DSS Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, DSS traded between $2852.37 and $3855.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 110.2%, placing in the 37.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 30.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 57.2% (HV 20d: 53.0%). Max pain ranged from $5571.03 to $5571.03. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.23.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-21: Highest Volume — 1 contracts
  • 2014-03-07: Largest IV spike — 43.6% change
  • 2014-03-21: Highest IV Rank — 64.4%
  • 2014-03-21: Largest Expected Move — 41.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3443.43$2852.37$3855.15$3610.03$2852.37
Max Pain$5571.03$5571.03$5571.03$5571.03$5571.03
ATM IV110.2%77.5%145.6%129.9%111.8%
Expected Move30.2%20.3%41.7%37.3%32.0%
HV 20d53.0%43.8%83.3%48.7%83.3%
HV 60d79.7%77.7%85.6%79.4%85.6%
IV Rank37.9%13.4%64.4%52.7%39.1%
IV Percentile52.3%7.1%86.1%77.8%56.0%
Term Structure-3.3%-39.1%38.7%-39.1%-24.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %55.7510.16110.1966.8610.16
Gamma HHI0.730.520.950.690.95
Net GEX-542-1.6K1.7K-1.3K1.6K
Net DEX593.4K383.3K790.5K564.0K383.3K
Net VEX-1.6K-2.4K-129-2.1K-1.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.230.0039.860.000.00
Total Volume0.1430100
Total OI5.6674666

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$3610.03$5571.03129.9%37.3%48.7%52.7%0.0%0.0%-39.1%-1.3K564.0K-2.1K0.0066.86N/AN/A0033
2014-03-04$3766.02$5571.03108.4%31.1%50.4%36.5%0.0%0.0%17.9%-1.5K591.8K-2.2K0.6062.22N/AN/A0033
2014-03-05$3832.87$5571.0379.9%22.9%49.6%15.2%0.0%0.0%16.8%-1.3K570.0K-2.3K0.0065.77N/AN/A0033
2014-03-06$3721.45$5571.0377.5%22.2%48.2%13.4%0.0%0.0%-20.1%-1.5K568.5K-2.2K0.1759.15N/AN/A0033
2014-03-07$3832.87$0.00111.3%22.6%48.5%38.7%0.0%0.0%37.3%-1.4K526.0K-2.4K0.0014.18N/AN/A0033
2014-03-10$3855.15$0.00114.2%25.2%48.4%40.9%0.0%0.0%12.2%-1.6K597.0K-2.3K0.00108.52N/AN/A0033
2014-03-11$3855.15$0.00106.8%20.3%47.5%35.4%0.0%0.0%38.7%-1.3K545.8K-2.4K1.7518.15N/AN/A0033
2014-03-12$3699.16$0.00129.5%35.3%47.3%52.3%0.0%0.0%-14.1%-1.2K565.6K-2.1K0.00110.19N/AN/A0033
2014-03-13$3587.74$0.00106.2%30.4%47.7%34.9%0.0%0.0%-0.6%-1.1K510.6K-2.2K0.00109.01N/AN/A0033
2014-03-14$3587.74$0.00101.2%29.0%47.7%31.2%0.0%0.0%2.6%-1.2K532.0K-2.2K0.0064.20N/AN/A0033
2014-03-17$3409.47$0.00101.0%28.9%46.6%31.0%0.0%0.0%-11.6%-1.2K532.8K-2.0K13.0060.28N/AN/A0033
2014-03-18$3253.48$0.00114.9%32.9%43.8%41.4%0.0%0.0%-8.1%-76789.2K-1290.0087.23N/AN/A0033
2014-03-19$3320.33$0.00110.8%31.8%44.8%38.4%0.0%0.0%-1.0%156790.5K-2560.0414.16N/AN/A0033
2014-03-20$3208.91$0.00108.9%31.2%45.4%36.9%0.0%0.0%-4.1%161755.5K-26616.4511.35N/AN/A0033
2014-03-21$3275.77$0.00145.6%41.7%46.4%64.4%0.0%0.0%-27.5%97779.9K-29739.8690.13N/AN/A0133
2014-03-24$3164.35$0.00105.1%30.1%46.7%34.1%0.0%0.0%3.4%-572650.1K-6470.0010.82N/AN/A0022
2014-03-25$3052.92$0.00111.5%32.0%46.3%38.9%0.0%0.0%-13.4%-549632.3K-6310.0061.24N/AN/A0022
2014-03-26$3431.75$0.00125.1%35.9%63.6%49.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%-430680.2K-7780.0019.11N/AN/A1022
2014-03-27$2963.79$0.00111.4%31.9%80.5%38.8%0.0%0.0%-16.7%1.1K474.7K-1.5K0.0070.32N/AN/A1032
2014-03-28$3030.64$5571.03102.6%29.4%81.3%32.2%0.0%0.0%-17.5%1.7K420.9K-2.0K0.0057.62N/AN/A0042
2014-03-31$2852.37$5571.03111.8%32.0%83.3%39.1%0.0%0.0%-24.7%1.6K383.3K-1.9K0.0010.16N/AN/A0042