BDN Options History — January 2012

In January 2012, BDN traded between $9.40 and $10.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.7%, placing in the 15.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 24.8%). 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 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 6.63.

Notable Days

  • 2012-01-23: Highest Volume — 112 contracts
  • 2012-01-23: Largest IV spike — 59.6% change
  • 2012-01-23: Highest IV Rank — 25.6%
  • 2012-01-23: Largest Expected Move — 11.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.01$9.40$10.64$9.47$10.64
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV29.7%24.1%38.7%30.9%29.6%
Expected Move8.5%6.9%11.1%8.9%8.5%
HV 20d24.8%19.6%31.4%30.7%19.6%
HV 60d38.2%32.7%42.4%42.4%32.7%
IV Rank15.0%8.5%25.6%16.5%14.9%
IV Percentile37.7%11.9%64.3%42.9%40.9%
Term Structure0.4%-9.2%12.1%-6.8%-5.0%
VWIV36.9%27.0%55.1%55.1%30.9%
Skew 25d25.4%-9.7%79.1%5.5%-2.5%
Skew 10d40.6%-13.1%117.0%-6.8%11.1%
Call IV 25d33.0%24.2%39.6%34.1%27.5%
Put IV 25d58.4%25.0%113.6%39.6%25.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %109.5791.64124.4798.85105.98
Gamma HHI0.810.700.980.720.86
Net GEX20.7K4.2K51.8K17.4K5.5K
Net DEX-228.5K-598.6K-20.4K-79.5K-282.4K
Net VEX-1.5K-2.1K-995-2.1K-995
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio6.630.0055.001.672.50
Total Volume10.9501121614
Total OI1,529.49561,8161,7691,047

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-01-03$9.47$10.0030.9%8.9%30.7%16.5%55.1%5.5%-6.8%17.4K-79.5K-2.1K1.6798.856101,053716
2012-01-04$9.40$10.0024.1%6.9%31.0%8.5%0.0%16.5%7.4%15.6K-20.4K-2.0K0.0091.641001,053726
2012-01-05$9.57$10.0030.3%8.7%31.4%15.7%0.0%12.8%-6.0%20.5K-103.8K-2.1K0.0099.10001,063726
2012-01-06$9.54$10.0031.0%9.5%31.4%16.6%0.0%7.4%-1.8%19.9K-100.6K-2.1K0.00114.65001,063726
2012-01-09$9.49$10.0034.2%8.1%26.9%20.4%0.0%79.1%-1.1%18.9K-75.1K-2.0K0.00113.08001,063726
2012-01-10$9.62$10.0029.1%6.9%25.4%14.4%0.0%14.8%12.1%24.4K-108.0K-1.9K0.00114.09001,063726
2012-01-11$9.88$10.0024.4%8.7%25.9%8.8%0.0%71.8%0.2%40.0K-258.2K-1.4K0.00107.501201,063726
2012-01-12$9.80$10.0031.0%8.9%25.0%16.5%0.0%5.4%-0.4%36.0K-179.9K-2.0K0.00113.111501,075726
2012-01-13$9.66$10.0029.8%8.5%25.5%15.2%0.0%5.0%0.6%27.7K-121.5K-1.9K0.00110.99001,085726
2012-01-17$9.92$10.0032.5%9.3%26.2%18.3%32.4%76.7%-0.8%34.2K-303.4K-1.3K0.00111.36501,085726
2012-01-18$10.13$10.0031.5%9.0%25.6%17.2%0.0%66.0%-0.3%51.8K-437.8K-1.3K0.00103.58401,090726
2012-01-19$10.22$10.0031.3%9.0%25.6%16.9%0.0%56.3%-0.0%39.1K-476.7K-1.3K0.50113.4020101,093721
2012-01-20$10.37$10.0024.2%7.0%22.5%8.6%27.0%6.5%9.1%30.9K-598.6K-1.0K0.00113.53011,083721
2012-01-23$10.34$10.0038.7%11.1%22.7%25.6%39.0%0.6%-9.2%8.7K-238.1K-1.0K55.00102.062110437519
2012-01-24$10.33$10.0026.4%7.6%20.1%11.1%0.0%38.2%4.2%4.6K-220.6K-1.1K0.00115.3700437610
2012-01-25$10.43$10.0031.8%9.1%20.2%17.5%0.0%31.6%0.2%4.6K-223.1K-1.1K0.00110.8000437610
2012-01-26$10.43$10.0026.8%7.7%20.2%11.6%0.0%32.0%5.7%4.2K-234.2K-1.1K0.00124.4700437610
2012-01-27$10.54$10.0026.4%7.6%20.0%11.2%0.0%-5.8%-0.8%5.1K-258.4K-1.0K0.00113.9500437610
2012-01-30$10.47$10.0029.1%8.4%20.3%14.4%0.0%-9.7%0.8%4.8K-250.7K-1.0K0.00113.9100437610
2012-01-31$10.64$10.0029.6%8.5%19.6%14.9%30.9%-2.5%-5.0%5.5K-282.4K-9952.50105.98410437610