DSS Options History — March 2012

In March 2012, DSS traded between $6729.81 and $9938.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 116.3%. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 27.3% (HV 20d: 88.9%). Max pain ranged from $11142.06 to $11142.06. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.15.

Notable Days

  • 2012-03-06: Largest IV spike — 72.9% change
  • 2012-03-30: Largest Expected Move — 40.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8353.51$6729.81$9938.72$9938.72$6729.81
Max Pain$11142.06$11142.06$11142.06$11142.06$11142.06
ATM IV116.3%72.1%185.5%77.9%141.4%
Expected Move27.7%20.7%40.5%22.3%40.5%
HV 20d88.9%84.0%93.5%88.6%93.1%
Term Structure-14.6%-40.3%18.2%-16.7%-8.7%
VWIV97.5%87.1%113.7%87.1%113.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %118.3899.56131.87131.87112.13
Gamma HHI0.850.511.000.960.91
Net GEX258-1.4K1.9K299-1.4K
Net DEX11.2K-16.9K98.5K-5.1K98.5K
Net VEX-102-4710-43-471
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.150.005.770.001.25
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-03-01$9938.72$0.0077.9%22.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-16.7%299-5.1K-430.00131.87N/AN/A0000
2012-03-02$9515.32$0.0092.6%26.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-34.9%256-3.6K-360.00124.79N/AN/A0000
2012-03-05$8445.68$0.00104.1%20.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-18.2%125-1.2K-150.00122.71N/AN/A0000
2012-03-06$7710.31$0.00180.1%28.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-21.6%-112814-110.00101.77N/AN/A0000
2012-03-07$7866.30$11142.06185.5%28.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-22.0%-90632-80.0099.56N/AN/A0000
2012-03-08$8311.98$11142.06173.5%29.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-17.0%0000.00118.80N/AN/A0000
2012-03-09$9181.06$11142.06133.9%23.2%88.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%-10.7%523577-330.00108.17N/AN/A0000
2012-03-12$9782.73$11142.06150.2%23.2%89.7%0.0%87.1%0.0%-13.5%1.9K-6.9K-790.00115.59N/AN/A0000
2012-03-13$9158.77$11142.06128.8%25.7%90.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-16.9%892-1.0K-450.00113.51N/AN/A0000
2012-03-14$8802.23$11142.0672.1%20.7%88.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%15.4%1432.1K-220.00123.75N/AN/A0000
2012-03-15$8534.82$11142.0674.2%21.3%86.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.2%-133.5K-10.00123.00N/AN/A0000
2012-03-16$8913.65$11142.0674.7%21.4%86.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-14.4%825-14.9K-1270.00123.82N/AN/A0000
2012-03-19$8646.24$11142.0684.8%24.3%84.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-24.2%706-11.9K-1190.00119.18N/AN/A0000
2012-03-20$9047.35$11142.0685.0%24.4%86.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-18.9%858-16.9K-1350.00123.61N/AN/A0000
2012-03-21$8757.66$11142.0685.2%24.4%86.2%0.0%91.9%0.0%-21.3%771-11.5K-1190.00122.17N/AN/A0000
2012-03-22$8490.25$11142.0681.9%23.5%86.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.4%645-8.6K-1070.00121.88N/AN/A0000
2012-03-23$7933.15$11142.06137.1%39.3%88.3%0.0%102.5%0.0%-40.3%429-10.5K-1230.00121.59N/AN/A0000
2012-03-26$7621.17$11142.06124.3%35.6%88.4%0.0%92.3%0.0%-30.9%-18054.8K-1462.20120.62N/AN/A0000
2012-03-27$6863.51$11142.06115.3%33.0%93.5%0.0%113.7%0.0%-6.5%-35369.6K-1595.77118.68N/AN/A0000
2012-03-28$6729.81$11142.06125.4%35.9%92.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%-18.1%-50756.3K-2370.00124.09N/AN/A0000
2012-03-29$6796.66$11142.06130.0%37.3%93.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-3.4%-6953.0K-2061.25113.05N/AN/A0000
2012-03-30$6729.81$11142.06141.4%40.5%93.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%-8.7%-1.4K98.5K-4710.00112.13N/AN/A0000