DUSA Options History — March 2007

In March 2007, DUSA traded between $3.35 and $3.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 95.4%. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 36.2% (HV 20d: 59.2%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2007-03-20: Highest Volume — 25 contracts
  • 2007-03-13: Largest IV spike — 148.0% change
  • 2007-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 31.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.57$3.35$3.96$3.96$3.58
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV95.4%64.3%179.7%64.3%90.8%
Expected Move21.7%14.5%31.5%18.4%26.0%
HV 20d59.2%44.0%63.7%44.0%55.5%
HV 60d49.2%47.9%51.2%51.2%48.2%
Term Structure-16.6%-35.2%18.9%-34.5%-19.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %98.0493.36107.32106.4393.90
Gamma HHI0.890.790.970.970.92
Net GEX456239627627352
Net DEX-7.0K-11.7K622-11.4K-4.4K
Net VEX-92-141-37-141-66
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume1.81802500
Total OI307.864294324302324

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-03-01$3.96$0.0064.3%18.4%44.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-34.5%627-11.4K-1410.00106.43N/AN/A0024953
2007-03-02$3.65$0.00109.9%31.5%51.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-35.2%530-7.2K-1190.00107.32N/AN/A0024953
2007-03-05$3.79$5.0093.6%14.5%54.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%563-10.4K-1360.00106.81N/AN/A01024953
2007-03-06$3.78$5.0097.2%14.5%53.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.9%571-10.3K-1360.00107.25N/AN/A0024963
2007-03-07$3.40$5.00121.0%16.2%63.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.9%344622-770.00105.94N/AN/A0024963
2007-03-08$3.45$5.00150.3%19.3%59.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-7.6%432-6.5K-870.00107.30N/AN/A0024945
2007-03-09$3.60$5.00158.5%20.7%61.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%-8.5%515-9.5K-1020.00107.00N/AN/A0024945
2007-03-12$3.64$5.0072.5%20.8%61.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-22.6%537-11.4K-1090.0093.36N/AN/A0024945
2007-03-13$3.60$5.00179.7%20.5%61.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-21.9%515-9.9K-1000.0093.59N/AN/A0024945
2007-03-14$3.62$5.0075.7%21.7%61.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-25.8%539-10.7K-1100.0093.94N/AN/A0024945
2007-03-15$3.60$5.0073.3%21.0%60.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-23.4%517-10.0K-980.0093.75N/AN/A0024945
2007-03-16$3.55$5.0077.6%22.2%59.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-12.1%492-8.5K-960.0093.97N/AN/A0024945
2007-03-19$3.35$5.0069.7%20.0%62.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%-10.8%342-3.4K-630.0094.46N/AN/A5024945
2007-03-20$3.37$5.0069.5%19.9%61.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-10.2%239-514-370.0094.46N/AN/A25025445
2007-03-21$3.38$5.0075.0%21.5%61.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%-20.6%325-2.9K-600.0093.62N/AN/A0027945
2007-03-22$3.38$5.0076.3%21.9%61.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-21.3%326-2.7K-570.0094.24N/AN/A0027945
2007-03-23$3.35$5.0079.5%22.8%57.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%-23.4%445-6.2K-880.0094.24N/AN/A0027945
2007-03-26$3.53$5.0087.5%25.1%61.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-26.5%566-11.7K-1170.0093.51N/AN/A0027945
2007-03-27$3.66$5.0090.2%25.9%63.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-27.0%411-5.5K-750.0093.94N/AN/A0027945
2007-03-28$3.65$5.0093.0%26.7%63.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%-20.8%414-5.4K-750.0093.86N/AN/A0027945
2007-03-29$3.66$5.0094.1%27.0%62.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%-21.3%419-5.5K-740.0094.08N/AN/A0027945
2007-03-30$3.58$5.0090.8%26.0%55.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-19.7%352-4.4K-660.0093.90N/AN/A0027945