BDN Options History — December 2010

In December 2010, BDN traded between $10.22 and $11.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.1%, placing in the 44.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 37.2% (HV 20d: 26.0%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2010-12-10: Highest Volume — 244 contracts
  • 2010-12-22: Largest IV spike — 165.2% change
  • 2010-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2010-12-30: Largest Expected Move — 30.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.97$10.22$11.65$11.30$11.65
Max Pain$12.16$10.00$12.50$10.00$12.50
ATM IV63.1%32.1%123.7%54.3%67.8%
Expected Move15.8%9.2%30.1%15.6%19.4%
HV 20d26.0%21.6%28.9%28.5%26.3%
HV 60d26.5%24.6%27.3%27.3%26.2%
IV Rank44.9%10.5%100.0%41.0%45.4%
IV Percentile80.4%17.9%100.0%94.8%95.6%
Term Structure0.6%-84.9%67.1%6.3%-11.2%
VWIV62.4%33.4%183.0%33.4%108.3%
Skew 25d6.9%-10.1%27.0%2.7%9.7%
Skew 10d16.0%2.7%49.3%28.1%26.8%
Call IV 25d33.6%20.4%44.3%37.3%31.6%
Put IV 25d40.5%28.0%55.8%40.0%41.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %148.89125.75172.25148.38140.92
Gamma HHI0.530.440.660.640.51
Net GEX3.9K6526.9K2.6K6.5K
Net DEX-112.1K-251.8K29.2K-11.4K-239.8K
Net VEX-667-1.0K-236-381-841
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.003.000.001.00
Total Volume15.909024402
Total OI561.636370679370660

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-12-01$11.30$10.0054.3%15.6%28.5%41.0%0.0%2.7%6.3%2.6K-11.4K-3810.00148.3800241129
2010-12-02$11.25$10.0041.2%11.8%28.5%24.7%0.0%-6.5%-13.4%2.7K-16.4K-4070.00172.25100241129
2010-12-03$11.15$10.0099.9%28.6%28.4%97.8%0.0%-10.1%-84.9%2.6K-16.8K-4350.00169.6000251129
2010-12-06$11.07$12.5045.8%11.8%27.6%30.4%33.4%4.5%3.9%2.5K-5.2K-3570.00125.7560251129
2010-12-07$10.92$12.5057.0%9.8%27.6%44.4%0.0%12.2%17.9%2.6K-4.4K-3400.00131.9900248129
2010-12-08$10.73$12.5063.5%11.9%24.6%52.4%43.7%15.3%36.2%1.7K11.7K-3330.00144.0401248129
2010-12-09$10.47$12.5051.2%10.4%23.8%37.2%0.0%7.9%5.5%96129.2K-2660.00143.53500248130
2010-12-10$10.55$12.5053.7%10.1%24.1%40.2%34.8%7.5%3.2%652-17.6K-2360.20138.6020440298130
2010-12-13$10.66$12.5058.9%9.2%24.1%46.7%38.9%-1.7%2.1%3.9K-119.1K-8030.83148.4665490170
2010-12-14$10.54$12.50123.7%16.1%23.7%100.0%0.0%16.0%-33.5%5.8K-141.5K-8380.00142.4405496175
2010-12-15$10.32$12.5045.6%13.1%22.6%23.7%40.3%-2.6%-8.1%4.9K-113.0K-1.0K3.00156.6913495180
2010-12-16$10.22$12.5060.7%17.4%21.6%38.4%62.4%13.0%-21.3%5.4K-92.9K-9960.00160.6620495183
2010-12-17$10.41$12.5037.6%10.8%23.0%15.8%34.1%10.2%6.5%3.3K-85.9K-8680.00144.7620496183
2010-12-20$10.64$12.5034.2%9.8%24.5%12.6%0.0%21.1%67.1%3.2K-103.5K-7790.00142.9700483174
2010-12-21$10.89$12.5032.1%9.2%25.9%10.5%44.8%-1.4%39.8%4.5K-134.0K-8100.00132.2240483174
2010-12-22$11.32$12.5085.2%24.4%28.9%62.4%0.0%27.0%7.0%2.3K-247.1K-4480.00149.8200485174
2010-12-23$11.26$12.5034.0%9.8%27.7%12.4%0.0%12.6%0.2%5.5K-214.5K-9360.00154.6110485174
2010-12-27$11.41$12.5050.5%14.5%28.1%28.4%0.0%3.5%8.2%6.3K-199.6K-8290.00147.2800486174
2010-12-28$11.45$12.50100.2%28.7%27.7%77.1%0.0%0.0%-7.3%4.9K-245.5K-9690.00162.9000486174
2010-12-29$11.58$12.5086.6%24.8%27.3%63.8%0.0%0.0%-8.9%6.0K-251.8K-8990.00159.3450486174
2010-12-30$11.62$12.50105.0%30.1%26.4%81.8%183.0%-2.7%-1.1%6.9K-247.6K-8542.00158.4312487174
2010-12-31$11.65$12.5067.8%19.4%26.3%45.4%108.3%9.7%-11.2%6.5K-239.8K-8411.00140.9211486174