BDN Options History — September 2009

In September 2009, BDN traded between $9.58 and $11.46. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.5%, placing in the 16.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.5% (HV 20d: 51.0%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.79.

Notable Days

  • 2009-09-15: Highest Volume — 240 contracts
  • 2009-09-23: Largest IV spike — 23.0% change
  • 2009-09-14: Highest IV Rank — 20.5%
  • 2009-09-14: Largest Expected Move — 18.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.66$9.58$11.46$10.09$11.04
Max Pain$7.86$7.50$10.00$10.00$7.50
ATM IV59.5%48.9%63.4%58.9%60.0%
Expected Move17.2%14.0%18.2%16.9%17.2%
HV 20d51.0%42.4%60.8%60.8%51.8%
HV 60d55.9%53.8%57.4%56.0%55.1%
IV Rank16.7%8.8%20.5%17.8%15.7%
IV Percentile20.6%4.4%27.0%22.2%18.7%
Term Structure2.0%-0.9%7.2%0.7%7.2%
VWIV59.0%46.6%66.6%57.9%58.2%
Skew 25d17.6%-1.7%45.1%25.0%2.7%
Skew 10d39.7%-2.1%62.4%42.3%42.0%
Call IV 25d51.5%26.3%63.7%55.4%57.7%
Put IV 25d69.1%55.9%85.4%80.4%60.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %43.7020.8959.9846.4342.06
Gamma HHI0.470.370.630.570.38
Net GEX10.0K7.6K15.8K11.0K8.9K
Net DEX-750.4K-1.1M-476.7K-635.5K-702.5K
Net VEX-2.4K-2.8K-2.2K-2.7K-2.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.790.006.100.140.06
Total Volume47.1430240036
Total OI2,628.2862,4822,8932,5402,559

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-09-01$10.09$10.0058.9%16.9%60.8%17.8%0.0%25.0%0.7%11.0K-635.5K-2.7K0.0046.43001,3791,161
2009-09-02$9.58$10.0057.7%16.6%58.9%17.1%57.9%-1.7%5.3%9.8K-476.7K-2.7K0.1446.934461,3791,161
2009-09-03$9.80$10.0056.0%16.0%59.3%16.0%55.9%23.3%5.0%10.9K-515.4K-2.7K0.0051.371401,4151,161
2009-09-04$10.06$7.5056.9%17.4%53.4%16.6%0.0%35.0%0.4%12.5K-636.0K-2.5K0.0059.983301,4201,161
2009-09-08$10.30$7.5057.7%18.1%54.3%17.1%63.1%36.1%-0.7%13.9K-751.0K-2.4K4.3243.06251081,4291,161
2009-09-09$10.32$7.5057.9%17.7%51.6%17.2%61.8%36.1%0.8%13.0K-733.5K-2.8K0.0043.97801,4471,263
2009-09-10$10.45$7.5061.8%17.7%49.5%19.5%61.6%18.7%-0.2%14.1K-810.4K-2.5K0.0530.592011,4441,263
2009-09-11$10.46$7.5060.6%17.4%49.5%18.8%0.0%19.4%1.6%15.8K-834.4K-2.5K0.0035.465001,4641,264
2009-09-14$10.87$7.5063.4%18.2%50.3%20.5%46.6%45.1%1.6%11.2K-1.0M-2.5K6.1020.89201221,4971,254
2009-09-15$11.12$7.5062.9%18.0%44.5%20.2%55.3%9.9%1.5%8.3K-1.1M-2.4K0.1434.79210301,5171,376
2009-09-16$11.46$7.5052.5%15.1%45.2%11.0%61.1%12.6%0.8%7.7K-1.0M-2.4K0.0048.418201,4411,406
2009-09-17$11.19$7.5061.5%17.6%46.0%16.6%49.5%12.8%1.9%7.8K-935.9K-2.4K0.0055.221001,3861,406
2009-09-18$11.05$7.5060.5%17.3%43.3%15.9%60.3%16.9%2.6%8.2K-839.0K-2.4K0.0041.182101,3811,406
2009-09-21$10.87$7.5061.5%17.6%42.4%16.6%0.0%12.8%0.7%7.8K-677.9K-2.3K0.0056.171001,2501,232
2009-09-22$11.43$7.5048.9%14.0%45.7%8.8%66.6%16.1%5.3%8.4K-805.4K-2.3K0.0442.072311,2601,232
2009-09-23$10.93$7.5060.1%17.2%47.9%15.7%0.0%9.3%4.5%7.8K-705.7K-2.4K0.0057.623601,2681,232
2009-09-24$10.33$7.5062.1%17.8%51.9%17.0%62.1%12.0%-0.9%7.6K-549.2K-2.3K0.0033.72201,2921,232
2009-09-25$10.36$7.5063.1%18.1%51.5%17.6%63.1%7.5%-0.8%7.6K-561.9K-2.3K0.1444.562231,2901,232
2009-09-28$11.07$7.5062.1%17.8%57.0%17.0%62.5%14.5%1.2%8.7K-722.0K-2.2K2.8341.726171,3121,232
2009-09-29$11.01$7.5062.3%17.9%55.4%17.1%0.0%5.8%2.7%8.9K-706.9K-2.2K2.0041.4110201,2971,232
2009-09-30$11.04$7.5060.0%17.2%51.8%15.7%58.2%2.7%7.2%8.9K-702.5K-2.2K0.0642.063421,3071,252