DSS Options History — January 2018

In January 2018, DSS traded between $846.80 and $1242.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 203.0%, placing in the 71.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 57.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 201.0%). Max pain ranged from $1392.76 to $2785.52. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.03.

Notable Days

  • 2018-01-04: Highest Volume — 1 contracts
  • 2018-01-25: Largest IV drop — 35.6% change
  • 2018-01-02: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-01-02: Largest Expected Move — 76.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$1144.18$846.80$1242.34$1064.07$846.80
Max Pain$2122.30$1392.76$2785.52$1392.76$1392.76
ATM IV203.0%135.5%267.3%267.3%193.0%
Expected Move57.6%38.9%76.6%76.6%55.3%
HV 20d201.0%80.4%299.8%295.7%128.6%
HV 60d187.6%185.2%196.7%185.2%196.7%
IV Rank71.4%41.4%100.0%100.0%67.0%
IV Percentile74.3%10.0%100.0%100.0%76.5%
Term Structure-10.3%-68.7%49.7%-68.7%4.1%
VWIV181.5%134.7%244.0%244.0%155.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %70.0648.6388.7166.0983.72
Gamma HHI0.470.340.690.400.51
Net GEX650122.0K43045
Net DEX37.2K-61.0K93.0K51.9K46.6K
Net VEX-228-436-124-157-124
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.030.095.590.205.01
Total Volume0.4760101
Total OI4.8573663

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-01-02$1064.07$1392.76267.3%76.6%295.7%100.0%0.0%0.0%-68.7%43051.9K-1570.2066.09N/AN/A0051
2018-01-03$1013.93$1392.76233.7%67.0%295.8%85.0%0.0%0.0%-7.7%43451.4K-1580.2064.51N/AN/A0051
2018-01-04$1164.35$1392.76232.8%68.1%298.4%84.7%244.0%0.0%-20.6%1.9K-61.0K-4360.0956.44N/AN/A1051
2018-01-05$1136.49$1392.76227.9%60.9%298.3%82.5%194.6%0.0%-10.3%1.8K-34.3K-3660.7162.10N/AN/A0051
2018-01-08$1175.49$2785.52216.3%63.0%297.9%77.3%196.3%0.0%-25.2%48672.0K-1970.6453.90N/AN/A0051
2018-01-09$1136.49$2785.52252.0%62.8%298.7%93.2%179.2%0.0%-8.5%43075.3K-1720.6448.63N/AN/A0051
2018-01-10$1242.34$2785.52232.5%66.7%299.2%84.5%204.3%0.0%-11.9%2.0K-29.1K-3630.5169.51N/AN/A0051
2018-01-11$1197.77$2785.52231.0%66.2%299.8%83.9%197.8%0.0%-30.7%48371.5K-1990.5467.71N/AN/A0051
2018-01-12$1197.77$2785.52240.3%68.9%298.8%88.0%181.8%0.0%-62.4%1.9K-16.8K-3140.8685.35N/AN/A0051
2018-01-16$1242.34$2785.52209.3%60.0%298.6%74.2%180.5%0.0%-13.6%1.9K83.9K-1760.8459.73N/AN/A0051
2018-01-17$1208.91$2785.52193.4%55.4%298.5%67.1%194.1%0.0%-14.6%50386.6K-1441.0573.41N/AN/A0051
2018-01-18$1181.06$2785.52194.9%55.9%126.2%67.8%166.7%0.0%0.1%43693.0K-1951.6656.74N/AN/A0151
2018-01-19$1192.20$2785.52203.4%58.3%92.9%71.6%191.6%0.0%-10.0%38476.1K-2544.8358.18N/AN/A0151
2018-01-22$1125.35$2785.52157.9%45.3%90.5%51.4%165.6%0.0%31.7%4618.2K-2455.3378.85N/AN/A0121
2018-01-23$1147.63$2785.52187.7%53.8%84.2%64.6%185.9%0.0%-12.1%1331.4K-2235.5984.93N/AN/A0121
2018-01-24$1130.92$1392.76218.9%62.8%84.3%78.5%218.8%0.0%-61.5%7825.7K-2295.5985.27N/AN/A0121
2018-01-25$1192.20$1392.76141.0%40.4%85.3%43.9%140.0%0.0%6.4%1238.4K-2072.6579.57N/AN/A0121
2018-01-26$1142.06$1392.76139.8%40.1%86.3%43.3%134.7%0.0%19.8%17825.4K-2352.7975.25N/AN/A0121
2018-01-29$1164.35$1392.76135.5%38.9%82.4%41.4%135.1%0.0%49.7%20325.1K-2342.0272.76N/AN/A0121
2018-01-30$1125.35$1392.76154.4%44.3%80.4%49.8%155.3%0.0%29.1%10550.6K-1570.7788.71N/AN/A0021
2018-01-31$846.80$1392.76193.0%55.3%128.6%67.0%0.0%0.0%4.1%4546.6K-1245.0183.72N/AN/A0121