DUSA Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, DUSA traded between $4.19 and $4.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 64.9%, placing in the 16.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 23.5% (HV 20d: 41.4%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-03: Highest Volume — 20 contracts
  • 2012-01-17: Largest IV spike — 37.6% change
  • 2012-01-19: Highest IV Rank — 27.5%
  • 2012-01-19: Largest Expected Move — 23.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.52$4.19$4.79$4.19$4.79
Max Pain$2.88$2.50$5.00$5.00$2.50
ATM IV64.9%44.5%81.5%69.1%64.1%
Expected Move18.5%12.7%23.4%19.8%18.4%
HV 20d41.4%36.3%46.5%40.9%36.9%
HV 60d57.5%50.5%59.8%59.5%50.5%
IV Rank16.5%2.9%27.5%19.3%16.0%
IV Percentile23.6%0.4%47.6%28.6%23.8%
Term Structure10.2%-17.2%35.3%-17.2%15.9%
VWIV86.6%59.0%104.9%95.9%104.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %107.6389.43115.48114.81113.31
Gamma HHI0.830.490.960.490.94
Net GEX-595-1.2K134134-929
Net DEX-105.7K-119.7K-88.1K-91.3K-110.6K
Net VEX-121-192-98-192-118
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume4.5020200
Total OI562.1532578532558

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$4.19$5.0069.1%19.8%40.9%19.3%0.0%0.0%-17.2%134-91.3K-1920.00114.81N/AN/A020356176
2012-01-04$4.20$5.0063.6%18.2%40.4%15.7%0.0%0.0%-10.8%-405-88.1K-980.00113.01N/AN/A60356196
2012-01-05$4.24$5.0066.7%19.1%40.2%17.7%0.0%0.0%-11.6%-416-91.0K-1050.00113.01N/AN/A10361196
2012-01-06$4.25$2.5069.2%14.0%40.1%19.4%0.0%0.0%35.3%-371-92.4K-1130.00110.19N/AN/A00362196
2012-01-09$4.28$2.5073.9%18.3%40.1%22.5%0.0%0.0%26.4%-262-94.8K-1280.00110.60N/AN/A100362196
2012-01-10$4.48$2.5069.2%21.9%41.6%19.3%0.0%0.0%3.2%-443-109.1K-1220.00105.82N/AN/A00372196
2012-01-11$4.69$2.5059.4%22.3%43.8%12.8%0.0%0.0%-1.8%-360-119.7K-1360.00100.28N/AN/A00372196
2012-01-12$4.57$2.5077.2%22.1%45.3%24.7%0.0%0.0%1.3%-375-113.7K-1340.00101.88N/AN/A01372196
2012-01-13$4.51$2.5057.3%16.4%45.8%11.4%0.0%0.0%16.9%-539-108.2K-1180.0097.23N/AN/A00372197
2012-01-17$4.64$2.5078.9%22.6%46.5%25.8%0.0%0.0%2.6%-436-116.1K-1260.00104.63N/AN/A00372197
2012-01-18$4.72$2.5078.0%22.4%46.4%25.2%0.0%0.0%3.9%-498-119.1K-1170.00103.26N/AN/A00372197
2012-01-19$4.63$2.5081.5%23.4%45.3%27.5%0.0%0.0%-0.3%-599-114.8K-1220.00104.27N/AN/A00372197
2012-01-20$4.67$2.5067.3%19.3%42.3%18.1%95.9%0.0%13.4%-802-115.9K-1140.0089.43N/AN/A010372197
2012-01-23$4.68$2.5044.5%12.7%41.5%2.9%0.0%0.0%32.5%-1.2K-112.0K-990.00115.48N/AN/A110361197
2012-01-24$4.61$2.5050.3%14.4%40.8%6.8%59.0%0.0%30.2%-862-112.4K-1120.00113.00N/AN/A011371197
2012-01-25$4.53$2.5055.9%16.0%39.6%10.5%104.9%0.0%12.9%-865-104.6K-1180.00112.94N/AN/A200371207
2012-01-26$4.55$2.5057.2%16.4%37.8%11.4%0.0%0.0%11.1%-893-97.4K-1180.00114.15N/AN/A00351207
2012-01-27$4.62$2.5057.4%16.5%36.9%11.5%0.0%0.0%30.6%-767-103.1K-1220.00113.81N/AN/A00351207
2012-01-30$4.63$2.5057.6%16.5%36.3%11.7%0.0%0.0%9.2%-1.0K-100.3K-1150.00101.47N/AN/A00351207
2012-01-31$4.79$2.5064.1%18.4%36.9%16.0%0.0%0.0%15.9%-929-110.6K-1180.00113.31N/AN/A00351207