BB Options History — April 2018

In April 2018, BB traded between $10.18 and $10.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.8%, placing in the 28.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.0% (HV 20d: 47.8%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2018-04-04: Highest Volume — 36,610 contracts
  • 2018-04-27: Largest IV drop — 9.5% change
  • 2018-04-24: Highest IV Rank — 38.3%
  • 2018-04-02: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.52$10.18$10.80$10.69$10.50
Max Pain$11.76$10.00$12.50$12.50$10.50
ATM IV38.8%32.8%47.2%47.2%33.1%
Expected Move11.3%9.5%14.1%14.1%9.5%
HV 20d47.8%28.8%52.7%50.0%28.8%
HV 60d40.0%38.8%41.3%41.2%38.8%
IV Rank28.5%15.4%38.3%29.2%16.6%
IV Percentile27.4%11.3%40.0%26.2%11.9%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.9%2.8%2.8%0.7%
VWIV40.3%34.1%52.2%52.2%34.3%
Skew 25d-0.6%-5.5%4.5%4.5%0.1%
Skew 10d1.1%-8.8%39.4%-3.8%-8.8%
Call IV 25d41.1%34.3%49.4%49.4%34.3%
Put IV 25d40.5%34.4%53.9%53.9%34.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.041.824.544.542.78
Gamma HHI0.210.170.450.190.20
Net GEX988.3K-564.2K2.6M1.2M516.4K
Net DEX-14.6M-26.4M-1.9M-26.4M-13.1M
Net VEX-1.0M-1.1M-960.7K-1.0M-984.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.221.940.610.53
Total Volume17,459.42910,07336,61030,20010,073
Total OI426,415.381403,016457,407403,016408,008

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-04-02$10.69$12.5047.2%14.1%50.0%0.0%52.2%4.5%2.8%1.2M-26.4M-1.0M0.614.5418,75811,442280,362122,654
2018-04-03$10.43$12.5046.0%13.5%50.2%0.0%48.9%1.7%-1.6%980.5K-9.2M-988.8K0.353.5816,8855,977284,789130,222
2018-04-04$10.54$12.5044.1%13.2%50.5%0.0%46.8%1.0%-1.3%1.2M-14.8M-1.0M0.224.3830,1206,490290,827132,207
2018-04-05$10.45$12.5041.0%12.0%50.3%0.0%42.6%-0.6%-0.7%1.3M-10.6M-992.6K0.492.4511,8255,761291,935134,073
2018-04-06$10.18$12.5043.6%12.3%48.6%0.0%43.5%-0.1%-1.0%957.2K-1.9M-960.7K0.353.6711,6014,056298,216135,893
2018-04-09$10.24$10.0041.3%11.7%48.8%0.0%41.0%0.7%-0.7%1.1M-5.2M-965.1K0.231.869,5042,146280,866133,751
2018-04-10$10.65$10.0039.6%11.6%52.0%0.0%40.6%0.0%1.2%1.3M-23.1M-1.0M1.073.1810,31911,049284,441134,117
2018-04-11$10.37$12.5038.1%10.9%52.2%0.0%39.1%-0.4%0.4%1.3M-8.9M-994.0K1.941.826,33312,307287,904141,749
2018-04-12$10.59$12.5037.4%11.0%52.7%0.0%38.7%0.1%1.0%1.6M-20.3M-1.1M1.401.856,6499,304288,681144,658
2018-04-13$10.49$12.5036.0%10.3%50.1%0.0%36.0%-0.9%-0.1%2.6M-12.0M-1.0M1.003.139,6019,604290,130147,241
2018-04-16$10.52$12.5035.4%10.1%50.3%0.0%39.1%-5.5%0.9%1.1M-12.3M-1.0M0.852.347,7266,538284,395147,384
2018-04-17$10.79$12.5035.1%10.1%51.7%0.0%35.5%-1.8%-1.8%1.1M-23.6M-1.1M0.813.928,7567,083286,776147,989
2018-04-18$10.80$12.5036.9%10.6%50.1%29.2%37.8%-3.0%-1.7%1.1M-24.7M-1.1M0.982.8111,63911,399288,319154,277
2018-04-19$10.62$12.5037.6%10.9%49.8%31.8%38.8%-3.9%-1.9%1.2M-14.4M-1.0M0.693.177,1934,932295,543158,562
2018-04-20$10.61$12.5038.2%11.0%49.6%33.6%41.1%-4.0%-0.9%593.8K-16.2M-1.0M0.652.798,7525,679297,692159,715
2018-04-23$10.62$12.5036.8%10.4%49.1%28.9%36.4%0.2%-0.4%668.4K-21.9M-1.0M0.722.569,6416,914261,435147,851
2018-04-24$10.36$10.0039.5%11.3%44.8%38.3%40.8%0.3%-1.1%615.7K-10.9M-1.0M0.693.587,3745,074266,956150,682
2018-04-25$10.36$10.5038.7%11.4%42.4%35.5%40.7%-0.4%-0.1%500.5K-9.6M-1.0M0.713.146,5364,647267,549152,057
2018-04-26$10.55$10.5036.2%10.7%43.4%27.0%38.2%0.1%-0.3%505.7K-18.8M-1.0M0.623.017,7794,834268,482152,644
2018-04-27$10.46$10.5032.8%9.7%38.4%15.4%34.1%0.0%-0.6%-564.2K-9.0M-1.0M0.463.299,8074,541270,181153,510
2018-04-30$10.50$10.5033.1%9.5%28.8%16.6%34.3%0.1%0.7%516.4K-13.1M-984.7K0.532.786,5943,479260,785147,223