BRCC Options History — December 2023

In December 2023, BRCC traded between $3.59 and $4.74. ATM implied volatility averaged 65.9%, placing in the 34.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.6% (HV 20d: 71.5%). Max pain ranged from $3.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.35.

Notable Days

  • 2023-12-01: Highest Volume — 361 contracts
  • 2023-12-04: Largest IV spike — 91.3% change
  • 2023-12-06: Highest IV Rank — 51.6%
  • 2023-12-06: Largest Expected Move — 21.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$3.97$3.59$4.74$4.58$3.63
Max Pain$4.90$3.00$5.00$3.00$5.00
ATM IV65.9%36.7%80.0%36.7%63.2%
Expected Move18.4%10.5%21.6%10.5%18.1%
HV 20d71.5%63.5%83.0%70.2%64.8%
HV 60d73.3%71.2%76.7%73.2%71.2%
IV Rank34.4%0.0%51.6%0.0%31.6%
IV Percentile54.1%0.0%89.7%0.0%43.3%
Term Structure14.1%-12.2%152.8%24.7%9.8%
VWIV63.1%40.7%73.9%40.7%63.0%
Skew 25d-4.1%-19.1%32.8%32.8%-6.3%
Skew 10d4.2%-45.7%74.6%21.3%-2.6%
Call IV 25d63.3%41.5%75.4%41.5%61.2%
Put IV 25d59.2%43.8%74.3%74.3%54.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %72.6510.5793.7457.1772.76
Gamma HHI0.320.210.440.210.29
Net GEX362-2.3K2.7K247-197
Net DEX-214.0K-786.4K112.3K-653.1K-12.8K
Net VEX-5.7K-6.6K-5.1K-6.6K-5.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.350.030.960.060.43
Total Volume151.3536361361117
Total OI9,215.058,7569,7098,9069,120

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-12-01$4.58$3.0036.7%10.5%70.2%0.0%40.7%32.8%24.7%247-653.1K-6.6K0.0657.17339225,3753,531
2023-12-04$4.74$5.0070.3%18.3%70.1%31.9%65.3%-5.8%4.9%1.7K-786.4K-6.3K0.3083.55242725,6043,548
2023-12-05$4.25$5.0069.5%20.8%79.3%39.1%71.8%-1.7%1.8%1.8K-477.8K-6.3K0.1393.74158205,7083,618
2023-12-06$4.29$5.0080.0%21.6%78.3%51.6%71.6%5.2%-12.2%2.5K-513.2K-6.3K0.1188.386475,7453,623
2023-12-07$4.13$5.0075.0%21.0%80.7%45.7%72.4%-2.0%0.1%2.2K-395.5K-6.1K0.6685.53113755,7663,626
2023-12-08$4.13$5.0063.0%17.5%80.4%31.4%59.8%-13.0%5.8%2.6K-355.9K-5.9K0.1185.664655,8643,643
2023-12-11$4.04$5.0073.2%18.9%79.1%43.4%67.3%-11.8%6.4%2.7K-343.1K-5.8K0.9454.261421345,8803,645
2023-12-12$4.12$5.0079.5%19.0%79.1%51.0%67.5%-0.9%0.6%1.5K-340.9K-5.9K0.2385.853075,8703,758
2023-12-13$4.26$5.0059.3%17.0%79.3%26.9%66.2%-10.1%9.7%884-453.7K-5.8K0.5690.30166935,8773,715
2023-12-14$4.03$5.0067.4%19.3%83.0%36.6%68.7%-19.1%152.8%925-300.7K-6.0K0.9682.4190865,9203,789
2023-12-15$3.88$5.0074.3%21.3%68.2%44.8%73.9%-13.6%-2.6%-1.3K-160.1K-5.8K0.9087.75101915,9403,768
2023-12-18$3.70$5.0060.4%17.3%63.8%28.2%60.9%20.4%9.8%-1.4K38.9K-5.4K0.2991.97103305,1863,570
2023-12-19$3.70$5.0061.3%17.6%63.8%29.3%45.7%-5.2%17.1%-1.1K69.2K-5.2K0.1383.46111145,2603,576
2023-12-20$3.60$5.0066.3%19.0%64.0%35.3%67.3%3.5%11.4%-2.3K112.3K-5.2K0.1287.496885,2343,582
2023-12-21$3.59$5.0054.4%15.6%64.0%21.0%52.7%-14.6%17.0%-1.2K89.5K-5.1K0.3078.30107325,2663,581
2023-12-22$3.60$5.0059.4%17.0%63.5%27.0%59.4%-9.6%13.7%-77990.8K-5.1K0.3589.2493335,3703,606
2023-12-26$3.77$5.0068.8%19.7%66.1%38.2%59.7%-4.4%2.1%-291-7.3K-5.5K0.0319.263515,4103,619
2023-12-27$3.65$5.0066.1%19.0%66.2%35.1%65.9%-14.9%6.5%-49971.6K-5.2K0.1525.3580125,4313,619
2023-12-28$3.65$5.0070.1%20.1%65.5%39.8%63.2%-10.0%3.1%-71147.5K-5.3K0.1610.5769115,4293,629
2023-12-29$3.63$5.0063.2%18.1%64.8%31.6%63.0%-6.3%9.8%-197-12.8K-5.3K0.4372.7682355,4813,639