DUSA Options History — March 2012

In March 2012, DUSA traded between $4.65 and $6.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 68.7%, placing in the 19.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.6% (HV 20d: 78.3%). Max pain ranged from $2.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.84.

Notable Days

  • 2012-03-07: Highest Volume — 85 contracts
  • 2012-03-05: Largest IV spike — 40.2% change
  • 2012-03-13: Highest IV Rank — 49.1%
  • 2012-03-13: Largest Expected Move — 22.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.93$4.65$6.48$4.83$6.26
Max Pain$6.97$2.50$7.50$2.50$7.50
ATM IV68.7%40.6%113.8%64.7%59.7%
Expected Move18.0%11.6%22.5%18.6%17.1%
HV 20d78.3%31.1%86.6%31.7%84.3%
HV 60d54.2%34.8%58.3%34.8%55.5%
IV Rank19.0%0.3%49.1%16.4%13.0%
IV Percentile33.0%0.4%83.5%28.6%19.4%
Term Structure9.2%-8.5%32.5%-1.6%15.1%
VWIV54.0%31.3%71.5%71.5%31.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %101.7978.02114.9098.40114.76
Gamma HHI0.600.500.920.880.55
Net GEX109-171394322210
Net DEX-23.8K-48.5K-8.0K-31.6K-31.2K
Net VEX-119-143-94-99-137
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.840.0010.000.0010.00
Total Volume8.508510
Total OI215.5148273163273

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-03-01$4.83$2.5064.7%18.6%31.7%16.4%71.5%0.0%-1.6%322-31.6K-990.0098.40N/AN/A1011449
2012-03-02$4.70$2.5051.9%14.9%32.9%7.9%0.0%0.0%8.8%323-30.0K-980.0080.54N/AN/A0011549
2012-03-05$4.65$0.0072.8%20.2%31.1%21.8%0.0%0.0%-1.4%324-28.4K-940.0096.65N/AN/A0011549
2012-03-06$5.80$0.0063.0%20.5%85.7%15.3%0.0%0.0%1.0%394-48.5K-940.0095.28N/AN/A26011549
2012-03-07$6.05$0.0084.3%21.3%86.6%29.4%71.0%0.0%-1.3%377-42.6K-988.4478.02N/AN/A9769949
2012-03-08$6.20$7.5089.6%18.8%86.3%33.0%0.0%0.0%18.5%-129-15.1K-1430.0093.73N/AN/A20103116
2012-03-09$6.06$7.5088.7%21.9%85.5%32.3%0.0%0.0%-0.4%-113-13.3K-1420.0092.16N/AN/A06104116
2012-03-12$5.84$7.5096.9%22.4%85.8%37.8%0.0%0.0%-4.6%24-9.7K-1310.0096.89N/AN/A00104114
2012-03-13$5.86$7.50113.8%22.5%85.9%49.1%0.0%0.0%-3.5%19-9.1K-1300.0098.81N/AN/A00104114
2012-03-14$5.79$7.50113.0%22.1%86.2%48.5%0.0%0.0%-7.1%59-8.0K-1250.0096.93N/AN/A00104114
2012-03-15$5.87$7.5075.9%21.8%84.6%23.8%0.0%0.0%24.9%43-8.9K-1240.00104.01N/AN/A00104114
2012-03-16$5.81$7.5075.7%21.7%84.9%23.7%0.0%0.0%-4.8%35-9.4K-1240.00104.01N/AN/A00104114
2012-03-19$6.05$7.5055.7%16.0%85.5%10.4%0.0%0.0%-6.3%24-11.0K-1090.00114.90N/AN/A00100110
2012-03-20$6.07$7.5053.8%15.4%85.5%9.1%0.0%0.0%13.2%50-10.6K-1070.00110.04N/AN/A00100110
2012-03-21$6.31$7.5047.0%13.5%85.9%4.6%0.0%0.0%27.3%-171-15.0K-1090.00113.93N/AN/A200100110
2012-03-22$6.43$7.5056.8%16.3%85.8%11.1%0.0%0.0%27.2%-23-33.7K-1240.00108.59N/AN/A160120110
2012-03-23$6.48$7.5052.9%15.2%85.6%8.5%57.5%0.0%31.2%-25-36.6K-1390.00110.92N/AN/A20133110
2012-03-26$6.47$7.5045.6%13.1%85.7%3.7%38.7%0.0%23.5%28-35.3K-1110.00112.11N/AN/A70135110
2012-03-27$6.40$7.5040.6%11.6%85.7%0.3%31.3%0.0%32.5%118-34.1K-1160.0095.30N/AN/A110142110
2012-03-28$6.30$7.5051.4%14.7%85.2%7.5%0.0%0.0%17.8%257-32.9K-12410.00111.82N/AN/A110153110
2012-03-29$6.25$7.5057.0%16.4%85.5%11.3%0.0%0.0%-8.5%250-28.4K-1410.00111.50N/AN/A00153120
2012-03-30$6.26$7.5059.7%17.1%84.3%13.0%0.0%0.0%15.1%210-31.2K-1370.00114.76N/AN/A00153120