DLNG Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, DLNG traded between $6.82 and $10.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 75.2%, placing in the 27.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 22.6% (HV 20d: 97.8%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-22: Highest Volume — 671 contracts
  • 2016-01-11: Largest IV spike — 89.4% change
  • 2016-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 54.0%
  • 2016-01-26: Largest Expected Move — 24.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.56$6.82$10.43$9.90$10.43
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV75.2%59.7%126.4%64.6%73.9%
Expected Move19.1%14.2%24.4%18.1%21.2%
HV 20d97.8%84.0%110.4%85.9%109.2%
HV 60d70.3%59.2%82.1%59.2%82.1%
IV Rank27.2%19.1%54.0%21.7%26.6%
IV Percentile93.2%87.7%98.8%93.7%93.3%
Term Structure-5.9%-18.2%1.4%-1.1%-9.6%
VWIV70.7%54.9%87.7%62.9%73.6%
Skew 25d9.1%-10.2%29.1%16.6%14.6%
Skew 10d24.9%-9.7%86.7%32.0%22.1%
Call IV 25d65.0%46.9%90.3%51.7%59.8%
Put IV 25d74.1%57.4%90.2%68.3%74.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %85.3567.09109.5293.2599.89
Gamma HHI0.430.320.600.390.59
Net GEX1.6K-1.5K5.4K5255.1K
Net DEX200.9K16.6K386.8K192.7K20.1K
Net VEX-1.0K-1.6K-616-1.1K-1.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.541.421.031.35
Total Volume438.684333671394333
Total OI1,216.1588541,3871,2151,186

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$9.90$7.5064.6%18.1%85.9%21.7%62.9%16.6%-1.1%525192.7K-1.1K1.0393.25N/AN/A194200565650
2016-01-05$9.45$7.5066.7%14.2%85.7%22.8%57.5%10.5%-3.5%759180.1K-1.0K0.9994.26N/AN/A202201599650
2016-01-06$9.05$7.5080.1%15.8%85.1%29.8%65.5%6.9%-6.2%1.4K203.0K-1.1K0.7692.78N/AN/A195149656652
2016-01-07$8.86$7.5060.9%15.2%84.8%19.7%54.9%11.2%1.4%762211.6K-1.0K0.7573.77N/AN/A199149651652
2016-01-08$9.02$7.5061.7%16.6%84.0%20.2%71.3%6.8%-10.8%1.5K222.4K-9890.5575.24N/AN/A271149659652
2016-01-11$8.09$7.50116.8%18.6%90.7%49.0%66.5%1.1%-4.1%592237.2K-7810.61103.97N/AN/A225138682652
2016-01-12$7.50$7.50126.4%20.3%92.6%54.0%70.5%-5.3%-8.6%-1.5K313.2K-7330.5979.42N/AN/A229136682653
2016-01-13$6.82$7.5061.6%17.6%96.9%20.1%69.8%6.9%-4.5%-680293.1K-6160.86100.90N/AN/A229198696655
2016-01-14$7.61$7.5069.8%20.0%106.5%24.4%69.7%14.1%-6.1%-1.2K328.4K-7021.1670.71N/AN/A227264696676
2016-01-15$7.31$7.5070.6%20.2%107.0%24.9%71.8%17.9%-4.2%229386.8K-7061.1269.96N/AN/A236264682705
2016-01-19$7.35$7.5059.7%17.1%97.3%19.1%69.4%-10.2%-2.3%451222.5K-7721.0879.53N/AN/A186200335519
2016-01-20$7.10$7.5069.6%20.0%96.0%24.3%69.7%12.3%-8.8%788238.7K-6931.1371.29N/AN/A183206405519
2016-01-21$7.70$7.5071.4%20.5%93.6%25.2%82.2%-1.8%0.9%1.2K241.4K-7600.8188.61N/AN/A280228404529
2016-01-22$9.03$7.5065.5%18.8%110.4%22.1%70.6%15.8%-5.8%2.2K173.8K-1.3K0.5467.09N/AN/A435236525549
2016-01-25$8.93$7.5084.7%24.3%109.3%32.2%83.9%5.7%-18.2%3.4K126.7K-1.4K0.64105.26N/AN/A366236646559
2016-01-26$9.14$7.5085.3%24.4%108.0%32.5%87.7%9.4%-8.8%4.6K115.2K-1.4K0.9174.10N/AN/A259236709559
2016-01-27$9.39$7.5065.6%18.8%106.9%22.2%70.7%12.2%-3.3%5.2K94.0K-1.5K0.91109.52N/AN/A259236694559
2016-01-28$9.88$7.5073.7%21.1%108.2%26.4%76.1%29.1%-8.3%5.4K16.6K-1.6K1.4272.02N/AN/A166235686559
2016-01-29$10.43$7.5073.9%21.2%109.2%26.6%73.6%14.6%-9.6%5.1K20.1K-1.5K1.3599.89N/AN/A142191630556