BDN Options History — May 2009

In May 2009, BDN traded between $5.60 and $7.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 93.7%, placing in the 43.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 27.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 27.4% (HV 20d: 121.1%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2009-05-11: Highest Volume — 1,363 contracts
  • 2009-05-12: Largest IV drop — 30.1% change
  • 2009-05-04: Highest IV Rank — 63.0%
  • 2009-05-07: Largest Expected Move — 35.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.46$5.60$7.45$5.64$7.45
Max Pain$5.38$5.00$10.00$5.00$7.50
ATM IV93.7%74.0%128.9%106.3%74.0%
Expected Move27.3%21.2%35.8%30.5%21.2%
HV 20d121.1%106.8%141.6%141.6%106.8%
HV 60d138.3%136.2%140.4%140.1%137.0%
IV Rank43.2%31.5%63.0%50.5%31.5%
IV Percentile47.7%35.7%79.4%54.8%35.7%
Term Structure-4.6%-24.3%10.8%7.8%10.8%
VWIV92.1%74.0%125.3%125.3%74.0%
Skew 25d19.0%16.3%23.3%17.5%19.0%
Skew 10d28.1%1.5%37.5%1.5%37.3%
Call IV 25d70.5%60.7%75.3%74.8%75.3%
Put IV 25d89.6%84.0%94.3%92.3%94.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %49.9518.8778.2460.2219.64
Gamma HHI0.550.380.780.480.53
Net GEX6.0K2.0K14.5K7.3K10.0K
Net DEX-616.3K-958.1K-423.4K-475.9K-788.3K
Net VEX-2.0K-2.6K-1.6K-2.0K-2.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.006.130.740.07
Total Volume219.501,3630120
Total OI3,018.22,3483,7573,0273,597

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-05-01$5.64$5.00106.3%30.5%141.6%50.5%0.0%0.0%7.8%7.3K-475.9K-2.0K0.0060.22002,139888
2009-05-04$5.83$5.00128.9%35.5%141.4%63.0%0.0%0.0%-20.4%2.3K-499.9K-1.6K0.7454.3443322,139888
2009-05-05$5.60$5.00108.8%32.3%139.4%51.9%0.0%0.0%-6.6%6.4K-445.9K-1.9K0.0062.780202,172900
2009-05-06$5.85$5.00116.1%35.6%135.8%56.0%125.3%0.0%-21.9%2.2K-518.4K-1.7K0.0054.071202,172890
2009-05-07$5.61$5.0091.0%35.8%137.7%42.1%124.9%0.0%-24.3%6.1K-439.6K-1.8K1.0028.8120202,173890
2009-05-08$6.59$5.00102.3%27.6%129.2%48.3%96.7%0.0%0.4%2.0K-667.6K-1.6K0.0054.5235702,183900
2009-05-11$6.79$5.00119.7%28.3%127.5%57.9%98.8%0.0%-13.4%14.5K-929.4K-2.0K0.0550.181,294692,380900
2009-05-12$7.00$5.0083.7%28.1%112.0%38.1%97.9%0.0%-11.2%13.5K-958.1K-2.0K0.0720.957252,249962
2009-05-13$6.38$5.0094.0%27.5%118.2%43.8%0.0%0.0%-11.0%4.1K-685.7K-1.9K0.8821.2440352,263962
2009-05-14$6.59$5.0097.6%28.0%116.4%45.8%97.5%0.0%-12.4%4.2K-739.2K-1.9K0.0049.173502,263988
2009-05-15$6.06$5.00108.4%31.1%120.7%51.7%90.0%17.5%-16.3%4.0K-589.6K-1.9K0.1353.436282,259988
2009-05-18$6.71$5.0089.1%25.6%115.7%41.1%96.7%16.3%-5.4%4.6K-564.8K-1.8K1.7558.6240701,482866
2009-05-19$6.46$5.0078.8%22.6%115.8%34.7%78.2%0.0%4.2%4.5K-493.5K-1.9K0.7358.8230221,516931
2009-05-20$6.70$5.0081.7%23.4%115.2%36.3%84.5%23.3%0.3%4.7K-557.9K-2.0K0.2161.9647101,534953
2009-05-21$6.85$5.0080.1%23.0%115.2%35.4%80.2%0.0%6.1%4.9K-590.3K-2.0K0.0664.10315201,571963
2009-05-22$6.50$5.0076.9%22.0%111.9%33.6%0.0%0.0%3.5%6.1K-630.0K-2.5K0.0078.240261,884974
2009-05-26$6.91$5.0086.1%24.7%107.1%38.2%84.5%0.0%-1.1%6.5K-729.8K-2.4K0.0077.7041001,884990
2009-05-27$6.65$5.0075.0%21.5%108.6%32.0%76.9%0.0%10.8%6.8K-598.7K-2.4K6.1351.341217421,924990
2009-05-28$7.10$10.0076.0%21.8%106.8%32.6%75.0%19.0%9.2%4.9K-423.4K-2.6K0.4618.87201922,0451,712
2009-05-29$7.45$7.5074.0%21.2%106.8%31.5%74.0%0.0%10.8%10.0K-788.3K-2.6K0.0719.6411282,1921,405