BDN Options History — March 2010

In March 2010, BDN traded between $11.11 and $12.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.5%, placing in the 3.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.3% (HV 20d: 21.2%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.11.

Notable Days

  • 2010-03-22: Highest Volume — 120 contracts
  • 2010-03-09: Largest IV spike — 35.1% change
  • 2010-03-12: Highest IV Rank — 7.3%
  • 2010-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.04$11.11$12.90$11.11$12.21
Max Pain$8.37$7.50$12.50$12.50$7.50
ATM IV34.5%27.7%40.7%40.7%33.2%
Expected Move10.3%8.6%11.7%11.7%9.5%
HV 20d21.2%15.6%31.8%31.8%26.8%
HV 60d27.8%26.4%31.9%31.9%27.8%
IV Rank3.8%0.0%7.3%5.6%3.5%
IV Percentile4.4%0.0%9.9%7.1%4.0%
Term Structure1.5%-4.2%11.8%11.8%2.6%
VWIV35.8%32.4%40.0%32.4%33.1%
Skew 25d3.7%-3.4%8.9%3.1%-2.9%
Skew 10d10.1%-6.2%48.5%7.2%-6.2%
Call IV 25d35.9%31.8%38.9%38.5%36.1%
Put IV 25d39.7%32.5%45.2%41.6%33.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %28.0713.0789.1540.3016.87
Gamma HHI0.610.480.760.480.76
Net GEX17.8K11.8K25.6K11.8K25.6K
Net DEX-784.0K-1.1M-508.4K-508.4K-780.6K
Net VEX-2.1K-2.4K-1.9K-1.9K-2.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.110.000.500.000.00
Total Volume31.435012012
Total OI1,341.0871,2191,4461,2201,387

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-03-01$11.11$12.5040.7%11.7%31.8%5.6%32.4%3.1%11.8%11.8K-508.4K-1.9K0.0040.3010992228
2010-03-02$11.28$12.5030.9%8.9%31.1%0.0%0.0%5.0%8.1%12.0K-532.0K-1.9K0.0089.1590991228
2010-03-03$11.29$12.5030.4%8.7%31.1%0.0%0.0%2.8%8.0%12.6K-546.3K-1.9K0.2461.45215998228
2010-03-04$11.31$12.5029.9%8.6%30.3%0.0%0.0%3.8%9.5%12.8K-545.8K-1.9K0.0013.28001,009227
2010-03-05$11.43$7.5027.9%11.0%23.0%0.0%0.0%6.0%0.4%13.3K-571.0K-1.9K0.5029.9320101,009227
2010-03-08$11.64$7.5027.7%10.8%22.8%0.0%0.0%4.9%-0.4%14.3K-621.2K-1.9K0.2227.9445101,025227
2010-03-09$11.74$7.5037.4%11.3%18.2%5.8%39.3%8.1%-3.1%15.7K-689.4K-2.0K0.3327.8430101,070237
2010-03-10$11.60$7.5029.5%11.1%16.4%1.1%0.0%2.9%-2.0%15.4K-647.5K-2.1K0.0027.91021,086247
2010-03-11$11.78$7.5037.3%10.7%16.6%5.7%0.0%8.9%-4.0%16.2K-675.0K-2.1K0.0025.94011,086249
2010-03-12$11.70$7.5040.0%11.5%17.3%7.3%40.0%4.2%-4.2%15.8K-665.9K-2.0K0.4528.2522101,086249
2010-03-15$11.66$7.5038.0%10.9%15.6%6.1%0.0%6.4%-2.3%16.3K-664.2K-2.0K0.0030.15401,098239
2010-03-16$11.92$7.5036.4%10.4%16.0%5.2%0.0%-3.4%-2.3%17.8K-731.5K-2.0K0.0033.87001,102239
2010-03-17$12.17$7.5036.8%10.6%16.7%5.4%36.8%-0.5%-1.1%18.9K-792.6K-2.0K0.0135.2111011,102239
2010-03-18$12.41$7.5037.2%10.7%16.7%5.6%0.0%0.8%-0.8%21.9K-928.3K-2.3K0.0013.29301,189239
2010-03-19$12.30$7.5037.5%10.8%17.5%6.1%37.5%0.3%-1.2%21.6K-907.3K-2.3K0.0014.575001,192239
2010-03-22$12.62$7.5037.4%10.7%19.0%6.0%37.4%3.2%0.3%22.3K-994.7K-2.4K0.0313.0711641,220226
2010-03-23$12.51$7.5034.3%9.8%19.2%4.1%34.3%7.3%4.7%19.5K-941.8K-2.2K0.0013.715501,158230
2010-03-24$12.80$7.5034.2%9.8%20.1%4.0%34.0%3.5%3.4%20.0K-1.0M-2.2K0.0037.371901,169230
2010-03-25$12.90$7.5035.3%10.1%20.0%4.8%0.0%6.0%2.7%20.2K-1.1M-2.2K0.0015.63001,174230
2010-03-26$12.80$7.5035.1%10.1%20.4%4.6%0.0%1.8%1.5%20.8K-1.0M-2.2K0.0015.31401,174228
2010-03-29$12.88$7.5033.0%9.4%19.6%3.3%33.0%4.7%4.0%21.8K-1.1M-2.1K0.1814.9855101,176228
2010-03-30$12.75$7.5033.1%9.5%20.3%3.4%33.1%8.8%-0.1%23.6K-1.1M-2.1K0.0619.678951,200238
2010-03-31$12.21$7.5033.2%9.5%26.8%3.5%0.0%-2.9%2.6%25.6K-780.6K-2.3K0.0016.87201,144243