BB Options History — August 2021

In August 2021, BB traded between $9.55 and $11.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 81.8%, placing in the 10.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 26.8% (HV 20d: 55.0%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.19.

Notable Days

  • 2021-08-25: Highest Volume — 299,343 contracts
  • 2021-08-24: Largest IV spike — 43.6% change
  • 2021-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 18.7%
  • 2021-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 30.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.33$9.55$11.38$10.12$11.38
Max Pain$10.07$10.00$10.50$10.50$10.00
ATM IV81.8%68.0%109.1%77.9%97.1%
Expected Move22.6%19.8%30.1%19.8%26.2%
HV 20d55.0%45.7%61.8%57.9%55.0%
HV 60d87.0%58.0%93.4%93.4%58.0%
IV Rank10.3%6.0%18.7%9.1%15.0%
IV Percentile58.0%42.9%77.4%57.5%67.5%
Term Structure0.9%-4.1%8.0%-0.7%-0.7%
VWIV94.7%82.4%121.5%84.0%105.6%
Skew 25d-22.5%-35.6%-13.3%-20.8%-27.2%
Skew 10d-49.2%-75.1%-27.6%-46.2%-64.6%
Call IV 25d100.2%79.5%137.7%94.4%117.6%
Put IV 25d77.7%64.4%102.0%73.6%90.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.142.0110.423.405.27
Gamma HHI0.080.060.110.060.08
Net GEX3.5M2.3M5.5M2.7M5.3M
Net DEX-181.9M-290.0M-107.1M-162.3M-290.0M
Net VEX-1.6M-1.7M-1.4M-1.6M-1.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.190.070.330.190.17
Total Volume101,602.31846,194299,34364,82383,926
Total OI1,072,656.1821,002,7931,157,1961,002,7931,110,598

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-08-02$10.12$10.5077.9%19.8%57.9%9.1%84.0%-20.8%-0.7%2.7M-162.3M-1.6M0.193.4054,53010,293748,585254,208
2021-08-03$10.12$10.5078.7%20.6%57.8%9.3%89.3%-21.6%2.7%2.8M-159.9M-1.6M0.153.3948,9957,536768,998258,284
2021-08-04$9.93$10.5077.0%20.6%56.1%8.8%83.2%-21.8%1.4%2.6M-146.5M-1.6M0.333.5040,23713,178789,282262,773
2021-08-05$10.41$10.0082.0%23.1%59.2%10.3%111.9%-27.0%0.7%4.1M-202.2M-1.7M0.245.6490,76921,560809,251264,832
2021-08-06$10.30$10.0076.4%21.4%58.5%8.6%92.0%-27.1%-1.3%3.2M-185.3M-1.6M0.205.0846,5819,445824,918270,328
2021-08-09$10.43$10.0077.9%21.9%57.1%9.1%98.4%-22.1%-1.4%3.6M-190.2M-1.6M0.254.9462,84915,611776,343268,330
2021-08-10$10.39$10.0075.1%21.5%57.0%8.2%94.8%-19.7%0.5%3.5M-179.0M-1.6M0.195.3149,3539,378788,201270,365
2021-08-11$10.28$10.0075.3%20.7%55.3%8.3%91.5%-18.2%-4.1%3.7M-163.0M-1.6M0.145.1744,0056,369816,472276,186
2021-08-12$10.18$10.0068.9%20.0%55.1%6.3%83.3%-15.4%1.1%3.7M-148.9M-1.5M0.193.2638,9517,243820,905281,067
2021-08-13$9.88$10.0068.0%19.8%54.5%6.0%87.8%-15.1%0.9%2.4M-113.2M-1.4M0.243.9848,96911,575825,906281,206
2021-08-16$9.68$10.0070.7%20.5%54.3%6.9%88.4%-17.0%5.9%2.3M-107.1M-1.4M0.072.7293,3036,622778,688264,275
2021-08-17$9.65$10.0076.0%21.9%45.7%8.5%92.1%-23.6%0.9%2.4M-120.0M-1.4M0.145.4955,1397,751793,386266,816
2021-08-18$10.10$10.0074.1%21.2%48.7%7.9%87.4%-18.0%8.0%3.3M-150.5M-1.5M0.182.5579,04313,998816,598268,963
2021-08-19$9.55$10.0078.7%22.3%50.5%9.3%89.8%-17.9%5.0%2.8M-115.3M-1.4M0.212.3153,06011,372832,638270,880
2021-08-20$9.65$10.0075.7%21.1%50.5%8.4%85.8%-13.9%6.1%2.7M-114.0M-1.4M0.282.0145,15812,859838,605274,708
2021-08-23$10.14$10.0076.0%19.9%53.8%8.5%82.4%-13.3%-0.1%3.4M-154.0M-1.4M0.232.3168,81415,499755,518248,963
2021-08-24$11.11$10.00109.1%30.1%61.8%18.7%121.5%-35.6%-2.3%4.1M-271.7M-1.7M0.1510.42253,80438,987764,979253,864
2021-08-25$10.72$10.0091.8%24.6%56.0%13.4%100.3%-23.1%-1.3%4.6M-229.8M-1.6M0.133.06264,81634,527791,226261,665
2021-08-26$10.80$10.00101.2%27.5%54.2%16.2%109.3%-30.9%-3.1%5.5M-249.9M-1.7M0.203.25143,70629,219833,398282,753
2021-08-27$11.23$10.0096.2%26.1%55.2%14.7%99.9%-34.5%-0.9%4.0M-286.3M-1.7M0.144.10148,12020,269860,310296,886
2021-08-30$11.24$10.0095.0%25.8%55.0%14.3%105.0%-30.2%2.1%4.5M-263.6M-1.7M0.163.83101,55116,281799,222277,057
2021-08-31$11.38$10.0097.1%26.2%55.0%15.0%105.6%-27.2%-0.7%5.3M-290.0M-1.7M0.175.2772,03711,889826,952283,646