BHE Options History — August 2012

In August 2012, BHE traded between $15.01 and $16.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.6%, placing in the 24.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.4% (HV 20d: 38.9%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-08-08: Highest Volume — 21 contracts
  • 2012-08-16: Largest IV drop — 44.6% change
  • 2012-08-15: Highest IV Rank — 80.6%
  • 2012-08-07: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.09$15.01$16.73$15.18$16.05
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV34.6%22.6%60.8%32.6%27.0%
Expected Move9.8%6.5%11.9%9.3%7.7%
HV 20d38.9%19.3%46.9%46.7%19.3%
HV 60d38.8%35.5%40.3%39.6%35.5%
IV Rank24.4%0.0%80.6%19.7%9.3%
IV Percentile26.3%0.0%98.8%13.1%4.4%
Term Structure2.6%-10.2%11.6%0.7%9.5%
Skew 25d2.8%-15.1%27.3%-8.5%0.9%
Skew 10d14.3%-1.4%94.2%-1.2%7.4%
Call IV 25d33.8%22.9%42.6%42.6%28.3%
Put IV 25d36.6%24.0%61.5%34.1%29.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %87.3752.34112.92111.89107.81
Gamma HHI0.490.430.620.610.50
Net GEX2.5K1.6K3.1K1.6K3.1K
Net DEX-80.2K-96.8K-44.7K-51.3K-84.4K
Net VEX-274-313-216-240-267
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume1.26102100
Total OI115.2619812298121

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-08-01$15.18$15.0032.6%9.3%46.7%19.7%0.0%-8.5%0.7%1.6K-51.3K-2400.00111.89N/AN/A007424
2012-08-02$15.01$15.0035.5%10.2%46.9%26.1%0.0%4.0%6.3%1.6K-44.7K-2400.0052.34N/AN/A007424
2012-08-03$15.52$15.0032.3%9.3%46.0%19.1%0.0%1.1%10.9%1.7K-55.3K-2370.00112.92N/AN/A007424
2012-08-06$15.63$15.0032.8%10.6%46.0%20.2%0.0%-1.3%4.2%1.7K-55.6K-2280.0064.73N/AN/A007424
2012-08-07$15.87$15.0030.5%11.9%46.0%15.2%0.0%2.7%-1.3%1.7K-61.9K-2310.0077.45N/AN/A307424
2012-08-08$16.11$15.0025.3%11.8%45.7%4.0%0.0%27.3%-10.2%2.0K-68.8K-2160.0079.52N/AN/A2107724
2012-08-09$15.98$15.0034.0%11.4%45.6%22.8%0.0%3.4%-5.6%2.5K-81.6K-3130.00105.17N/AN/A009824
2012-08-10$16.32$15.0039.4%11.0%45.0%34.3%0.0%4.4%1.8%2.4K-87.2K-3090.00103.15N/AN/A009824
2012-08-13$16.25$15.0043.2%10.9%44.2%42.6%0.0%2.3%2.0%2.5K-85.8K-3050.0080.51N/AN/A009824
2012-08-14$16.28$15.0055.0%10.8%44.2%68.1%0.0%3.6%-0.8%2.5K-90.5K-3010.00101.06N/AN/A009824
2012-08-15$16.28$15.0060.8%10.5%43.6%80.6%0.0%5.2%6.0%2.4K-88.5K-3090.0070.95N/AN/A009824
2012-08-16$16.49$15.0033.7%9.7%43.5%22.1%0.0%6.4%3.6%2.6K-92.5K-2870.0065.07N/AN/A409824
2012-08-17$16.73$15.0035.2%10.1%43.4%25.5%0.0%-3.8%2.4%2.9K-96.7K-2840.0074.02N/AN/A009824
2012-08-20$16.65$15.0036.2%10.4%42.9%27.5%0.0%6.7%-1.8%2.7K-96.8K-2910.0099.48N/AN/A009822
2012-08-21$16.23$15.0033.1%9.5%44.7%20.9%0.0%-15.1%-9.1%2.7K-89.5K-2860.0096.12N/AN/A009822
2012-08-22$16.27$15.0030.6%8.8%44.6%15.3%0.0%5.3%0.6%2.8K-87.2K-2850.0089.14N/AN/A009822
2012-08-23$16.15$15.0035.5%10.2%35.0%26.1%0.0%1.8%3.7%2.8K-84.0K-2860.00103.78N/AN/A109822
2012-08-24$16.30$15.0022.6%6.5%27.9%0.0%0.0%16.4%11.6%2.9K-88.1K-2810.0063.55N/AN/A009922
2012-08-27$16.34$15.0026.1%7.5%25.5%7.4%0.0%0.3%10.7%2.8K-91.3K-2810.0068.90N/AN/A009922
2012-08-28$16.20$15.0034.8%10.0%25.6%25.8%0.0%3.3%6.6%2.8K-89.6K-2760.00103.03N/AN/A009922
2012-08-29$16.31$15.0026.1%7.5%21.1%7.6%0.0%0.8%10.6%2.9K-90.2K-2690.0070.40N/AN/A009922
2012-08-30$15.96$15.0032.9%9.4%22.3%21.9%0.0%-3.4%-3.3%3.0K-83.8K-2750.00108.53N/AN/A009922
2012-08-31$16.05$15.0027.0%7.7%19.3%9.3%0.0%0.9%9.5%3.1K-84.4K-2670.00107.81N/AN/A009922