BB Options History — December 2019

In December 2019, BB traded between $5.38 and $6.53. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.1%, placing in the 35.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.7% (HV 20d: 37.4%). Max pain ranged from $5.50 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.34.

Notable Days

  • 2019-12-20: Highest Volume — 75,089 contracts
  • 2019-12-20: Largest IV drop — 28.7% change
  • 2019-12-19: Highest IV Rank — 61.5%
  • 2019-12-19: Largest Expected Move — 19.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.84$5.38$6.53$5.49$6.39
Max Pain$7.21$5.50$7.50$5.50$7.50
ATM IV50.1%33.5%65.6%52.6%34.5%
Expected Move14.6%9.6%19.1%16.9%9.6%
HV 20d37.4%29.4%50.4%32.7%47.3%
HV 60d50.9%31.6%61.8%61.8%38.5%
IV Rank35.4%7.5%61.5%39.6%9.2%
IV Percentile72.7%18.3%99.6%89.3%28.2%
Term Structure-2.5%-11.8%2.1%-2.0%0.9%
VWIV55.8%32.4%79.1%60.7%32.4%
Skew 25d-4.8%-15.2%-0.1%-2.0%-0.8%
Skew 10d-10.4%-35.2%-3.5%-6.1%-4.8%
Call IV 25d55.3%36.0%78.1%55.3%36.0%
Put IV 25d50.5%33.6%67.9%53.3%35.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.370.8116.102.572.11
Gamma HHI0.250.180.580.250.26
Net GEX645.7K306.5K2.4M446.2K802.5K
Net DEX4.7M-27.9M19.3M15.4M-1.9M
Net VEX-483.5K-537.6K-419.0K-447.3K-502.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.340.130.930.930.25
Total Volume15,635.4764,04475,0897,3266,383
Total OI537,152.19516,094583,551516,094517,518

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-12-02$5.49$5.5052.6%16.9%32.7%39.6%60.7%-2.0%-2.0%446.2K15.4M-447.3K0.932.573,7903,536366,133149,961
2019-12-03$5.38$5.5053.5%18.1%32.0%41.1%65.2%-2.6%-2.5%350.4K18.3M-439.8K0.1816.104,205770366,119152,110
2019-12-04$5.42$5.5052.3%18.1%31.8%39.1%65.6%-2.4%-1.9%388.1K18.1M-438.5K0.832.042,9952,473366,621152,466
2019-12-05$5.38$7.5052.1%14.0%31.9%38.8%65.5%-2.4%-3.1%359.1K19.3M-437.1K0.131.253,592452367,465153,400
2019-12-06$5.40$7.5051.8%14.1%32.0%38.3%52.7%-2.0%-3.2%306.5K18.6M-440.3K0.241.427,9191,925368,443153,409
2019-12-09$5.44$7.5051.2%14.2%32.1%37.4%55.7%-1.4%-1.5%368.0K17.1M-437.9K0.171.388,1291,416367,797152,555
2019-12-10$5.38$7.5051.9%14.3%32.2%38.5%50.2%-0.1%-1.8%354.7K18.8M-419.0K0.451.422,8891,300370,842153,176
2019-12-11$5.56$7.5056.1%15.8%34.3%45.5%64.4%-2.6%-1.3%477.7K11.5M-457.7K0.381.8910,1663,905373,246153,991
2019-12-12$5.67$7.5059.8%17.1%34.6%51.7%65.4%-2.1%-0.6%525.0K5.0M-488.8K0.591.6325,20014,890378,283156,519
2019-12-13$5.64$7.5061.2%17.5%32.8%54.2%67.1%-3.6%-0.5%434.5K5.7M-507.8K0.341.8012,7074,259386,344165,167
2019-12-16$5.70$7.5063.4%18.1%32.6%57.8%71.2%-12.3%-7.9%486.1K3.2M-513.9K0.692.057,9705,530384,727165,225
2019-12-17$5.68$7.5062.8%17.9%29.5%56.8%73.2%-12.3%-6.7%476.3K5.0M-507.4K0.351.615,3731,863389,435168,362
2019-12-18$5.65$7.5064.3%18.4%29.4%59.4%79.1%-13.2%-6.8%461.1K5.5M-504.4K0.131.5012,0741,523391,619169,242
2019-12-19$5.79$7.5065.6%19.1%29.4%61.5%71.4%-10.1%-5.6%547.2K267.5K-513.5K0.221.5626,2065,788397,758170,118
2019-12-20$6.53$7.5046.8%14.4%50.4%29.8%50.6%-15.2%-11.8%2.4M-27.9M-537.6K0.250.8160,16314,926408,882174,669
2019-12-23$6.49$7.5035.6%10.0%48.3%10.9%41.6%-3.8%0.4%865.9K-11.6M-527.1K0.131.8221,5922,781375,258165,100
2019-12-24$6.36$7.5034.0%9.7%47.9%8.3%34.4%-4.2%1.3%866.5K-5.2M-516.5K0.161.639,0741,487378,138166,717
2019-12-26$6.42$7.5034.4%10.0%47.9%9.0%37.5%-3.9%0.0%1.0M-9.0M-510.0K0.191.745,7521,069377,152165,790
2019-12-27$6.40$7.5034.3%9.8%48.0%8.8%35.0%-1.9%-0.1%771.0K-6.3M-509.4K0.161.809,5831,546378,628165,712
2019-12-30$6.42$7.5033.5%9.7%47.8%7.5%33.3%-1.8%2.1%789.6K-2.4M-497.0K0.321.668,4382,706362,419153,680
2019-12-31$6.39$7.5034.5%9.6%47.3%9.2%32.4%-0.8%0.9%802.5K-1.9M-502.1K0.252.115,0911,292362,985154,533