January 2017. 1  In January 2017, for the eleventh consecutive month, dry natural gas production decreased year-to-year from the same month a year ago. The preliminary level for dry natural gas production in January 2017 was 2,193 billion cubic feet (Bcf), or 70.7 Bcf/day. This level was a 2.6 Bcf/day (3.6%) decrease from the January 2016 level of 73.4 Bcf/day.
Low Volatility... Option Volatility is a measure of risk/uncertainty. The more volatile a stock is, the higher the options premium will be. The difficulty of predicting the behavior of a volatile stock commands a higher price for the option because of the additional risk/reward it poses. High volatility: higher option premium. Low volatility: lower option premium. Option volatility is broken down into two components: 1  Historical Volatility: tells us how volatile something has been in the past.  Implied Volatility: is the market's view on how volatile things will be in the future.
Last but not least is the option period end date. The option period functions on calendar days, not business days. This means that if a contract is effective July 1st, and one has paid $100 for a ten day option period; the right to terminate expires at midnight on July 11th.