AA Options History — May 2010

In May 2010, AA traded between $26.60 and $31.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.8%, placing in the 29.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 40.5%). Max pain ranged from $28.84 to $33.64. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2010-05-13: Highest Volume — 68,733 contracts
  • 2010-05-06: Largest IV spike — 23.5% change
  • 2010-05-20: Highest IV Rank — 49.8%
  • 2010-05-20: Largest Expected Move — 17.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.80$26.60$31.60$31.60$27.97
Max Pain$31.24$28.84$33.64$33.64$28.84
ATM IV48.8%36.7%62.2%36.7%46.1%
Expected Move13.9%10.5%17.8%10.5%13.2%
HV 20d40.5%29.1%50.1%29.1%49.9%
HV 60d32.4%27.6%36.9%27.6%36.9%
IV Rank29.5%11.2%49.8%11.2%25.4%
IV Percentile54.6%12.7%89.7%12.7%45.2%
Term Structure1.5%-2.2%4.0%0.8%3.5%
VWIV48.4%37.0%60.5%37.0%46.6%
Skew 25d5.9%1.6%11.3%3.1%8.1%
Skew 10d11.2%2.5%23.0%2.6%16.1%
Call IV 25d46.7%36.4%58.8%36.4%44.9%
Put IV 25d52.6%39.4%67.4%39.4%53.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.572.897.474.094.51
Gamma HHI0.150.120.200.200.13
Net GEX1.6M178.5K3.1M1.9M2.6M
Net DEX79.4M-10.7M174.4M-10.7M37.0M
Net VEX-2.5M-2.7M-2.2M-2.4M-2.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.141.950.630.25
Total Volume28,603.514,12668,73320,35016,818
Total OI499,200.7446,463553,599446,463497,384

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-05-03$31.60$33.6436.7%10.5%29.1%11.2%37.0%3.1%0.8%1.9M-10.7M-2.4M0.634.09N/AN/A12,5227,828275,252171,211
2010-05-04$30.23$33.6441.0%11.7%30.4%17.7%42.1%3.8%0.8%843.7K52.8M-2.3M1.133.30N/AN/A23,19426,192278,856173,745
2010-05-05$29.94$33.6443.2%12.4%30.2%21.1%42.3%3.2%1.5%1.1M61.9M-2.5M0.832.89N/AN/A11,8139,843291,809186,869
2010-05-06$28.69$33.6453.4%15.3%31.8%36.5%55.2%2.5%-1.4%1.4M82.6M-2.4M0.567.47N/AN/A12,9967,311290,538183,066
2010-05-07$28.84$31.2452.0%14.6%31.2%34.5%51.2%6.0%2.0%1.4M82.4M-2.4M1.957.13N/AN/A12,48624,301289,870182,904
2010-05-10$30.25$31.2449.2%12.4%36.5%30.2%44.3%6.8%2.6%1.4M56.0M-2.7M0.346.07N/AN/A32,66411,131291,996197,527
2010-05-11$29.15$31.2447.4%12.9%37.9%27.5%44.5%4.1%1.6%680.2K127.4M-2.7M0.584.14N/AN/A15,5079,070311,141211,690
2010-05-12$29.94$31.2443.1%12.4%39.7%21.0%41.9%4.1%1.8%178.5K90.4M-2.6M0.613.70N/AN/A15,2929,397288,504204,225
2010-05-13$30.76$31.2443.1%12.4%41.5%20.9%43.7%1.6%1.8%1.0M25.8M-2.6M0.144.23N/AN/A60,0448,689294,891200,036
2010-05-14$29.70$31.2449.6%14.2%42.0%30.7%50.8%4.7%1.2%2.0M57.0M-2.7M0.835.46N/AN/A12,39810,296330,101203,749
2010-05-17$29.08$31.2449.9%14.3%42.3%31.2%50.0%2.9%1.3%1.8M93.8M-2.6M0.594.25N/AN/A17,56210,401339,984209,594
2010-05-18$28.40$31.2449.9%14.3%42.6%31.3%50.1%6.6%1.0%2.3M109.6M-2.5M0.735.00N/AN/A10,7007,760350,600202,999
2010-05-19$28.31$31.2450.5%14.5%42.6%32.1%50.5%7.8%2.1%1.8M125.0M-2.5M0.774.59N/AN/A11,8889,100338,935203,644
2010-05-20$26.60$31.2462.2%17.8%46.2%49.8%60.5%8.6%-2.2%1.7M174.4M-2.2M0.644.86N/AN/A22,44814,471338,144205,891
2010-05-21$27.27$31.2458.0%16.6%46.8%43.5%56.2%10.8%1.7%2.1M155.8M-2.3M1.335.06N/AN/A13,84518,426339,602203,933
2010-05-24$26.65$31.2451.1%14.6%46.9%33.0%50.5%5.9%3.4%1.4M92.1M-2.2M0.263.36N/AN/A12,8703,288289,963168,890
2010-05-25$27.15$28.8454.3%15.6%46.4%37.9%52.8%8.8%1.8%2.0M70.0M-2.3M0.893.40N/AN/A19,42917,291297,763169,684
2010-05-26$27.03$28.8451.5%14.8%46.0%33.7%49.6%7.1%1.3%1.8M78.5M-2.2M0.553.62N/AN/A9,1155,011305,432175,858
2010-05-27$28.40$28.8443.6%12.5%50.1%21.7%47.9%11.3%4.0%3.1M26.1M-2.4M0.494.24N/AN/A12,5186,155309,612178,122
2010-05-28$27.97$28.8446.1%13.2%49.9%25.4%46.6%8.1%3.5%2.6M37.0M-2.4M0.254.51N/AN/A13,4093,409315,742181,642