BDN Options History — January 2015

In January 2015, BDN traded between $15.86 and $17.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.2%, placing in the 26.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 13.4% (HV 20d: 11.8%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2015-01-08: Highest Volume — 169 contracts
  • 2015-01-30: Largest IV spike — 160.9% change
  • 2015-01-30: Highest IV Rank — 95.9%
  • 2015-01-30: Largest Expected Move — 15.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.37$15.86$17.00$15.86$16.62
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV25.2%15.5%54.5%20.6%54.5%
Expected Move5.6%4.5%15.6%4.8%15.6%
HV 20d11.8%9.9%13.5%12.9%13.5%
HV 60d12.6%11.6%13.6%13.6%12.5%
IV Rank26.4%4.7%95.9%8.6%95.9%
IV Percentile49.6%1.2%99.6%40.1%99.6%
Term Structure3.3%-7.9%10.3%-7.9%-0.9%
VWIV22.3%17.5%31.1%18.5%29.2%
Skew 25d2.2%-8.9%8.8%-8.9%8.4%
Skew 10d1.0%-11.4%6.6%-11.4%1.9%
Call IV 25d19.6%14.0%30.5%28.5%30.5%
Put IV 25d21.7%16.1%38.8%19.6%38.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %104.9272.02118.78104.61118.78
Gamma HHI0.640.450.900.880.82
Net GEX234-2.2K2.8K2.8K-1.0K
Net DEX-112.8K-157.8K-30.4K-144.2K-122.7K
Net VEX-254-327-208-243-327
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.001.350.941.35
Total Volume93.050169151148
Total OI195.95153228167226

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-01-02$15.86$0.0020.6%4.8%12.9%8.6%18.5%-8.9%-7.9%2.8K-144.2K-2430.94104.61787312641
2015-01-05$15.88$15.0021.3%4.7%12.9%9.5%0.0%-0.5%6.6%-2.2K-37.6K-2880.00107.48006598
2015-01-06$15.86$15.0026.9%5.5%12.9%31.1%0.0%-3.7%0.8%-2.2K-30.4K-3090.00107.29006598
2015-01-07$15.99$15.0029.1%4.6%13.1%36.5%0.0%-0.1%7.7%-1.7K-41.7K-2790.00108.31006598
2015-01-08$15.99$15.0034.0%4.7%13.0%47.9%17.5%-0.3%8.5%-490-137.4K-2910.76107.93967312698
2015-01-09$15.97$15.0033.1%5.0%12.8%45.7%17.6%-1.3%5.9%-568-136.4K-2870.76107.60967312698
2015-01-12$16.16$15.0039.0%4.7%13.3%59.6%19.7%2.2%10.3%-118-147.7K-2360.76107.22967312698
2015-01-13$16.11$15.0042.4%4.7%12.0%67.4%18.1%0.4%8.1%-264-145.9K-2500.76106.97967312698
2015-01-14$16.38$15.0017.3%5.0%11.8%8.8%20.3%2.7%3.7%729-157.8K-2080.76107.15967312698
2015-01-15$16.34$15.0017.3%5.0%11.3%8.7%20.3%0.6%1.6%594-157.7K-2190.78107.04947312698
2015-01-16$16.49$15.0015.5%4.5%10.0%4.7%0.0%4.1%5.0%1.2K-76.1K-2180.0072.02107598
2015-01-20$16.44$15.0016.9%4.9%10.0%7.9%0.0%1.2%2.2%816-75.4K-2260.0097.98206687
2015-01-21$16.43$15.0018.8%5.4%9.9%12.2%0.0%2.1%1.9%723-75.1K-2430.29107.23726887
2015-01-22$16.65$15.0015.8%4.5%10.3%5.1%25.1%8.7%3.4%1.9K-154.5K-2301.08108.06606511589
2015-01-23$16.73$15.0018.0%5.2%10.4%10.5%20.0%1.9%2.3%1.9K-157.5K-2311.0899.25606511589
2015-01-26$16.90$15.0020.9%6.0%10.7%17.1%0.0%8.1%3.6%1.5K-92.6K-2190.00107.260207589
2015-01-27$17.00$15.0020.5%5.9%10.7%16.3%0.0%7.2%3.8%228-78.1K-2520.33102.863175109
2015-01-28$16.77$15.0020.6%5.9%12.2%16.4%31.1%1.7%-2.4%422-143.0K-2681.10105.566369118110
2015-01-29$16.88$15.0020.9%6.0%12.3%17.2%30.8%8.8%1.8%291-144.1K-2631.10107.786369118110
2015-01-30$16.62$15.0054.5%15.6%13.5%95.9%29.2%8.4%-0.9%-1.0K-122.7K-3271.35118.786385116110