BDN Options History — April 2010

In April 2010, BDN traded between $12.14 and $13.36. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.7%, placing in the 6.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 35.8%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.19.

Notable Days

  • 2010-04-01: Highest Volume — 73 contracts
  • 2010-04-14: Largest IV spike — 14.5% change
  • 2010-04-30: Highest IV Rank — 10.7%
  • 2010-04-30: Largest Expected Move — 11.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.79$12.14$13.36$12.31$12.74
Max Pain$12.26$7.50$12.50$7.50$12.50
ATM IV34.7%28.8%38.5%31.2%38.5%
Expected Move10.4%8.9%11.0%8.9%11.0%
HV 20d35.8%26.9%41.9%26.9%41.9%
HV 60d30.7%27.7%33.2%27.7%33.2%
IV Rank6.5%0.8%10.7%2.2%10.7%
IV Percentile9.9%0.8%21.0%2.4%21.0%
Term Structure2.3%-1.6%4.5%4.5%-1.6%
VWIV36.7%34.0%42.3%42.3%36.4%
Skew 25d-0.2%-14.8%9.0%-4.2%-2.6%
Skew 10d1.2%-20.6%21.5%-8.8%-3.1%
Call IV 25d37.8%35.0%43.2%35.2%39.2%
Put IV 25d37.6%28.4%45.9%31.0%36.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %69.5417.1585.9917.1558.43
Gamma HHI0.760.610.880.770.66
Net GEX24.9K14.5K48.5K28.1K15.4K
Net DEX-810.5K-1.0M-566.2K-781.2K-699.6K
Net VEX-2.2K-2.3K-2.0K-2.3K-2.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.190.0011.255.081.00
Total Volume25.811737320
Total OI1,270.191,0041,4601,3891,169

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-04-01$12.31$7.5031.2%8.9%26.9%2.2%42.3%-4.2%4.5%28.1K-781.2K-2.3K5.0817.1512611,146243
2010-04-05$12.58$12.5032.9%9.7%27.5%3.2%0.0%-6.3%4.4%30.6K-889.3K-2.3K0.0081.04031,158274
2010-04-06$12.95$12.5032.9%11.0%28.4%3.3%0.0%-4.1%1.1%29.6K-1.0M-2.2K0.0071.871601,158277
2010-04-07$12.58$12.5033.0%10.6%30.9%3.5%37.5%-8.5%2.1%31.9K-915.7K-2.2K0.0075.90071,157277
2010-04-08$12.48$12.5031.8%10.8%30.7%2.8%37.6%8.2%1.4%33.0K-875.4K-2.2K0.2058.161531,157277
2010-04-09$12.60$12.5028.8%10.1%30.4%0.8%0.0%-14.8%3.6%36.3K-949.3K-2.2K0.0056.93011,172287
2010-04-12$12.45$12.5029.7%10.0%30.7%2.0%34.9%5.4%4.2%42.5K-862.9K-2.1K0.0085.99301,172288
2010-04-13$13.07$12.5033.1%10.6%34.6%5.4%0.0%7.6%2.7%25.7K-1.0M-2.0K0.0074.946701,050288
2010-04-14$13.08$12.5037.9%10.4%34.0%10.2%0.0%6.6%2.6%25.7K-1.0M-2.2K0.0076.75201,089288
2010-04-15$12.51$12.5036.0%10.3%37.6%8.3%36.0%8.7%2.3%48.5K-779.0K-2.2K0.1475.062131,087288
2010-04-16$12.14$12.5036.3%10.4%38.6%8.5%36.1%9.0%2.6%34.2K-566.2K-2.1K0.7375.5022161,092291
2010-04-19$12.42$12.5036.5%10.5%39.4%8.7%36.5%-7.2%1.8%14.5K-574.2K-2.1K0.7969.723427846158
2010-04-20$12.70$12.5034.0%9.8%39.1%6.3%34.0%-4.1%3.1%16.3K-644.5K-2.2K0.0075.26210880185
2010-04-21$13.03$12.5035.4%10.1%39.9%7.6%0.0%0.3%2.4%16.7K-739.3K-2.2K11.2577.22445900185
2010-04-22$13.25$12.5036.4%10.4%39.6%8.7%0.0%2.2%2.2%15.8K-795.2K-2.1K0.0069.1830904222
2010-04-23$13.36$12.5036.3%10.4%39.6%8.6%35.3%1.1%3.3%15.5K-830.3K-2.1K0.2374.81358907222
2010-04-26$13.34$12.5037.5%10.8%39.4%9.7%37.3%2.4%2.1%15.0K-809.1K-2.3K0.0060.3280912230
2010-04-27$12.84$12.5037.6%10.8%41.9%9.8%0.0%-2.1%-0.4%15.6K-735.8K-2.2K0.0081.7480916230
2010-04-28$12.90$12.5036.5%10.5%41.7%8.8%36.4%-2.3%2.6%15.9K-720.5K-2.3K0.0081.61160920230
2010-04-29$13.23$12.5035.7%10.2%39.2%7.9%0.0%0.2%1.8%15.7K-798.8K-2.1K2.0562.722041912230
2010-04-30$12.74$12.5038.5%11.0%41.9%10.7%0.0%-2.6%-1.6%15.4K-699.6K-2.3K1.0058.431010919250