AA Options History — July 2011

In July 2011, AA traded between $35.40 and $39.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.9%, placing in the 23.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.6% (HV 20d: 26.3%). Max pain ranged from $38.45 to $40.85. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2011-07-11: Highest Volume — 77,534 contracts
  • 2011-07-11: Largest IV spike — 47.8% change
  • 2011-07-11: Highest IV Rank — 81.1%
  • 2011-07-11: Largest Expected Move — 10.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.67$35.40$39.63$39.19$35.40
Max Pain$38.57$38.45$40.85$40.85$38.45
ATM IV32.9%27.8%58.5%32.1%33.8%
Expected Move8.9%8.0%10.1%9.2%9.7%
HV 20d26.3%24.0%27.8%27.3%26.5%
HV 60d27.1%26.0%28.9%28.7%26.9%
IV Rank23.8%11.8%81.1%19.6%28.8%
IV Percentile44.2%11.5%99.6%46.8%66.3%
Term Structure0.4%-1.6%3.3%-1.6%-0.8%
VWIV31.3%28.6%35.7%32.0%35.2%
Skew 25d1.8%-0.9%5.4%5.4%0.9%
Skew 10d3.7%-1.3%10.4%8.7%1.5%
Call IV 25d30.9%28.7%35.0%29.7%35.0%
Put IV 25d32.7%29.1%38.1%35.1%35.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.332.915.612.915.46
Gamma HHI0.210.150.280.220.15
Net GEX5.2M896.0K10.0M6.0M1.6M
Net DEX104.2M-28.2M266.9M35.9M198.8M
Net VEX-2.9M-3.0M-2.7M-3.0M-2.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.173.460.210.31
Total Volume26,745.554,21677,53419,36912,683
Total OI528,139.15441,678614,738552,518494,716

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-07-01$39.19$40.8532.1%9.2%27.3%19.6%32.0%5.4%-1.6%6.0M35.9M-3.0M0.212.91N/AN/A15,9713,398267,839284,679
2011-07-05$39.39$38.4534.2%9.2%26.1%24.4%30.0%5.2%0.5%7.1M4.9M-2.9M0.614.65N/AN/A26,37516,049273,491285,015
2011-07-06$39.02$38.4534.6%9.1%26.4%25.4%31.6%4.2%0.6%8.2M36.3M-3.0M0.244.88N/AN/A10,2702,432283,164289,131
2011-07-07$39.63$38.4535.4%9.0%25.8%27.1%30.7%4.7%0.8%8.6M-28.2M-3.0M0.264.94N/AN/A22,6455,939280,099282,501
2011-07-08$39.36$38.4539.6%9.3%26.0%36.9%31.7%3.5%0.1%8.2M-6.3M-2.9M0.404.87N/AN/A24,1349,685283,529284,121
2011-07-11$38.23$38.4558.5%10.1%27.8%81.1%35.7%3.7%-1.5%6.0M108.6M-2.9M0.614.60N/AN/A48,27129,263287,991287,708
2011-07-12$37.75$38.4531.1%8.9%27.8%21.3%31.5%1.1%0.6%6.8M174.6M-2.8M0.463.98N/AN/A41,96319,393300,819299,325
2011-07-13$38.09$38.4527.8%8.5%27.1%11.8%30.5%1.8%1.5%10.0M118.7M-2.9M0.383.50N/AN/A16,1266,149307,759294,363
2011-07-14$37.15$38.4531.1%8.9%26.4%21.3%31.0%2.3%2.7%3.6M224.4M-2.8M3.465.44N/AN/A9,16231,712306,551297,618
2011-07-15$37.20$38.4529.8%8.5%26.0%17.4%30.4%1.9%3.3%3.0M266.9M-2.8M2.493.82N/AN/A12,64331,511305,306309,432
2011-07-18$36.45$38.4530.5%8.7%27.1%19.4%31.5%1.3%1.6%896.0K153.7M-2.7M0.723.12N/AN/A14,62810,592209,167232,511
2011-07-19$37.10$38.4530.9%8.8%27.7%20.5%30.8%0.7%0.5%2.2M112.7M-2.8M0.173.83N/AN/A23,6283,905216,454236,180
2011-07-20$37.27$38.4529.3%8.4%24.0%16.0%29.7%0.1%0.4%3.9M98.4M-2.9M0.205.61N/AN/A22,1464,482227,396237,965
2011-07-21$37.90$38.4529.1%8.4%24.6%15.5%29.7%0.9%-0.2%5.8M43.5M-3.0M0.383.47N/AN/A9,1663,467237,225238,367
2011-07-22$38.04$38.4528.0%8.0%24.6%12.2%28.6%-0.2%0.1%6.3M30.2M-3.0M0.313.68N/AN/A3,228988239,206239,370
2011-07-25$37.61$38.4529.4%8.4%25.0%16.2%30.7%-0.9%-0.6%5.8M61.2M-2.9M0.454.31N/AN/A6,8113,032240,365239,697
2011-07-26$37.20$38.4529.3%8.4%25.4%16.0%29.8%0.1%0.3%5.3M83.6M-2.8M0.624.25N/AN/A4,9943,094244,998240,087
2011-07-27$35.88$38.4531.6%9.1%27.0%22.6%32.3%0.5%0.1%2.3M173.7M-2.8M0.764.09N/AN/A8,5596,486245,883242,293
2011-07-28$35.64$38.4531.4%9.0%26.5%21.9%32.4%-0.1%0.1%1.6M191.8M-2.7M1.125.17N/AN/A4,6795,252247,186243,276
2011-07-29$35.40$38.4533.8%9.7%26.5%28.8%35.2%0.9%-0.8%1.6M198.8M-2.7M0.315.46N/AN/A9,6972,986249,325245,391