BDN Options History — March 2012

In March 2012, BDN traded between $10.86 and $11.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.6%, placing in the 26.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 19.9% (HV 20d: 19.7%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-03-14: Highest Volume — 32 contracts
  • 2012-03-15: Largest IV drop — 71.6% change
  • 2012-03-14: Highest IV Rank — 86.7%
  • 2012-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 10.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.20$10.86$11.48$10.86$11.48
Max Pain$10.23$10.00$12.50$12.50$10.00
ATM IV39.6%21.3%90.6%33.1%31.3%
Expected Move8.2%6.1%10.4%9.5%9.0%
HV 20d19.7%17.1%24.8%24.3%17.1%
HV 60d22.6%20.5%26.0%25.1%20.5%
IV Rank26.7%5.1%86.7%19.0%16.9%
IV Percentile53.7%3.6%98.8%56.3%44.8%
Term Structure-5.6%-14.1%4.2%-10.7%-9.0%
VWIV41.9%30.4%53.3%30.4%53.3%
Skew 25d1.0%-4.9%12.2%8.1%2.5%
Skew 10d5.5%-1.7%13.2%7.8%1.7%
Call IV 25d28.3%19.0%34.1%27.0%33.8%
Put IV 25d29.2%23.7%38.6%35.1%36.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %110.05103.70111.76105.90111.38
Gamma HHI0.560.480.660.660.52
Net GEX11.9K9.0K13.5K13.5K9.5K
Net DEX-406.2K-486.1K-329.1K-331.1K-486.1K
Net VEX-855-1.1K-413-1.0K-422
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume2.90903202
Total OI1,124.4551,1051,1441,1051,144

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-03-01$10.86$12.5033.1%9.5%24.3%19.0%0.0%8.1%-10.7%13.5K-331.1K-1.0K0.00105.9000591514
2012-03-02$11.03$12.5036.4%10.4%24.8%22.9%0.0%12.2%-10.1%12.7K-357.7K-9960.00105.4100591514
2012-03-05$11.21$10.0044.9%7.7%18.8%32.9%0.0%4.8%2.7%11.9K-389.2K-9830.00104.5200591514
2012-03-06$10.92$10.0042.8%8.7%20.4%30.4%0.0%-4.9%-9.3%12.0K-329.1K-1.0K0.00110.9300591514
2012-03-07$10.98$10.0043.5%7.1%20.5%31.3%0.0%-3.3%3.9%12.9K-351.4K-9650.00111.3300591514
2012-03-08$10.99$10.0047.9%7.4%20.1%36.5%0.0%-3.5%2.6%12.8K-350.1K-9800.00111.6100591514
2012-03-09$10.97$10.0048.9%7.3%20.1%37.6%0.0%-3.7%3.1%12.9K-350.3K-9740.00111.7600591514
2012-03-12$10.98$10.0064.6%7.5%20.1%56.2%0.0%-3.5%3.2%12.9K-353.6K-9370.00111.7600591514
2012-03-13$11.21$10.0077.7%8.2%20.8%71.5%0.0%0.3%-9.8%12.4K-391.5K-8730.00111.4001591514
2012-03-14$11.19$10.0090.6%8.1%19.0%86.7%30.4%-2.1%-11.0%12.6K-391.7K-8660.00111.05320591515
2012-03-15$11.33$10.0025.8%7.4%19.4%10.4%0.0%0.2%-14.1%12.1K-421.4K-9610.00111.1600622515
2012-03-16$11.48$10.0023.3%6.7%19.9%7.5%0.0%7.0%-8.8%9.0K-469.8K-4580.00110.6300622515
2012-03-19$11.43$10.0021.3%6.1%20.0%5.1%53.3%10.8%4.2%11.7K-421.2K-1.1K0.00103.70290602515
2012-03-20$11.33$10.0027.7%7.9%19.6%12.7%0.0%0.1%-5.9%12.5K-420.3K-1.1K0.00110.5500629515
2012-03-21$11.32$10.0026.9%7.7%19.3%11.8%0.0%-0.1%-5.5%12.4K-417.3K-1.1K0.00110.5500629515
2012-03-22$11.15$10.0028.4%8.2%18.8%13.6%0.0%-2.9%-5.2%13.5K-421.1K-9210.00110.9100629515
2012-03-23$11.22$10.0031.9%9.1%18.2%17.6%0.0%-1.8%-9.6%13.4K-419.9K-9440.00111.5400629515
2012-03-26$11.32$10.0030.7%8.8%18.3%16.2%0.0%0.8%-7.9%12.5K-442.1K-9040.00110.6900629515
2012-03-27$11.34$10.0030.2%8.7%18.1%15.7%0.0%-0.4%-8.2%9.5K-475.0K-4520.00111.4800629515
2012-03-28$11.32$10.0032.0%9.2%17.7%17.7%0.0%-0.2%-8.7%9.5K-470.7K-4200.00111.4200629515
2012-03-29$11.39$10.0030.8%8.8%17.7%16.4%0.0%0.4%-8.9%9.5K-477.0K-4130.00111.4900629515
2012-03-30$11.48$10.0031.3%9.0%17.1%16.9%0.0%2.5%-9.0%9.5K-486.1K-4220.00111.3820629515