BDN Options History — April 2018

In April 2018, BDN traded between $15.30 and $16.18. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.0%, placing in the 16.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.9% (HV 20d: 19.0%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.79.

Notable Days

  • 2018-04-19: Highest Volume — 352 contracts
  • 2018-04-26: Largest IV spike — 61.1% change
  • 2018-04-10: Highest IV Rank — 29.2%
  • 2018-04-13: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.58$15.30$16.18$15.45$16.15
Max Pain$15.36$15.00$17.50$17.50$15.00
ATM IV26.0%14.1%38.6%24.9%27.3%
Expected Move7.2%4.0%10.6%7.1%7.8%
HV 20d19.0%14.4%20.5%20.5%14.4%
HV 60d22.2%21.7%22.7%22.7%21.7%
IV Rank16.9%5.3%29.2%15.8%18.2%
IV Percentile71.9%15.5%89.3%79.4%80.6%
Term Structure-4.6%-20.9%5.9%-0.4%-20.9%
VWIV25.2%12.7%41.0%25.3%41.0%
Skew 25d-0.9%-12.3%20.3%-3.8%-5.3%
Skew 10d6.8%-11.4%103.6%-5.0%-1.3%
Call IV 25d27.5%15.2%65.7%28.2%19.8%
Put IV 25d26.6%13.4%53.3%24.4%14.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %88.9418.11143.2399.3119.45
Gamma HHI0.630.500.890.500.68
Net GEX8.2K-2.5K17.1K1.2K13.7K
Net DEX152.4K-139.6K320.4K320.4K-135.4K
Net VEX-889-1.3K-635-821-1.0K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.791.073.473.331.07
Total Volume257111352303157
Total OI1,044.8574001,3371,278460

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-04-02$15.45$17.5024.9%7.1%20.5%15.8%25.3%-3.8%-0.4%1.2K320.4K-8213.3399.3170233945333
2018-04-03$15.46$17.5019.1%5.5%19.9%10.2%21.5%-1.1%-3.8%-2.5K289.1K-8513.33106.0870233955332
2018-04-04$15.62$17.5028.5%8.2%20.1%19.4%24.1%1.1%-3.9%10.0K243.4K-1.1K3.3395.8870233955332
2018-04-05$15.52$15.0022.9%8.2%19.2%14.0%28.4%8.6%-4.9%4.5K283.5K-9043.3398.1870233955332
2018-04-06$15.30$15.0031.3%6.8%19.6%22.1%23.8%-2.7%-0.9%1.2K306.0K-8113.24116.4472233955332
2018-04-09$15.38$15.0035.7%10.2%19.1%26.4%33.8%-12.3%-20.3%2.8K307.3K-7673.24143.2372233957331
2018-04-10$15.47$15.0038.6%7.1%19.3%29.2%24.9%1.3%-2.5%10.2K263.6K-9403.24128.5872233957331
2018-04-11$15.54$15.0028.2%8.1%18.9%19.1%28.2%-5.3%-1.1%15.0K148.4K-1.3K3.11120.5675233957331
2018-04-12$15.35$15.0026.9%7.7%19.2%17.8%26.9%1.1%-5.1%9.4K261.0K-9163.11119.4175233962331
2018-04-13$15.50$15.0036.8%10.6%19.7%27.5%37.4%-9.8%-0.0%17.1K4.9K-1.3K3.11133.8875233962331
2018-04-16$15.52$15.0024.9%7.2%19.6%15.9%25.0%-8.8%-6.2%7.2K294.9K-6763.11117.2375233962331
2018-04-17$15.57$15.0030.1%8.6%19.6%20.9%29.9%-2.4%-7.6%4.7K271.9K-7723.11116.9075233962331
2018-04-18$15.51$15.0026.7%7.6%19.7%17.6%26.6%5.4%-4.9%5.9K278.5K-8192.84110.5982233960331
2018-04-19$15.37$15.0018.4%5.3%19.2%9.5%17.2%-4.9%4.7%4.1K288.2K-6692.23112.42109243967331
2018-04-20$15.54$15.0029.2%8.4%19.5%20.1%30.0%-1.3%-6.6%10.2K214.6K-9213.47113.8970243996341
2018-04-23$15.38$15.0015.3%4.4%18.2%6.5%15.8%20.3%3.5%11.6K-33.8K-6352.0829.05367532773
2018-04-24$15.61$15.0019.0%5.5%18.8%10.2%20.9%7.6%0.6%11.5K-65.4K-6992.2529.65368133973
2018-04-25$15.79$15.0014.1%4.0%19.2%5.3%12.7%-1.9%5.9%10.6K-94.4K-8412.2519.23368133983
2018-04-26$15.99$15.0022.7%6.5%17.6%13.7%16.9%-2.7%-9.6%11.5K-107.0K-9102.0219.70408133983
2018-04-27$16.18$15.0024.6%7.1%18.0%15.6%18.9%-1.2%-12.2%12.5K-139.6K-9881.7618.11468135583
2018-04-30$16.15$15.0027.3%7.8%14.4%18.2%41.0%-5.3%-20.9%13.7K-135.4K-1.0K1.0719.45768137783