BDN Options History — April 2011

In April 2011, BDN traded between $11.74 and $12.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.0%, placing in the 11.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.7% (HV 20d: 17.3%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2011-04-14: Highest Volume — 49 contracts
  • 2011-04-14: Largest IV drop — 43.1% change
  • 2011-04-13: Highest IV Rank — 31.1%
  • 2011-04-15: Largest Expected Move — 8.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.14$11.74$12.70$12.08$12.70
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV30.0%21.9%50.9%22.3%21.9%
Expected Move7.4%6.3%8.5%6.4%6.3%
HV 20d17.3%15.4%18.7%17.6%17.9%
HV 60d20.5%19.7%21.4%20.2%19.8%
IV Rank11.4%3.7%31.1%4.1%3.7%
IV Percentile25.2%2.0%84.1%2.0%2.0%
Term Structure6.8%-1.3%53.9%8.5%9.8%
VWIV29.8%25.7%39.2%39.2%29.2%
Skew 25d13.2%-7.4%86.6%2.3%-6.8%
Skew 10d17.2%-12.0%117.7%2.4%-12.0%
Call IV 25d30.4%25.1%33.9%28.8%31.0%
Put IV 25d43.6%24.2%111.7%31.2%24.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %104.36100.31109.27105.14109.27
Gamma HHI0.950.930.970.950.97
Net GEX45.9K37.8K62.1K41.7K62.1K
Net DEX-750.3K-998.8K-595.2K-790.2K-998.8K
Net VEX-3.6K-3.9K-3.4K-3.9K-3.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.006.501.250.00
Total Volume14.2504996
Total OI1,708.151,6301,7621,7121,750

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-04-01$12.08$10.0022.3%6.4%17.6%4.1%39.2%2.3%8.5%41.7K-790.2K-3.9K1.25105.14451,549163
2011-04-04$12.11$10.0022.1%6.4%17.6%3.9%0.0%82.3%6.8%43.8K-796.9K-3.8K0.00104.041601,549168
2011-04-05$12.11$10.0024.7%6.9%15.4%6.3%0.0%84.9%7.1%44.0K-801.4K-3.8K0.00103.87301,555168
2011-04-06$12.24$10.0029.8%6.3%15.9%11.1%0.0%86.6%9.4%45.4K-828.4K-3.9K0.00101.83001,545168
2011-04-07$12.02$10.0031.0%7.7%16.5%12.3%0.0%2.0%2.9%44.4K-738.2K-3.7K0.00104.21401,545168
2011-04-08$11.82$10.0037.0%7.4%17.4%18.0%0.0%-1.9%-1.3%40.5K-673.9K-3.5K0.00102.94001,541168
2011-04-11$11.87$10.0042.7%7.5%17.3%23.4%0.0%-0.9%0.4%40.9K-680.0K-3.4K0.00103.92031,541168
2011-04-12$11.74$10.0047.5%7.1%16.6%27.9%27.5%2.9%3.4%38.5K-605.3K-3.4K2.00100.3110201,541171
2011-04-13$11.74$10.0050.9%8.0%15.5%31.1%0.0%-1.8%-0.6%37.8K-595.2K-3.4K0.00102.44001,547191
2011-04-14$11.96$10.0028.9%8.3%16.4%10.4%29.2%2.1%1.8%41.6K-642.4K-3.5K0.00100.484901,547191
2011-04-15$12.19$10.0029.5%8.5%17.6%10.9%29.5%2.4%-1.0%50.7K-745.4K-3.6K0.07105.273021,571191
2011-04-18$12.01$10.0023.1%6.6%18.4%4.9%0.0%2.5%53.9%43.1K-611.4K-3.5K0.00101.141001,451179
2011-04-19$12.09$10.0025.1%7.2%18.5%6.8%25.7%-4.1%14.4%45.0K-625.6K-3.5K0.00100.543801,457179
2011-04-20$12.20$10.0028.3%8.1%18.7%9.8%28.5%2.7%2.1%49.3K-684.0K-3.6K0.00105.38101,495179
2011-04-21$12.20$10.0027.4%7.8%17.8%8.9%0.0%3.1%1.5%45.1K-744.9K-3.6K0.03105.973311,496179
2011-04-25$12.34$10.0027.9%8.0%18.1%9.3%0.0%4.3%3.3%47.9K-819.8K-3.7K0.00107.10001,529179
2011-04-26$12.39$10.0026.6%7.6%18.1%8.2%0.0%4.1%6.9%50.0K-862.9K-3.7K0.00109.22001,529179
2011-04-27$12.35$10.0029.1%8.3%17.2%10.5%29.2%3.8%2.0%50.5K-833.0K-3.7K0.00108.112001,529179
2011-04-28$12.55$10.0024.9%7.2%17.5%6.6%0.0%-7.4%5.5%56.2K-928.7K-3.7K6.50106.004261,549179
2011-04-29$12.70$10.0021.9%6.3%17.9%3.7%0.0%-6.8%9.8%62.1K-998.8K-3.8K0.00109.27601,553197