BDN Options History — August 2009

In August 2009, BDN traded between $8.41 and $11.01. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.9%, placing in the 17.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 58.0%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.41.

Notable Days

  • 2009-08-18: Highest Volume — 728 contracts
  • 2009-08-07: Largest IV spike — 33.7% change
  • 2009-08-10: Highest IV Rank — 25.4%
  • 2009-08-21: Largest Expected Move — 17.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.29$8.41$11.01$8.41$10.61
Max Pain$9.40$7.50$10.00$7.50$10.00
ATM IV57.9%45.5%71.5%45.5%57.1%
Expected Move16.2%13.0%17.6%13.0%16.4%
HV 20d58.0%49.9%64.6%49.9%64.6%
HV 60d58.9%54.3%69.0%69.0%55.0%
IV Rank17.3%11.2%25.4%11.6%16.7%
IV Percentile21.7%15.1%31.3%15.5%18.7%
Term Structure4.6%-7.1%25.7%25.7%3.7%
VWIV56.7%47.9%61.2%58.8%57.1%
Skew 25d16.5%7.7%38.8%9.8%22.2%
Skew 10d32.9%11.5%59.7%15.4%51.6%
Call IV 25d50.2%31.8%58.6%48.1%44.3%
Put IV 25d66.6%57.1%74.4%57.9%66.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %51.8618.3284.7143.6347.57
Gamma HHI0.530.350.680.670.54
Net GEX5.0K-10.0K11.1K10.9K10.9K
Net DEX-994.8K-1.4M-668.1K-668.1K-795.8K
Net VEX-2.5K-2.9K-1.9K-2.0K-2.7K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.410.0017.000.007.07
Total Volume177.524172861121
Total OI2,590.3332,0483,3202,0482,427

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-08-03$8.41$7.5045.5%13.0%49.9%11.6%0.0%9.8%25.7%10.9K-668.1K-2.0K0.0043.636101,398650
2009-08-04$9.22$7.5052.1%14.9%54.6%13.8%58.8%8.8%-7.1%7.2K-911.3K-1.9K0.2526.23151381,406650
2009-08-05$9.88$7.5056.7%16.3%54.1%16.5%56.7%8.8%-6.9%5.4K-1.1M-1.9K0.0042.0516701,526660
2009-08-06$9.99$7.5047.9%13.7%51.6%11.2%47.9%7.7%2.8%7.7K-1.2M-2.2K0.3431.46149511,632660
2009-08-07$10.76$7.5064.0%16.6%50.0%20.9%57.8%12.4%6.3%9.4K-1.3M-2.2K4.4347.141225401,582680
2009-08-10$10.74$10.0071.5%16.8%50.1%25.4%0.0%14.0%4.7%7.4K-1.3M-2.2K0.0027.334901,6671,314
2009-08-11$10.25$10.0060.3%16.7%55.7%18.6%58.2%13.6%6.3%-2.5K-1.0M-2.7K7.8673.88564401,6941,091
2009-08-12$10.69$10.0065.7%16.9%56.3%21.9%50.5%13.0%4.8%1.4K-1.2M-2.6K2.5484.7113331,6891,030
2009-08-13$10.66$10.0057.4%16.5%56.9%16.9%0.0%0.0%6.7%-335-1.2M-2.6K0.2553.162051,6881,060
2009-08-14$10.37$10.0054.9%15.7%57.7%15.4%54.9%10.5%8.1%-1.1K-1.1M-2.5K17.0076.302341,6981,055
2009-08-17$9.74$10.0058.3%16.7%61.3%17.4%0.0%0.0%4.2%-2.4K-754.9K-2.5K0.0070.31071,6971,069
2009-08-18$9.89$10.0057.3%16.4%59.7%16.8%57.2%17.4%5.8%-10.0K-818.6K-2.4K7.8870.55826461,6971,076
2009-08-19$9.76$10.0056.9%16.3%60.4%16.6%56.9%14.9%4.5%-5.5K-698.2K-2.8K0.0466.46232101,6651,381
2009-08-20$10.27$10.0058.6%16.8%62.0%17.6%58.5%38.8%1.0%5.8K-1.2M-2.7K0.0661.27463301,8221,380
2009-08-21$10.62$10.0061.3%17.6%62.3%19.2%61.2%8.5%3.4%7.6K-1.4M-2.9K0.0046.2314101,9211,399
2009-08-24$10.56$10.0056.2%16.1%62.3%16.2%56.0%33.1%3.6%10.2K-772.1K-2.9K0.0064.212001,3471,058
2009-08-25$10.86$10.0060.1%17.2%62.1%18.5%60.1%17.0%3.2%10.1K-827.4K-2.8K0.1342.152331,3331,058
2009-08-26$10.78$10.0058.0%16.6%62.4%17.2%57.6%17.6%6.0%10.4K-839.8K-2.7K0.0018.32101,3511,061
2009-08-27$10.96$10.0057.4%16.5%62.3%16.9%57.1%25.3%7.0%10.6K-869.8K-2.7K0.3349.41311,3511,061
2009-08-28$11.01$10.0058.6%16.8%62.2%17.6%0.0%19.3%3.7%11.1K-926.9K-2.5K0.0046.711401,3521,061
2009-08-31$10.61$10.0057.1%16.4%64.6%16.7%57.1%22.2%3.7%10.9K-795.8K-2.7K7.0747.57151061,3661,061