BDN Options History — April 2014

In April 2014, BDN traded between $13.83 and $14.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.4%, placing in the 11.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 17.1%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.05.

Notable Days

  • 2014-04-16: Highest Volume — 51 contracts
  • 2014-04-10: Largest IV drop — 41.6% change
  • 2014-04-09: Highest IV Rank — 21.6%
  • 2014-04-28: Largest Expected Move — 6.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.41$13.83$14.92$14.34$14.55
Max Pain$12.89$12.50$15.00$15.00$12.50
ATM IV21.4%17.4%29.8%21.7%21.4%
Expected Move5.7%4.1%6.5%6.2%6.1%
HV 20d17.1%15.7%19.8%18.1%16.0%
HV 60d17.0%15.7%17.9%17.8%15.7%
IV Rank11.3%6.6%21.6%11.8%10.0%
IV Percentile42.5%12.3%86.1%48.0%41.3%
Term Structure1.5%-8.8%8.1%-3.4%0.4%
VWIV23.7%23.6%23.8%23.6%23.8%
Skew 25d4.5%-6.8%12.1%12.1%11.3%
Skew 10d0.9%-12.5%7.9%4.1%3.0%
Call IV 25d22.3%16.2%27.3%20.9%22.7%
Put IV 25d26.8%16.6%34.0%33.0%34.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %107.42103.29110.08108.89109.02
Gamma HHI0.920.880.950.950.91
Net GEX7.4K5.0K13.0K8.7K7.2K
Net DEX-61.4K-99.4K-26.3K-55.6K-83.7K
Net VEX-464-653-317-388-624
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.050.000.240.000.00
Total Volume5.905051200
Total OI204.667176263192216

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-04-01$14.34$15.0021.7%6.2%18.1%11.8%23.6%12.1%-3.4%8.7K-55.6K-3880.00108.8902017715
2014-04-02$14.21$15.0020.0%5.7%18.2%9.8%0.0%7.7%-7.1%7.3K-39.0K-3990.00108.200017725
2014-04-03$14.26$15.0019.9%5.7%18.0%9.7%0.0%8.2%-8.8%7.9K-40.7K-3990.00108.300017725
2014-04-04$14.29$0.0020.9%4.9%16.1%10.9%0.0%0.5%0.5%8.1K-42.9K-4010.00103.290017725
2014-04-07$14.14$0.0027.3%4.1%16.1%18.6%23.8%5.7%5.5%7.1K-39.0K-3780.00106.195017725
2014-04-08$14.13$12.5026.9%5.0%16.0%18.1%0.0%2.4%1.9%6.9K-42.8K-3750.00108.370018225
2014-04-09$14.13$12.5029.8%6.3%15.7%21.6%0.0%7.0%6.3%6.8K-43.1K-3730.00106.550018225
2014-04-10$14.06$12.5017.4%5.0%15.7%6.6%0.0%2.8%2.9%6.4K-40.5K-3520.00106.930018225
2014-04-11$13.83$12.5017.6%5.0%16.3%6.9%0.0%1.5%6.1%5.0K-26.3K-3170.00106.160618225
2014-04-14$14.01$12.5019.8%5.7%17.1%9.6%0.0%3.8%1.6%5.9K-30.8K-3430.00107.270018231
2014-04-15$14.39$12.5020.6%5.9%19.8%10.4%0.0%8.4%6.4%8.8K-49.0K-3820.00107.140018231
2014-04-16$14.54$12.5020.4%5.8%17.8%10.2%0.0%-2.5%2.3%10.8K-58.6K-3950.24104.16411018231
2014-04-17$14.61$12.5019.0%5.4%17.9%8.5%0.0%-6.8%2.0%13.0K-81.7K-5450.00105.150022241
2014-04-21$14.74$12.5021.7%6.2%17.9%11.8%0.0%8.1%4.4%5.5K-73.9K-5230.00109.220015026
2014-04-22$14.92$12.5022.3%6.4%18.0%12.5%0.0%-4.6%-0.3%5.8K-82.9K-5310.00108.0620015026
2014-04-23$14.83$12.5021.6%6.2%17.7%11.7%0.0%3.2%-0.3%6.5K-99.4K-6130.00107.940017026
2014-04-24$14.76$12.5021.4%6.1%17.3%11.5%0.0%2.9%1.2%6.3K-96.0K-6020.00107.570017026
2014-04-25$14.64$12.5017.4%5.0%16.9%6.6%0.0%6.8%2.7%6.4K-85.9K-5850.00108.132017026
2014-04-28$14.66$12.5022.5%6.5%16.7%12.8%0.0%7.7%-0.4%6.9K-81.1K-5740.00109.2520017026
2014-04-29$14.55$12.5019.8%5.7%16.3%8.0%0.0%8.4%8.1%7.2K-96.7K-6530.00110.080019026
2014-04-30$14.55$12.5021.4%6.1%16.0%10.0%0.0%11.3%0.4%7.2K-83.7K-6240.00109.020019026