BHE Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, BHE traded between $16.42 and $17.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.8%, placing in the 32.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 11.3% (HV 20d: 24.4%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-01: Highest Volume — 100 contracts
  • 2012-02-03: Largest IV drop — 25.0% change
  • 2012-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 43.6%
  • 2012-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.48$16.42$17.99$17.89$16.42
Max Pain$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50$17.50
ATM IV35.8%28.0%41.5%41.5%33.7%
Expected Move10.6%9.5%11.9%11.9%9.7%
HV 20d24.4%20.4%27.3%26.9%25.5%
HV 60d39.6%34.2%44.7%44.7%34.2%
IV Rank32.2%16.6%43.6%43.6%28.1%
IV Percentile37.8%10.3%61.9%61.9%27.4%
Term Structure0.3%-2.5%2.7%-2.5%1.2%
VWIV38.5%36.5%41.6%41.6%36.5%
Skew 25d1.9%-6.0%9.0%7.4%-6.0%
Skew 10d1.1%-7.8%14.4%8.3%-7.8%
Call IV 25d30.0%25.1%37.9%31.5%33.5%
Put IV 25d31.9%27.5%39.0%38.9%27.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %42.399.20100.4433.5133.78
Gamma HHI0.960.900.970.900.94
Net GEX23.0K16.0K33.0K16.0K17.7K
Net DEX-589.1K-756.8K-277.1K-615.1K-277.1K
Net VEX-2.3K-2.5K-2.1K-2.4K-2.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.002.480.000.98
Total Volume19.7501001000
Total OI898.05844944844897

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$17.89$17.5041.5%11.9%26.9%43.6%41.6%7.4%-2.5%16.0K-615.1K-2.4K0.0033.51N/AN/A1000624220
2012-02-02$17.99$17.5037.3%10.7%26.3%35.2%37.3%9.0%2.7%24.3K-754.7K-2.5K0.0095.49N/AN/A1000724220
2012-02-03$17.98$0.0028.0%10.9%26.0%16.6%0.0%-2.4%-0.2%21.3K-756.8K-2.4K0.0094.88N/AN/A00690220
2012-02-06$17.74$0.0034.3%11.4%27.3%29.3%0.0%-2.6%-1.1%23.5K-681.6K-2.4K0.0097.34N/AN/A30690220
2012-02-07$17.69$0.0034.2%11.7%26.9%29.0%0.0%4.4%-1.7%22.2K-665.3K-2.4K0.00100.44N/AN/A00693220
2012-02-08$17.65$0.0034.9%11.0%26.6%30.4%0.0%7.3%1.0%23.3K-668.0K-2.4K0.0055.61N/AN/A00693220
2012-02-09$17.53$0.0036.5%10.5%27.0%33.7%0.0%3.9%1.0%24.2K-619.7K-2.4K0.0037.91N/AN/A00693220
2012-02-10$17.36$0.0037.7%10.8%26.0%36.0%0.0%3.2%0.2%24.2K-582.7K-2.3K0.0039.59N/AN/A00693220
2012-02-13$17.65$0.0037.9%10.9%24.5%36.3%0.0%4.1%0.2%26.2K-654.3K-2.3K0.0037.99N/AN/A00693220
2012-02-14$17.59$0.0037.3%10.7%24.6%35.3%0.0%5.0%0.5%27.5K-638.8K-2.2K0.0039.62N/AN/A00693220
2012-02-15$17.34$0.0036.9%10.6%22.3%34.5%0.0%1.7%0.9%27.8K-564.2K-2.2K0.0038.43N/AN/A00693220
2012-02-16$17.76$0.0038.1%10.9%23.5%36.8%0.0%7.7%0.1%29.3K-712.9K-2.2K0.0038.39N/AN/A100693220
2012-02-17$17.69$0.0036.3%10.4%20.4%33.2%36.5%5.4%0.4%33.0K-727.6K-2.1K2.4825.44N/AN/A2562703220
2012-02-21$17.59$17.5036.1%10.3%20.6%32.8%0.0%2.1%1.0%20.5K-582.0K-2.3K0.0025.12N/AN/A00645201
2012-02-22$17.17$17.5036.6%10.5%22.5%33.8%0.0%-2.3%-0.7%20.2K-494.4K-2.2K0.009.20N/AN/A00645201
2012-02-23$17.30$17.5033.0%9.5%22.6%26.7%0.0%-0.9%1.0%21.7K-509.7K-2.2K0.989.78N/AN/A4847645201
2012-02-24$17.10$17.5034.9%10.0%22.8%30.5%0.0%-2.7%0.6%19.1K-439.6K-2.3K0.0012.10N/AN/A00649248
2012-02-27$17.21$17.5034.9%10.0%22.8%30.4%0.0%-1.1%1.1%19.4K-458.2K-2.3K0.0010.26N/AN/A00649248
2012-02-28$16.91$17.5035.8%10.3%23.5%32.3%0.0%-5.5%-0.4%18.9K-379.1K-2.2K0.0012.89N/AN/A00649248
2012-02-29$16.42$17.5033.7%9.7%25.5%28.1%0.0%-6.0%1.2%17.7K-277.1K-2.1K0.0033.78N/AN/A00649248