DSX Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, DSX traded between $8.44 and $9.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.3%, placing in the 52.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.6% (HV 20d: 25.7%). Max pain ranged from $7.00 to $7.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.38.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-14: Highest Volume — 885 contracts
  • 2013-02-28: Largest IV spike — 29.2% change
  • 2013-02-28: Highest IV Rank — 73.4%
  • 2013-02-28: Largest Expected Move — 12.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.74$8.44$9.05$8.80$8.49
Max Pain$7.00$7.00$7.00$7.00$7.00
ATM IV35.3%30.0%43.6%31.3%43.6%
Expected Move10.3%9.4%12.5%10.1%12.5%
HV 20d25.7%16.4%31.2%31.2%27.7%
HV 60d29.2%28.1%30.7%30.7%28.9%
IV Rank52.4%38.7%73.4%42.1%73.4%
IV Percentile45.7%14.3%93.3%19.8%93.3%
Term Structure-2.1%-7.5%0.3%-1.1%-7.5%
VWIV35.6%25.2%40.7%35.7%40.7%
Skew 25d4.2%-6.4%13.3%4.1%6.0%
Skew 10d5.0%-7.1%21.6%0.7%6.0%
Call IV 25d31.6%25.1%39.6%34.0%38.6%
Put IV 25d35.8%22.9%44.6%38.1%44.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.555.6014.7010.7414.70
Gamma HHI0.690.430.950.780.52
Net GEX371.0K87.7K1.2M382.8K99.8K
Net DEX-4.6M-7.7M-2.7M-5.9M-2.8M
Net VEX-12.2K-14.8K-10.6K-14.8K-11.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.380.002.580.270.25
Total Volume326.05394885213144
Total OI14,684.89510,54417,54916,86212,024

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$8.80$7.0031.3%10.1%31.2%42.1%35.7%4.1%-1.1%382.8K-5.9M-14.8K0.2710.74N/AN/A1684513,4273,435
2013-02-04$8.68$7.0035.1%10.6%26.9%51.8%37.4%2.3%-3.4%344.5K-5.1M-13.9K0.179.43N/AN/A1652813,4113,466
2013-02-05$8.62$7.0034.0%10.5%26.9%49.0%38.9%7.8%-2.2%344.0K-4.7M-13.6K0.009.54N/AN/A105013,5103,473
2013-02-06$8.71$7.0030.0%10.3%26.3%38.7%37.2%11.0%-2.3%412.5K-5.2M-13.6K0.5411.78N/AN/A613313,5883,473
2013-02-07$8.65$7.0035.8%10.3%26.4%53.6%35.5%8.2%-1.7%381.4K-4.9M-13.4K0.1012.68N/AN/A1021013,6133,488
2013-02-08$8.78$7.0034.1%9.8%26.2%49.2%34.4%12.5%-0.4%533.4K-5.8M-13.0K0.0010.11N/AN/A208013,6893,489
2013-02-11$8.85$7.0034.5%9.9%25.4%50.4%34.9%10.8%-0.7%559.9K-6.0M-12.4K2.5813.79N/AN/A6717313,8263,489
2013-02-12$9.05$7.0032.7%9.4%26.4%45.7%25.2%-6.3%-0.2%674.3K-7.7M-12.3K0.165.60N/AN/A64910613,8333,658
2013-02-13$9.05$7.0033.3%9.5%26.4%47.1%28.5%-6.4%-0.7%808.4K-7.7M-12.2K0.025.87N/AN/A446813,7583,764
2013-02-14$8.92$7.0032.8%9.4%27.0%45.9%32.8%-0.6%-0.2%1.2M-5.6M-11.8K0.097.57N/AN/A8097613,7813,768
2013-02-15$8.82$7.0032.9%9.4%27.4%46.2%33.5%-4.5%0.3%610.0K-4.8M-11.4K0.227.98N/AN/A50911213,2923,839
2013-02-19$8.94$7.0034.3%9.8%27.7%49.8%34.0%13.3%-2.8%91.6K-3.6M-10.6K0.056.59N/AN/A9957,2513,293
2013-02-20$8.99$7.0035.3%10.1%16.4%52.3%35.2%2.4%-4.3%94.4K-3.8M-10.8K0.706.43N/AN/A1531077,3273,296
2013-02-21$8.58$7.0039.1%11.2%23.2%62.0%39.5%4.4%-7.1%87.7K-2.8M-11.0K0.389.75N/AN/A6012307,4423,399
2013-02-22$8.46$7.0037.7%10.8%23.5%58.4%37.7%0.7%-1.7%89.7K-2.7M-11.5K0.419.24N/AN/A113467,8383,531
2013-02-25$8.44$7.0040.5%11.6%23.5%65.6%40.1%1.2%-3.0%88.8K-2.7M-11.3K0.0010.45N/AN/A9507,9023,570
2013-02-26$8.49$7.0040.3%11.6%23.7%65.2%40.5%3.2%-1.2%92.0K-2.8M-11.3K0.8710.50N/AN/A61537,9453,560
2013-02-27$8.73$7.0033.7%9.7%25.9%48.3%34.3%9.9%-0.3%104.9K-3.3M-11.1K0.408.76N/AN/A4341747,9793,586
2013-02-28$8.49$7.0043.6%12.5%27.7%73.4%40.7%6.0%-7.5%99.8K-2.8M-11.2K0.2514.70N/AN/A115298,3203,704