BDN Options History — January 2009

In January 2009, BDN traded between $5.51 and $7.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 111.0%, placing in the 58.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 32.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 27.1% (HV 20d: 138.1%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $7.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.98.

Notable Days

  • 2009-01-23: Highest Volume — 1,015 contracts
  • 2009-01-14: Largest IV spike — 40.5% change
  • 2009-01-14: Highest IV Rank — 85.5%
  • 2009-01-21: Largest Expected Move — 39.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.58$5.51$7.36$7.17$5.97
Max Pain$6.63$5.00$7.50$5.00$5.00
ATM IV111.0%87.4%155.8%110.1%115.4%
Expected Move32.4%28.4%39.1%31.6%33.1%
HV 20d138.1%112.9%172.1%172.1%137.3%
HV 60d167.1%162.8%172.2%172.1%169.3%
IV Rank58.4%44.1%85.5%57.8%61.1%
IV Percentile81.1%73.0%96.4%81.7%83.7%
Term Structure-11.3%-30.4%10.5%6.0%-8.1%
VWIV110.7%98.9%123.8%115.3%100.2%
Skew 25d13.8%-17.5%42.3%11.3%13.0%
Skew 10d26.9%-41.6%59.0%19.1%22.1%
Call IV 25d90.2%63.4%131.7%94.0%85.4%
Put IV 25d104.0%85.5%123.0%105.4%98.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %61.3039.6196.4496.4464.02
Gamma HHI0.650.280.970.330.57
Net GEX4.2K2519.5K3.9K5.1K
Net DEX-132.6K-364.9K-17.5K-101.1K-74.8K
Net VEX-744-1.7K-267-562-1.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.980.0030.610.070.00
Total Volume156.3501,0153230
Total OI1,778.458842,3222,0022,176

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-01-02$7.17$5.00110.1%31.6%172.1%57.8%115.3%11.3%6.0%3.9K-101.1K-5620.0796.443021,571431
2009-01-05$6.92$7.5087.4%32.4%171.9%44.1%0.0%-10.0%-24.5%3.2K-86.2K-4780.1046.60402421,572429
2009-01-06$7.36$7.50111.1%30.8%164.4%58.5%104.5%-13.1%-11.5%3.2K-57.7K-4820.1048.152121,503429
2009-01-07$6.98$7.50107.4%32.9%157.8%56.2%114.2%-17.5%-20.4%3.0K-45.1K-4500.0044.71901,520420
2009-01-08$7.06$7.50104.9%32.1%157.5%54.7%0.0%-5.0%-21.6%2.0K-70.9K-3960.0052.14101,527390
2009-01-09$6.97$7.5098.1%31.4%153.7%50.6%0.0%16.0%-23.1%2.4K-62.1K-3950.0051.00001,528390
2009-01-12$6.32$7.50108.4%35.3%138.6%56.8%123.8%14.2%-30.4%251-17.5K-2670.0056.2510001,528390
2009-01-13$6.79$7.50110.9%33.3%130.6%58.3%116.0%16.4%-21.0%2.6K-149.8K-4330.0041.891801,628290
2009-01-14$6.21$7.50155.8%36.1%129.4%85.5%123.8%21.4%-19.4%978-105.4K-3410.0356.55399131,635290
2009-01-15$6.29$7.50114.3%32.8%113.9%60.4%114.5%26.3%-22.4%3.6K-205.3K-6560.0065.11502,032290
2009-01-16$6.74$7.50103.0%29.5%112.9%53.5%103.4%34.2%-16.6%4.3K-253.9K-6910.0656.41166102,036260
2009-01-20$5.51$7.50127.0%36.4%128.8%68.0%0.0%15.0%-19.7%3.0K-44.3K-4630.0050.81010764120
2009-01-21$6.24$7.50136.4%39.1%126.6%73.8%98.9%18.5%-21.7%4.3K-73.3K-5890.0039.61140764129
2009-01-22$6.27$7.50114.1%32.7%125.3%60.3%113.7%14.2%-9.6%4.6K-97.2K-6390.2572.274010778129
2009-01-23$6.39$5.00101.9%29.2%125.1%52.9%100.9%11.7%5.8%4.7K-97.9K-6410.0074.881,0150783139
2009-01-26$6.32$5.00107.2%30.7%124.1%56.1%110.1%10.3%7.3%9.5K-307.1K-1.3K4.5080.9020901,558139
2009-01-27$6.41$5.00107.2%30.7%124.0%56.1%111.2%38.9%10.5%9.1K-307.9K-1.4K30.6176.43185511,562229
2009-01-28$7.36$5.00100.2%28.7%129.3%51.9%100.2%42.3%7.5%8.4K-364.9K-1.7K0.0063.385701,322764
2009-01-29$6.26$5.0099.1%28.4%138.4%51.2%0.0%17.4%6.3%5.9K-128.6K-1.5K0.0088.475201,360764
2009-01-30$5.97$5.00115.4%33.1%137.3%61.1%0.0%13.0%-8.1%5.1K-74.8K-1.4K0.0064.023001,412764