BHE Options History — April 2012

In April 2012, BHE traded between $14.64 and $16.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.1%, placing in the 32.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.1% (HV 20d: 34.0%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $17.50. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.31.

Notable Days

  • 2012-04-17: Highest Volume — 85 contracts
  • 2012-04-12: Largest IV spike — 18.6% change
  • 2012-04-23: Highest IV Rank — 44.4%
  • 2012-04-23: Largest Expected Move — 12.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.53$14.64$16.94$16.94$15.88
Max Pain$15.38$15.00$17.50$17.50$15.00
ATM IV38.1%32.6%44.0%33.6%34.9%
Expected Move11.1%9.4%12.6%9.6%10.0%
HV 20d34.0%20.8%44.2%23.1%44.2%
HV 60d29.1%26.3%32.1%26.3%31.2%
IV Rank32.8%19.8%44.4%27.9%24.8%
IV Percentile48.0%20.2%68.3%26.2%31.7%
Term Structure-0.7%-7.8%8.1%1.5%1.1%
VWIV38.8%28.2%44.1%41.5%28.2%
Skew 25d10.1%-7.7%82.4%-4.1%7.6%
Skew 10d14.5%-7.5%122.0%-3.4%14.6%
Call IV 25d30.5%23.8%39.1%32.2%27.9%
Put IV 25d40.5%27.1%121.1%28.1%35.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %80.6111.77103.7086.79101.40
Gamma HHI0.580.450.940.940.51
Net GEX10.4K68534.3K34.3K6.0K
Net DEX-66.6K-418.1K103.6K-418.1K-114.3K
Net VEX-1.0K-1.8K-747-1.8K-991
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.310.0041.500.000.00
Total Volume11.2508560
Total OI864.853481,0731,061444

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-04-02$16.94$17.5033.6%9.6%23.1%27.9%0.0%-4.1%1.5%34.3K-418.1K-1.8K0.0086.79N/AN/A60783278
2012-04-03$16.67$17.5035.4%10.1%20.8%31.4%0.0%-7.7%-0.0%31.2K-344.1K-1.7K0.0011.77N/AN/A60789278
2012-04-04$16.10$17.5035.8%10.3%24.3%32.3%0.0%10.8%3.6%21.8K-128.8K-1.4K0.0017.91N/AN/A00795278
2012-04-05$16.09$15.0038.0%10.9%23.4%36.6%0.0%12.7%1.1%22.5K-154.7K-1.4K0.0021.57N/AN/A00795268
2012-04-09$15.31$15.0037.0%11.7%28.3%29.2%0.0%8.8%-3.3%10.5K23.1K-9790.0043.83N/AN/A06795268
2012-04-10$14.75$15.0040.1%11.7%30.5%35.9%0.0%4.0%-2.7%6.8K103.6K-8890.0099.26N/AN/A30795274
2012-04-11$15.28$15.0034.7%11.9%32.9%24.3%0.0%11.4%0.9%7.2K24.8K-8780.0099.44N/AN/A00795250
2012-04-12$15.54$15.0041.1%11.8%33.8%38.2%0.0%13.4%-3.8%8.8K-30.0K-9180.00100.38N/AN/A00795250
2012-04-13$15.10$15.0039.4%11.3%34.6%34.5%0.0%5.9%-1.6%7.9K42.0K-8440.00101.11N/AN/A00795250
2012-04-16$15.28$15.0041.6%11.9%35.0%39.2%0.0%6.8%-3.5%6.6K19.1K-8130.0099.82N/AN/A00795250
2012-04-17$15.62$15.0041.5%11.9%36.1%38.9%41.5%10.3%-3.6%5.6K-146.4K-77241.50100.51N/AN/A283795199
2012-04-18$15.20$15.0040.0%11.5%36.9%35.8%0.0%5.8%-1.2%4.7K-16.0K-9850.0033.07N/AN/A00793271
2012-04-19$15.01$15.0040.7%11.7%36.9%37.3%0.0%3.4%-2.5%4.2K44.0K-9240.00100.56N/AN/A00793271
2012-04-20$15.15$15.0039.6%11.4%37.0%34.9%0.0%5.9%-2.1%5.9K-17.5K-9240.00101.83N/AN/A00793268
2012-04-23$14.64$15.0044.0%12.6%38.1%44.4%44.1%-0.4%-7.8%68555.6K-7470.00103.70N/AN/A750200148
2012-04-24$14.79$15.0042.5%12.2%37.7%41.1%42.9%82.4%-3.7%4.9K6.1K-8770.00102.83N/AN/A04275148
2012-04-25$15.12$15.0037.2%10.7%39.0%29.7%37.2%3.1%1.9%5.7K-24.6K-9241.0083.10N/AN/A1010275152
2012-04-26$15.91$15.0032.6%9.4%43.7%19.8%0.0%8.1%4.4%6.0K-119.0K-1.0K0.00100.99N/AN/A100285162
2012-04-27$16.13$15.0033.0%9.5%44.0%20.6%28.2%13.1%8.1%6.2K-137.2K-1.0K0.00102.27N/AN/A100287162
2012-04-30$15.88$15.0034.9%10.0%44.2%24.8%0.0%7.6%1.1%6.0K-114.3K-9910.00101.40N/AN/A00282162