BDN Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, BDN traded between $12.76 and $14.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.8%, placing in the 22.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 26.4%). Max pain ranged from $12.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.12.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-16: Highest Volume — 387 contracts
  • 2016-03-29: Largest IV drop — 38.4% change
  • 2016-03-28: Highest IV Rank — 38.0%
  • 2016-03-28: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.34$12.76$14.11$12.80$14.09
Max Pain$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50$12.50
ATM IV26.8%19.8%33.4%29.3%19.8%
Expected Move7.8%5.7%9.6%8.4%5.7%
HV 20d26.4%21.5%36.2%36.2%21.5%
HV 60d29.5%29.0%30.1%29.4%29.7%
IV Rank22.1%4.3%38.0%28.6%4.3%
IV Percentile51.0%3.6%86.1%72.2%3.6%
Term Structure-1.1%-14.2%4.8%-0.7%4.8%
VWIV25.7%20.1%31.0%29.3%20.1%
Skew 25d3.7%-7.3%12.6%12.6%7.2%
Skew 10d11.7%-1.9%37.4%32.8%9.5%
Call IV 25d24.5%19.9%33.4%33.0%20.6%
Put IV 25d28.1%17.3%45.6%45.6%27.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.828.0834.5125.279.34
Gamma HHI0.600.530.670.610.66
Net GEX13.1K10.3K18.0K10.8K17.6K
Net DEX-213.2K-323.8K-139.1K-139.1K-279.1K
Net VEX-1.1K-1.3K-853-1.1K-1.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.120.020.350.170.14
Total Volume227.636101387180294
Total OI609.864530689659654

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$12.80$12.5029.3%8.4%36.2%28.6%29.3%12.6%-0.7%10.8K-139.1K-1.1K0.1725.271542660158
2016-03-02$12.98$12.5029.6%8.5%35.9%29.2%29.3%1.6%-0.7%11.8K-166.4K-1.1K0.1634.511652660158
2016-03-03$13.14$12.5026.7%8.1%35.9%22.2%27.0%7.2%0.3%13.5K-206.6K-1.2K0.1717.391552662158
2016-03-04$13.11$12.5021.6%8.1%35.4%9.8%27.1%6.8%0.3%13.6K-216.8K-1.3K0.1717.121552663158
2016-03-07$13.20$12.5024.7%8.4%33.0%17.4%29.7%-3.4%-0.3%13.8K-223.3K-1.3K0.1722.561552663158
2016-03-08$12.85$12.5027.6%7.7%27.1%24.5%26.9%8.6%2.0%11.6K-176.7K-1.1K0.3316.03802663158
2016-03-09$12.95$12.5027.9%8.0%25.8%25.2%27.6%5.2%0.6%11.6K-178.9K-1.1K0.3316.01802660658
2016-03-10$12.76$12.5028.7%8.2%26.8%27.2%28.8%8.2%-0.2%11.1K-153.7K-1.1K0.3516.29752660658
2016-03-11$13.10$12.5025.4%7.3%24.1%19.1%25.4%4.2%1.5%11.0K-179.9K-1.0K0.1228.512102658658
2016-03-14$13.11$12.5031.3%9.0%23.4%33.4%31.0%9.2%-2.6%10.3K-175.8K-9260.1210.082102652058
2016-03-15$13.29$12.5030.1%8.6%23.4%30.6%29.5%10.2%-1.7%11.8K-200.9K-8720.0410.78214852038
2016-03-16$13.44$12.5028.9%8.3%23.1%27.5%21.9%5.9%0.3%12.7K-220.8K-8990.0220.90379851336
2016-03-17$13.61$12.5031.9%9.2%23.0%35.1%20.9%9.3%-2.6%14.1K-245.6K-9580.0220.87379851336
2016-03-18$13.42$12.5024.6%7.0%24.1%17.0%23.1%-7.3%-3.2%12.5K-218.6K-9040.0426.58225851336
2016-03-21$13.40$12.5030.6%8.8%23.4%31.1%22.1%7.6%-2.6%12.1K-188.6K-8530.0321.21238649634
2016-03-22$13.42$12.5023.8%6.8%23.4%14.1%24.7%-6.3%-0.6%12.3K-208.1K-9310.0326.66238652634
2016-03-23$13.38$12.5024.1%6.9%23.1%14.9%25.3%-4.6%0.6%11.4K-198.6K-9000.0326.87238752634
2016-03-24$13.50$12.5028.6%8.2%22.8%26.1%25.6%-6.4%-8.3%13.9K-224.9K-9920.0326.10238752635
2016-03-28$13.65$12.5033.4%9.6%22.7%38.0%26.6%-3.8%-14.2%15.0K-246.2K-9820.0326.59238752635
2016-03-29$14.10$12.5020.6%5.9%24.4%6.3%21.8%5.3%1.3%18.0K-317.3K-1.1K0.118.082422752635
2016-03-30$14.11$12.5019.8%5.7%21.7%4.3%22.6%3.9%1.9%18.0K-323.8K-1.3K0.148.242573755655
2016-03-31$14.09$12.5019.8%5.7%21.5%4.3%20.1%7.2%4.8%17.6K-279.1K-1.2K0.149.342573756985