DSS Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, DSS traded between $4724.23 and $6039.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 102.4%, placing in the 32.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 48.9% (HV 20d: 53.6%). Max pain ranged from $5571.03 to $5571.03. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.08.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-31: Largest IV spike — 32.0% change
  • 2012-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 39.2%
  • 2012-12-24: Largest Expected Move — 32.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5290.25$4724.23$6039.00$6039.00$4835.65
Max Pain$5571.03$5571.03$5571.03$5571.03$5571.03
ATM IV102.4%82.2%120.3%82.9%108.5%
Expected Move27.4%8.1%32.5%23.8%31.1%
HV 20d53.6%42.5%62.0%42.5%54.7%
HV 60d56.9%53.5%59.9%56.7%53.6%
IV Rank32.3%24.5%39.2%24.7%34.7%
IV Percentile44.0%13.6%72.9%15.3%54.0%
Term Structure-8.7%-30.6%21.1%21.1%-30.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %128.27100.74171.31107.08100.74
Gamma HHI0.910.711.000.850.97
Net GEX-321-879-196-378-196
Net DEX29.5K6.9K59.1K15.7K23.2K
Net VEX-146-188-112-180-123
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.080.000.380.380.00
Total Volume00000
Total OI00000

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$6039.00$5571.0382.9%23.8%42.5%24.7%0.0%0.0%21.1%-37815.7K-1800.00107.08N/AN/A0000
2012-12-04$5994.43$5571.0398.6%28.3%42.6%30.8%0.0%0.0%-3.4%-38520.9K-1670.00126.21N/AN/A0000
2012-12-05$5793.87$5571.0391.2%26.2%43.9%28.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-60413.5K-1550.00170.73N/AN/A0000
2012-12-06$5905.29$5571.0398.4%28.2%44.5%30.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-8796.9K-1160.00171.31N/AN/A0000
2012-12-07$5793.87$0.00103.3%8.1%45.0%32.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-29517.6K-1880.00150.27N/AN/A0000
2012-12-10$5125.35$0.00113.7%26.4%62.0%36.7%0.0%0.0%-13.0%-31616.8K-1370.38124.63N/AN/A0000
2012-12-11$4947.08$0.00118.0%27.9%58.7%38.3%0.0%0.0%2.5%-23438.1K-1430.00130.68N/AN/A0000
2012-12-12$5125.35$0.00120.3%29.7%61.1%39.2%0.0%0.0%-11.3%-29342.3K-1730.00123.21N/AN/A0000
2012-12-13$5281.34$0.00101.8%29.2%61.0%32.1%0.0%0.0%-7.9%-31339.8K-1780.00126.96N/AN/A0000
2012-12-14$5259.05$0.00103.6%29.7%59.8%32.8%0.0%0.0%-19.5%-27936.6K-1660.00126.96N/AN/A0000
2012-12-17$5392.76$0.00102.9%29.5%59.4%32.5%0.0%0.0%3.9%-26532.2K-1660.00132.65N/AN/A0000
2012-12-18$5303.62$0.00103.4%29.7%58.4%32.7%0.0%0.0%-15.3%-25831.6K-1640.00129.89N/AN/A0000
2012-12-19$5192.20$0.00107.7%30.9%56.0%34.4%0.0%0.0%-24.5%-26739.5K-1480.00130.11N/AN/A0000
2012-12-20$5080.78$0.00100.6%28.9%54.1%31.6%0.0%0.0%-3.4%-22856.7K-1320.00131.95N/AN/A0000
2012-12-21$5058.50$0.0097.6%28.0%54.0%30.4%0.0%0.0%-3.2%-23859.1K-1230.00127.98N/AN/A0000
2012-12-24$5058.50$0.00113.4%32.5%54.1%36.6%0.0%0.0%-27.7%-27627.2K-1210.00133.31N/AN/A0000
2012-12-26$4969.36$0.00113.1%32.4%54.1%36.4%0.0%0.0%-11.6%-25323.0K-1200.00114.62N/AN/A0000
2012-12-27$4924.79$0.0087.4%25.1%52.2%26.5%0.0%0.0%-4.3%-23625.2K-1160.00104.75N/AN/A0000
2012-12-28$4724.23$0.0082.2%23.6%53.3%24.5%0.0%0.0%0.5%-21725.1K-1120.00101.40N/AN/A0000
2012-12-31$4835.65$0.00108.5%31.1%54.7%34.7%0.0%0.0%-30.6%-19623.2K-1230.00100.74N/AN/A0000