DSS Options History — July 2012

In July 2012, DSS traded between $8200.56 and $9136.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 96.6%. The 30-day expected move averaged 26.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 36.5% (HV 20d: 60.1%). Max pain ranged from $11142.06 to $11142.06. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.01.

Notable Days

  • 2012-07-16: Largest IV spike — 70.6% change
  • 2012-07-12: Largest Expected Move — 33.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8826.63$8200.56$9136.49$8690.81$8958.22
Max Pain$11142.06$11142.06$11142.06$11142.06$11142.06
ATM IV96.6%60.1%166.9%97.2%75.5%
Expected Move26.0%17.2%33.8%27.9%21.6%
HV 20d60.1%39.4%105.0%105.0%39.4%
HV 60d87.8%83.4%91.9%91.9%83.4%
Term Structure-3.1%-56.1%50.5%-20.2%28.9%
VWIV68.6%45.1%84.5%82.6%62.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %119.8494.92188.44124.07101.30
Gamma HHI0.530.490.550.540.51
Net GEX43550657313584
Net DEX-6.6K-49.1K39.0K-35.8K-45.7K
Net VEX-316-352-161-328-318
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.010.000.080.000.00
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-07-02$8690.81$0.0097.2%27.9%105.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-20.2%313-35.8K-3280.00124.07N/AN/A0000
2012-07-03$8802.23$0.00112.1%32.2%82.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-32.9%353-38.6K-3300.00120.38N/AN/A0000
2012-07-05$9047.35$0.0081.8%23.5%81.9%0.0%82.6%0.0%8.0%292-40.0K-2820.00114.37N/AN/A0000
2012-07-06$8980.50$0.0099.7%27.7%81.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-20.9%32436.3K-2840.00116.74N/AN/A0000
2012-07-09$8824.51$0.00104.6%23.7%70.0%0.0%84.5%0.0%8.8%36635.9K-3140.00121.11N/AN/A0000
2012-07-10$8245.13$11142.06148.5%28.6%63.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-24.3%26539.0K-3220.00119.02N/AN/A0000
2012-07-11$8200.56$11142.06166.9%33.8%63.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-49.6%30427.2K-3160.00121.14N/AN/A0000
2012-07-12$8267.41$11142.06118.0%33.8%63.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%-32.0%32126.2K-3170.00119.47N/AN/A0000
2012-07-13$8668.52$11142.0660.1%17.2%62.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%-30.8%5029.5K-1610.00188.44N/AN/A0000
2012-07-16$8935.93$11142.06102.5%29.4%62.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-7.0%44315.3K-3410.00115.43N/AN/A0000
2012-07-17$8913.65$11142.0673.4%21.0%58.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%35.3%47418.0K-3280.00120.60N/AN/A0000
2012-07-18$9002.79$11142.0689.0%25.5%57.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.3%48136.4K-3190.08121.76N/AN/A0000
2012-07-19$8958.22$11142.0690.3%25.9%57.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.2%54316.0K-3440.00123.11N/AN/A0000
2012-07-20$8980.50$11142.0687.3%25.0%54.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-9.9%59117.4K-3280.0094.92N/AN/A0000
2012-07-23$8735.38$11142.0696.1%27.5%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%485-42.9K-3460.00122.20N/AN/A0000
2012-07-24$9025.07$11142.06115.8%33.2%43.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-56.1%591-46.4K-3300.00112.60N/AN/A0000
2012-07-25$9002.79$11142.0671.3%20.4%41.3%0.0%45.1%0.0%50.5%531-45.7K-3520.00105.75N/AN/A0000
2012-07-26$9136.49$11142.0681.7%23.4%40.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%31.4%572-47.4K-3310.00117.46N/AN/A0000
2012-07-27$9069.64$11142.0673.3%21.0%40.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%26.4%657-49.1K-3300.00119.36N/AN/A0000
2012-07-30$8913.65$11142.0684.6%24.3%41.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.7%605-43.7K-3250.00117.40N/AN/A0000
2012-07-31$8958.22$11142.0675.5%21.6%39.4%0.0%62.1%0.0%28.9%584-45.7K-3180.00101.30N/AN/A0000