DSX Options History — February 2007

In February 2007, DSX traded between $16.24 and $20.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.2%. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.3% (HV 20d: 30.5%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2007-02-05: Highest Volume — 1,384 contracts
  • 2007-02-27: Largest IV spike — 67.5% change
  • 2007-02-27: Largest Expected Move — 13.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.07$16.24$20.31$16.24$19.12
Max Pain$13.42$12.50$17.50$17.50$15.00
ATM IV29.2%18.5%47.7%26.5%38.8%
Expected Move8.5%6.4%13.7%7.6%11.1%
HV 20d30.5%27.2%42.5%28.2%42.4%
Term Structure-4.1%-21.6%10.0%10.0%-10.0%
VWIV39.4%20.8%59.5%20.8%41.1%
Skew 25d4.9%-10.2%20.7%12.6%-0.1%
Skew 10d6.6%-3.4%18.6%18.6%-2.8%
Call IV 25d27.9%18.7%37.2%18.7%36.8%
Put IV 25d32.8%17.5%46.3%31.3%36.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %52.7325.1992.2264.6943.91
Gamma HHI0.520.370.620.600.39
Net GEX92.4K66.5K114.3K109.0K114.3K
Net DEX-6.3M-9.6M-3.5M-3.5M-7.7M
Net VEX-20.5K-24.9K-14.9K-14.9K-23.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.007.330.130.05
Total Volume509.947431,384128267
Total OI8,287.4216,4519,3636,4519,363

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-02-01$16.24$17.5026.5%7.6%28.2%0.0%20.8%12.6%10.0%109.0K-3.5M-14.9K0.1364.69N/AN/A113154,5351,916
2007-02-02$16.42$12.5018.5%6.4%27.6%0.0%30.9%8.3%-0.9%100.3K-3.9M-15.6K0.2079.65N/AN/A433854,5771,931
2007-02-05$16.84$12.5019.2%7.4%28.5%0.0%42.7%12.3%0.5%101.5K-4.7M-15.8K2.6129.24N/AN/A3831,0014,8041,975
2007-02-06$16.77$12.5026.5%6.5%28.6%0.0%41.3%10.2%-0.7%81.1K-4.5M-21.4K0.2025.19N/AN/A378755,0972,974
2007-02-07$16.67$12.5020.7%6.7%28.6%0.0%24.4%0.0%-5.0%93.7K-3.8M-21.9K7.3352.97N/AN/A9665,0433,046
2007-02-08$16.75$12.5024.0%6.9%28.0%0.0%0.0%-10.2%-2.1%92.1K-4.0M-21.6K0.0058.65N/AN/A4305,0473,092
2007-02-09$17.00$12.5025.2%7.2%28.0%0.0%0.0%-0.2%-1.2%88.7K-4.5M-21.1K0.1059.05N/AN/A239255,0673,092
2007-02-12$17.47$12.5027.7%7.9%29.0%0.0%39.6%9.9%-2.5%66.5K-5.4M-21.9K0.4934.70N/AN/A193945,2373,092
2007-02-13$18.13$12.5030.8%8.8%31.5%0.0%48.0%-1.8%-5.0%81.6K-6.6M-20.7K0.0642.55N/AN/A350205,3023,050
2007-02-14$18.23$12.5030.1%8.6%31.5%0.0%30.5%6.4%-2.1%81.5K-6.9M-20.8K0.4860.38N/AN/A206985,4303,070
2007-02-15$18.24$12.5029.5%8.5%30.7%0.0%29.1%3.0%-5.1%89.6K-7.0M-20.4K1.4688.22N/AN/A67985,4553,107
2007-02-16$18.47$12.5027.7%7.9%30.6%0.0%27.9%2.3%-1.3%91.0K-7.2M-20.8K0.1976.92N/AN/A57115,5073,151
2007-02-20$18.52$12.5039.1%11.2%30.2%0.0%38.9%7.6%-14.2%90.1K-7.2M-19.8K0.3539.73N/AN/A4771655,3452,941
2007-02-21$18.98$12.5037.3%10.7%30.4%0.0%43.7%2.2%-9.1%90.2K-7.3M-22.9K0.0246.75N/AN/A1,167295,5833,058
2007-02-22$20.13$15.0029.9%8.6%28.3%0.0%59.5%-4.3%-4.5%67.0K-9.6M-16.3K0.1138.39N/AN/A9981125,8823,077
2007-02-23$20.29$15.0027.7%7.9%27.8%0.0%55.2%4.0%-1.5%103.6K-9.5M-22.0K0.0425.25N/AN/A849346,1723,137
2007-02-26$20.31$15.0028.5%8.2%27.2%0.0%51.6%20.7%-2.0%103.7K-8.4M-24.9K0.1943.44N/AN/A448845,9363,147
2007-02-27$18.75$15.0047.7%13.7%42.5%0.0%45.2%5.8%-21.6%110.7K-7.1M-23.4K0.3492.22N/AN/A7482526,0113,212
2007-02-28$19.12$15.0038.8%11.1%42.4%0.0%41.1%-0.1%-10.0%114.3K-7.7M-23.1K0.0543.91N/AN/A254136,0933,270