DSX Options History — October 2007

In October 2007, DSX traded between $29.68 and $44.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 65.3%, placing in the 78.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.4% (HV 20d: 59.9%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.23.

Notable Days

  • 2007-10-30: Highest Volume — 19,914 contracts
  • 2007-10-30: Largest IV spike — 28.3% change
  • 2007-10-19: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2007-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 27.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.59$29.68$44.82$30.56$42.80
Max Pain$30.65$25.00$35.00$25.00$35.00
ATM IV65.3%46.8%97.4%47.0%87.6%
Expected Move19.1%13.5%27.9%13.5%25.1%
HV 20d59.9%49.4%85.6%54.4%85.6%
HV 60d62.9%60.3%71.5%61.6%71.5%
IV Rank78.6%50.4%100.0%50.8%87.5%
IV Percentile94.5%82.7%100.0%85.0%99.5%
Term Structure-3.1%-13.6%7.8%5.2%-6.8%
VWIV67.2%47.6%97.8%47.6%87.1%
Skew 25d-0.8%-13.4%4.0%-13.4%1.5%
Skew 10d-0.1%-23.6%10.9%-23.6%4.2%
Call IV 25d68.2%52.7%96.4%52.7%86.4%
Put IV 25d67.4%39.4%100.4%39.4%87.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.704.0337.579.5015.84
Gamma HHI0.380.240.660.660.24
Net GEX1.1M766.6K1.5M766.6K1.5M
Net DEX-79.7M-152.0M-36.1M-39.9M-133.7M
Net VEX-208.0K-345.9K-119.1K-119.1K-345.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.230.110.640.210.21
Total Volume9,128.871,88219,91411,21815,664
Total OI49,026.34829,92872,36129,92872,361

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-10-01$30.56$25.0047.0%13.5%54.4%50.8%47.6%-13.4%5.2%766.6K-39.9M-119.1K0.219.50N/AN/A9,2351,98321,6538,275
2007-10-02$30.80$25.0048.5%13.9%52.5%53.4%49.7%-12.8%6.8%776.0K-41.8M-129.7K0.207.88N/AN/A5,9851,21523,6249,322
2007-10-03$29.68$25.0052.4%15.0%54.6%60.4%52.9%-5.3%5.0%792.3K-36.1M-140.9K0.2821.77N/AN/A3,7191,03425,5199,802
2007-10-04$30.42$25.0049.6%14.2%55.2%55.5%50.2%-1.9%7.8%855.7K-40.6M-145.7K0.2225.55N/AN/A1,54433826,61510,318
2007-10-05$30.80$30.0046.8%15.8%51.8%50.4%57.6%-3.9%-4.7%898.0K-43.5M-146.5K0.1125.27N/AN/A2,87632126,89610,479
2007-10-08$31.52$30.0049.0%16.0%51.6%54.3%56.2%0.4%-4.2%980.9K-49.8M-142.4K0.2325.11N/AN/A2,47856027,70610,633
2007-10-09$32.81$30.0050.6%16.0%52.7%57.3%55.8%1.5%-3.2%991.1K-58.1M-145.8K0.1217.49N/AN/A5,06958428,22211,011
2007-10-10$34.54$30.0052.7%16.8%49.4%61.1%59.0%1.9%-6.8%878.1K-68.5M-142.8K0.1116.65N/AN/A10,1851,09528,13111,308
2007-10-11$32.55$30.0066.0%18.9%55.9%84.8%68.4%-3.5%-5.0%977.7K-58.4M-169.2K0.2222.72N/AN/A8,5501,83931,19411,968
2007-10-12$33.00$30.0066.2%19.0%55.2%85.1%66.9%-0.8%-3.9%1.0M-61.5M-177.1K0.1434.29N/AN/A5,69178132,50612,724
2007-10-15$33.75$30.0070.8%20.3%55.2%93.3%71.7%2.7%-4.9%1.1M-70.0M-195.2K0.1422.69N/AN/A4,17957535,09413,050
2007-10-16$33.53$30.0074.3%21.3%55.5%99.6%74.6%-0.1%-6.1%1.1M-70.2M-201.3K0.1831.54N/AN/A6,3021,12036,31013,336
2007-10-17$34.46$30.0069.1%19.8%54.3%90.2%69.3%0.9%-4.8%1.4M-78.5M-213.6K0.6415.31N/AN/A2,7521,74938,48614,130
2007-10-18$38.18$30.0070.8%20.3%61.6%93.3%70.6%0.3%-5.1%989.4K-108.2M-214.8K0.284.03N/AN/A13,3293,68939,29014,737
2007-10-19$37.42$30.0077.9%22.3%61.2%100.0%77.4%1.6%-7.1%917.9K-100.9M-237.6K0.1732.56N/AN/A12,0162,03640,91816,655
2007-10-22$36.52$30.0074.6%21.4%62.8%94.4%75.0%2.6%-3.5%1.0M-76.2M-258.2K0.3537.57N/AN/A5,4881,93738,10813,953
2007-10-23$39.86$35.0065.5%18.8%67.5%79.1%66.1%3.0%-0.7%1.2M-104.1M-254.0K0.1814.54N/AN/A8,1761,47939,67315,236
2007-10-24$39.38$35.0073.5%21.1%64.7%92.6%74.3%3.5%-4.1%1.2M-101.5M-272.1K0.2010.14N/AN/A9,3671,84341,42915,839
2007-10-25$39.91$35.0070.5%20.2%63.9%87.5%71.8%2.1%-2.0%1.3M-110.6M-288.4K0.2210.86N/AN/A3,32572644,34616,746
2007-10-26$42.12$35.0065.9%18.9%64.8%79.8%68.0%-1.5%-0.6%1.5M-130.5M-271.3K0.259.56N/AN/A8,5792,10944,71817,096
2007-10-29$44.82$35.0075.9%21.8%64.0%96.7%76.9%-0.7%-9.0%1.4M-152.0M-254.9K0.298.28N/AN/A14,3394,18944,71817,096
2007-10-30$39.25$35.0097.4%27.9%83.7%100.0%97.8%4.0%-13.6%1.2M-97.7M-316.5K0.4010.94N/AN/A14,2175,69747,15719,218
2007-10-31$42.80$35.0087.6%25.1%85.6%87.5%87.1%1.5%-6.8%1.5M-133.7M-345.9K0.2115.84N/AN/A12,9102,75451,20621,155