BKLN Options History — April 2018

In April 2018, BKLN traded between $23.08 and $23.18. ATM implied volatility averaged 5.4%, placing in the 3.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 1.7%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $23.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 40.54.

Notable Days

  • 2018-04-03: Highest Volume — 3,082 contracts
  • 2018-04-05: Largest IV drop — 33.6% change
  • 2018-04-04: Highest IV Rank — 5.1%
  • 2018-04-04: Largest Expected Move — 1.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.12$23.08$23.18$23.10$23.12
Max Pain$23.00$23.00$23.00$23.00$23.00
ATM IV5.4%4.5%6.8%5.3%4.7%
Expected Move1.6%1.3%1.9%1.5%1.4%
HV 20d1.7%1.4%1.9%1.9%1.4%
HV 60d2.2%2.1%2.3%2.3%2.1%
IV Rank3.4%2.3%5.1%3.2%2.5%
IV Percentile69.0%32.1%96.0%73.0%42.5%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.3%1.5%0.2%0.1%
VWIV5.5%4.3%8.0%5.8%4.7%
Skew 25d5.4%-2.3%42.5%1.1%-1.7%
Skew 10d11.1%-3.1%78.9%2.7%0.5%
Call IV 25d6.4%4.8%8.5%6.5%6.7%
Put IV 25d11.9%4.9%50.9%7.5%4.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %74.347.27129.0928.4641.58
Gamma HHI0.760.521.000.570.53
Net GEX-746.0K-1.1M-327.6K-769.2K-539.6K
Net DEX1.8M944.1K2.7M2.7M1.7M
Net VEX-9.5K-15.3K-4.9K-15.3K-9.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio40.5428.6149.5248.8434.24
Total Volume2,375.6672,0433,0823,0402,079
Total OI6,130.6195,4006,9085,4005,821

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-04-02$23.10$23.005.3%1.5%1.9%3.2%5.8%1.1%0.2%-769.2K2.7M-15.3K48.8428.46612,9793185,082
2018-04-03$23.10$23.006.4%1.8%1.8%4.6%6.7%28.3%-0.4%-656.6K1.4M-6.4K49.5246.34613,0213195,189
2018-04-04$23.09$23.006.8%1.9%1.9%5.1%8.0%42.5%-1.3%-709.3K2.7M-12.6K48.2183.97612,9413195,231
2018-04-05$23.10$23.004.5%1.5%1.9%2.3%4.9%0.3%0.8%-780.7K2.4M-12.0K48.21129.09612,9413195,231
2018-04-06$23.09$23.004.7%1.5%1.8%2.5%5.2%0.2%0.6%-898.5K2.4M-12.1K48.2197.11612,9413195,231
2018-04-09$23.11$23.005.3%1.5%1.8%3.2%5.4%21.2%0.5%-886.0K2.2M-11.4K35.2590.47612,1503195,231
2018-04-10$23.13$23.006.3%1.3%1.9%4.5%4.3%1.1%1.5%-896.3K2.6M-13.4K35.64101.33612,1743196,399
2018-04-11$23.12$23.005.1%1.5%1.9%3.0%5.1%-2.3%0.3%-943.7K2.6M-13.3K36.02111.69612,1973196,424
2018-04-12$23.13$23.004.6%1.3%1.8%2.4%4.6%-0.0%0.6%-1.1M2.5M-13.3K41.6398.93522,1653196,529
2018-04-13$23.14$23.004.7%1.3%1.8%2.5%4.7%-0.0%0.6%-1.1M2.4M-12.9K46.30112.39472,1763206,529
2018-04-16$23.17$23.005.5%1.6%1.9%3.5%5.6%1.0%-0.0%-816.7K998.5K-5.4K43.49104.44492,1313206,544
2018-04-17$23.18$23.005.5%1.6%1.5%3.5%5.1%0.5%-0.6%-784.3K1.1M-5.3K43.49102.79492,1313206,549
2018-04-18$23.18$23.005.7%1.6%1.5%3.8%5.8%0.1%-0.5%-805.2K944.1K-5.3K44.08105.38492,1603156,593
2018-04-19$23.16$23.005.5%1.6%1.6%3.5%5.5%0.0%-0.2%-871.0K1.1M-5.2K44.0897.52492,1603156,588
2018-04-20$23.15$23.005.6%1.6%1.5%3.6%5.6%1.0%-0.5%-1.1M2.1M-11.7K45.96110.96472,1603156,588
2018-04-23$23.09$23.005.5%1.6%1.7%3.5%5.5%21.6%-0.3%-327.6K1.1M-4.9K28.6112.44691,974885,392
2018-04-24$23.08$23.006.8%1.9%1.5%5.0%6.8%1.3%-1.1%-329.9K1.2M-5.1K31.1437.51692,149895,442
2018-04-25$23.08$23.006.2%1.8%1.5%4.3%6.2%1.1%-0.5%-365.6K1.3M-5.7K29.7112.95692,050895,562
2018-04-26$23.12$23.004.9%1.4%1.6%2.7%4.9%-1.6%-0.8%-532.0K1.7M-9.6K34.497.27592,035895,657
2018-04-27$23.12$23.004.9%1.4%1.5%2.8%4.9%-1.6%-0.4%-533.2K1.5M-8.4K34.2428.46592,0201095,692
2018-04-30$23.12$23.004.7%1.4%1.4%2.5%4.7%-1.7%0.1%-539.6K1.7M-9.5K34.2441.58592,0201095,712