BDN Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, BDN traded between $11.11 and $11.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.7%, placing in the 8.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 18.3% (HV 20d: 26.5%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.27.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-11: Highest Volume — 102 contracts
  • 2010-01-22: Largest IV spike — 29.7% change
  • 2010-01-11: Highest IV Rank — 15.7%
  • 2010-01-04: Largest Expected Move — 14.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.43$11.11$11.73$11.24$11.23
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV44.7%34.8%57.4%37.4%44.3%
Expected Move12.4%10.0%14.3%14.3%12.7%
HV 20d26.5%23.6%35.0%35.0%26.3%
HV 60d37.4%34.1%40.1%40.0%34.2%
IV Rank8.0%2.0%15.7%3.6%7.8%
IV Percentile9.6%1.6%36.9%2.0%7.9%
Term Structure2.8%-4.0%19.0%3.0%11.9%
VWIV44.0%39.8%49.3%41.7%45.7%
Skew 25d5.6%-17.6%18.5%-13.2%8.8%
Skew 10d3.6%-20.9%17.2%-14.8%12.1%
Call IV 25d41.8%33.3%57.1%50.1%39.7%
Put IV 25d47.4%36.4%53.5%36.9%48.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %52.5728.5887.7035.2363.73
Gamma HHI0.500.450.550.480.50
Net GEX9.5K7.6K11.9K8.9K9.7K
Net DEX-525.3K-596.7K-451.3K-506.1K-461.5K
Net VEX-2.0K-2.1K-1.6K-1.9K-2.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.270.002.000.000.00
Total Volume20.1050102180
Total OI1,454.9479331,9431,8191,027

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$11.24$12.5037.4%14.3%35.0%3.6%0.0%-13.2%3.0%8.9K-506.1K-1.9K0.0035.23180952867
2010-01-05$11.35$12.5048.3%13.1%32.4%10.2%0.0%-17.6%2.2%9.2K-522.6K-1.9K0.0040.12380961867
2010-01-06$11.49$12.5044.5%12.4%28.0%7.9%0.0%-7.9%3.5%10.4K-579.8K-1.9K0.0029.9100991867
2010-01-07$11.60$12.5045.4%12.8%25.5%8.4%0.0%-10.9%1.6%10.7K-596.7K-1.9K0.8328.581210991867
2010-01-08$11.55$12.5050.1%12.8%25.6%11.3%0.0%-3.5%2.3%10.6K-589.7K-1.9K0.0042.80160989862
2010-01-11$11.55$12.5057.4%12.6%24.5%15.7%0.0%6.7%0.1%10.8K-584.3K-1.8K0.0037.531020994862
2010-01-12$11.42$12.5049.9%13.0%24.6%11.2%0.0%6.1%0.4%10.1K-592.1K-2.0K0.0034.732001,081862
2010-01-13$11.67$12.5052.3%12.3%25.3%12.6%0.0%18.5%0.3%11.9K-565.6K-2.1K0.0046.94801,031862
2010-01-14$11.48$12.5044.3%12.7%26.2%7.8%0.0%6.8%1.0%7.6K-542.3K-2.0K0.0050.682501,039862
2010-01-15$11.44$12.5041.9%12.0%23.6%6.3%41.7%14.9%2.6%7.9K-541.8K-2.1K0.8053.23541,050862
2010-01-19$11.73$12.5041.6%11.9%24.9%6.1%0.0%18.4%-0.3%8.4K-501.0K-2.0K0.0080.20230775158
2010-01-20$11.52$12.5043.9%12.6%26.1%7.5%0.0%14.6%1.8%8.6K-488.3K-2.1K2.0053.0624798158
2010-01-21$11.22$12.5037.2%10.7%26.6%3.5%49.3%6.6%19.0%8.4K-451.3K-2.0K0.0956.00333799161
2010-01-22$11.11$12.5048.3%13.8%26.4%10.2%43.6%6.6%0.4%8.4K-486.9K-1.8K0.8365.121210832158
2010-01-25$11.39$12.5034.8%10.0%25.4%2.0%39.8%10.7%4.9%9.5K-479.4K-2.1K0.0087.70220844163
2010-01-26$11.30$12.5043.8%12.6%24.4%7.5%45.7%12.6%-1.5%9.7K-482.4K-2.1K0.0053.6350854163
2010-01-27$11.55$12.5040.6%11.7%25.8%5.6%0.0%15.7%3.0%10.5K-521.1K-1.6K0.0054.2510854163
2010-01-28$11.34$12.5043.8%12.6%26.1%7.5%0.0%12.4%-4.0%9.7K-488.4K-2.1K0.0085.4690855163
2010-01-29$11.23$12.5044.3%12.7%26.3%7.8%0.0%8.8%11.9%9.7K-461.5K-2.0K0.0063.7300864163