AA Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, AA traded between $31.02 and $33.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.6%, placing in the 6.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 7.5% (HV 20d: 50.1%). Max pain ranged from $31.24 to $36.05. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-26: Highest Volume — 25,020 contracts
  • 2010-02-24: Largest IV drop — 7.8% change
  • 2010-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 13.1%
  • 2010-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 14.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.10$31.02$33.02$32.10$31.96
Max Pain$33.89$31.24$36.05$36.05$31.24
ATM IV42.6%35.9%50.2%46.8%36.5%
Expected Move12.3%10.3%14.4%13.4%10.5%
HV 20d50.1%36.4%65.2%65.2%36.4%
HV 60d51.9%51.3%52.5%51.5%51.9%
IV Rank6.9%1.4%13.1%10.4%1.9%
IV Percentile16.5%2.8%37.7%25.0%4.0%
Term Structure3.5%-0.9%8.2%0.4%7.2%
VWIV43.3%35.7%50.9%47.0%35.7%
Skew 25d3.7%-0.3%6.6%0.5%4.0%
Skew 10d7.0%-1.6%11.6%1.4%7.3%
Call IV 25d42.1%35.5%50.8%47.6%35.5%
Put IV 25d45.8%38.5%52.4%48.2%39.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.052.949.603.799.60
Gamma HHI0.110.100.140.100.13
Net GEX926.7K14.9K1.9M385.8K1.3M
Net DEX20.7M-27.5M76.5M42.5M-16.1M
Net VEX-1.8M-1.9M-1.7M-1.8M-1.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.151.370.730.34
Total Volume16,285.1587,12825,02017,54125,020
Total OI360,027296,426388,341354,065328,036

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$32.10$36.0546.8%13.4%65.2%10.4%47.0%0.5%0.4%385.8K42.5M-1.8M0.733.79N/AN/A10,1277,414203,376150,689
2010-02-02$32.85$36.0544.7%12.8%64.5%8.6%45.6%-0.3%0.4%884.1K10.7M-1.8M0.303.00N/AN/A18,3025,412205,157150,964
2010-02-03$32.42$36.0547.7%13.7%64.0%11.1%47.6%2.1%-0.9%908.1K24.7M-1.8M0.863.67N/AN/A9,4368,135210,664151,355
2010-02-04$31.02$36.0550.2%14.4%61.0%13.1%50.9%0.8%-0.9%14.9K76.5M-1.8M0.762.95N/AN/A14,21310,759213,142154,777
2010-02-05$31.67$33.6448.8%14.3%62.2%12.0%49.3%4.9%1.9%268.1K47.3M-1.9M0.683.66N/AN/A10,6987,270217,360158,978
2010-02-08$31.38$33.6449.5%14.2%60.7%12.5%49.6%4.5%1.9%361.9K56.9M-1.8M0.464.34N/AN/A10,8815,047220,130157,598
2010-02-09$31.91$33.6445.9%13.8%60.1%9.6%47.3%6.0%2.1%586.1K39.6M-1.9M0.714.75N/AN/A6,5244,614224,166158,748
2010-02-10$31.62$33.6443.8%13.5%46.0%7.9%47.0%5.3%3.0%422.1K52.2M-1.8M0.663.62N/AN/A4,7133,116224,056159,607
2010-02-11$32.63$33.6443.6%12.5%46.2%7.7%44.4%5.7%3.5%1.0M8.6M-1.9M0.675.46N/AN/A8,8445,950224,377159,747
2010-02-12$31.91$33.6444.1%12.6%46.5%8.1%43.6%4.9%3.2%617.9K46.2M-1.8M1.003.70N/AN/A6,2286,213225,549159,954
2010-02-16$33.02$33.6442.0%12.0%48.9%6.4%42.7%4.7%3.5%1.7M-6.1M-1.8M0.723.44N/AN/A7,4635,361227,428160,288
2010-02-17$32.68$33.6440.7%11.7%48.8%5.3%41.5%4.5%4.1%1.6M10.9M-1.8M0.692.94N/AN/A4,2152,913228,347159,994
2010-02-18$32.70$33.6438.9%11.1%48.4%3.8%39.7%4.7%4.4%1.9M11.2M-1.8M1.123.83N/AN/A5,6006,270228,432159,617
2010-02-19$32.51$33.6436.8%10.5%42.7%2.1%37.5%3.9%5.6%1.2M23.9M-1.7M1.063.91N/AN/A8,0658,528228,868159,406
2010-02-22$32.54$33.6436.2%10.4%36.6%1.6%37.0%3.0%5.9%1.2M-27.5M-1.7M0.153.80N/AN/A16,5332,476165,091131,335
2010-02-23$31.67$33.6439.0%11.2%37.9%3.9%39.1%2.0%5.8%1.0M-414.5K-1.7M0.643.98N/AN/A10,1666,521171,263132,507
2010-02-24$31.38$33.6435.9%10.3%37.8%1.4%36.4%2.2%8.2%890.0K10.6M-1.7M0.723.26N/AN/A10,5217,542175,191134,722
2010-02-25$31.98$31.2438.0%10.9%37.9%3.1%40.8%6.6%6.3%1.4M-18.1M-1.8M1.373.29N/AN/A7,74710,581180,066139,528
2010-02-26$31.96$31.2436.5%10.5%36.4%1.9%35.7%4.0%7.2%1.3M-16.1M-1.8M0.349.60N/AN/A18,6246,396182,494145,542