DUSA Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, DUSA traded between $7.97 and $8.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.1%, placing in the 4.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 20.5% (HV 20d: 35.5%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 14 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 14 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-14: Highest Volume — 5 contracts
  • 2012-12-14: Largest IV spike — 64.7% change
  • 2012-12-19: Highest IV Rank — 8.9%
  • 2012-12-07: Largest Expected Move — 17.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.98$7.97$8.00$7.97$8.00
Max Pain$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50$7.50
ATM IV15.1%10.5%18.9%13.4%12.0%
Expected Move6.2%2.9%17.0%3.8%3.4%
HV 20d35.5%3.1%118.0%118.0%3.2%
HV 60d79.3%75.8%81.8%81.8%75.8%
IV Rank4.0%0.6%8.9%2.4%2.3%
IV Percentile5.6%1.2%9.2%4.0%3.2%
Term Structure-22.3%-102.8%47.3%10.1%-29.0%
Skew 25d-8.2%-22.4%-2.5%-22.4%-5.0%
Skew 10d4.0%-35.9%14.9%-35.9%9.3%
Call IV 25d17.9%11.8%40.5%40.5%12.1%
Put IV 25d9.6%7.1%18.1%18.1%7.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.0918.14153.22152.70118.22
Gamma HHI0.960.731.000.731.00
Net GEX-1.8K-3.3K-45-45-3.0K
Net DEX-94.7K-111.0K-80.3K-80.3K-107.6K
Net VEX-312-385-224-385-258
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.50500
Total OI418.786418420419420

Daily Data (14 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$7.97$7.5013.4%3.8%118.0%2.4%0.0%0.0%10.1%-45-80.3K-3850.00152.70N/AN/A00167252
2012-12-04$7.99$7.5012.4%3.6%117.5%1.8%0.0%0.0%47.3%-1.7K-89.8K-3410.0061.30N/AN/A00167252
2012-12-05$7.98$7.5013.6%3.9%117.4%2.5%0.0%0.0%19.4%-177-82.2K-3700.00118.74N/AN/A00167252
2012-12-06$7.97$7.5014.6%4.2%113.1%3.2%0.0%-22.4%3.9%-3.2K-106.1K-2620.0018.14N/AN/A00167252
2012-12-07$7.97$0.0015.0%17.0%3.1%3.5%0.0%0.0%-102.8%-526-80.7K-3770.00149.44N/AN/A00167252
2012-12-10$7.99$0.0015.2%15.7%3.2%3.6%0.0%0.0%-94.5%-1.2K-87.3K-3340.00126.54N/AN/A00167252
2012-12-11$7.99$0.0015.9%8.9%3.1%4.0%0.0%-2.5%-46.7%-3.2K-106.6K-2560.0096.31N/AN/A00167252
2012-12-12$7.97$0.0018.4%2.9%3.3%5.6%0.0%0.0%-27.3%-93-81.2K-3720.00153.22N/AN/A00167252
2012-12-13$7.98$0.0010.5%3.0%3.2%0.6%0.0%0.0%-28.3%-213-83.0K-3590.00152.53N/AN/A00167252
2012-12-14$7.99$0.0017.4%5.0%3.2%4.9%0.0%-6.8%-18.9%-3.3K-108.7K-2460.0037.46N/AN/A50167251
2012-12-17$7.99$0.0015.1%4.3%3.1%3.5%0.0%-6.6%-13.8%-3.3K-111.0K-2240.0029.77N/AN/A00167251
2012-12-18$7.98$0.0018.6%5.3%3.1%8.6%0.0%-7.1%-19.7%-3.2K-106.8K-2570.0037.46N/AN/A00167251
2012-12-19$7.98$0.0018.9%5.4%3.1%8.9%0.0%-7.3%-11.7%-2.6K-93.7K-3330.0037.46N/AN/A02167251
2012-12-20$8.00$0.0012.0%3.4%3.2%2.3%0.0%-5.0%-29.0%-3.0K-107.6K-2580.00118.22N/AN/A00167253