BDX Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, BDX traded between $100.09 and $109.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.2%, placing in the 44.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.9% (HV 20d: 25.1%). Max pain ranged from $103.54 to $103.54. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.87.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-14: Highest Volume — 5,049 contracts
  • 2015-10-13: Largest IV spike — 19.9% change
  • 2015-10-01: Highest IV Rank — 69.3%
  • 2015-10-01: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$106.06$100.09$109.82$100.09$109.52
Max Pain$103.54$103.54$103.54$103.54$103.54
ATM IV21.2%18.7%26.2%26.2%18.8%
Expected Move6.0%5.4%7.5%7.5%5.4%
HV 20d25.1%15.6%27.6%24.1%15.6%
HV 60d22.8%21.4%23.4%21.4%22.5%
IV Rank44.4%32.0%69.3%69.3%32.5%
IV Percentile82.8%65.1%98.0%98.0%65.1%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.5%0.8%-1.4%-0.5%
VWIV21.6%18.9%26.9%26.9%19.8%
Skew 25d4.1%2.0%6.3%6.3%3.5%
Skew 10d10.0%6.2%12.8%10.3%7.7%
Call IV 25d19.3%17.4%22.7%22.7%18.5%
Put IV 25d23.5%21.6%29.0%29.0%22.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %84.1079.7089.5685.1389.56
Gamma HHI0.170.130.280.180.15
Net GEX212.5K-1.3M1.3M-1.3M614.8K
Net DEX10.4M-4.5M32.8M32.8M-2.5M
Net VEX-191.6K-203.5K-177.4K-180.2K-203.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.870.164.602.992.30
Total Volume3,212.1823335,0493,1432,498
Total OI16,687.68214,72218,72216,19417,300

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$100.09$103.5426.2%7.5%24.1%69.3%26.9%6.3%-1.4%-1.3M32.8M-180.2K2.9985.13N/AN/A7872,3567,4538,741
2015-10-02$103.56$103.5422.9%6.6%27.3%52.6%21.6%2.0%0.8%-496.2K21.8M-190.1K3.0287.82N/AN/A7452,2517,4608,720
2015-10-05$105.07$103.5421.6%6.4%27.4%46.6%21.9%4.7%-0.4%341.2K13.7M-192.2K0.1680.29N/AN/A287467,5428,740
2015-10-06$103.24$103.5421.8%6.7%26.7%47.5%23.9%4.4%-1.1%-448.6K19.9M-186.0K3.7782.53N/AN/A8703,2797,7838,777
2015-10-07$105.15$103.5422.5%6.6%26.9%50.7%23.0%4.7%-0.6%215.0K14.9M-202.2K2.4482.65N/AN/A1,4063,4297,8089,358
2015-10-08$105.18$103.5422.2%6.4%26.8%49.6%21.8%4.6%-0.3%276.5K14.8M-199.2K3.7281.28N/AN/A7092,6327,9589,585
2015-10-09$105.45$103.5423.8%6.5%26.8%57.1%22.5%4.6%-0.6%528.8K11.8M-197.4K3.5581.70N/AN/A7622,7067,9279,671
2015-10-12$106.07$103.5420.9%5.8%26.9%43.1%22.5%3.6%0.2%1.3M8.4M-192.1K4.3282.71N/AN/A6222,6888,0269,670
2015-10-13$104.92$103.5425.1%6.2%27.0%63.7%23.0%3.4%-0.2%818.0K12.2M-190.5K3.1579.70N/AN/A7942,5038,0389,691
2015-10-14$104.02$103.5421.9%6.3%26.7%47.8%20.8%4.0%0.2%-1.0M18.5M-177.4K0.9484.52N/AN/A2,6092,4408,0289,634
2015-10-15$105.12$103.5421.1%6.0%27.0%43.8%20.1%4.7%-0.2%-51.4K12.0M-187.6K1.4481.10N/AN/A1,7022,4459,0049,671
2015-10-16$107.01$103.5419.2%5.5%27.6%34.6%18.9%4.1%0.2%288.5K5.2M-192.8K2.8083.27N/AN/A8622,4129,0179,705
2015-10-19$107.26$103.5419.4%5.6%27.6%35.5%18.9%4.6%-0.2%376.6K5.5M-189.6K3.0585.26N/AN/A7502,2877,0117,711
2015-10-20$107.09$103.5418.7%5.4%27.1%32.0%19.6%4.4%0.2%366.6K6.7M-187.2K3.4684.89N/AN/A6642,2957,1917,815
2015-10-21$107.09$103.5419.8%5.7%26.5%37.4%20.0%4.9%-0.6%479.1K5.4M-190.1K3.6287.79N/AN/A6492,3497,2367,855
2015-10-22$106.16$103.5419.7%5.6%26.7%36.8%20.4%4.1%-1.0%343.7K8.7M-191.1K3.5887.48N/AN/A6702,4027,2927,872
2015-10-23$107.55$103.5419.8%5.7%26.1%37.7%21.6%3.7%-0.6%579.8K3.5M-185.0K2.0187.61N/AN/A8461,6997,3657,904
2015-10-26$107.26$103.5420.1%5.8%20.5%38.9%24.0%3.9%-0.7%512.8K7.2M-181.3K4.6081.82N/AN/A7863,6127,3567,941
2015-10-27$107.86$103.5420.3%5.8%20.5%39.9%23.1%3.7%-1.5%66.1K8.4M-196.4K2.4884.45N/AN/A7841,9467,3859,484
2015-10-28$108.81$103.5419.9%5.7%20.3%38.0%19.3%3.1%0.1%270.0K4.5M-203.5K2.6280.89N/AN/A7351,9307,4099,789
2015-10-29$109.82$103.5420.4%5.9%18.9%40.7%20.6%3.7%-0.6%623.2K-4.5M-199.0K3.1187.83N/AN/A5901,8347,4179,789
2015-10-30$109.52$103.5418.8%5.4%15.6%32.5%19.8%3.5%-0.5%614.8K-2.5M-203.3K2.3089.56N/AN/A7581,7407,4419,859