BDN Options History — November 2011

In November 2011, BDN traded between $8.06 and $9.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.3%, placing in the 26.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 47.7%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.44.

Notable Days

  • 2011-11-29: Highest Volume — 450 contracts
  • 2011-11-18: Largest IV spike — 69.8% change
  • 2011-11-18: Highest IV Rank — 37.8%
  • 2011-11-18: Largest Expected Move — 16.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.89$8.06$9.60$8.76$8.71
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV45.3%33.8%57.3%40.6%53.9%
Expected Move12.8%9.7%16.4%11.6%15.4%
HV 20d47.7%40.9%52.2%50.2%44.8%
HV 60d53.0%51.9%55.6%55.6%53.2%
IV Rank26.6%15.8%37.8%22.2%34.6%
IV Percentile72.6%51.2%89.7%65.5%86.9%
Term Structure-2.5%-28.3%8.2%6.8%-0.9%
VWIV47.7%34.9%82.9%40.4%82.9%
Skew 25d0.7%-23.3%17.6%2.2%-15.8%
Skew 10d8.4%-6.3%26.1%4.8%1.4%
Call IV 25d46.5%32.8%68.8%47.3%68.8%
Put IV 25d47.2%39.2%58.2%49.5%52.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %104.4691.03114.16110.01106.03
Gamma HHI0.590.420.700.420.48
Net GEX7.5K2.9K11.4K3.5K4.1K
Net DEX-84.3K-189.3K56.4K-30.4K56.4K
Net VEX-1.0K-1.9K-622-747-1.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.440.0022.000.000.00
Total Volume45.238045000
Total OI1,111.8577951,6207951,620

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-11-01$8.76$10.0040.6%11.6%50.2%22.2%0.0%2.2%6.8%3.5K-30.4K-7470.00110.0100606189
2011-11-02$9.04$10.0040.8%11.7%50.5%22.3%0.0%7.8%6.1%3.9K-41.5K-7790.00110.1650606189
2011-11-03$9.32$10.0038.2%11.0%50.8%19.9%0.0%17.6%0.8%5.1K-60.4K-8110.00111.303030611189
2011-11-04$9.31$10.0037.6%11.9%47.3%19.3%0.0%-0.1%-4.7%10.1K-152.1K-1.2K0.00100.5600904189
2011-11-07$9.42$10.0049.5%11.3%46.1%30.5%40.4%1.2%-2.4%11.1K-162.7K-1.2K2.3099.221023904189
2011-11-08$9.60$10.0049.4%11.5%46.1%30.4%40.6%6.4%-1.9%11.4K-177.9K-1.2K0.0091.03100904210
2011-11-09$9.21$10.0046.7%14.8%50.0%27.9%0.0%-2.9%-6.5%9.4K-157.5K-1.2K0.00102.3600904210
2011-11-10$9.20$10.0042.9%12.3%49.5%24.4%44.3%-0.5%-0.6%9.9K-148.6K-1.2K0.0096.2930904210
2011-11-11$9.51$10.0048.6%13.9%50.2%29.7%0.0%4.7%-5.5%10.6K-189.3K-1.2K0.0093.0000907210
2011-11-14$9.13$10.0050.3%14.4%52.2%31.2%51.2%10.3%-9.4%9.5K-132.9K-1.1K0.1498.95375907210
2011-11-15$9.23$10.0047.2%13.5%47.2%28.4%0.0%-5.1%-7.4%10.5K-145.7K-1.2K0.0098.93200944215
2011-11-16$9.05$10.0044.0%12.6%48.1%25.3%0.0%14.0%-12.6%10.8K-142.4K-1.1K0.0098.8100954215
2011-11-17$8.81$10.0033.8%9.7%49.5%15.8%34.9%6.2%-4.3%9.1K-73.0K-9040.00111.1450954215
2011-11-18$8.91$10.0057.3%16.4%47.3%37.8%0.0%-13.6%-28.3%9.6K-129.5K-1.1K0.0099.50021959215
2011-11-21$8.50$10.0047.3%13.6%48.8%28.5%39.8%13.8%-1.5%6.6K-40.4K-76422.00112.33122949195
2011-11-22$8.31$10.0042.6%12.2%48.8%24.0%0.0%-23.3%5.8%5.8K-39.5K-8060.00106.5900950198
2011-11-23$8.07$10.0047.7%13.7%49.5%28.8%0.0%-10.1%-4.6%4.2K-3.6K-7060.00113.0400950198
2011-11-25$8.06$10.0041.8%12.0%40.9%23.3%0.0%-10.5%8.2%2.9K15.4K-6340.00114.1600950198
2011-11-28$8.24$10.0044.2%12.7%42.2%25.5%82.9%15.9%8.2%4.8K-16.2K-6840.00107.77350950198
2011-11-29$8.26$10.0047.1%13.5%42.2%28.2%0.0%-3.0%2.2%3.9K2.6K-6220.00112.370450972198
2011-11-30$8.71$10.0053.9%15.4%44.8%34.6%0.0%-15.8%-0.9%4.1K56.4K-1.9K0.00106.0300972648