BDN Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, BDN traded between $11.29 and $12.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.5%, placing in the 33.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 33.3%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.11.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-18: Highest Volume — 312 contracts
  • 2016-02-08: Largest IV spike — 41.9% change
  • 2016-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 66.8%
  • 2016-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 11.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.19$11.29$12.96$12.82$12.34
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV30.5%25.8%44.2%29.6%28.9%
Expected Move8.2%6.7%11.0%8.5%8.3%
HV 20d33.3%28.5%37.1%29.7%33.7%
HV 60d27.2%24.1%28.7%24.7%28.7%
IV Rank33.4%20.4%66.8%32.8%27.9%
IV Percentile71.6%46.0%98.0%76.6%71.0%
Term Structure0.5%-11.0%7.8%-1.8%0.2%
VWIV27.1%22.8%33.8%26.5%28.9%
Skew 25d2.2%-7.6%22.3%-4.0%0.5%
Skew 10d3.5%-8.1%27.0%-7.1%1.3%
Call IV 25d30.7%25.1%38.4%35.6%27.1%
Put IV 25d32.9%26.8%50.2%31.7%27.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %68.7325.39108.7068.8528.38
Gamma HHI0.700.560.830.820.56
Net GEX8.0K4.4K11.5K11.0K8.4K
Net DEX-72.9K-134.2K-13.1K-119.5K-89.3K
Net VEX-897-1.2K-605-1.1K-912
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.110.030.170.030.17
Total Volume249.4180312245180
Total OI651.2616695616659

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$12.82$0.0029.6%8.5%29.7%32.8%0.0%-4.0%-1.8%11.0K-119.5K-1.1K0.0368.85238757937
2016-02-02$12.59$0.0031.6%9.1%30.1%37.7%0.0%3.3%-7.6%9.8K-108.0K-1.0K0.03102.02238757937
2016-02-03$12.73$0.0038.3%11.0%28.5%53.1%0.0%0.8%-11.0%10.5K-114.7K-1.1K0.0371.39238757937
2016-02-04$12.96$12.5030.0%6.7%29.4%33.9%26.5%12.5%7.8%11.5K-134.2K-1.2K0.03104.93259757937
2016-02-05$12.53$12.5031.1%7.3%30.6%36.5%25.4%3.2%2.3%10.9K-111.9K-1.0K0.10108.702592560037
2016-02-08$11.84$12.5044.2%8.0%34.5%66.8%24.5%-0.9%3.2%6.7K-49.7K-8630.10104.062592560057
2016-02-09$11.63$12.5037.8%7.8%34.2%52.0%23.6%-1.3%3.1%5.7K-33.3K-7630.10107.252592760057
2016-02-10$11.66$12.5026.6%7.6%33.1%26.0%22.8%-0.9%1.6%5.8K-34.1K-7540.10107.662602760059
2016-02-11$11.29$12.5031.1%8.9%34.3%36.3%27.7%-7.6%-1.2%4.4K-13.1K-6050.1193.902602860159
2016-02-12$11.56$12.5027.3%7.8%35.9%27.6%28.7%-1.3%4.9%5.0K-19.1K-6880.1083.082772860160
2016-02-16$11.71$12.5034.0%9.7%36.3%43.1%33.8%-2.1%0.5%6.3K-36.4K-7860.1083.092772861860
2016-02-17$11.92$12.5030.1%8.6%37.1%30.9%30.1%3.9%1.0%7.1K-44.4K-7930.10107.392772861860
2016-02-18$12.09$12.5026.5%7.6%34.7%21.9%26.5%22.3%2.8%7.3K-38.1K-7350.1041.862842861860
2016-02-19$12.12$12.5025.8%7.4%34.7%20.4%25.9%2.2%2.1%7.2K-54.6K-8230.1530.261832863560
2016-02-22$12.38$12.5026.7%7.7%33.9%22.5%26.7%2.3%1.9%8.2K-90.3K-9530.1625.831622657858
2016-02-23$12.40$12.5027.3%7.8%33.9%23.9%27.3%3.2%0.2%8.1K-83.7K-9350.1526.471702657858
2016-02-24$12.29$12.5027.3%7.8%33.7%24.1%27.3%3.1%0.7%8.0K-80.6K-9140.1527.111702659758
2016-02-25$12.47$12.5028.5%8.2%34.1%27.0%28.6%1.7%-1.1%8.8K-100.4K-9900.1725.391542659758
2016-02-26$12.41$12.5027.1%7.8%34.1%23.4%27.1%3.6%1.3%9.1K-102.5K-9610.1726.991542660158
2016-02-29$12.34$12.5028.9%8.3%33.7%27.9%28.9%0.5%0.2%8.4K-89.3K-9120.1728.381542660158