BDN Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, BDN traded between $10.29 and $11.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.8%, placing in the 8.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.8% (HV 20d: 33.0%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.62.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-05: Highest Volume — 161 contracts
  • 2010-02-04: Largest IV spike — 49.7% change
  • 2010-02-24: Highest IV Rank — 13.6%
  • 2010-02-24: Largest Expected Move — 15.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.93$10.29$11.49$11.49$11.21
Max Pain$11.58$10.00$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV44.8%33.3%53.8%38.7%37.6%
Expected Move13.0%9.6%15.4%11.1%10.8%
HV 20d33.0%26.0%36.7%26.5%31.8%
HV 60d33.7%31.9%35.0%33.7%31.9%
IV Rank8.1%1.1%13.6%4.4%3.7%
IV Percentile15.0%0.8%36.1%3.6%4.0%
Term Structure4.6%-2.8%17.4%-1.0%17.4%
VWIV44.8%33.1%52.1%48.2%52.1%
Skew 25d9.5%1.9%28.7%11.7%2.0%
Skew 10d11.9%3.2%34.4%15.6%7.1%
Call IV 25d38.0%26.7%44.7%36.3%39.1%
Put IV 25d47.5%41.1%55.4%47.9%41.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %48.1617.3081.5744.1541.44
Gamma HHI0.470.430.530.530.47
Net GEX10.5K8.5K11.8K10.3K11.8K
Net DEX-460.6K-534.0K-370.8K-499.6K-524.5K
Net VEX-2.0K-2.1K-1.8K-2.0K-1.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.620.004.430.000.00
Total Volume17.526016187
Total OI1,159.7891,0221,2351,0271,213

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$11.49$12.5038.7%11.1%26.5%4.4%0.0%11.7%-1.0%10.3K-499.6K-2.0K0.0044.1580864163
2010-02-02$11.46$12.5036.3%10.4%26.0%2.9%0.0%11.7%-0.1%10.5K-491.0K-2.0K0.0036.8400864163
2010-02-03$11.24$12.5033.3%9.6%26.7%1.1%0.0%9.2%15.8%9.4K-455.5K-2.0K0.0017.30110864163
2010-02-04$10.66$12.5049.9%14.3%32.1%11.2%0.0%2.3%-1.5%8.5K-378.1K-1.8K4.4335.64731859163
2010-02-05$10.88$12.5044.8%14.3%32.9%8.1%0.0%6.5%1.8%8.7K-375.4K-1.9K0.0049.151610859185
2010-02-08$10.52$12.5049.1%13.8%34.6%10.7%48.2%1.9%5.9%10.3K-441.1K-2.1K1.0039.20331,020185
2010-02-09$10.29$10.0046.3%13.8%35.1%9.0%0.0%2.2%1.9%10.0K-404.4K-2.0K0.0061.67001,023188
2010-02-10$10.29$10.0049.5%14.6%35.1%11.0%0.0%8.9%-1.8%9.8K-377.6K-2.0K0.0059.73001,023188
2010-02-11$10.38$10.0047.0%13.5%34.1%9.4%0.0%24.1%-1.4%10.2K-370.8K-2.0K0.0018.69001,023188
2010-02-12$10.67$10.0045.1%12.9%35.8%8.3%45.7%28.7%6.2%10.6K-426.4K-2.1K0.3835.43831,023188
2010-02-16$10.87$10.0048.9%14.0%36.7%10.6%0.0%16.3%0.3%11.0K-474.9K-2.1K0.0070.870101,017191
2010-02-17$10.83$10.0046.2%13.2%35.2%8.9%0.0%6.1%4.0%10.9K-469.4K-2.0K0.0051.131401,017201
2010-02-18$11.04$10.0051.5%14.8%35.7%12.2%33.1%4.7%-2.8%11.3K-491.9K-2.0K0.0051.450251,009201
2010-02-19$11.10$12.5052.4%15.0%34.6%12.7%52.1%8.8%-1.6%11.3K-488.6K-2.1K0.0058.72301,009226
2010-02-22$11.16$12.5039.8%11.4%34.5%5.1%0.0%19.5%17.3%11.4K-513.0K-2.0K0.0081.5720973208
2010-02-23$11.09$12.5039.5%11.3%33.3%4.9%0.0%3.5%14.9%11.5K-512.0K-2.0K0.0064.7750973208
2010-02-24$11.21$12.5053.8%15.4%33.4%13.6%0.0%7.7%-2.2%11.5K-534.0K-2.0K1.6742.251220973208
2010-02-25$11.23$12.5041.6%11.9%32.4%6.1%0.0%4.5%15.0%11.4K-523.6K-2.1K0.0055.1300985228
2010-02-26$11.21$12.5037.6%10.8%31.8%3.7%0.0%2.0%17.4%11.8K-524.5K-1.9K0.0041.4470985228