BDN Options History — October 2010

In October 2010, BDN traded between $11.95 and $12.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.4%, placing in the 36.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.7% (HV 20d: 25.7%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.38.

Notable Days

  • 2010-10-20: Highest Volume — 55 contracts
  • 2010-10-11: Largest IV spike — 40.9% change
  • 2010-10-12: Highest IV Rank — 84.8%
  • 2010-10-25: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.34$11.95$12.99$12.09$11.97
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV36.4%25.6%54.5%27.6%25.6%
Expected Move9.8%7.3%11.9%7.9%7.3%
HV 20d25.7%16.7%30.5%30.5%24.5%
HV 60d29.5%27.4%32.4%32.4%29.0%
IV Rank36.1%7.1%84.8%10.9%7.1%
IV Percentile32.7%1.6%92.9%3.6%1.6%
Term Structure-1.4%-22.0%31.2%18.5%-1.0%
VWIV34.3%22.7%40.3%35.2%22.7%
Skew 25d10.1%-11.4%34.7%22.3%11.4%
Skew 10d14.1%0.8%52.6%13.6%14.8%
Call IV 25d31.0%21.3%45.9%24.4%29.2%
Put IV 25d41.2%30.0%67.5%46.7%40.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %128.9398.46162.31128.91161.32
Gamma HHI0.830.640.930.890.83
Net GEX13.8K4.3K26.1K18.0K8.7K
Net DEX-134.2K-225.3K-54.5K-107.5K-64.0K
Net VEX-922-1.1K-660-1.1K-789
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.380.002.500.002.50
Total Volume12.28605505
Total OI708.19451943873514

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-10-01$12.09$12.5027.6%7.9%30.5%10.9%0.0%22.3%18.5%18.0K-107.5K-1.1K0.00128.9100606267
2010-10-04$12.10$12.5029.5%10.1%29.9%17.5%35.2%-0.4%-0.3%18.7K-98.4K-1.0K0.00108.84100606267
2010-10-05$12.15$12.5040.5%7.6%29.4%47.3%27.1%22.2%4.7%19.0K-111.0K-9950.00137.82100616267
2010-10-06$12.12$12.5034.0%8.1%29.3%29.7%0.0%0.1%2.7%19.4K-111.0K-1.0K0.00122.1350626267
2010-10-07$12.12$12.5040.8%10.6%29.2%48.0%36.5%0.7%-2.8%17.9K-129.9K-1.0K0.00123.7410631267
2010-10-08$12.11$12.5030.8%9.5%28.8%21.1%33.3%0.2%0.6%21.4K-97.5K-9930.00116.49100632266
2010-10-11$12.10$12.5043.4%10.3%27.2%55.0%0.0%0.1%-0.9%19.9K-108.1K-9560.00104.3050632266
2010-10-12$12.23$12.5054.5%10.6%27.4%84.8%37.7%20.9%-5.3%20.9K-146.0K-9310.00120.01025635266
2010-10-13$12.25$12.5042.1%10.4%27.4%51.5%36.4%2.6%-1.6%26.1K-130.7K-9470.0098.46180635275
2010-10-14$12.12$12.5032.7%9.4%27.6%26.1%33.2%8.7%6.1%16.8K-147.0K-9562.00143.05510653275
2010-10-15$12.15$12.5031.9%9.1%27.5%23.9%33.7%7.8%-1.4%19.9K-142.0K-9281.25143.2645658285
2010-10-18$12.40$12.5033.5%9.6%27.4%28.2%33.6%34.7%-1.5%4.3K-79.0K-7780.00133.33260285166
2010-10-19$12.37$12.5036.4%10.4%26.3%36.1%36.4%16.2%-3.7%5.7K-116.2K-9080.04120.75281311166
2010-10-20$12.76$12.5038.6%11.1%26.9%42.1%38.8%23.0%-8.8%6.3K-150.0K-9030.17108.05478316165
2010-10-21$12.92$12.5031.2%8.9%23.0%22.0%28.0%4.9%2.4%9.5K-221.3K-8930.15141.28203350158
2010-10-22$12.93$12.5037.3%10.7%17.5%38.6%37.2%13.1%-19.4%7.7K-206.0K-9110.00119.8140346158
2010-10-25$12.99$12.5041.4%11.9%16.7%49.5%0.0%14.4%-21.3%8.0K-225.3K-8910.00133.8700350158
2010-10-26$12.81$12.5040.4%11.6%17.6%46.9%40.3%5.3%-4.7%8.3K-193.6K-8720.00142.2210350158
2010-10-27$12.46$12.5039.0%11.2%20.4%43.2%38.9%-11.4%31.2%7.0K-178.7K-9192.50137.7025351158
2010-10-28$11.95$12.5033.5%9.6%24.9%28.3%0.0%16.2%-22.0%6.1K-54.5K-6600.00162.3100351163
2010-10-29$11.97$12.5025.6%7.3%24.5%7.1%22.7%11.4%-1.0%8.7K-64.0K-7890.00161.3205351163