DSX Options History — January 2007

In January 2007, DSX traded between $15.79 and $16.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.7%. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 28.3%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.12.

Notable Days

  • 2007-01-25: Highest Volume — 622 contracts
  • 2007-01-25: Largest IV spike — 38.9% change
  • 2007-01-16: Largest Expected Move — 8.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.39$15.79$16.96$16.16$15.79
Max Pain$16.50$15.00$17.50$15.00$17.50
ATM IV24.7%19.6%31.2%20.8%20.9%
Expected Move7.2%5.6%8.9%6.0%6.0%
HV 20d28.3%27.0%29.9%29.9%27.0%
Term Structure3.0%-4.3%15.0%-2.3%8.1%
VWIV23.2%15.2%31.0%22.0%22.0%
Skew 25d6.6%3.0%13.7%3.7%13.2%
Skew 10d5.1%-2.1%17.6%-2.1%17.6%
Call IV 25d24.9%18.3%28.7%25.1%19.8%
Put IV 25d31.5%28.9%34.0%28.9%33.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %75.9857.58111.8566.4461.94
Gamma HHI0.620.570.780.590.60
Net GEX82.8K62.3K125.0K74.4K125.0K
Net DEX-3.5M-3.9M-3.1M-3.3M-3.1M
Net VEX-12.7K-15.2K-11.3K-12.1K-14.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.120.005.430.143.44
Total Volume180.54622135111
Total OI5,516.254,8326,4944,8486,494

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-01-03$16.16$15.0020.8%6.0%0.0%0.0%22.0%3.7%-2.3%74.4K-3.3M-12.1K0.1466.44N/AN/A118173,4221,426
2007-01-04$16.49$15.0020.1%5.8%0.0%0.0%23.2%6.7%5.1%74.4K-3.6M-11.3K0.2865.13N/AN/A150423,3911,441
2007-01-05$16.28$15.0021.7%6.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%1.8%73.9K-3.4M-12.0K0.1876.28N/AN/A133243,3951,481
2007-01-08$16.28$15.0021.2%7.1%0.0%0.0%15.9%4.7%0.8%74.2K-3.5M-11.5K0.9577.72N/AN/A37353,4051,497
2007-01-09$16.40$15.0024.2%6.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.2%3.0%76.4K-3.5M-11.6K0.8973.09N/AN/A44393,4221,520
2007-01-10$16.69$15.0020.9%8.0%0.0%0.0%27.9%4.4%-2.2%73.6K-3.7M-11.6K0.0771.81N/AN/A9163,4441,555
2007-01-11$16.47$15.0025.0%7.2%0.0%0.0%20.6%5.3%0.8%77.8K-3.6M-11.5K1.0370.36N/AN/A68703,4961,554
2007-01-12$16.75$15.0027.9%8.0%0.0%0.0%27.9%7.9%-2.4%78.4K-3.9M-11.4K3.1096.55N/AN/A1073323,5321,574
2007-01-16$16.75$17.5031.2%8.9%0.0%0.0%31.0%6.0%-4.3%62.3K-3.6M-12.0K0.1489.84N/AN/A3753,5881,884
2007-01-17$16.75$17.5030.4%8.7%0.0%0.0%29.9%0.0%-2.4%62.8K-3.6M-11.9K5.4393.77N/AN/A7383,6171,874
2007-01-18$16.50$17.5030.3%8.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.3%3.3%66.2K-3.4M-12.2K0.0176.06N/AN/A34343,6231,874
2007-01-19$16.73$17.5029.6%8.5%0.0%0.0%29.3%3.0%-1.1%74.2K-3.7M-13.0K0.1883.27N/AN/A62113,9291,878
2007-01-22$16.59$17.5028.9%8.3%0.0%0.0%15.2%5.7%10.3%82.8K-3.5M-13.1K0.05111.85N/AN/A6433,8681,769
2007-01-23$16.96$17.5025.3%7.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.1%-0.7%71.6K-3.8M-12.4K0.9491.55N/AN/A18173,9071,762
2007-01-24$16.12$17.5021.7%6.2%0.0%0.0%20.4%13.7%15.0%83.0K-3.1M-12.9K0.4764.38N/AN/A3801793,9241,765
2007-01-25$16.07$17.5030.1%8.6%29.9%0.0%19.6%0.0%2.4%92.4K-3.1M-13.3K0.3657.58N/AN/A4581644,0491,815
2007-01-26$15.96$17.5019.6%5.6%29.0%0.0%21.7%0.0%7.4%110.3K-3.3M-14.7K0.5363.15N/AN/A2291224,3941,830
2007-01-29$16.07$17.5022.1%6.3%28.2%0.0%20.8%13.2%11.4%110.0K-3.4M-15.2K0.0064.77N/AN/A404,5321,930
2007-01-30$15.97$17.5022.8%6.5%27.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.2%113.4K-3.5M-14.9K4.1364.07N/AN/A8334,5341,930
2007-01-31$15.79$17.5020.9%6.0%27.0%0.0%22.0%0.0%8.1%125.0K-3.1M-14.7K3.4461.94N/AN/A25864,5341,960