BDN Options History — May 2010

In May 2010, BDN traded between $10.86 and $13.21. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.2%, placing in the 21.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 47.9%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2010-05-04: Highest Volume — 74 contracts
  • 2010-05-13: Largest IV spike — 48.4% change
  • 2010-05-25: Highest IV Rank — 50.4%
  • 2010-05-25: Largest Expected Move — 16.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.08$10.86$13.21$13.21$11.59
Max Pain$11.75$10.00$12.50$12.50$10.00
ATM IV42.2%27.8%57.1%38.5%33.8%
Expected Move12.3%9.7%16.4%11.0%9.7%
HV 20d47.9%41.8%56.4%43.1%55.2%
HV 60d36.5%31.4%42.6%31.8%42.6%
IV Rank21.6%0.2%50.4%10.7%11.3%
IV Percentile30.1%0.4%71.8%21.0%8.3%
Term Structure-0.0%-4.8%3.7%0.2%2.4%
VWIV41.6%27.0%57.3%36.8%57.3%
Skew 25d1.2%-19.6%13.9%4.3%-7.2%
Skew 10d4.4%-7.4%14.7%4.5%-6.4%
Call IV 25d39.5%26.1%54.9%34.4%40.5%
Put IV 25d40.7%31.7%59.2%38.7%33.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %73.4927.6199.0261.7452.27
Gamma HHI0.640.530.730.680.60
Net GEX16.6K11.3K23.3K15.6K15.0K
Net DEX-548.7K-844.7K-277.2K-768.5K-438.2K
Net VEX-2.2K-2.4K-2.1K-2.2K-2.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.004.500.480.15
Total Volume24.45074023
Total OI1,273.351,1691,3691,1691,339

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-05-03$13.21$12.5038.5%11.0%43.1%10.7%0.0%4.3%0.2%15.6K-768.5K-2.2K0.0061.7400919250
2010-05-04$12.86$12.5036.9%10.6%43.1%9.1%36.8%2.2%3.3%16.3K-703.7K-2.2K0.4860.395024919250
2010-05-05$12.80$12.5038.1%10.9%41.8%11.4%0.0%1.6%1.9%16.4K-705.6K-2.3K0.0060.6900942257
2010-05-06$12.30$12.5042.8%12.3%44.1%16.5%42.8%5.4%-3.0%15.4K-577.9K-2.3K4.5068.72627942257
2010-05-07$11.88$12.5041.2%13.6%45.5%14.7%0.0%-5.8%1.2%13.3K-501.2K-2.4K0.0088.4300948267
2010-05-10$12.65$12.5039.2%11.2%51.0%12.5%39.0%8.2%0.8%18.0K-645.1K-2.2K0.2185.694810948267
2010-05-11$12.87$12.5040.5%12.0%48.2%14.0%0.0%13.9%-0.0%18.6K-756.2K-2.3K0.5082.712010996277
2010-05-12$13.07$12.5027.8%10.7%48.6%0.2%27.0%8.4%3.7%21.6K-844.7K-2.2K0.0099.02501,016267
2010-05-13$12.84$12.5041.3%11.8%46.2%16.9%0.0%8.4%-0.9%21.5K-785.6K-2.2K0.0094.31001,020257
2010-05-14$12.39$12.5039.1%11.2%46.7%14.2%0.0%2.8%1.8%22.9K-648.0K-2.3K0.0095.911001,020257
2010-05-17$12.22$12.5041.3%11.8%46.3%16.9%41.3%0.5%-0.9%23.3K-589.0K-2.2K0.4495.7327121,030257
2010-05-18$11.95$12.5044.5%12.8%46.0%27.4%44.5%-1.7%-2.1%20.9K-525.3K-2.2K0.0091.573601,044268
2010-05-19$11.75$12.5043.6%12.5%45.0%27.2%43.5%-5.0%-2.8%18.3K-468.9K-2.2K0.0098.80801,060268
2010-05-20$11.05$12.5043.7%12.5%48.4%27.5%39.7%-19.6%-4.8%12.9K-319.3K-2.1K1.1996.2821251,061268
2010-05-21$11.44$10.0044.0%12.6%50.5%28.0%44.4%9.4%-3.3%12.7K-362.9K-2.1K0.9593.3121201,082287
2010-05-24$11.05$10.0053.4%15.3%51.3%44.0%0.0%2.9%0.9%11.5K-304.7K-2.1K0.9735.903130970285
2010-05-25$11.10$10.0057.1%16.4%50.4%50.4%57.3%4.3%2.4%11.8K-317.7K-2.2K0.1727.611221,001315
2010-05-26$10.86$10.0052.9%15.2%50.4%46.6%0.0%-2.1%0.7%11.3K-277.2K-2.2K0.0034.07001,011317
2010-05-27$11.64$10.0045.1%12.9%56.4%32.2%0.0%-7.0%-1.4%14.6K-434.8K-2.3K0.0046.581101,011317
2010-05-28$11.59$10.0033.8%9.7%55.2%11.3%0.0%-7.2%2.4%15.0K-438.2K-2.3K0.1552.272031,022317