BB Options History — May 2018

In May 2018, BB traded between $10.50 and $11.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.4%, placing in the 27.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.9% (HV 20d: 25.5%). Max pain ranged from $10.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.42.

Notable Days

  • 2018-05-02: Highest Volume — 43,953 contracts
  • 2018-05-29: Largest IV spike — 9.5% change
  • 2018-05-29: Highest IV Rank — 48.8%
  • 2018-05-03: Largest Expected Move — 11.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.44$10.50$11.90$10.50$11.87
Max Pain$12.27$10.50$12.50$10.50$12.00
ATM IV36.4%33.1%42.6%33.9%41.6%
Expected Move9.7%8.2%11.2%9.8%9.6%
HV 20d25.5%20.6%29.6%27.4%20.6%
HV 60d37.5%36.1%38.5%38.1%36.3%
IV Rank27.6%16.3%48.8%19.0%45.2%
IV Percentile29.8%11.0%64.9%15.6%59.0%
Term Structure1.9%-2.5%7.6%0.5%-2.2%
VWIV34.4%28.7%40.2%35.1%35.4%
Skew 25d0.8%-1.3%4.7%0.4%-0.1%
Skew 10d-1.2%-7.9%2.9%-3.7%-0.3%
Call IV 25d37.3%31.2%43.3%34.5%43.3%
Put IV 25d38.1%33.7%43.6%34.9%43.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.861.805.772.813.16
Gamma HHI0.230.190.300.190.23
Net GEX1.6M560.9K2.4M560.9K2.4M
Net DEX-62.2M-93.9M-13.8M-13.8M-80.2M
Net VEX-1.1M-1.2M-984.8K-984.8K-1.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.420.180.930.730.74
Total Volume14,632.2738,38743,95319,00914,721
Total OI436,208.227411,177448,010411,177442,492

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-05-01$10.50$10.5033.9%9.8%27.4%19.0%35.1%0.4%0.5%560.9K-13.8M-984.8K0.732.8111,0028,007262,769148,408
2018-05-02$10.85$10.5036.1%10.5%29.5%26.8%37.2%-1.3%0.3%1.0M-38.2M-1.1M0.334.1433,05810,895270,405153,740
2018-05-03$10.74$12.5036.3%11.2%29.6%27.2%40.2%-0.9%0.0%1.3M-33.6M-1.1M0.553.267,0263,899280,114157,789
2018-05-04$10.84$12.5035.8%11.0%27.9%25.6%38.6%-0.6%-0.0%1.2M-38.6M-1.1M0.812.887,5276,100281,746158,054
2018-05-07$10.99$12.5035.4%11.1%28.1%24.4%39.5%-0.1%3.4%1.3M-43.3M-1.1M0.312.957,1122,207275,185152,773
2018-05-08$11.13$12.5035.2%10.7%25.0%23.5%37.3%0.5%2.1%1.5M-52.0M-1.1M0.733.498,2916,016278,213153,767
2018-05-09$11.54$12.5035.2%10.5%25.4%23.5%36.9%0.5%1.4%1.6M-73.4M-1.2M0.182.9715,4832,806279,484159,365
2018-05-10$11.87$12.5034.2%10.3%26.1%20.2%36.3%0.1%1.9%2.0M-93.9M-1.2M0.231.8018,5804,215282,400160,171
2018-05-11$11.61$12.5033.8%10.4%27.4%18.9%36.4%-1.2%3.4%1.5M-76.1M-1.2M0.332.0114,2084,694283,121162,622
2018-05-14$11.66$12.5033.3%9.7%27.4%17.1%34.0%1.9%7.1%1.7M-73.2M-1.2M0.222.317,8521,710277,908160,894
2018-05-15$11.66$12.5033.7%9.7%26.4%18.5%34.0%2.6%6.9%1.7M-72.0M-1.2M0.282.249,0382,491279,646161,256
2018-05-16$11.64$12.5033.1%9.5%26.4%16.3%33.2%4.1%7.3%1.7M-72.2M-1.2M0.342.026,2632,124282,443162,241
2018-05-17$11.59$12.5033.9%9.3%25.5%19.0%32.5%4.7%7.6%1.7M-69.3M-1.1M0.322.207,7232,433284,180162,493
2018-05-18$11.54$12.5033.7%8.9%25.6%18.6%31.2%3.7%7.4%1.9M-66.7M-1.1M0.222.509,1562,042285,291162,719
2018-05-21$11.52$12.5036.4%8.6%25.7%27.6%31.8%-0.1%-0.5%1.6M-61.5M-1.1M0.202.2411,5252,301273,679152,235
2018-05-22$11.60$12.5038.3%8.8%23.3%33.9%31.2%0.2%-1.0%1.9M-63.0M-1.1M0.242.678,2281,974277,961153,356
2018-05-23$11.60$12.5039.2%8.5%23.3%37.0%30.2%0.8%0.1%1.9M-60.8M-1.1M0.573.575,4763,122279,118154,022
2018-05-24$11.58$12.5038.4%8.2%23.0%34.3%28.7%0.1%0.3%1.9M-63.5M-1.1M0.932.664,7204,393280,564155,340
2018-05-25$11.71$12.5039.0%8.8%22.5%36.3%30.5%0.9%0.9%1.5M-71.7M-1.1M0.215.7713,5852,912281,055156,149
2018-05-29$11.72$12.5042.6%9.4%22.6%48.8%33.5%0.5%-2.5%1.9M-70.2M-1.1M0.382.267,9323,006279,887154,919
2018-05-30$11.90$12.0041.6%9.0%22.7%45.3%32.3%1.0%-2.2%2.1M-80.4M-1.1M0.372.9211,7324,325280,835155,772
2018-05-31$11.87$12.0041.6%9.6%20.6%45.2%35.4%-0.1%-2.2%2.4M-80.2M-1.1M0.743.168,4816,240285,062157,430