BB Options History — March 2021

In March 2021, BB traded between $8.43 and $11.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 111.4%, placing in the 26.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 31.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 34.5% (HV 20d: 77.0%). Max pain ranged from $9.00 to $11.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.46.

Notable Days

  • 2021-03-04: Highest Volume — 225,386 contracts
  • 2021-03-31: Largest IV drop — 24.4% change
  • 2021-03-02: Highest IV Rank — 33.1%
  • 2021-03-12: Largest Expected Move — 37.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.31$8.43$11.68$10.97$8.43
Max Pain$10.48$9.00$11.00$9.00$10.00
ATM IV111.4%80.1%134.7%114.3%80.1%
Expected Move31.7%23.7%37.3%32.0%23.7%
HV 20d77.0%66.8%109.9%109.9%75.4%
HV 60d163.8%161.7%165.7%165.3%164.6%
IV Rank26.6%17.9%33.1%27.4%17.9%
IV Percentile82.4%65.9%92.5%85.3%65.9%
Term Structure-3.4%-12.0%1.4%-1.5%1.4%
VWIV119.7%92.1%137.0%120.1%92.1%
Skew 25d-12.9%-25.1%-2.8%-2.8%-2.8%
Skew 10d-25.6%-58.3%10.8%-15.0%-4.9%
Call IV 25d123.6%87.2%154.4%123.1%87.2%
Put IV 25d110.7%84.5%129.3%120.3%84.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.792.1620.404.712.16
Gamma HHI0.080.070.120.070.07
Net GEX2.4M740.3K3.8M3.0M740.3K
Net DEX-179.2M-302.4M-51.0M-224.5M-51.0M
Net VEX-1.5M-1.7M-1.2M-1.6M-1.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.460.083.400.430.26
Total Volume99,653.91347,122225,386177,920172,099
Total OI882,842.652716,648977,652920,151835,394

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-03-01$10.97$9.00114.3%32.0%109.9%27.4%120.1%-2.8%-1.5%3.0M-224.5M-1.6M0.434.71124,54053,380673,734246,417
2021-03-02$10.48$9.00134.7%31.4%108.6%33.1%123.8%-15.2%-1.4%2.8M-193.7M-1.6M2.216.0354,467120,176701,016251,594
2021-03-03$10.14$9.00111.6%29.4%75.4%26.7%120.6%-11.1%-1.9%2.4M-169.0M-1.5M0.287.1845,40812,748707,310255,480
2021-03-04$9.84$11.00117.5%31.0%75.2%28.3%116.4%-16.3%-2.4%1.9M-148.7M-1.5M3.4020.4051,213174,173716,721258,903
2021-03-05$9.45$11.00110.5%29.9%74.8%26.4%115.1%-6.8%-5.8%1.2M-118.7M-1.4M0.3213.6569,08722,296716,233261,419
2021-03-08$9.81$11.00120.8%33.2%68.1%29.2%125.0%-16.2%-2.5%1.8M-160.7M-1.5M0.089.11111,1889,242633,999245,145
2021-03-09$10.41$11.00131.5%34.8%71.7%32.2%130.4%-16.9%-6.7%2.6M-202.7M-1.6M0.087.8791,1027,456667,137248,277
2021-03-10$10.30$11.00127.3%35.5%71.6%31.0%132.5%-16.6%-6.2%2.8M-206.6M-1.6M0.136.3080,76410,401683,171249,135
2021-03-11$10.72$11.00124.0%35.3%74.0%30.1%128.1%-18.6%0.9%3.4M-226.0M-1.6M0.174.7745,2787,739691,328252,992
2021-03-12$11.64$10.00131.6%37.3%79.6%32.3%137.0%-25.1%-1.8%3.1M-302.4M-1.7M0.1510.54134,60820,461699,924254,310
2021-03-15$11.68$10.00127.7%36.5%78.5%31.2%135.9%-24.5%-3.3%3.4M-287.8M-1.7M0.192.5596,60518,444665,017241,659
2021-03-16$11.56$11.00121.7%34.9%75.7%29.5%128.0%-16.5%-6.0%3.6M-274.4M-1.7M0.143.56111,02915,296683,652245,053
2021-03-17$11.53$11.00115.8%33.2%70.9%27.8%120.8%-15.6%-2.8%3.8M-270.8M-1.7M0.173.4440,2036,919704,583249,358
2021-03-18$10.72$11.00106.8%30.9%74.9%25.3%113.5%-12.2%-8.7%2.7M-199.3M-1.5M0.253.6355,90314,117707,880250,040
2021-03-19$11.02$11.00100.4%28.8%75.5%23.5%107.4%-13.1%0.0%2.7M-216.6M-1.6M0.233.3252,16412,229715,264254,714
2021-03-22$10.72$11.0091.6%26.5%75.7%21.1%103.4%-10.7%-1.7%2.3M-170.4M-1.5M0.223.0846,25710,257518,739197,909
2021-03-23$10.09$11.0090.6%26.9%78.3%20.8%102.4%-7.3%-0.9%1.8M-129.8M-1.4M0.283.3747,03413,075536,893203,804
2021-03-24$9.60$11.0091.2%27.6%75.2%21.0%107.0%-8.6%-2.6%1.6M-105.6M-1.4M0.313.4239,68612,152550,586210,340
2021-03-25$9.89$11.0097.6%29.5%73.8%22.8%109.0%-11.5%-2.3%2.0M-129.4M-1.4M0.343.3253,22318,195560,349214,424
2021-03-26$9.57$10.00105.9%32.9%73.5%25.1%120.2%-12.4%-4.7%1.5M-115.8M-1.4M0.294.3246,37813,250576,253217,772
2021-03-29$9.18$10.00104.1%34.1%67.5%24.6%131.4%-7.6%-12.0%1.5M-103.5M-1.3M0.313.4151,92716,021546,107213,599
2021-03-30$9.38$10.00105.9%34.6%66.8%25.1%132.4%-8.4%-5.0%1.8M-114.4M-1.4M0.412.9859,34524,505570,362221,385
2021-03-31$8.43$10.0080.1%23.7%75.4%17.9%92.1%-2.8%1.4%740.3K-51.0M-1.2M0.262.16136,67335,426601,509233,885