BB Options History — January 2019

In January 2019, BB traded between $6.89 and $8.12. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.4%, placing in the 25.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 42.6%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.44.

Notable Days

  • 2019-01-25: Highest Volume — 20,268 contracts
  • 2019-01-31: Largest IV drop — 7.1% change
  • 2019-01-02: Highest IV Rank — 46.4%
  • 2019-01-02: Largest Expected Move — 12.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$7.62$6.89$8.12$7.09$8.03
Max Pain$7.62$7.50$10.00$10.00$7.50
ATM IV37.4%31.3%43.8%43.8%31.3%
Expected Move10.7%9.3%12.8%12.8%9.9%
HV 20d42.6%29.6%50.9%46.6%31.2%
HV 60d39.2%37.7%40.7%39.1%37.7%
IV Rank25.5%5.6%46.4%46.4%5.6%
IV Percentile32.0%4.8%64.7%64.7%4.8%
Term Structure0.0%-1.8%1.6%0.3%0.8%
VWIV37.5%32.6%45.1%45.1%34.3%
Skew 25d0.5%-11.1%4.6%1.9%-0.0%
Skew 10d-2.4%-48.0%11.0%1.5%-8.6%
Call IV 25d38.2%32.0%47.2%43.2%32.4%
Put IV 25d38.7%32.4%45.1%45.1%32.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.012.064.342.393.73
Gamma HHI0.250.170.380.220.26
Net GEX602.5K383.8K962.5K456.9K962.5K
Net DEX8.7M-15.2M35.2M30.4M-12.6M
Net VEX-643.7K-709.0K-556.3K-594.7K-693.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.440.110.860.520.57
Total Volume8,983.1432,26820,2686,2845,379
Total OI404,464.905294,991473,265458,932318,083

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-01-02$7.09$10.0043.8%12.8%46.6%46.4%45.1%1.9%0.3%456.9K30.4M-594.7K0.522.394,1242,160309,525149,407
2019-01-03$6.89$7.5043.3%12.7%45.6%44.9%44.4%1.5%0.3%386.2K35.2M-556.3K0.583.053,4872,032311,080149,921
2019-01-04$7.21$7.5043.3%12.1%49.6%44.7%42.0%1.3%0.8%383.8K26.2M-576.7K0.602.957,4064,451312,582146,130
2019-01-07$7.41$7.5043.0%12.4%50.9%43.8%43.2%0.2%-0.4%479.4K21.1M-618.5K0.622.372,6181,619309,499144,791
2019-01-08$7.39$7.5042.1%12.5%50.9%41.1%43.7%0.1%1.6%529.7K20.0M-624.4K0.134.349,2531,197311,735145,772
2019-01-09$7.45$7.5041.4%11.2%50.0%38.8%39.2%0.3%-1.8%564.8K20.1M-612.5K0.633.755,5713,494314,518146,118
2019-01-10$7.54$7.5040.3%11.5%50.3%35.2%40.0%0.8%-0.7%664.8K16.8M-628.0K0.863.213,4732,983316,023147,963
2019-01-11$7.59$7.5037.6%10.9%49.8%26.3%38.0%1.1%0.4%469.4K14.4M-644.3K0.473.499,4434,423317,273148,647
2019-01-14$7.49$7.5036.8%10.4%47.8%23.4%36.4%-7.2%0.4%537.2K18.4M-617.5K0.552.592,3381,289314,502148,696
2019-01-15$7.53$7.5034.6%9.9%47.6%16.3%34.5%4.6%1.0%567.3K19.3M-615.8K0.403.724,7411,900315,537149,534
2019-01-16$7.62$7.5036.5%10.5%47.3%22.7%36.5%4.5%-0.7%609.2K14.0M-644.5K0.522.089,5354,975317,703149,697
2019-01-17$7.66$7.5035.5%10.2%47.3%19.4%35.6%3.8%-0.8%639.3K15.8M-633.7K0.343.699,1753,146320,201151,243
2019-01-18$7.85$7.5033.8%9.7%47.5%13.8%33.7%-11.1%-0.0%472.5K11.7M-675.1K0.344.2614,3724,958321,080152,185
2019-01-22$7.61$7.5036.1%10.5%48.1%21.3%36.5%1.0%-0.4%581.0K-2.5M-641.1K0.113.348,260899187,531107,460
2019-01-23$7.71$7.5036.6%10.4%32.9%22.9%35.7%2.5%-0.5%617.0K-5.5M-664.5K0.172.766,6641,122192,801108,174
2019-01-24$7.77$7.5034.4%9.9%29.6%15.9%35.3%1.1%-0.1%677.3K-7.2M-670.1K0.512.604,6492,385197,881109,034
2019-01-25$8.07$7.5032.4%9.3%30.1%9.1%32.6%1.1%0.6%617.7K-14.7M-698.7K0.222.1816,5863,682199,977109,829
2019-01-28$8.03$7.5034.2%9.6%30.3%15.0%34.2%1.0%-0.1%782.1K-12.3M-709.0K0.372.281,661607200,442111,462
2019-01-29$7.96$7.5034.3%9.7%30.5%15.4%34.0%1.0%0.4%795.5K-9.8M-690.1K0.392.063,4091,331202,364112,133
2019-01-30$8.12$7.5033.7%9.5%30.8%13.5%33.1%0.8%-0.2%858.7K-15.2M-708.0K0.292.306,0681,781202,780112,450
2019-01-31$8.03$7.5031.3%9.9%31.2%5.6%34.3%-0.0%0.8%962.5K-12.6M-693.8K0.573.733,4331,946204,991113,092