BDN Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, BDN traded between $13.81 and $14.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.8%, placing in the 8.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 17.8%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-05: Highest Volume — 172 contracts
  • 2013-03-14: Largest IV drop — 58.1% change
  • 2013-03-13: Highest IV Rank — 22.3%
  • 2013-03-01: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.33$13.81$14.85$13.81$14.85
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV18.8%11.8%29.5%21.9%12.6%
Expected Move4.0%3.4%6.3%6.3%3.6%
HV 20d17.8%11.8%21.4%21.4%11.8%
HV 60d16.6%16.3%17.0%16.8%16.4%
IV Rank8.7%0.0%22.3%12.5%1.0%
IV Percentile31.7%0.0%82.5%47.2%2.4%
Term Structure0.5%-6.8%8.0%-6.7%8.0%
VWIV28.3%15.4%39.7%24.1%15.4%
Skew 25d2.4%-1.9%9.8%3.3%7.2%
Skew 10d0.4%-10.2%4.6%3.1%0.1%
Call IV 25d14.6%10.2%18.0%18.0%12.8%
Put IV 25d17.0%14.6%21.3%21.3%20.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %25.339.87106.3711.5817.27
Gamma HHI0.700.500.990.500.99
Net GEX6.2K-5.0K13.6K7.6K-4.1K
Net DEX-244.8K-301.2K-187.5K-288.1K-251.2K
Net VEX-1.0K-1.2K-768-768-809
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.009.500.000.00
Total Volume18.20172344
Total OI587.2517659568549

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$13.81$12.5021.9%6.3%21.4%12.5%0.0%3.3%-6.7%7.6K-288.1K-7680.0011.5830445123
2013-03-04$14.04$12.5024.2%4.1%20.2%15.5%24.1%2.2%3.0%11.7K-301.2K-8750.009.87210448123
2013-03-05$14.21$12.5020.2%3.4%19.9%10.4%20.5%2.2%6.5%13.0K-274.8K-9010.2113.4714230427123
2013-03-06$14.20$12.5020.5%3.6%20.0%10.8%0.0%3.0%6.0%12.2K-254.6K-1.0K0.0015.1500491153
2013-03-07$14.21$12.5024.2%3.9%19.9%15.4%0.0%0.9%1.3%12.9K-277.9K-1.0K0.0032.2100491153
2013-03-08$14.21$12.5025.4%4.2%19.9%17.1%0.0%6.0%-3.5%12.0K-300.8K-8610.00106.37100491153
2013-03-11$14.19$12.5029.4%4.1%19.8%22.1%0.0%-1.9%0.9%13.6K-250.1K-1.2K0.00100.27100496153
2013-03-12$14.18$12.5029.3%3.8%18.3%21.9%0.0%2.2%3.0%12.2K-239.9K-1.2K0.0010.6510506153
2013-03-13$14.24$12.5029.5%3.5%17.5%22.3%31.5%4.9%4.5%11.8K-244.7K-1.2K0.0011.29100506153
2013-03-14$14.14$12.5012.4%3.5%17.9%0.4%0.0%0.4%1.4%10.5K-234.1K-1.2K0.0011.1500496153
2013-03-15$14.31$12.5012.1%3.5%18.1%0.0%0.0%-1.3%7.5%6.6K-219.4K-1.2K0.0012.68035496153
2013-03-18$14.28$12.5014.5%4.2%18.0%3.2%38.6%0.1%-2.1%4.8K-187.5K-1.2K0.0011.5450345183
2013-03-19$14.21$12.5015.1%4.3%18.2%4.1%0.0%-0.7%-3.7%3.2K-206.6K-1.1K0.0011.5800339183
2013-03-20$14.43$12.5014.2%4.1%18.4%2.9%39.7%2.9%-1.4%3.7K-222.1K-1.0K0.0014.6750339183
2013-03-21$14.45$12.5016.1%4.6%16.9%5.5%15.4%-1.1%-6.8%1.8K-247.2K-1.1K9.5015.76438334183
2013-03-22$14.55$12.5014.4%4.1%16.8%3.2%0.0%2.8%-5.0%-2.6K-217.8K-9610.0031.4200334221
2013-03-25$14.54$12.5011.8%3.4%14.7%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.9%1.3K-211.1K-1.1K0.0014.7800334221
2013-03-26$14.81$12.5014.6%4.2%15.0%3.7%0.0%4.8%-2.3%-4.1K-238.8K-1.0K0.0036.1100334221
2013-03-27$14.76$12.5013.8%4.0%12.3%2.7%0.0%9.8%-2.0%-5.0K-228.2K-9890.0018.8160334221
2013-03-28$14.85$12.5012.6%3.6%11.8%1.0%0.0%7.2%8.0%-4.1K-251.2K-8090.0017.27440328221