DUSA Options History — May 2012

In May 2012, DUSA traded between $5.01 and $6.40. ATM implied volatility averaged 65.8%, placing in the 19.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 18.8% (HV 20d: 47.0%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.21.

Notable Days

  • 2012-05-02: Highest Volume — 63 contracts
  • 2012-05-25: Largest IV drop — 100.0% change
  • 2012-05-09: Highest IV Rank — 37.9%
  • 2012-05-03: Largest Expected Move — 21.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.58$5.01$6.40$5.82$5.16
Max Pain$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00$5.00
ATM IV65.8%47.4%88.8%55.1%70.5%
Expected Move18.1%13.6%21.4%15.8%20.2%
HV 20d47.0%40.6%51.7%44.5%46.4%
HV 60d60.0%42.9%62.4%58.5%42.9%
IV Rank19.9%5.4%37.9%11.5%23.6%
IV Percentile40.8%1.6%77.0%13.1%55.4%
Term Structure1.9%-28.7%19.2%9.5%5.2%
VWIV71.9%61.7%82.1%61.7%82.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %109.0970.34184.7695.13123.28
Gamma HHI0.460.330.700.370.40
Net GEX444-451.3K336-25
Net DEX-33.3K-74.8K-1.7K-57.2K-1.7K
Net VEX-166-213-117-177-174
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.210.001.670.000.00
Total Volume5.90906300
Total OI446.636308541475308

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-05-01$5.82$5.0055.1%15.8%44.5%11.5%0.0%0.0%9.5%336-57.2K-1770.0095.13N/AN/A00160315
2012-05-02$6.06$5.0064.3%18.4%45.8%18.6%61.7%0.0%-14.4%260-64.4K-1370.0093.63N/AN/A630160315
2012-05-03$6.19$5.0074.6%21.4%45.2%26.7%82.1%0.0%-28.7%752-68.4K-1841.6770.34N/AN/A610206315
2012-05-04$6.10$0.0058.6%14.3%45.4%14.2%0.0%0.0%19.2%389-63.2K-1560.00101.95N/AN/A01206325
2012-05-07$6.29$0.0059.0%15.8%46.0%14.5%0.0%0.0%3.0%731-68.5K-1810.00102.17N/AN/A60206324
2012-05-08$6.40$0.0057.9%15.6%40.6%13.6%0.0%0.0%2.9%961-74.8K-1270.00103.53N/AN/A160208324
2012-05-09$6.13$0.0088.8%14.3%43.4%37.9%0.0%0.0%15.7%637-63.5K-1780.00110.72N/AN/A00207324
2012-05-10$5.80$0.0047.4%13.6%48.0%5.4%0.0%0.0%19.0%361-54.2K-1820.00110.75N/AN/A00207324
2012-05-11$5.56$0.0068.1%19.5%49.5%21.6%0.0%0.0%0.4%438-45.5K-1830.00105.43N/AN/A120207324
2012-05-14$5.37$0.0067.6%19.4%50.0%21.3%0.0%0.0%-0.8%640-38.5K-1900.00106.94N/AN/A00217324
2012-05-15$5.29$0.0068.0%19.5%49.4%21.6%0.0%0.0%1.1%699-33.8K-2130.00105.01N/AN/A30217324
2012-05-16$5.01$0.0066.7%19.1%50.8%20.6%0.0%0.0%-2.0%1.0K-14.3K-2000.00101.54N/AN/A00217324
2012-05-17$5.12$0.0071.0%20.4%51.7%24.0%0.0%0.0%-0.8%1.2K-25.3K-1860.00100.52N/AN/A30217324
2012-05-18$5.17$0.0068.7%19.7%46.3%22.1%0.0%0.0%10.2%1.3K-37.1K-1490.00102.22N/AN/A100217324
2012-05-21$5.27$0.0070.6%20.2%45.9%23.6%0.0%0.0%-1.0%-45-2.2K-1490.0075.65N/AN/A0062246
2012-05-22$5.35$0.0061.4%17.6%46.3%16.4%0.0%0.0%6.1%5-3.1K-1610.00110.95N/AN/A0062246
2012-05-23$5.23$0.0061.7%17.7%46.4%16.6%0.0%0.0%9.3%-38-1.9K-1510.00122.08N/AN/A0062246
2012-05-24$5.40$0.0063.2%18.1%47.8%17.8%0.0%0.0%4.6%-33-4.1K-1450.00124.50N/AN/A0062246
2012-05-25$5.44$0.000.0%0.0%47.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%157-4.3K-1170.00184.76N/AN/A0062246
2012-05-29$5.31$0.0067.3%19.3%48.2%21.0%0.0%0.0%-2.3%4-2.8K-1550.00123.69N/AN/A0062246
2012-05-30$5.34$0.0071.7%20.5%48.4%24.5%0.0%0.0%-16.0%26-3.5K-1580.00125.17N/AN/A0062246
2012-05-31$5.16$0.0070.5%20.2%46.4%23.6%0.0%0.0%5.2%-25-1.7K-1740.00123.28N/AN/A0062246