AA Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, AA traded between $34.75 and $41.55. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.6%, placing in the 33.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.5% (HV 20d: 31.1%). Max pain ranged from $36.05 to $43.25. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.85.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-09: Highest Volume — 52,205 contracts
  • 2014-12-08: Largest IV spike — 12.6% change
  • 2014-12-16: Highest IV Rank — 52.2%
  • 2014-12-16: Largest Expected Move — 12.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.27$34.75$41.55$41.14$37.94
Max Pain$39.43$36.05$43.25$43.25$38.45
ATM IV35.6%26.8%45.7%28.0%35.6%
Expected Move10.2%8.7%12.3%8.8%9.9%
HV 20d31.1%23.2%37.8%25.8%34.4%
HV 60d33.4%31.4%35.9%31.5%33.7%
IV Rank33.2%16.6%52.2%18.9%33.3%
IV Percentile73.0%32.5%96.0%40.9%77.0%
Term Structure0.8%-1.7%4.2%0.9%-0.4%
VWIV35.7%29.5%42.0%31.2%36.6%
Skew 25d4.5%2.6%6.5%2.6%3.3%
Skew 10d8.9%5.5%14.0%6.7%7.5%
Call IV 25d34.5%25.3%45.0%27.5%35.2%
Put IV 25d39.0%28.2%49.6%30.2%38.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.063.096.806.623.09
Gamma HHI0.180.150.240.160.20
Net GEX999.9K-7.1M6.4M4.3M5.0M
Net DEX-377.0M-605.8M-89.5M-577.1M-387.2M
Net VEX-2.0M-2.1M-1.7M-2.1M-1.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.850.263.260.481.22
Total Volume18,122.6367,22052,20516,2888,460
Total OI500,318.727466,292522,858502,457475,988

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$41.14$43.2528.0%8.8%25.8%18.9%31.2%2.6%0.9%4.3M-577.1M-2.1M0.486.62N/AN/A10,9735,315255,675246,782
2014-12-02$41.55$40.8526.8%8.8%25.8%16.6%30.8%4.0%0.8%5.2M-599.6M-2.1M0.715.70N/AN/A5,0743,602255,089247,865
2014-12-03$41.31$40.8527.2%8.7%24.6%17.3%31.3%3.2%1.4%6.4M-604.7M-2.0M0.714.80N/AN/A4,4583,147256,815248,333
2014-12-04$41.43$40.8527.1%8.7%23.2%17.2%29.5%2.8%1.3%5.9M-605.8M-2.0M0.334.18N/AN/A5,4481,772257,548249,174
2014-12-05$40.66$40.8526.8%8.8%24.4%16.6%30.5%3.8%0.1%2.9M-546.1M-2.0M0.614.64N/AN/A9,6375,896258,763249,267
2014-12-08$39.14$40.8530.1%9.5%28.1%22.9%32.2%3.7%3.6%495.8K-440.9M-2.0M1.085.03N/AN/A9,50910,287256,931248,406
2014-12-09$38.52$40.8532.2%9.7%28.7%26.8%33.7%4.4%3.8%-1.7M-379.2M-2.0M3.264.21N/AN/A12,25639,949258,431249,980
2014-12-10$37.44$40.8534.8%10.4%30.1%31.6%36.3%3.3%4.2%-4.0M-275.6M-2.1M0.475.80N/AN/A7,4793,499259,986257,199
2014-12-11$36.36$40.8537.2%10.7%29.3%36.2%37.9%3.9%4.0%-5.4M-202.3M-2.0M0.394.90N/AN/A13,3405,253261,642254,526
2014-12-12$35.73$38.4541.2%11.6%29.6%43.7%40.3%3.7%3.7%-5.4M-161.1M-2.1M0.966.80N/AN/A10,3859,936264,106255,434
2014-12-15$35.92$38.4543.8%11.7%29.2%48.6%41.2%4.8%-1.4%-6.4M-179.9M-2.1M1.175.84N/AN/A11,68713,682263,844257,348
2014-12-16$34.75$38.4545.7%12.3%30.8%52.2%41.4%4.3%-1.7%-5.8M-89.5M-2.0M0.534.67N/AN/A24,16112,740267,025255,833
2014-12-17$36.12$38.4545.3%12.0%33.6%51.5%42.0%5.8%-0.2%-7.1M-189.3M-2.0M0.265.96N/AN/A36,7299,700260,340254,748
2014-12-18$37.90$36.0540.8%10.9%37.8%42.9%38.9%5.0%0.2%1.4M-362.8M-2.0M0.645.02N/AN/A17,73811,298266,398255,597
2014-12-19$38.30$38.4537.3%10.4%36.8%36.5%36.3%4.7%0.3%402.1K-403.9M-1.9M0.355.35N/AN/A10,5083,727266,964254,092
2014-12-22$37.82$38.4539.5%10.4%35.8%40.5%36.6%6.5%-0.9%4.2M-375.3M-1.9M1.385.17N/AN/A7,1529,865252,481213,811
2014-12-23$37.87$38.4536.9%10.1%35.8%35.7%35.0%6.2%-0.3%4.1M-374.2M-1.9M0.684.07N/AN/A4,8353,302254,414217,436
2014-12-24$37.90$38.4536.6%10.1%35.5%35.1%36.3%6.4%-0.3%4.3M-377.8M-1.9M0.925.28N/AN/A3,9933,660255,097219,496
2014-12-26$38.06$38.4536.7%10.1%35.0%35.3%35.8%5.2%-1.0%4.2M-389.1M-1.8M0.624.93N/AN/A6,3063,903255,506219,583
2014-12-29$38.06$38.4536.9%10.2%34.8%35.7%36.3%6.2%-0.3%4.5M-390.7M-1.8M0.774.39N/AN/A4,4813,444254,934218,956
2014-12-30$38.09$38.4536.8%9.9%34.7%35.5%34.7%5.5%-0.9%4.4M-382.3M-1.8M1.264.79N/AN/A4,4735,639255,806219,363
2014-12-31$37.94$38.4535.6%9.9%34.4%33.3%36.6%3.3%-0.4%5.0M-387.2M-1.7M1.223.09N/AN/A3,8104,650256,060219,928