BDN Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, BDN traded between $14.58 and $16.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.2%, placing in the 21.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 21.1%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.24.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-16: Highest Volume — 100 contracts
  • 2015-04-06: Largest IV spike — 18.5% change
  • 2015-04-06: Highest IV Rank — 35.0%
  • 2015-04-15: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.16$14.58$16.08$15.76$14.58
Max Pain$14.86$12.50$15.00$12.50$15.00
ATM IV22.2%19.5%27.9%19.9%21.3%
Expected Move6.1%5.1%6.6%5.7%6.1%
HV 20d21.1%16.8%28.5%28.3%17.9%
HV 60d21.3%20.6%21.8%20.6%21.5%
IV Rank21.0%14.5%35.0%15.6%18.9%
IV Percentile56.7%23.4%90.5%29.0%48.4%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.8%5.2%2.1%-2.8%
VWIV21.4%18.3%23.1%20.8%20.0%
Skew 25d1.2%-8.6%7.4%-6.3%7.4%
Skew 10d5.7%-14.0%80.6%-10.3%6.5%
Call IV 25d25.1%16.3%29.6%29.1%27.3%
Put IV 25d26.3%20.0%34.6%22.8%34.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %96.9649.73108.08108.0849.73
Gamma HHI0.750.510.940.530.80
Net GEX-1.3K-4.4K1.7K-197-2.1K
Net DEX-27.0K-140.5K46.8K-121.3K45.4K
Net VEX-350-408-312-375-329
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.240.140.450.140.38
Total Volume62.23851007951
Total OI189.238116252240134

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$15.76$12.5019.9%5.7%28.3%15.6%20.8%-6.3%2.1%-197-121.3K-3750.14108.086910125115
2015-04-02$15.92$0.0023.6%5.1%28.5%24.4%0.0%3.7%5.2%-399-128.8K-3630.14104.676910125115
2015-04-06$16.08$0.0027.9%5.8%20.8%35.0%0.0%6.0%3.1%-541-140.5K-3270.14104.886910125115
2015-04-07$15.71$0.0025.9%6.0%22.9%30.1%21.2%2.4%-0.2%-121-121.6K-3510.22104.576915125115
2015-04-08$15.62$15.0021.3%6.1%23.1%18.9%0.0%3.3%-1.0%-4.4K7.6K-3440.0097.430541120
2015-04-09$15.20$15.0022.6%6.5%25.3%22.0%22.6%2.6%-1.3%49-70.0K-4080.23100.646916125125
2015-04-10$15.19$15.0022.0%6.3%23.4%20.7%22.0%2.3%-1.7%-200-70.4K-4080.2385.766916125127
2015-04-13$15.23$15.0022.1%6.3%23.4%20.8%22.1%1.0%-0.8%455-74.5K-3880.23103.926916125127
2015-04-14$15.23$15.0021.0%6.0%23.1%18.1%21.0%0.4%0.0%545-76.8K-3800.2398.556916125127
2015-04-15$15.07$15.0023.1%6.6%23.3%23.3%23.1%1.3%-2.2%1.7K-55.4K-3740.2356.456916125127
2015-04-16$15.04$15.0022.1%6.3%21.6%20.9%22.1%1.3%-1.5%1.1K-46.2K-3640.45103.716931125127
2015-04-17$14.94$15.0022.6%6.5%21.5%22.1%22.6%2.5%-1.4%-2.7K10.4K-3370.19102.796913125125
2015-04-20$14.87$15.0022.1%6.3%17.1%21.0%22.1%2.7%-1.1%-2.9K32.7K-3320.25104.542874175
2015-04-21$14.79$15.0022.4%6.4%16.8%21.5%22.3%3.0%-0.7%-2.8K37.5K-3230.25101.822874175
2015-04-22$14.85$15.0022.0%6.3%16.9%20.6%22.0%-5.2%-1.1%-2.9K40.0K-3230.25103.252874175
2015-04-23$14.70$15.0021.6%6.2%16.9%19.6%21.4%-4.4%-0.7%-2.8K46.8K-3120.25102.422874175
2015-04-24$14.98$15.0020.9%6.0%18.6%17.9%20.8%2.6%-0.3%-3.1K31.6K-3230.19102.553774175
2015-04-27$14.98$15.0020.7%5.9%18.7%17.3%20.5%2.8%-0.3%-2.3K25.2K-3360.19102.033775075
2015-04-28$15.00$15.0021.1%6.0%17.3%18.4%21.1%-8.6%-0.1%-2.1K25.8K-3360.1994.683775275
2015-04-29$14.69$15.0019.5%5.6%18.3%14.5%18.3%4.2%-1.5%-2.1K35.7K-3200.38103.5837145275
2015-04-30$14.58$15.0021.3%6.1%17.9%18.9%20.0%7.4%-2.8%-2.1K45.4K-3290.3849.7337145282