BDN Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, BDN traded between $10.66 and $11.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.7%, placing in the 15.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.9% (HV 20d: 20.8%). 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 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.01.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-24: Highest Volume — 48 contracts
  • 2012-04-12: Largest IV drop — 40.9% change
  • 2012-04-09: Highest IV Rank — 29.1%
  • 2012-04-05: Largest Expected Move — 11.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.37$10.66$11.86$11.57$11.86
Max Pain$10.50$10.00$12.50$10.00$10.00
ATM IV29.7%22.9%41.6%32.0%24.4%
Expected Move7.9%6.6%11.3%9.2%7.0%
HV 20d20.8%14.5%23.8%16.5%23.7%
HV 60d21.4%20.3%22.0%20.3%21.7%
IV Rank15.1%7.1%29.1%17.7%8.8%
IV Percentile31.3%6.7%65.1%49.6%11.1%
Term Structure-4.4%-14.2%9.4%-10.2%-2.1%
VWIV22.5%20.0%25.0%20.0%25.0%
Skew 25d4.5%-6.1%14.5%2.0%14.5%
Skew 10d4.0%-1.1%9.3%0.3%6.3%
Call IV 25d28.4%22.8%39.8%34.9%24.4%
Put IV 25d32.9%21.8%38.9%37.0%38.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %110.97104.18119.58111.57110.85
Gamma HHI0.750.550.920.560.91
Net GEX5.8K1.9K9.9K9.2K9.7K
Net DEX-110.3K-498.2K-42.0K-498.2K-143.4K
Net VEX-553-806-381-381-663
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.010.000.050.000.00
Total Volume4.4504800
Total OI815.357491,1461,146820

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$11.57$10.0032.0%9.2%16.5%17.7%0.0%2.0%-10.2%9.2K-498.2K-3810.00111.5700631515
2012-04-03$11.38$10.0033.8%9.7%14.5%19.9%0.0%2.5%-11.1%3.9K-89.0K-8060.00111.80110275515
2012-04-04$11.30$10.0035.3%10.1%14.8%21.6%0.0%0.8%-14.2%5.3K-86.6K-6070.00111.8740286515
2012-04-05$11.19$10.0039.3%11.3%15.4%26.3%0.0%-1.5%-13.6%3.9K-78.5K-6940.00111.8800286515
2012-04-09$11.08$12.5041.6%7.5%15.8%29.1%0.0%3.1%3.1%4.1K-68.5K-5320.00110.3400286515
2012-04-10$10.66$12.5037.5%6.6%21.0%24.2%0.0%-6.1%4.1%1.9K-42.0K-5430.00110.8710286515
2012-04-11$10.80$12.5040.9%7.2%20.1%28.2%0.0%-3.4%4.7%2.4K-48.4K-5640.00110.9400286515
2012-04-12$11.03$12.5024.2%6.9%21.7%8.5%20.0%3.7%9.4%4.4K-65.2K-4680.00109.9510286515
2012-04-13$10.94$10.0026.8%7.7%21.3%11.6%0.0%2.4%2.0%3.5K-60.5K-5020.00110.1200287515
2012-04-16$11.09$10.0027.4%7.9%21.3%12.3%0.0%5.7%3.5%3.9K-68.3K-5480.00104.1810287515
2012-04-17$11.35$10.0026.2%7.5%23.0%10.9%0.0%3.9%-7.6%5.4K-87.9K-5840.00110.3400287515
2012-04-18$11.34$10.0026.5%7.6%22.8%11.3%0.0%3.6%-9.2%4.9K-83.1K-5320.00110.0600287515
2012-04-19$11.46$10.0026.9%7.7%23.1%11.7%0.0%4.4%-9.8%5.8K-86.3K-4290.00110.0800287515
2012-04-20$11.61$10.0025.3%7.2%22.7%9.8%0.0%6.3%-9.3%6.5K-97.4K-4350.00110.7200287515
2012-04-23$11.51$10.0028.1%8.1%23.0%13.2%0.0%5.1%-7.3%6.0K-87.0K-4100.00110.7400246503
2012-04-24$11.70$10.0026.8%7.7%23.5%11.6%0.0%8.8%-9.9%6.8K-106.0K-4550.00111.00480246503
2012-04-25$11.85$10.0025.0%7.2%23.8%9.5%25.0%11.7%-3.6%8.8K-133.0K-6280.05111.13201294503
2012-04-26$11.81$10.0022.9%6.6%23.8%7.1%0.0%9.9%-3.3%9.4K-137.6K-6400.00119.5820314504
2012-04-27$11.85$10.0023.8%6.8%23.8%8.0%0.0%13.4%-3.5%9.9K-138.9K-6380.00111.3400316504
2012-04-30$11.86$10.0024.4%7.0%23.7%8.8%0.0%14.5%-2.1%9.7K-143.4K-6630.00110.8500316504