BDN Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, BDN traded between $10.66 and $11.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.7%, placing in the 17.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.7% (HV 20d: 23.0%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.10.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-10: Highest Volume — 145 contracts
  • 2012-02-24: Largest IV spike — 205.4% change
  • 2012-02-24: Highest IV Rank — 74.2%
  • 2012-02-24: Largest Expected Move — 22.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.03$10.66$11.39$10.72$10.81
Max Pain$12.19$10.00$12.50$10.00$12.50
ATM IV31.7%19.4%80.0%29.3%31.2%
Expected Move8.2%5.6%22.9%8.4%8.9%
HV 20d23.0%19.2%24.8%19.3%24.4%
HV 60d29.6%25.1%33.5%32.2%25.1%
IV Rank17.4%3.0%74.2%14.6%16.8%
IV Percentile39.4%1.6%98.0%39.3%48.8%
Term Structure-3.1%-86.4%12.6%-8.5%1.3%
VWIV22.4%14.9%30.0%30.0%14.9%
Skew 25d5.3%-11.5%13.8%-2.1%6.9%
Skew 10d6.4%-14.4%19.7%-4.7%6.2%
Call IV 25d23.4%15.2%35.4%31.5%26.4%
Put IV 25d28.7%23.3%36.2%29.4%33.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %109.42103.96154.25103.96104.99
Gamma HHI0.690.520.950.890.63
Net GEX10.1K5.9K13.3K6.1K12.4K
Net DEX-364.9K-430.4K-296.6K-304.8K-313.4K
Net VEX-992-1.2K-668-927-1.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.100.000.600.600.00
Total Volume18.3014581
Total OI1,1381,0511,2841,0511,104

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$10.72$10.0029.3%8.4%19.3%14.6%30.0%-2.1%-8.5%6.1K-304.8K-9270.60103.9653441610
2012-02-02$10.66$10.0029.5%8.4%19.2%14.8%0.0%5.2%-7.7%5.9K-296.6K-9650.00112.5490446610
2012-02-03$11.18$0.0036.6%7.2%23.9%23.1%0.0%10.3%7.4%7.4K-377.7K-8240.00104.4410455610
2012-02-06$11.32$0.0036.6%5.7%23.6%23.1%0.0%10.1%-3.2%7.7K-419.5K-6680.00110.1290455610
2012-02-07$11.27$0.0037.2%5.9%23.5%23.9%0.0%9.3%-3.5%7.8K-416.3K-7100.00104.8700464610
2012-02-08$11.38$0.0034.8%5.7%23.5%21.1%14.9%11.3%6.1%7.7K-430.4K-6770.00105.00470464610
2012-02-09$11.36$12.5019.4%5.6%22.7%3.0%0.0%13.8%11.2%8.9K-418.4K-7940.00104.88320511610
2012-02-10$11.39$12.5019.5%5.6%22.0%3.0%0.0%11.0%8.1%9.6K-423.8K-8130.29105.0411233530610
2012-02-13$11.20$12.5027.2%7.8%22.4%12.1%0.0%7.6%12.6%10.7K-419.9K-1.2K0.00104.75200642630
2012-02-14$10.95$12.5024.7%7.1%23.6%9.2%0.0%4.3%5.9%10.6K-369.3K-1.2K0.09104.38777632630
2012-02-15$10.95$12.5026.3%7.5%22.8%11.1%0.0%5.5%5.0%10.7K-364.3K-1.2K0.00111.8400649635
2012-02-16$10.99$12.5028.8%8.2%22.8%13.9%0.0%6.3%6.6%10.4K-370.7K-1.2K0.00104.4300649635
2012-02-17$11.00$12.5026.6%7.6%22.4%11.4%0.0%2.4%3.3%12.2K-378.5K-1.2K0.00110.2100649635
2012-02-21$10.85$12.5026.6%7.6%23.1%11.4%0.0%-4.2%6.7%12.2K-319.5K-1.1K0.00110.1000590514
2012-02-22$10.78$12.5026.7%7.6%23.3%11.4%0.0%-8.0%3.3%12.3K-304.9K-1.1K0.00110.9300590514
2012-02-23$11.02$12.5026.2%7.5%24.2%10.9%0.0%-11.5%-10.0%12.6K-353.3K-1.0K0.00110.8200590514
2012-02-24$10.88$12.5080.0%22.9%24.8%74.2%0.0%12.9%-86.4%10.9K-328.6K-1.2K0.00154.2500590514
2012-02-27$10.97$12.5033.3%9.6%24.7%19.3%0.0%8.2%-10.4%12.9K-349.4K-1.0K0.00105.4100590514
2012-02-28$10.91$12.5033.6%9.6%24.7%19.6%0.0%7.6%-10.9%13.3K-339.0K-1.0K0.00105.46010590514
2012-02-29$10.81$12.5031.2%8.9%24.4%16.8%0.0%6.9%1.3%12.4K-313.4K-1.1K0.00104.9910590514