DUSA Options History — May 2007

In May 2007, DUSA traded between $2.77 and $4.76. ATM implied volatility averaged 104.5%. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 25.5% (HV 20d: 129.9%). 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 4 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2007-05-17: Highest Volume — 1,814 contracts
  • 2007-05-17: Largest IV spike — 123.3% change
  • 2007-05-17: Largest Expected Move — 37.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.54$2.77$4.76$3.31$3.52
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV104.5%58.8%149.0%127.8%114.9%
Expected Move27.2%16.8%37.6%36.6%32.9%
HV 20d129.9%59.6%212.6%59.6%208.6%
HV 60d88.5%55.3%128.0%55.3%127.6%
Term Structure-23.8%-61.1%6.3%-57.5%-57.8%
VWIV103.2%78.9%131.0%131.0%93.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %104.7559.97117.59116.52108.01
Gamma HHI0.810.550.940.770.94
Net GEX9581312.5K3791.2K
Net DEX-24.7K-201.8K1.8K-5.3K-12.6K
Net VEX-245-638-69-130-231
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.003.890.000.00
Total Volume101.90901,81405
Total OI565.53151,107315846

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-05-01$3.31$0.00127.8%36.6%59.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%-57.5%379-5.3K-1300.00116.52N/AN/A0026550
2007-05-02$3.14$0.00118.6%34.0%60.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%-54.0%240-865-1010.00114.81N/AN/A0026550
2007-05-03$3.15$0.00127.8%36.6%60.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%-61.1%269-1.8K-1030.00114.69N/AN/A0026550
2007-05-04$3.33$0.00112.3%22.3%61.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-20.0%359-3.9K-1180.00112.53N/AN/A0026550
2007-05-07$3.40$0.00126.4%19.5%61.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.2%416-3.2K-1080.00111.35N/AN/A7026550
2007-05-08$3.23$0.00132.8%22.5%64.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-15.5%331-6.0K-1320.00111.75N/AN/A0027250
2007-05-09$3.21$0.00149.0%24.2%64.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%-24.8%310-3.6K-1170.00115.63N/AN/A10027250
2007-05-10$3.24$0.0080.0%22.9%63.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%-16.3%319111-840.00114.15N/AN/A0028250
2007-05-11$3.18$0.0075.5%21.6%63.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%-14.3%2371.8K-690.00114.63N/AN/A0028250
2007-05-14$3.02$0.0077.5%22.2%65.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%308-5.2K-1310.00111.84N/AN/A0028250
2007-05-15$2.92$0.0074.0%21.2%64.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-5.2%169-1.7K-850.00117.59N/AN/A0028250
2007-05-16$2.77$0.0058.8%16.8%65.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%131713-860.0059.97N/AN/A0028250
2007-05-17$4.76$0.00131.2%37.6%206.7%0.0%131.0%0.0%-33.6%1.0K-65.3K-3060.1095.17N/AN/A1,65016428250
2007-05-18$4.48$5.00120.9%34.7%208.5%0.0%122.0%0.0%-19.4%2.1K-201.8K-6380.1885.36N/AN/A13624934173
2007-05-21$4.08$5.0094.2%27.0%211.8%0.0%91.1%0.0%4.1%2.5K-78.9K-5790.21103.59N/AN/A7315748157
2007-05-22$3.92$5.0089.1%25.6%212.6%0.0%78.9%0.0%-41.7%2.3K-46.0K-4893.89100.99N/AN/A935725167
2007-05-23$3.90$5.00100.0%28.7%212.6%0.0%102.2%0.0%-28.2%2.3K-49.0K-4570.1990.50N/AN/A8015731144
2007-05-24$3.76$5.0078.8%22.6%212.3%0.0%93.9%0.0%-17.1%1.5K-16.1K-3380.0091.94N/AN/A10731139
2007-05-25$3.90$5.00114.0%32.7%211.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%-45.9%1.5K-11.3K-4920.00101.67N/AN/A70732297
2007-05-29$3.81$5.0077.0%22.1%210.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-1.5%1.5K-13.0K-3110.00107.90N/AN/A10729139
2007-05-30$3.78$5.00117.7%33.7%207.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%-26.8%1.6K-19.5K-2950.00103.93N/AN/A100729109
2007-05-31$3.52$5.00114.9%32.9%208.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%-57.8%1.2K-12.6K-2310.00108.01N/AN/A05739107