DUSA Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, DUSA traded between $5.78 and $8.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.1%, placing in the 8.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 80.4% (HV 20d: 110.5%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-08: Highest Volume — 732 contracts
  • 2012-11-16: Largest IV spike — 85.7% change
  • 2012-11-02: Highest IV Rank — 33.2%
  • 2012-11-02: Largest Expected Move — 23.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.53$5.78$8.00$6.41$7.97
Max Pain$7.21$5.00$7.50$5.00$7.50
ATM IV30.1%9.6%81.3%67.1%12.4%
Expected Move7.1%2.6%23.3%19.2%3.6%
HV 20d110.5%53.1%130.6%53.1%119.5%
HV 60d75.2%50.5%83.7%50.9%81.8%
IV Rank8.2%0.0%33.2%22.2%1.8%
IV Percentile15.3%0.0%79.3%43.4%3.2%
Term Structure13.2%-41.3%157.6%69.9%9.7%
VWIV56.3%9.3%92.7%67.1%9.3%
Skew 25d-2.2%-10.9%23.0%5.4%-4.0%
Skew 10d12.7%-14.4%32.9%2.1%14.6%
Call IV 25d30.3%11.6%85.1%85.1%11.6%
Put IV 25d28.1%5.5%90.5%90.5%7.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %59.4813.07151.76151.7621.78
Gamma HHI0.920.531.000.731.00
Net GEX-2.9K-10.8K534-67-3.1K
Net DEX-77.4K-137.3K7.1K648-104.1K
Net VEX-315-534-83-90-288
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.002.550.000.00
Total Volume37.333073211
Total OI611.2384181,093437418

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-01$6.41$5.0067.1%19.2%53.1%22.2%67.1%5.4%69.9%-67648-900.00151.76N/AN/A10111326
2012-11-02$6.15$5.0081.3%23.3%54.7%33.2%92.7%7.7%-41.3%194143-1180.0048.43N/AN/A10111326
2012-11-05$6.03$0.0065.6%17.0%54.5%21.0%0.0%4.5%22.5%-574.2K-900.0045.54N/AN/A00112326
2012-11-06$6.22$0.0075.4%18.7%55.6%28.7%0.0%1.1%17.6%223929-1010.0044.40N/AN/A00112326
2012-11-07$5.78$0.0075.3%20.7%60.6%28.6%0.0%23.0%-0.0%-3077.1K-890.0054.18N/AN/A00112326
2012-11-08$7.95$0.0020.6%2.7%130.5%0.0%9.3%-6.8%2.6%534-79.6K-832.5513.07N/AN/A206526112326
2012-11-09$7.96$7.5025.1%2.6%130.6%3.1%0.0%-5.0%4.6%-7.6K-132.8K-5340.1381.24N/AN/A304251842
2012-11-12$7.95$7.5027.6%2.8%130.2%4.8%0.0%0.0%-1.4%-4.0K-120.9K-5230.00117.82N/AN/A50241842
2012-11-13$7.96$7.5030.0%2.8%130.2%6.4%0.0%0.0%-1.1%-5.3K-137.3K-4220.0088.37N/AN/A00236842
2012-11-14$7.95$7.5035.6%2.9%130.3%10.2%0.0%-9.4%-1.5%-4.5K-123.7K-4820.0088.48N/AN/A00232842
2012-11-15$7.97$7.509.6%2.7%130.3%0.0%0.0%-5.4%-0.9%-9.7K-113.4K-3760.0030.67N/AN/A010213842
2012-11-16$7.96$7.5017.8%5.1%129.6%5.2%0.0%-5.7%-16.8%-10.8K-103.2K-3990.0037.34N/AN/A00213852
2012-11-19$7.95$7.5010.7%3.1%129.6%0.7%0.0%-5.6%13.0%-2.7K-92.1K-3820.0062.87N/AN/A00167251
2012-11-20$7.96$7.5010.6%3.0%127.0%0.7%0.0%-5.8%9.2%-2.8K-95.3K-3610.0030.67N/AN/A00167251
2012-11-21$7.97$7.5010.4%3.0%127.1%0.6%0.0%-10.9%9.8%-2.8K-97.5K-3410.0029.48N/AN/A00167251
2012-11-23$8.00$7.5012.2%3.5%126.0%1.7%0.0%-8.7%-17.3%-2.5K-84.8K-4280.0018.86N/AN/A00167251
2012-11-26$7.99$7.5010.3%3.0%126.0%0.5%0.0%-5.2%11.7%-2.8K-102.2K-3180.0019.57N/AN/A00167251
2012-11-27$7.97$7.5011.6%3.3%126.1%1.3%0.0%-5.7%9.8%-2.8K-98.4K-3330.0021.90N/AN/A00167251
2012-11-28$7.99$7.5010.7%3.1%125.7%0.7%0.0%0.0%20.5%147-77.4K-4200.00126.03N/AN/A00167251
2012-11-29$7.96$7.5012.5%3.6%122.8%1.9%0.0%0.0%157.6%193-75.8K-4360.00116.57N/AN/A00167251
2012-11-30$7.97$7.5012.4%3.6%119.5%1.8%0.0%-4.0%9.7%-3.1K-104.1K-2880.0021.78N/AN/A01167251