.4K-1.4K0.00110.49N/AN/A0026785
2014-01-09$20.97$20.0069.0%6.6%27.5%0.0%0.0%-3.2%39.0%10.1K-130.3K-1.4K0.00105.56N/AN/A102026785
2014-01-10$21.01$20.0073.3%7.2%26.8%0.0%0.0%-1.4%24.9%18.2K-168.3K-1.5K0.00114.33N/AN/A0036785
2014-01-13$22.22$20.0045.1%6.8%32.5%0.0%0.0%-2.0%10.7%38.0K-291.4K-1.5K0.00123.80N/AN/A0036785
2014-01-14$22.01$20.0045.8%7.7%32.9%0.0%0.0%-2.0%5.5%38.7K-256.9K-1.5K0.00105.86N/AN/A0036785
2014-01-15$21.51$20.0057.5%6.8%34.3%0.0%20.3%7.7%6.4%28.0K-190.9K-1.4K0.00133.97N/AN/A25036785
2014-01-16$22.08$20.0025.0%7.2%34.7%0.0%0.0%6.8%5.6%63.8K-165.8K-1.4K0.00144.59N/AN/A0039285
2014-01-17$22.00$20.0029.5%8.5%34.8%0.0%0.0%-1.4%-2.5%34.0K-264.5K-1.4K0.00135.97N/AN/A0039285
2014-01-21$21.84$20.0027.1%7.8%34.7%0.0%0.0%4.5%0.5%6.4K-114.2K-1.3K0.00142.08N/AN/A0019285
2014-01-22$21.63$20.0026.4%7.6%33.5%0.0%0.0%3.9%1.6%5.5K-98.2K-1.3K0.00147.98N/AN/A0019285
2014-01-23$21.84$20.0031.5%9.0%32.1%0.0%0.0%-6.1%-0.5%5.1K-96.1K-1.3K0.00139.44N/AN/A0019285
2014-01-24$21.73$20.0031.5%9.0%32.1%0.0%0.0%-1.6%-3.9%3.9K-104.0K-1.3K0.00158.91N/AN/A0019285
2014-01-27$21.62$20.0029.1%8.4%30.0%0.0%0.0%1.2%0.8%5.3K-89.4K-1.3K0.00139.29N/AN/A5019285
2014-01-28$21.41$20.0028.4%8.1%29.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.6%6.6K-80.0K-1.3K0.00135.46N/AN/A0019785
2014-01-29$21.16$20.0045.5%13.0%30.1%0.0%0.0%2.9%-37.0%5.4K-68.0K-1.2K0.00146.74N/AN/A0019785
2014-01-30$21.44$20.0039.7%11.4%30.6%0.0%0.0%0.5%4.0%5.4K-67.8K-1.2K0.00145.82N/AN/A0019785
2014-01-31$21.38$20.0046.6%13.4%28.6%0.0%0.0%-10.7%-9.7%4.5K-120.9K-1.3K0.00144.90N/AN/A0019785