BDN Options History — December 2011

In December 2011, BDN traded between $8.43 and $9.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 50.1%, placing in the 33.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.7% (HV 20d: 38.3%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.31.

Notable Days

  • 2011-12-22: Highest Volume — 323 contracts
  • 2011-12-15: Largest IV drop — 55.5% change
  • 2011-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 96.4%
  • 2011-12-02: Largest Expected Move — 15.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$8.97$8.43$9.63$8.59$9.50
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV50.1%21.6%101.8%51.7%22.2%
Expected Move11.3%6.2%15.6%14.8%6.4%
HV 20d38.3%30.6%43.4%43.4%30.6%
HV 60d49.8%42.4%53.1%52.7%42.6%
IV Rank33.2%5.3%96.4%32.6%6.2%
IV Percentile62.9%4.0%99.6%84.5%6.0%
Term Structure5.1%-7.7%25.9%1.5%12.0%
VWIV42.6%31.0%54.1%54.1%42.2%
Skew 25d11.0%-7.4%28.8%4.3%-4.1%
Skew 10d18.7%-18.6%68.6%4.7%-4.8%
Call IV 25d33.6%19.9%49.9%49.0%38.0%
Put IV 25d44.6%29.6%54.6%53.3%33.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %92.2048.93112.13112.0048.93
Gamma HHI0.530.470.720.470.51
Net GEX5.6K-4617.4K2.1K9.9K
Net DEX27.0K-184.6K125.3K105.0K-184.6K
Net VEX-1.8K-2.3K-1.6K-1.8K-2.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.310.001.240.260.00
Total Volume31.4290323023
Total OI1,655.5711,4921,7881,6201,788

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-12-01$8.59$10.0051.7%14.8%43.4%32.6%0.0%4.3%1.5%2.1K105.0K-1.8K0.00112.0000972648
2011-12-02$8.64$10.0054.5%15.6%41.8%35.2%0.0%4.7%1.5%3.0K79.7K-1.8K0.00112.13017972648
2011-12-05$8.69$10.0062.1%15.6%41.9%42.3%0.0%18.3%-5.0%3.1K81.8K-1.8K0.0092.2500972665
2011-12-06$8.71$10.0067.0%13.0%41.6%46.9%0.0%19.0%10.1%2.9K89.5K-1.8K0.0092.8600972665
2011-12-07$8.82$10.0056.2%8.8%41.2%36.8%0.0%19.4%-1.8%3.9K71.5K-1.8K0.0092.5900972665
2011-12-08$8.47$10.0066.7%15.0%41.1%46.6%0.0%14.9%-5.8%756125.3K-1.7K0.0095.2500972665
2011-12-09$8.74$10.0077.5%15.5%43.0%56.7%54.1%28.8%-3.6%3.7K86.9K-1.8K0.2687.767620972665
2011-12-12$8.66$10.0089.3%13.7%40.9%67.8%0.0%20.9%7.6%3.0K83.3K-1.9K0.0092.72001,048665
2011-12-13$8.51$10.0093.5%14.1%39.0%71.7%0.0%18.5%-2.7%1.0K114.4K-1.7K0.0088.06001,048665
2011-12-14$8.43$10.00101.8%15.4%38.6%96.4%0.0%14.9%-7.7%470119.5K-1.8K0.0095.55001,048665
2011-12-15$8.57$10.0045.3%13.0%38.9%32.2%0.0%13.9%7.5%-46114.5K-1.8K0.0095.20001,048665
2011-12-16$8.81$10.0032.3%9.3%39.2%17.5%50.4%16.6%4.0%1.6K78.9K-1.8K0.0093.620101,048665
2011-12-19$8.87$10.0032.3%9.2%39.1%17.4%44.7%8.7%-0.3%1.5K80.6K-1.7K1.2491.834252827665
2011-12-20$9.24$10.0022.5%6.4%37.5%6.3%31.0%10.0%21.1%5.5K51.0K-1.6K0.0083.6801869685
2011-12-21$9.24$10.0021.6%6.2%36.2%5.3%0.0%9.0%25.9%5.4K54.8K-1.6K0.0083.4000869686
2011-12-22$9.56$10.0028.0%8.0%35.1%12.6%34.2%6.2%18.0%9.3K-43.3K-1.7K0.0292.303176869686
2011-12-23$9.60$10.0029.2%8.4%35.0%14.0%41.8%7.8%17.7%14.0K-136.6K-2.2K0.0093.211501,021686
2011-12-27$9.61$10.0031.3%9.0%34.7%16.3%0.0%0.1%3.5%15.8K-129.6K-2.1K0.0099.19001,021686
2011-12-28$9.55$10.0037.5%10.8%35.0%23.4%42.2%-7.4%-2.6%13.6K-151.3K-2.1K0.0096.49501,021686
2011-12-29$9.63$10.0028.7%8.2%30.6%13.4%0.0%6.3%6.0%17.4K-123.7K-2.0K0.6597.1846301,026686
2011-12-30$9.50$10.0022.2%6.4%30.6%6.2%0.0%-4.1%12.0%9.9K-184.6K-2.3K0.0048.932301,072716