BDN Options History — May 2012

In May 2012, BDN traded between $11.09 and $12.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.8%, placing in the 12.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.2% (HV 20d: 18.6%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.03.

Notable Days

  • 2012-05-04: Highest Volume — 150 contracts
  • 2012-05-17: Largest IV spike — 29.4% change
  • 2012-05-31: Highest IV Rank — 25.4%
  • 2012-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 11.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.63$11.09$12.13$12.07$11.23
Max Pain$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00$10.00
ATM IV27.8%21.0%40.3%21.5%40.3%
Expected Move7.6%5.8%11.5%6.2%11.5%
HV 20d18.6%14.7%24.3%24.3%19.2%
HV 60d19.7%18.9%20.3%19.8%19.6%
IV Rank12.1%4.8%25.4%5.4%25.4%
IV Percentile27.3%2.4%63.5%3.6%63.5%
Term Structure-2.9%-10.7%11.0%6.5%-7.3%
Skew 25d4.4%-4.0%20.2%20.2%-0.2%
Skew 10d1.4%-3.2%7.9%7.9%2.7%
Call IV 25d28.2%20.0%39.1%20.0%37.0%
Put IV 25d32.6%27.8%42.2%40.2%36.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %110.41108.43118.23112.09108.67
Gamma HHI0.840.690.950.930.85
Net GEX9.2K5.8K13.5K11.4K7.0K
Net DEX-150.6K-212.1K-103.4K-160.7K-114.4K
Net VEX-829-1.0K-628-628-707
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.030.000.200.000.00
Total Volume15.8640150300
Total OI821.5778912820798

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-05-01$12.07$10.0021.5%6.2%24.3%5.4%0.0%20.2%6.5%11.4K-160.7K-6280.00112.09300316504
2012-05-02$12.04$10.0024.5%7.0%23.3%8.9%0.0%17.8%-2.9%12.2K-171.3K-7170.00111.09520346504
2012-05-03$12.13$10.0025.7%7.4%23.1%10.4%0.0%10.6%-2.7%13.5K-212.1K-8990.00111.07100398504
2012-05-04$12.01$0.0027.2%6.3%23.1%12.1%0.0%5.3%-0.8%13.4K-207.8K-9440.00109.910150408504
2012-05-07$12.03$0.0027.6%6.0%22.6%12.5%0.0%4.8%-1.6%13.4K-205.1K-9230.00111.1900408417
2012-05-08$11.93$0.0026.2%6.0%16.8%10.9%0.0%8.0%-0.6%12.4K-195.1K-9070.00111.05100408417
2012-05-09$11.90$0.0028.8%5.8%16.8%14.0%0.0%8.6%0.5%12.9K-189.6K-8640.00110.72010408417
2012-05-10$11.91$0.0021.2%6.1%15.7%5.1%0.0%5.0%-1.6%12.1K-183.6K-9180.00111.2100408427
2012-05-11$11.97$0.0022.8%6.5%15.0%6.9%0.0%6.7%0.8%12.6K-186.5K-8990.00110.1900408427
2012-05-14$11.80$0.0021.0%6.0%16.0%4.8%0.0%4.2%-7.3%9.2K-175.7K-1.0K0.00109.8910408427
2012-05-15$11.69$0.0022.6%6.5%14.7%6.7%0.0%4.7%-6.1%8.8K-159.9K-9880.00110.3400407427
2012-05-16$11.58$0.0022.0%6.3%15.2%6.0%0.0%1.5%-6.9%8.2K-148.6K-9580.00109.7000407427
2012-05-17$11.27$0.0028.5%8.2%17.7%13.7%0.0%-0.1%-7.3%6.8K-126.4K-8950.00109.2900407427
2012-05-18$11.09$0.0029.2%8.4%17.7%14.5%0.0%-3.1%11.0%5.9K-105.7K-8480.00108.4306407427
2012-05-21$11.29$0.0028.4%8.1%18.9%13.5%0.0%0.3%-7.4%6.4K-117.2K-8310.20108.795010376431
2012-05-22$11.22$0.0032.4%9.3%17.9%18.2%0.0%-0.6%7.9%5.8K-103.4K-7310.00110.3000337441
2012-05-23$11.32$0.0028.6%8.2%17.5%11.7%0.0%-0.1%-8.3%5.9K-105.4K-7340.00108.6700337441
2012-05-24$11.36$0.0029.7%8.5%17.6%12.6%0.0%1.5%-8.4%6.0K-109.0K-7400.00110.6200337441
2012-05-25$11.29$0.0030.9%8.9%17.5%14.0%0.0%-0.2%-10.0%6.3K-108.3K-7100.00118.2300337441
2012-05-29$11.48$0.0032.1%9.2%18.8%15.5%0.0%5.4%-10.7%7.0K-120.7K-6930.00108.9000337441
2012-05-30$11.20$0.0039.6%11.4%19.1%24.6%0.0%-4.0%-0.5%6.1K-107.4K-6970.00108.67200337441
2012-05-31$11.23$0.0040.3%11.5%19.2%25.4%0.0%-0.2%-7.3%7.0K-114.4K-7070.00108.6700357441