DUSA Options History — May 2011

In May 2011, DUSA traded between $4.53 and $6.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 68.4%, placing in the 20.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 174.8% (HV 20d: 243.2%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.62.

Notable Days

  • 2011-05-05: Highest Volume — 473 contracts
  • 2011-05-11: Largest IV drop — 29.4% change
  • 2011-05-09: Highest IV Rank — 32.2%
  • 2011-05-18: Largest Expected Move — 23.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.71$4.53$6.59$4.81$6.59
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV68.4%49.6%86.8%78.3%51.7%
Expected Move19.3%14.2%23.6%22.5%14.8%
HV 20d243.2%88.1%381.8%377.6%88.1%
HV 60d232.5%230.1%233.7%230.1%233.2%
IV Rank20.1%7.8%32.2%26.6%9.2%
IV Percentile23.0%12.9%34.0%28.0%15.0%
Term Structure5.1%-27.1%29.7%-4.9%29.7%
VWIV65.2%37.9%82.7%73.2%37.9%
Skew 25d18.8%2.9%39.7%30.1%11.2%
Skew 10d30.6%2.1%66.6%57.1%2.1%
Call IV 25d75.3%46.1%132.3%93.9%46.1%
Put IV 25d94.0%56.9%155.7%124.0%57.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %102.3283.19138.27138.2791.59
Gamma HHI0.670.510.860.850.85
Net GEX1.3K1482.4K1482.0K
Net DEX-79.8K-122.0K-3.4K-3.4K-122.0K
Net VEX-296-518-11-11-501
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.620.009.500.200.19
Total Volume49.33304732456
Total OI291.6671742817428

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-05-02$4.81$5.0078.3%22.5%377.6%26.6%73.2%30.1%-4.9%148-3.4K-110.20138.27N/AN/A204170
2011-05-03$4.82$5.0071.2%20.4%377.5%22.0%0.0%20.8%-0.2%166-11.4K-220.00117.15N/AN/A00373
2011-05-04$4.53$5.0063.0%18.1%378.7%16.6%0.0%15.1%9.0%151-9.6K-210.00105.59N/AN/A00373
2011-05-05$5.35$5.0068.7%19.7%381.8%20.3%63.3%0.0%5.1%165-15.4K-220.0391.38N/AN/A45815373
2011-05-06$5.69$5.0070.0%20.0%380.6%21.2%69.2%13.7%0.2%274-43.2K-330.00103.26N/AN/A1708918
2011-05-09$5.80$5.0086.8%21.3%379.5%32.2%74.6%0.0%-17.7%222-48.8K-340.01104.14N/AN/A6719618
2011-05-10$5.95$5.0085.3%20.2%373.3%31.2%69.4%12.0%13.0%872-61.8K-1470.01103.89N/AN/A182216119
2011-05-11$5.88$5.0060.2%18.2%373.4%14.7%60.3%2.9%25.3%1.5K-102.4K-3970.0094.22N/AN/A37032119
2011-05-12$5.99$5.0069.7%20.0%372.6%21.0%81.7%5.2%-3.3%1.8K-113.5K-4140.00108.66N/AN/A18035719
2011-05-13$5.99$5.0082.2%23.6%372.9%29.1%0.0%30.7%-15.6%1.9K-119.1K-4290.0098.86N/AN/A4037119
2011-05-16$5.31$5.0069.5%19.9%377.3%20.8%70.6%0.0%-5.0%2.4K-94.8K-3910.34108.72N/AN/A291037519
2011-05-17$5.62$5.0079.1%22.7%102.6%27.1%0.0%21.2%-27.1%1.6K-106.1K-3570.00103.50N/AN/A4038829
2011-05-18$5.40$5.0082.5%23.6%103.5%29.3%82.7%34.2%-5.3%2.2K-96.5K-4220.4585.34N/AN/A11538329
2011-05-19$5.51$5.0065.5%18.8%102.7%18.2%0.0%16.2%19.3%1.5K-108.0K-3690.9183.19N/AN/A111038434
2011-05-20$5.70$5.0067.8%19.4%103.6%19.7%0.0%24.9%9.9%1.2K-113.5K-3809.5092.11N/AN/A21937544
2011-05-23$5.77$5.0072.4%20.8%103.4%22.7%0.0%23.4%10.5%1.3K-83.7K-3690.0096.16N/AN/A2033651
2011-05-24$6.00$5.0057.6%16.5%89.5%13.0%60.2%3.9%-8.9%1.5K-90.3K-4250.00110.71N/AN/A7033751
2011-05-25$6.33$5.0049.6%14.2%90.9%7.8%0.0%14.0%28.5%1.6K-109.6K-4690.19110.86N/AN/A27533951
2011-05-26$6.45$5.0052.4%15.0%89.8%9.6%38.9%39.7%27.1%1.9K-114.4K-5180.00100.42N/AN/A9036056
2011-05-27$6.41$5.0053.0%15.2%88.7%10.0%0.0%11.2%18.2%1.8K-108.8K-4790.00100.63N/AN/A4035656
2011-05-31$6.59$5.0051.7%14.8%88.1%9.2%37.9%0.0%29.7%2.0K-122.0K-5010.1991.59N/AN/A47937256