BKLN Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, BKLN traded between $24.77 and $24.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 4.0%, placing in the 16.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 1.4%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $26.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.57.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-20: Highest Volume — 374 contracts
  • 2014-03-04: Largest IV spike — 17.6% change
  • 2014-03-04: Highest IV Rank — 23.2%
  • 2014-03-04: Largest Expected Move — 1.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.82$24.77$24.87$24.87$24.81
Max Pain$25.48$25.00$26.00$25.00$26.00
ATM IV4.0%3.6%4.6%3.9%4.3%
Expected Move1.1%1.0%1.3%1.1%1.2%
HV 20d1.4%1.3%1.7%1.5%1.4%
HV 60d1.6%1.5%1.6%1.6%1.6%
IV Rank16.4%11.5%23.2%15.3%19.2%
IV Percentile35.1%20.2%59.1%28.6%47.2%
Term Structure-0.6%-2.3%1.1%0.2%0.9%
VWIV5.3%5.3%5.3%5.3%5.3%
Skew 25d1.1%-1.1%2.6%2.6%1.8%
Skew 10d-1.2%-3.4%-0.1%-0.2%-2.1%
Call IV 25d5.1%3.6%10.7%4.6%4.1%
Put IV 25d6.2%4.8%9.5%7.2%5.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %54.8410.51139.5410.5137.09
Gamma HHI0.680.540.870.720.67
Net GEX-594.7K-838.3K-319.0K-510.2K-838.3K
Net DEX3.9M3.1M5.2M3.5M5.1M
Net VEX-12.3K-15.7K-9.9K-10.5K-15.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.571.501.701.501.50
Total Volume67.333037400
Total OI3,663.813,3124,4393,3124,439

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$24.87$25.003.9%1.1%1.5%15.3%0.0%2.6%0.2%-510.2K3.5M-10.5K0.0010.51004462,866
2014-03-04$24.85$25.004.6%1.3%1.5%23.2%0.0%1.5%-2.1%-486.1K3.5M-10.9K1.5010.5110154462,866
2014-03-05$24.87$25.004.2%1.2%1.4%18.0%5.3%1.7%-0.8%-498.0K3.1M-12.1K0.0010.510304562,881
2014-03-06$24.86$25.004.2%1.2%1.3%18.9%0.0%-1.1%-0.9%-319.0K3.6M-13.1K0.00139.540204562,911
2014-03-07$24.86$25.004.4%1.1%1.3%20.5%0.0%0.7%-1.3%-498.3K3.7M-10.3K0.0036.72004562,931
2014-03-10$24.85$25.004.0%1.1%1.3%16.7%0.0%0.5%-1.5%-493.8K3.5M-10.6K0.0035.93054562,931
2014-03-11$24.87$25.004.4%1.1%1.3%20.5%0.0%0.6%-0.3%-498.2K3.6M-10.6K0.0037.23004562,931
2014-03-12$24.87$25.004.6%1.1%1.3%22.9%0.0%0.6%-1.5%-492.7K3.6M-10.2K0.0035.93054562,931
2014-03-13$24.85$25.003.8%1.1%1.3%14.2%0.0%0.5%-1.6%-495.8K3.7M-9.9K0.0036.020204562,936
2014-03-14$24.77$25.003.9%1.1%1.7%15.0%0.0%0.9%-2.1%-642.4K3.5M-11.5K0.0036.680104562,956
2014-03-17$24.78$25.003.6%1.0%1.4%11.5%0.0%1.9%-1.2%-659.1K3.5M-11.0K1.7036.5910174562,966
2014-03-18$24.78$26.003.6%1.0%1.4%12.1%0.0%0.1%-1.3%-579.6K3.4M-12.0K1.50107.5850754522,983
2014-03-19$24.78$26.004.2%1.2%1.4%18.9%0.0%-0.4%-2.3%-600.9K3.6M-11.9K0.00111.250304523,053
2014-03-20$24.80$26.003.8%1.1%1.4%14.3%0.0%2.1%-0.7%-638.5K3.8M-12.0K0.0036.4203744523,076
2014-03-21$24.80$26.003.9%1.1%1.4%15.1%0.0%2.1%-0.8%-699.7K4.3M-14.0K0.0036.6802454523,447
2014-03-24$24.81$26.003.6%1.0%1.4%12.1%0.0%0.8%1.1%-652.7K4.1M-14.6K0.00110.3901284523,497
2014-03-25$24.79$26.003.6%1.0%1.4%11.9%0.0%0.9%1.0%-619.3K4.7M-11.3K0.00106.480604523,623
2014-03-26$24.80$26.003.8%1.1%1.4%13.3%0.0%1.0%1.0%-686.1K4.5M-15.0K0.00107.5903054523,683
2014-03-27$24.82$26.003.9%1.1%1.4%15.2%0.0%2.3%1.0%-801.2K5.1M-15.7K0.0036.09054523,982
2014-03-28$24.82$26.004.0%1.1%1.4%16.2%0.0%2.5%1.0%-778.5K5.2M-15.5K0.0035.81004523,987
2014-03-31$24.81$26.004.3%1.2%1.4%19.2%0.0%1.8%0.9%-838.3K5.1M-15.1K0.0037.09004523,987