BDN Options History — May 2008

In May 2008, BDN traded between $18.16 and $19.24. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.8%, placing in the 18.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 28.3%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.33.

Notable Days

  • 2008-05-06: Highest Volume — 117 contracts
  • 2008-05-16: Largest IV drop — 45.5% change
  • 2008-05-13: Highest IV Rank — 34.7%
  • 2008-05-01: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.75$18.16$19.24$18.16$18.77
Max Pain$18.21$17.50$20.00$17.50$20.00
ATM IV24.8%14.4%35.3%33.3%18.1%
Expected Move6.7%4.1%9.5%9.5%5.2%
HV 20d28.3%25.8%30.0%28.1%25.8%
HV 60d35.0%34.5%36.0%35.9%35.1%
IV Rank18.1%2.2%34.7%31.9%5.4%
IV Percentile35.3%0.4%71.8%65.5%9.5%
Term Structure5.5%-3.5%17.3%-2.2%9.6%
VWIV24.4%16.8%33.2%33.2%17.0%
Skew 25d3.9%-4.5%8.5%3.4%6.1%
Skew 10d4.5%-1.1%20.9%9.5%3.8%
Call IV 25d25.0%21.3%28.5%28.4%25.3%
Put IV 25d29.0%24.0%34.4%31.8%31.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %71.6119.5295.6389.5595.63
Gamma HHI0.360.320.420.420.33
Net GEX-7.5K-19.8K-3-19.8K-4.8K
Net DEX-4.4K-105.9K203.6K203.6K34.9K
Net VEX-3.1K-3.5K-2.7K-3.1K-3.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.330.0011.500.3811.50
Total Volume26.33301171125
Total OI1,230.811,1031,3631,1031,252

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-05-01$18.16$17.5033.3%9.5%28.1%31.9%33.2%3.4%-2.2%-19.8K203.6K-3.1K0.3889.5583274829
2008-05-02$18.66$17.5023.9%6.9%29.6%18.6%0.0%1.0%7.0%-14.4K33.6K-2.8K2.1363.42817274832
2008-05-05$18.86$17.5025.6%8.2%29.7%21.0%28.6%4.2%-2.0%-13.5K26.4K-2.9K0.0019.52290282827
2008-05-06$19.08$17.5022.7%7.5%28.7%16.9%26.3%6.6%0.6%-7.4K-73.4K-2.8K0.4333.288235310827
2008-05-07$18.54$17.5028.2%9.0%27.6%24.7%0.0%2.3%0.4%-12.1K-8.2K-3.1K1.1371.211517368856
2008-05-08$18.45$17.5024.2%7.6%27.8%19.0%0.0%0.8%6.4%-12.1K2.7K-3.2K0.0077.28100383873
2008-05-09$18.20$17.5024.8%8.5%28.2%19.8%0.0%-2.0%3.1%-17.8K65.0K-3.2K0.0072.8140389873
2008-05-12$18.80$17.5030.5%4.6%29.9%28.0%0.0%4.8%10.7%-6.7K-52.2K-3.0K0.0085.7150393873
2008-05-13$18.76$17.5035.3%4.6%30.0%34.7%0.0%4.0%10.1%-5.0K-78.6K-2.9K0.0092.0700389873
2008-05-14$18.90$17.5034.8%7.2%27.3%32.1%0.0%5.1%-2.1%-2.7K-102.0K-2.9K0.0050.51080389873
2008-05-15$19.00$17.5026.5%7.6%27.3%19.8%16.8%5.9%-3.5%-5.3K-50.3K-3.2K0.3368.453010389953
2008-05-16$18.82$17.5014.4%4.1%27.3%2.2%0.0%4.3%8.0%-6.9K-37.0K-3.2K0.0090.9600400963
2008-05-19$19.24$17.5020.6%5.9%26.4%11.1%0.0%8.5%1.9%-1.1K-87.6K-2.8K0.0382.52742363792
2008-05-20$19.11$17.5025.6%7.4%26.8%18.6%0.0%5.1%1.1%-3-105.9K-3.1K0.0044.39150428793
2008-05-21$18.59$17.5024.3%7.0%29.1%16.7%17.0%-4.5%16.5%-4.3K18.8K-3.5K0.0058.68030443793
2008-05-22$18.61$20.0016.4%4.7%29.0%5.1%0.0%3.1%17.3%-5.5K47.2K-3.5K0.0090.71033443813
2008-05-23$18.69$20.0023.3%6.7%28.6%15.1%0.0%3.8%14.5%-6.0K81.0K-3.5K0.0079.5600443818
2008-05-27$18.96$20.0021.2%6.1%28.9%12.1%0.0%7.0%3.0%-2.5K18.6K-3.2K0.0062.6300443818
2008-05-28$18.72$20.0025.0%7.2%29.0%15.8%0.0%4.7%3.3%-4.5K14.3K-3.4K0.0082.35021443818
2008-05-29$18.90$20.0022.1%6.3%28.9%11.4%0.0%8.1%11.5%-4.9K-43.6K-2.7K0.0092.5900443809
2008-05-30$18.77$20.0018.1%5.2%25.8%5.4%0.0%6.1%9.6%-4.8K34.9K-3.3K11.5095.63223443809