DUSA Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, DUSA traded between $6.21 and $7.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.2%, placing in the 16.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.8% (HV 20d: 47.4%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.18.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-16: Highest Volume — 25 contracts
  • 2012-10-10: Largest IV spike — 36.9% change
  • 2012-10-10: Highest IV Rank — 25.6%
  • 2012-10-26: Largest Expected Move — 20.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.71$6.21$7.00$6.92$6.86
Max Pain$5.48$5.00$7.50$7.50$5.00
ATM IV59.2%45.6%71.5%48.2%45.6%
Expected Move17.5%13.1%20.2%13.8%13.1%
HV 20d47.4%33.4%57.0%56.9%47.4%
HV 60d46.9%44.8%48.7%48.1%48.7%
IV Rank16.1%5.6%25.6%7.6%5.6%
IV Percentile25.8%1.2%61.0%2.8%1.2%
Term Structure-1.7%-71.7%28.6%22.3%-7.0%
VWIV72.1%60.8%88.5%60.8%88.5%
Skew 25d4.3%-15.6%18.2%12.3%-13.3%
Skew 10d12.2%-6.5%23.6%1.7%3.5%
Call IV 25d55.7%44.6%63.8%60.5%62.1%
Put IV 25d60.1%44.3%72.8%72.8%48.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %75.4519.80173.2788.52173.27
Gamma HHI0.750.580.960.790.96
Net GEX6422871.0K730680
Net DEX-18.1K-30.9K-341-26.2K-5.4K
Net VEX-155-192-98-117-98
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.180.001.000.000.18
Total Volume6.04802500
Total OI436.381415464415437

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$6.92$7.5048.2%13.8%56.9%7.6%0.0%12.3%22.3%730-26.2K-1170.0088.52N/AN/A00107308
2012-10-02$6.94$7.5051.7%14.8%56.8%10.3%0.0%18.2%28.6%672-26.3K-1460.00120.22N/AN/A00107308
2012-10-03$6.92$7.5053.0%15.2%57.0%11.3%0.0%17.5%18.4%734-25.6K-1190.00120.12N/AN/A20107308
2012-10-04$7.00$7.5050.9%14.6%57.0%9.7%0.0%-1.6%27.6%714-29.0K-1430.00120.07N/AN/A00109308
2012-10-05$6.81$5.0052.9%20.2%55.4%11.2%0.0%8.4%-7.2%623-29.2K-1431.0094.78N/AN/A1010109308
2012-10-08$6.82$5.0051.3%18.2%55.4%10.0%60.8%7.2%-0.4%696-24.0K-1710.00104.74N/AN/A100119318
2012-10-09$6.65$5.0052.2%17.8%56.7%10.7%71.6%13.6%-7.8%539-16.9K-1700.0083.11N/AN/A10109318
2012-10-10$6.68$5.0071.5%17.7%56.6%25.6%0.0%14.3%-3.7%522-13.8K-1580.0096.32N/AN/A00109318
2012-10-11$6.92$5.0061.6%17.6%53.5%17.9%61.7%10.4%4.4%726-20.4K-1510.0047.52N/AN/A140109318
2012-10-12$6.96$5.0064.1%18.4%53.5%19.9%0.0%10.6%1.0%955-25.4K-1780.0034.75N/AN/A20123318
2012-10-15$6.99$5.0063.9%18.3%53.5%19.8%0.0%10.5%0.9%1.0K-27.0K-1711.0019.80N/AN/A1010125318
2012-10-16$7.00$5.0067.0%19.2%37.2%22.1%67.2%0.0%-1.9%923-30.9K-1910.0022.42N/AN/A250135328
2012-10-17$6.80$5.0070.5%20.2%38.1%24.8%0.0%0.9%-6.3%719-26.9K-1920.0023.11N/AN/A100136328
2012-10-18$6.76$5.0067.4%19.3%33.4%22.5%0.0%4.5%-4.4%773-19.9K-1830.0024.96N/AN/A00127328
2012-10-19$6.36$5.0067.5%19.3%39.4%22.5%76.4%6.0%-10.2%483-11.0K-1760.0062.20N/AN/A90127328
2012-10-22$6.43$5.0068.8%19.7%38.2%23.6%78.1%-14.2%-14.5%476-8.7K-1690.0031.55N/AN/A10121328
2012-10-23$6.21$5.0052.0%0.0%39.5%10.5%88.5%0.0%-71.7%287-3.7K-1730.18170.77N/AN/A112121328
2012-10-24$6.24$5.0059.3%17.0%38.4%16.1%0.0%-11.7%-15.8%289-341-1340.0061.23N/AN/A00111326
2012-10-25$6.40$5.0054.0%15.5%35.8%12.1%0.0%-15.6%12.6%474-2.1K-1240.0060.87N/AN/A00111326
2012-10-26$6.30$5.0070.6%20.2%36.0%24.9%0.0%-13.3%-7.0%461-6.6K-1420.0024.14N/AN/A00111326
2012-10-31$6.86$5.0045.6%13.1%47.4%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%680-5.4K-980.00173.27N/AN/A00111326