BDN Options History — March 2015

In March 2015, BDN traded between $14.80 and $16.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.1%, placing in the 20.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 24.5%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.96.

Notable Days

  • 2015-03-05: Highest Volume — 131 contracts
  • 2015-03-24: Largest IV spike — 59.5% change
  • 2015-03-24: Highest IV Rank — 38.9%
  • 2015-03-24: Largest Expected Move — 8.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.65$14.80$16.44$15.86$16.01
Max Pain$14.77$12.50$17.50$17.50$12.50
ATM IV22.1%17.6%29.5%21.1%22.2%
Expected Move6.3%5.1%8.5%6.0%6.4%
HV 20d24.5%16.8%28.0%17.2%28.0%
HV 60d18.3%14.6%20.3%14.7%20.3%
IV Rank20.9%9.9%38.9%18.3%21.1%
IV Percentile57.6%13.5%93.7%48.4%62.3%
Term Structure-3.4%-20.2%4.6%-0.1%-5.6%
VWIV23.6%20.3%30.8%26.3%23.0%
Skew 25d-2.3%-10.7%4.5%4.2%-2.4%
Skew 10d0.3%-14.6%11.9%1.5%-4.9%
Call IV 25d24.6%17.3%30.4%26.0%27.2%
Put IV 25d22.4%15.7%30.2%30.2%24.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.8166.88110.80110.80107.47
Gamma HHI0.680.490.980.980.62
Net GEX-1.4K-13.8K1.9K1.6K-622
Net DEX-28.2K-130.5K68.8K-100.1K-130.5K
Net VEX-382-456-219-219-354
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.960.0033.670.140.14
Total Volume41.54501317279
Total OI227.273184303184239

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-03-02$15.86$17.5021.1%6.0%17.2%18.3%26.3%4.2%-0.1%1.6K-100.1K-2190.14110.8063911173
2015-03-03$15.83$17.5020.9%6.0%17.2%18.0%20.7%-6.3%-3.8%1.8K-95.5K-2270.14107.9663911174
2015-03-04$15.68$17.5019.6%5.6%16.8%14.9%21.4%-10.7%0.3%1.9K-90.8K-2261.06107.20636711174
2015-03-05$15.65$12.5021.7%6.1%16.8%19.9%22.9%4.5%-0.2%-900-59.4K-4321.0593.336467111134
2015-03-06$14.86$12.5022.0%6.2%24.1%20.5%26.5%1.6%-0.1%-585-4.7K-4511.05101.396467112134
2015-03-09$14.84$15.0024.6%6.2%24.1%26.9%0.0%0.7%-0.3%-81863.3K-4350.00100.670072134
2015-03-10$14.87$15.0023.1%6.3%24.2%23.3%21.9%1.8%-1.4%-89365.6K-4280.0066.882072134
2015-03-11$14.80$15.0022.9%6.6%24.2%22.7%0.0%-0.3%-2.0%-97368.8K-4191.0082.711172134
2015-03-12$15.21$15.0020.3%5.8%26.7%16.4%20.3%-4.0%0.7%-53046.9K-4350.00101.390471134
2015-03-13$15.19$15.0020.7%5.9%24.8%17.5%0.0%-3.9%0.4%-33642.6K-4310.0097.860071132
2015-03-16$15.34$15.0021.8%6.2%25.2%20.1%21.8%-0.9%-1.2%-56630.1K-42233.6797.96310171132
2015-03-17$15.42$15.0022.6%6.5%25.2%22.1%0.0%-3.4%-1.9%-13.8K51.4K-4560.00101.700072231
2015-03-18$15.76$15.0018.9%5.4%26.4%13.0%0.0%-0.8%4.6%-7.1K9.1K-4060.00104.580072231
2015-03-19$15.85$15.0017.6%5.1%25.4%9.9%0.0%-7.9%-0.3%-5.4K-5.3K-3750.00108.350072231
2015-03-20$16.36$15.0021.1%6.0%27.8%18.3%21.5%1.0%-3.2%-1.2K-36.7K-3070.00107.5128072231
2015-03-23$16.44$15.0018.5%5.3%27.8%12.1%0.0%1.3%-6.1%-285-68.7K-3870.00107.240084115
2015-03-24$16.24$15.0029.5%8.5%27.2%38.9%0.0%-2.8%-20.2%-413-59.8K-3970.00107.110084115
2015-03-25$16.09$15.0025.2%7.2%27.3%28.4%30.8%-7.2%-12.2%-383-55.5K-4090.00106.691084115
2015-03-26$15.92$12.5024.1%6.9%27.2%25.8%26.4%0.9%-0.8%-262-117.2K-4060.1482.446910125115
2015-03-27$15.89$15.0023.5%6.7%27.2%24.3%0.0%-10.4%-9.4%-307-45.8K-4110.00108.520084115
2015-03-30$16.15$12.5025.0%7.2%27.8%27.9%23.7%-4.8%-11.0%-469-128.6K-3770.14108.146910124115
2015-03-31$16.01$12.5022.2%6.4%28.0%21.1%23.0%-2.4%-5.6%-622-130.5K-3540.14107.476910124115