BDN Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, BDN traded between $15.22 and $16.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.3%, placing in the 10.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.0% (HV 20d: 12.3%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.24.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-22: Highest Volume — 91 contracts
  • 2014-12-22: Largest IV spike — 34.7% change
  • 2014-12-29: Highest IV Rank — 18.6%
  • 2014-12-29: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.69$15.22$16.08$15.41$15.98
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV22.3%17.1%28.6%24.1%24.1%
Expected Move6.1%5.3%6.6%6.3%5.3%
HV 20d12.3%10.5%14.5%12.2%12.8%
HV 60d14.6%13.4%17.2%17.2%13.5%
IV Rank10.8%4.4%18.6%13.0%13.0%
IV Percentile55.5%4.4%91.3%76.2%77.8%
Term Structure-0.5%-11.5%7.2%-0.6%-8.7%
VWIV21.6%20.4%22.5%22.0%20.7%
Skew 25d1.0%-8.0%38.3%-3.1%-4.2%
Skew 10d6.5%-11.6%96.1%-6.2%4.2%
Call IV 25d24.2%17.2%30.4%30.0%27.8%
Put IV 25d25.2%16.9%57.3%26.8%23.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %102.2299.99105.83101.22104.32
Gamma HHI0.850.780.930.830.88
Net GEX3.0K2.8K3.3K2.8K3.1K
Net DEX-122.1K-145.8K-92.7K-111.4K-92.7K
Net VEX-232-274-200-243-217
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.240.000.500.230.50
Total Volume58.955091593
Total OI158.182131164157131

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$15.41$12.5024.1%6.3%12.2%13.0%22.0%-3.1%-0.6%2.8K-111.4K-2430.23101.22481111740
2014-12-02$15.48$12.5022.4%6.1%11.4%10.9%21.4%-4.1%2.4%2.9K-112.2K-2510.23100.19481111940
2014-12-03$15.61$12.5023.2%6.2%11.8%11.9%21.6%-5.4%0.6%2.9K-117.2K-2490.23101.54481111940
2014-12-04$15.59$12.5017.1%6.1%11.7%4.4%0.0%-8.0%2.1%3.0K-117.7K-2450.00102.130011940
2014-12-05$15.61$12.5017.5%6.2%10.9%4.8%21.7%38.3%0.4%3.0K-116.9K-2420.23101.18481111940
2014-12-08$15.56$12.5020.0%6.1%10.9%8.0%21.2%3.5%-1.0%3.0K-119.3K-2370.23100.53481111940
2014-12-09$15.65$12.5026.7%6.3%11.1%16.1%22.1%5.4%5.2%2.9K-122.4K-2330.23101.54481111940
2014-12-10$15.57$12.5026.1%5.8%11.3%15.5%20.4%4.8%-2.3%3.1K-117.7K-2350.23102.05481111940
2014-12-11$15.63$12.5025.8%6.3%10.5%15.0%22.1%3.7%-3.5%3.0K-118.2K-2370.23102.47481111940
2014-12-12$15.40$12.5022.0%6.2%11.7%10.4%22.5%5.5%-0.4%2.9K-110.1K-2740.31101.24481511940
2014-12-15$15.22$12.5022.2%6.3%12.0%10.6%22.1%5.5%-0.4%2.9K-105.2K-2270.31100.67481511940
2014-12-16$15.44$12.5021.8%6.2%13.0%10.1%21.7%0.4%0.1%3.1K-109.3K-2260.3199.99481511940
2014-12-17$15.73$12.5020.1%6.3%14.5%8.0%21.9%2.8%4.1%3.2K-121.4K-2160.28101.12541511940
2014-12-18$15.68$12.5018.2%5.9%14.1%5.8%20.7%-2.3%5.1%3.2K-122.5K-2110.28100.22541511540
2014-12-19$15.77$12.5017.3%6.5%13.8%4.6%0.0%-3.1%7.2%2.9K-125.9K-2060.00101.380011540
2014-12-22$15.93$0.0023.3%5.8%13.5%12.0%0.0%1.2%0.2%3.0K-129.9K-2000.20105.52761511540
2014-12-23$15.97$0.0024.5%6.5%13.3%13.5%0.0%3.0%1.5%3.3K-142.1K-2420.20104.58761512440
2014-12-24$15.96$0.0020.4%5.5%13.3%8.4%0.0%-5.0%-5.1%3.2K-143.6K-2340.20104.81761512440
2014-12-26$15.96$0.0021.3%6.3%12.6%9.6%0.0%-5.5%0.0%3.1K-143.5K-2290.20105.83761512440
2014-12-29$16.01$0.0028.6%6.6%12.6%18.6%0.0%-7.4%-11.5%3.2K-142.5K-2340.20104.98761512440
2014-12-30$16.08$0.0023.5%5.5%12.5%12.3%0.0%-3.2%-6.8%3.1K-145.8K-2160.00101.3140012340
2014-12-31$15.98$0.0024.1%5.3%12.8%13.0%0.0%-4.2%-8.7%3.1K-92.7K-2170.50104.32219140