BB Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, BB traded between $11.43 and $12.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 46.7%. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.3% (HV 20d: 36.5%). Max pain ranged from $11.00 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-23: Highest Volume — 65,063 contracts
  • 2018-02-26: Largest IV spike — 17.8% change
  • 2018-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 14.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.09$11.43$12.90$12.90$12.16
Max Pain$11.00$11.00$11.00$11.00$11.00
ATM IV46.7%38.6%57.8%38.6%57.8%
Expected Move12.2%10.6%14.4%11.1%10.6%
HV 20d36.5%34.3%39.8%37.6%35.8%
HV 60d48.6%46.7%49.5%46.7%49.4%
Term Structure1.9%-3.7%14.6%-0.1%-2.7%
VWIV43.6%37.7%50.7%39.1%39.6%
Skew 25d-0.1%-2.6%3.8%-1.0%-1.8%
Skew 10d-0.5%-9.5%12.2%-1.8%-9.5%
Call IV 25d47.9%40.5%61.0%40.5%61.0%
Put IV 25d47.8%39.4%59.3%39.4%59.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.922.5722.902.574.69
Gamma HHI0.160.140.190.170.15
Net GEX2.9M2.2M3.8M3.7M2.5M
Net DEX-105.7M-144.9M-73.5M-144.9M-108.9M
Net VEX-1.1M-1.1M-979.5K-1.1M-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.191.400.220.87
Total Volume23,642.57912,79565,06316,25226,468
Total OI388,507.368362,818430,000371,264430,000

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$12.90$11.0038.6%11.1%37.6%0.0%39.1%-1.0%-0.1%3.7M-144.9M-1.1M0.222.5713,3702,882275,07196,193
2018-02-02$12.41$11.0041.6%11.8%39.6%0.0%42.6%-2.6%-0.7%3.1M-115.2M-1.1M0.454.5314,1366,379279,00996,719
2018-02-05$11.91$11.0045.8%14.2%38.7%0.0%49.9%3.0%3.1%2.6M-91.8M-1.0M0.1922.9015,6233,008268,14594,673
2018-02-06$12.02$11.0050.1%13.8%37.8%0.0%49.2%-1.6%-2.2%2.7M-97.9M-1.1M0.359.8513,2134,650274,48395,530
2018-02-07$11.77$11.0045.8%13.0%36.8%0.0%46.3%-1.9%-0.6%2.5M-84.7M-1.0M0.724.827,4305,365275,96497,493
2018-02-08$11.43$11.0049.5%14.4%34.4%0.0%50.7%-2.1%2.0%2.2M-73.5M-979.5K0.598.198,6595,149278,75798,181
2018-02-09$11.64$11.0052.7%14.4%35.4%0.0%50.7%3.8%-2.8%2.3M-78.4M-1.0M0.716.6814,74810,504281,18098,811
2018-02-12$11.74$11.0046.1%13.2%34.8%0.0%46.8%3.1%0.8%2.6M-81.8M-1.0M1.057.378,8079,230278,987102,147
2018-02-13$11.78$11.0042.3%12.2%34.3%0.0%43.2%1.0%0.7%2.8M-83.8M-1.0M0.974.088,7088,488280,666102,897
2018-02-14$12.11$11.0043.5%12.5%36.5%0.0%44.9%-0.7%1.3%3.6M-104.3M-1.1M0.594.9021,18712,579283,862104,238
2018-02-15$12.09$11.0043.1%12.3%35.5%0.0%43.8%-2.1%0.7%3.8M-110.1M-1.1M1.073.497,2157,740295,595106,594
2018-02-16$12.07$11.0041.0%11.6%35.4%0.0%40.9%-0.5%2.1%2.8M-109.2M-1.1M0.653.2913,3438,730297,992106,766
2018-02-20$12.10$11.0043.8%11.9%35.5%0.0%42.5%1.1%7.7%3.0M-110.1M-1.1M1.273.8110,15312,858276,915100,518
2018-02-21$12.20$11.0042.4%11.4%34.9%0.0%40.0%1.0%10.0%3.0M-115.0M-1.1M0.954.7911,25010,690279,812107,126
2018-02-22$11.92$11.0044.5%11.0%35.1%0.0%39.5%-1.6%9.3%2.8M-96.5M-1.1M0.914.0311,12010,098285,039108,904
2018-02-23$12.53$11.0047.1%11.2%39.8%0.0%39.8%0.3%14.6%3.1M-139.3M-1.1M0.364.8547,94217,121287,672110,766
2018-02-26$12.55$11.0055.5%11.5%38.2%0.0%41.0%1.1%-3.7%3.3M-138.7M-1.1M1.103.5214,35615,815290,183117,218
2018-02-27$12.37$11.0057.1%10.6%37.1%0.0%37.7%-1.2%-3.1%3.0M-124.3M-1.1M1.404.1912,58617,609294,678122,856
2018-02-28$12.16$11.0057.8%10.6%35.8%0.0%39.6%-1.8%-2.7%2.5M-108.9M-1.1M0.874.6914,17512,293299,366130,634