BKLN Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, BKLN traded between $23.80 and $24.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 8.0%, placing in the 37.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 2.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 5.5%). Max pain ranged from $24.00 to $24.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 73.76.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-23: Highest Volume — 15,969 contracts
  • 2015-01-13: Largest IV spike — 51.6% change
  • 2015-01-21: Highest IV Rank — 49.3%
  • 2015-01-21: Largest Expected Move — 2.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.94$23.80$24.03$24.00$23.98
Max Pain$24.00$24.00$24.00$24.00$24.00
ATM IV8.0%4.6%9.8%8.1%8.5%
Expected Move2.6%2.3%2.8%2.6%2.4%
HV 20d5.5%3.3%7.2%7.2%3.3%
HV 60d5.0%4.7%5.4%5.4%4.7%
IV Rank37.6%15.6%49.3%38.5%41.1%
IV Percentile76.8%35.7%94.4%81.7%85.3%
Term Structure0.2%-0.6%1.5%0.8%-0.5%
VWIV11.4%7.9%15.1%10.4%8.8%
Skew 25d3.1%-2.1%5.5%1.2%-2.1%
Skew 10d4.8%-3.5%12.3%2.0%-3.5%
Call IV 25d9.7%7.7%12.2%8.4%11.0%
Put IV 25d12.8%8.9%13.9%9.6%8.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.8510.42120.81120.8198.24
Gamma HHI0.650.430.930.850.46
Net GEX-10.9M-23.6M-3.0M-15.7M-4.3M
Net DEX42.5M27.6M68.2M43.3M27.8M
Net VEX-104.6K-133.9K-80.2K-99.3K-121.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio73.760.12406.4831.2112.61
Total Volume6,175.67215,9691,3534,953
Total OI42,713.3524,78455,91949,14337,047

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$24.00$24.008.1%2.6%7.2%38.5%10.4%1.2%0.8%-15.7M43.3M-99.3K31.21120.81421,31148148,662
2015-01-05$23.93$24.007.6%2.6%7.2%35.0%0.0%2.9%-0.3%-17.1M47.3M-82.1K0.0096.7007248948,662
2015-01-06$23.86$24.007.1%2.6%7.2%31.7%0.0%3.9%0.1%-14.2M56.0M-88.2K31.5096.92412648948,734
2015-01-07$23.85$24.004.6%2.6%7.2%15.6%0.0%2.9%-0.0%-16.3M59.3M-81.4K39.0097.6327849048,729
2015-01-08$23.89$24.006.1%2.6%7.1%25.7%11.5%3.1%-0.4%-16.3M55.5M-84.3K43.9797.23331,45148848,729
2015-01-09$23.91$24.005.7%2.6%7.0%22.8%10.7%3.7%0.0%-11.0M53.1M-93.2K44.4897.37331,46848848,729
2015-01-12$23.91$24.005.9%2.7%7.0%24.4%12.0%5.2%-0.2%-12.6M53.5M-80.2K406.4826.303313,41448848,749
2015-01-13$23.94$24.009.0%2.6%6.9%44.4%10.6%0.7%0.3%-16.5M46.1M-81.6K279.9499.38339,23848848,743
2015-01-14$23.93$24.009.7%2.8%6.4%49.0%11.4%2.0%-0.6%-21.7M48.6M-81.6K15.0797.0273311,04348850,129
2015-01-15$23.80$24.009.4%2.7%6.2%46.6%13.3%3.0%0.3%-14.0M68.2M-106.1K14.7394.7873810,87248753,707
2015-01-16$23.90$24.008.9%2.5%5.0%43.5%10.2%5.5%0.6%-23.6M61.9M-118.8K107.9590.54212,26749255,427
2015-01-20$23.91$24.008.5%2.4%4.9%41.1%8.2%5.0%0.9%-3.0M27.9M-105.8K0.6796.8831020725624,528
2015-01-21$23.92$24.009.8%2.8%3.8%49.3%14.1%5.0%-0.4%-3.0M28.0M-120.0K204.7195.245511,25956424,685
2015-01-22$23.96$24.009.0%2.6%3.8%44.3%14.4%4.8%0.2%-4.9M31.7M-133.9K83.0928.4818415,28856934,243
2015-01-23$24.02$24.008.9%2.5%3.8%43.4%15.1%1.7%1.1%-4.7M28.8M-111.9K53.3294.8429415,67560234,243
2015-01-26$24.03$24.008.3%2.4%3.8%39.9%8.3%4.2%1.5%-4.6M28.5M-125.9K0.1242.003434077333,923
2015-01-27$24.00$24.007.9%2.3%3.8%37.3%7.9%4.3%0.3%-5.0M28.3M-123.1K2.1210.424721,0001,11633,883
2015-01-28$23.98$24.008.2%2.3%3.8%38.8%14.9%0.8%0.5%-4.2M27.6M-123.7K17.83104.3182014,6201,58834,883
2015-01-29$24.00$24.008.3%2.4%3.7%39.6%11.2%4.5%0.2%-4.7M29.1M-128.3K12.6831.893644,6161,59435,402
2015-01-30$23.98$24.008.5%2.4%3.3%41.1%8.8%-2.1%-0.5%-4.3M27.8M-121.7K12.6198.243644,5891,61035,437