BB Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, BB traded between $8.69 and $10.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.4%, placing in the 37.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 11.2% (HV 20d: 50.6%). Max pain ranged from $9.50 to $10.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.45.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-01: Highest Volume — 27,952 contracts
  • 2018-10-16: Largest IV drop — 10.9% change
  • 2018-10-29: Highest IV Rank — 61.2%
  • 2018-10-29: Largest Expected Move — 14.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$9.62$8.69$10.82$10.82$9.27
Max Pain$10.04$9.50$10.50$10.50$9.50
ATM IV39.4%34.8%46.3%34.8%42.1%
Expected Move11.6%10.3%14.8%10.7%13.1%
HV 20d50.6%36.3%56.8%51.7%39.5%
HV 60d40.4%37.8%42.2%37.8%41.8%
IV Rank37.7%22.2%61.2%22.2%44.6%
IV Percentile50.1%26.6%82.1%26.6%62.3%
Term Structure-0.9%-3.1%1.5%0.3%-2.2%
VWIV41.7%36.1%53.1%41.1%47.8%
Skew 25d-3.3%-13.8%2.1%-4.1%-0.7%
Skew 10d-6.0%-24.1%2.6%-8.5%-0.8%
Call IV 25d42.4%37.4%48.2%39.0%43.7%
Put IV 25d39.1%31.0%48.8%34.9%43.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.952.2812.155.225.61
Gamma HHI0.210.150.470.150.16
Net GEX528.8K-1.0M1.4M1.4M820.7K
Net DEX10.2M-40.3M27.2M-40.3M12.3M
Net VEX-772.7K-949.2K-645.0K-949.2K-719.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.450.151.800.220.41
Total Volume14,719.138,72627,95227,95211,387
Total OI427,233.348402,746450,952427,978412,808

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$10.82$10.5034.8%10.7%51.7%22.2%41.1%-4.1%0.3%1.4M-40.3M-949.2K0.225.2222,8905,062269,849158,129
2018-10-02$10.39$10.5035.1%10.3%53.8%23.1%37.2%-2.1%-0.3%610.8K-13.1M-890.1K0.585.7714,1958,284274,677159,502
2018-10-03$10.56$10.5036.8%10.9%49.4%29.0%38.8%-2.7%-0.8%990.0K-24.4M-938.9K0.215.9720,0894,227277,405160,175
2018-10-04$10.27$10.0037.3%10.4%50.1%30.5%37.7%-2.9%-1.2%563.3K-5.8M-861.4K0.612.286,4933,992282,093161,121
2018-10-05$10.01$10.0036.7%10.3%50.8%28.6%36.9%-2.1%0.5%-1.0M6.7M-818.9K0.592.3710,7216,283282,662161,729
2018-10-08$9.96$10.0037.7%10.7%50.8%31.9%40.9%-0.9%-0.4%380.7K7.3M-804.8K0.222.3215,2873,435267,243154,868
2018-10-09$9.76$10.0037.8%10.7%49.9%32.2%36.1%-1.6%-1.0%436.4K13.0M-796.4K0.452.318,2983,765276,063155,588
2018-10-10$9.30$10.0041.6%12.2%52.4%45.3%42.5%-2.5%1.5%320.5K26.8M-746.1K0.266.3416,8344,386279,611157,024
2018-10-11$9.56$10.0044.0%12.5%53.7%53.5%43.5%-1.9%-0.6%608.1K16.4M-787.1K0.485.2013,3716,467287,758158,491
2018-10-12$9.55$10.0040.7%11.7%53.5%42.3%40.8%-1.5%0.4%499.3K16.8M-769.6K0.513.748,5094,312289,854161,098
2018-10-15$9.48$10.0040.7%11.7%53.3%42.3%40.7%-13.8%-2.8%441.4K21.4M-749.2K1.803.394,3967,930279,877157,277
2018-10-16$9.78$10.0036.3%10.4%54.5%27.3%36.2%-9.6%-1.0%663.7K7.6M-799.6K1.162.626,8417,936280,401153,274
2018-10-17$9.74$10.0036.9%10.6%54.5%29.4%36.9%-9.3%-2.0%705.3K9.1M-789.1K0.362.657,2122,621282,372153,114
2018-10-18$9.64$10.0037.8%10.9%54.3%32.3%38.0%-11.0%-1.3%758.2K11.4M-770.4K0.413.606,1972,529284,389152,108
2018-10-19$9.35$10.0037.5%11.0%55.0%31.5%38.5%-10.3%-3.1%429.4K24.7M-715.2K0.473.797,8233,682284,505152,089
2018-10-22$9.48$10.0036.6%10.8%55.3%28.3%38.9%0.8%-0.3%543.0K13.2M-733.9K0.234.558,4151,977257,764144,982
2018-10-23$9.37$10.0038.6%11.6%55.3%35.0%43.4%0.2%-0.5%551.6K15.2M-722.2K0.298.019,5252,733260,905144,907
2018-10-24$9.02$10.0040.8%12.1%56.5%42.7%44.5%1.3%-1.1%423.7K24.1M-700.5K0.264.927,8592,066263,674145,713
2018-10-25$9.15$10.0040.5%12.5%56.8%41.6%44.8%-1.8%-0.1%592.5K19.2M-707.1K0.264.787,5361,925268,162145,678
2018-10-26$8.97$10.0044.2%13.7%37.6%54.2%49.8%0.0%-0.3%470.5K24.1M-681.4K0.1910.3912,4442,392269,339145,701
2018-10-29$8.69$10.0046.3%14.8%36.3%61.2%53.1%-1.4%-2.6%439.0K27.2M-645.0K0.1512.1511,8901,818261,337143,126
2018-10-30$9.03$10.0045.6%14.1%38.5%57.1%50.3%2.1%-2.0%582.9K20.7M-677.7K0.175.8810,6851,821264,080143,845
2018-10-31$9.27$9.5042.1%13.1%39.5%44.6%47.8%-0.7%-2.2%820.7K12.3M-719.0K0.415.618,0503,337268,345144,463