DUSA Options History — November 2011

In November 2011, DUSA traded between $3.26 and $4.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 97.9%, placing in the 38.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 26.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 22.0% (HV 20d: 75.8%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.01.

Notable Days

  • 2011-11-10: Highest Volume — 412 contracts
  • 2011-11-25: Largest IV spike — 37.1% change
  • 2011-11-25: Highest IV Rank — 69.2%
  • 2011-11-25: Largest Expected Move — 41.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.71$3.26$4.38$4.06$3.69
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV97.9%69.8%144.2%73.2%120.7%
Expected Move26.3%16.1%41.3%21.0%34.6%
HV 20d75.8%62.3%86.0%62.3%73.3%
HV 60d62.1%60.3%64.7%62.5%60.8%
IV Rank38.4%19.8%69.2%22.0%53.6%
IV Percentile52.9%26.6%88.7%30.6%70.6%
Term Structure-18.0%-45.0%18.5%1.3%-45.0%
VWIV73.6%47.8%109.7%109.7%63.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %117.38114.02131.65116.10117.38
Gamma HHI0.620.440.950.720.50
Net GEX785-542.6K2.0K158
Net DEX-56.4K-138.6K-9.6K-104.4K-51.7K
Net VEX-255-456-15-441-228
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.010.000.040.000.00
Total Volume34.095041210160
Total OI977.0955091,2821,272529

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-11-01$4.06$5.0073.2%21.0%62.3%22.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%2.0K-104.4K-4410.00116.10N/AN/A0101,041231
2011-11-02$4.30$5.0073.3%21.0%64.6%22.1%0.0%0.0%-16.8%2.4K-122.3K-4550.00114.81N/AN/A001,041241
2011-11-03$4.38$5.0069.8%20.0%64.1%19.8%0.0%0.0%-12.7%2.6K-128.8K-4560.00115.96N/AN/A001,041241
2011-11-04$4.21$5.0072.1%16.2%66.1%21.3%109.7%0.0%14.4%2.3K-109.0K-4180.00115.84N/AN/A401,041241
2011-11-07$4.13$5.0091.7%16.5%66.7%34.3%0.0%0.0%5.9%0-49.1K-2780.00115.90N/AN/A001,037241
2011-11-08$4.30$5.0086.8%19.7%65.2%31.0%0.0%0.0%18.5%2.4K-120.0K-4150.00116.61N/AN/A001,037241
2011-11-09$4.09$5.00117.3%16.1%68.0%51.4%0.0%0.0%17.0%2.1K-138.6K-4310.04116.61N/AN/A2311,037241
2011-11-10$3.53$5.0094.8%27.2%86.0%36.4%47.8%0.0%-30.3%227-30.5K-1830.02114.27N/AN/A402101,037242
2011-11-11$3.52$5.0092.5%26.5%85.2%34.8%63.2%0.0%-21.1%173-21.8K-2380.00118.04N/AN/A030838252
2011-11-14$3.40$5.0094.3%27.0%85.7%36.1%0.0%0.0%-26.8%288-16.7K-1800.00117.23N/AN/A041838271
2011-11-15$3.53$5.0093.2%26.7%85.8%35.3%0.0%0.0%-15.8%172-11.7K-2430.00116.87N/AN/A00838281
2011-11-16$3.50$5.0096.3%27.6%85.7%37.4%0.0%0.0%-13.2%207-12.0K-2420.00114.02N/AN/A014838281
2011-11-17$3.48$5.0099.0%28.4%84.5%39.2%0.0%0.0%-17.9%335-10.2K-2140.00117.20N/AN/A00838281
2011-11-18$3.46$5.0097.2%27.9%81.7%38.0%0.0%0.0%-29.0%359-9.6K-2180.00119.07N/AN/A10838281
2011-11-21$3.40$5.00106.2%30.5%80.3%44.0%0.0%0.0%-40.2%337-30.2K-2190.00118.63N/AN/A00313196
2011-11-22$3.41$5.00102.8%29.5%80.2%41.7%0.0%0.0%-31.4%346-30.7K-2140.00116.83N/AN/A00313196
2011-11-23$3.32$5.00105.1%30.1%77.2%43.3%0.0%0.0%-34.7%326-30.2K-2170.00117.82N/AN/A100313196
2011-11-25$3.26$5.00144.2%41.3%74.5%69.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%-54-51.2K-220.00131.65N/AN/A00323196
2011-11-28$3.42$5.00111.4%31.9%77.0%47.4%0.0%0.0%-37.4%-47-52.2K-150.00117.82N/AN/A00323196
2011-11-29$3.51$5.00113.5%32.5%78.1%48.8%0.0%0.0%-44.3%5-54.1K-180.00116.39N/AN/A010323196
2011-11-30$3.69$5.00120.7%34.6%73.3%53.6%0.0%0.0%-45.0%158-51.7K-2280.00117.38N/AN/A0160323206