BDN Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, BDN traded between $14.06 and $14.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.8%, placing in the 22.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 17.8%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-07: Highest Volume — 379 contracts
  • 2015-05-11: Largest IV spike — 74.2% change
  • 2015-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 62.5%
  • 2015-05-27: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.47$14.06$14.72$14.61$14.06
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV22.8%18.1%39.2%18.4%21.0%
Expected Move5.9%4.8%6.6%5.3%6.0%
HV 20d17.8%15.4%19.1%17.2%18.5%
HV 60d21.8%21.3%22.4%21.5%21.9%
IV Rank22.5%11.0%62.5%11.8%18.1%
IV Percentile50.1%14.7%98.4%17.1%42.5%
Term Structure-0.6%-5.0%1.6%-0.9%-1.1%
VWIV21.2%17.8%24.9%17.8%21.9%
Skew 25d12.1%-2.8%112.7%9.0%5.2%
Skew 10d12.4%-9.9%145.9%4.1%3.7%
Call IV 25d23.2%21.4%26.2%26.2%23.2%
Put IV 25d35.4%20.1%135.1%35.3%28.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %102.1485.27108.36104.81108.36
Gamma HHI0.940.800.990.800.94
Net GEX23.0K-2.1K35.5K-2.1K17.2K
Net DEX-85.1K-224.5K77.9K40.8K77.9K
Net VEX-887-1.2K-310-331-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.003.090.373.09
Total Volume81.75037952188
Total OI491.05134709134709

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$14.61$15.0018.4%5.3%17.2%11.8%17.8%9.0%-0.9%-2.1K40.8K-3310.37104.8138145282
2015-05-04$14.55$15.0018.7%5.7%16.4%12.6%19.9%0.6%-0.1%-1.9K48.8K-3100.0099.448305582
2015-05-05$14.33$15.0024.6%6.2%15.4%26.9%21.7%0.3%-0.0%2.7K18.4K-4860.51102.49392013882
2015-05-06$14.25$15.0026.4%6.2%15.4%31.4%21.8%0.5%0.7%3.1K19.0K-5070.51101.68392015387
2015-05-07$14.64$15.0028.9%5.9%16.8%37.3%20.6%97.9%-0.0%3.8K2.3K-5550.06102.653592015387
2015-05-08$14.72$15.0018.5%5.7%17.0%12.0%0.0%1.0%0.5%32.3K-224.5K-1.2K0.00101.4310047887
2015-05-11$14.38$15.0032.2%4.8%18.6%45.5%19.9%0.5%1.6%29.1K-133.1K-1.1K0.00101.1510048887
2015-05-12$14.45$15.0039.2%6.2%18.8%62.5%21.6%112.7%-0.1%27.9K-123.1K-1.0K0.5085.27402049887
2015-05-13$14.41$15.0020.1%5.8%18.5%16.0%20.6%2.4%1.3%30.0K-135.0K-1.1K0.88101.84403549887
2015-05-14$14.48$15.0021.1%6.1%18.7%18.5%21.4%1.9%-1.3%28.4K-121.2K-1.1K0.88102.904035498107
2015-05-15$14.63$15.0020.2%5.8%19.1%16.1%20.2%-2.6%0.8%33.3K-134.9K-1.1K0.88102.574035498107
2015-05-18$14.64$15.0021.0%6.0%19.1%18.3%21.1%-2.8%-0.8%33.6K-163.3K-1.1K0.00103.145049182
2015-05-19$14.53$15.0020.2%5.8%19.1%16.3%0.0%3.6%-0.8%33.8K-152.7K-1.0K0.00102.210049182
2015-05-20$14.56$15.0020.3%5.8%19.1%16.4%20.6%3.1%0.0%35.5K-174.6K-1.0K0.81103.11373049182
2015-05-21$14.48$15.0020.4%5.9%18.9%16.8%20.7%1.6%-0.1%31.4K-117.1K-9830.8199.51373048197
2015-05-22$14.43$15.0018.1%5.2%17.4%11.0%20.9%3.2%-0.3%31.3K-119.4K-9800.97104.10313048197
2015-05-26$14.37$15.0022.2%6.4%17.4%21.0%24.9%2.7%-3.9%27.7K-95.4K-9040.97105.69313048597
2015-05-27$14.50$15.0022.9%6.6%17.8%22.8%23.2%-2.0%-2.6%31.9K-113.2K-9260.97104.50313048597
2015-05-28$14.43$15.0021.3%6.1%16.4%18.9%23.6%4.2%-5.0%31.7K-102.7K-8703.09105.964614248597
2015-05-29$14.06$15.0021.0%6.0%18.5%18.1%21.9%5.2%-1.1%17.2K77.9K-1.2K3.09108.3646142500209