AA Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, AA traded between $20.95 and $26.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.8%, placing in the 65.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.9% (HV 20d: 52.6%). Max pain ranged from $24.03 to $24.03. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.00.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-09: Highest Volume — 54,570 contracts
  • 2015-10-09: Largest IV drop — 9.9% change
  • 2015-10-01: Highest IV Rank — 96.3%
  • 2015-10-01: Largest Expected Move — 16.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.20$20.95$26.43$22.66$21.53
Max Pain$24.03$24.03$24.03$24.03$24.03
ATM IV42.8%39.3%52.8%52.8%39.4%
Expected Move12.4%11.1%16.7%16.7%11.7%
HV 20d52.6%38.3%57.2%39.5%51.5%
HV 60d48.4%42.6%49.6%42.7%49.3%
IV Rank65.2%54.3%96.3%96.3%55.0%
IV Percentile84.9%76.2%99.2%99.2%76.2%
Term Structure-0.8%-2.5%0.9%-1.0%0.5%
VWIV44.1%39.3%58.7%56.5%41.3%
Skew 25d3.7%2.1%5.4%4.7%3.8%
Skew 10d7.4%3.6%13.6%4.8%5.0%
Call IV 25d42.3%38.5%52.7%52.7%39.4%
Put IV 25d46.0%42.0%57.4%57.4%43.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.772.399.929.923.40
Gamma HHI0.180.150.230.190.16
Net GEX1.4M-303.3K4.2M1.6M779.9K
Net DEX59.4M-106.0M122.7M80.5M97.9M
Net VEX-1.5M-1.8M-1.2M-1.6M-1.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.000.433.041.070.76
Total Volume26,724.68210,73854,57021,11214,820
Total OI424,877.545374,736471,547444,084417,065

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$22.66$24.0352.8%16.7%39.5%96.3%56.5%4.7%-1.0%1.6M80.5M-1.6M1.079.92N/AN/A10,21810,894261,657182,427
2015-10-02$22.83$24.0351.4%16.5%38.3%91.7%58.7%3.9%-1.3%1.4M76.8M-1.6M2.155.79N/AN/A8,19517,594260,543184,529
2015-10-05$25.02$24.0346.6%13.2%50.2%76.9%46.0%4.9%-0.5%3.8M-31.7M-1.7M0.432.93N/AN/A24,42410,536253,851175,352
2015-10-06$26.31$24.0345.9%12.5%52.6%74.9%46.6%3.5%-0.8%4.1M-105.8M-1.8M0.544.50N/AN/A24,20813,144257,076180,858
2015-10-07$26.31$24.0345.3%12.4%51.9%73.0%44.8%5.1%-1.2%4.2M-106.0M-1.8M0.945.11N/AN/A21,25519,950259,850184,775
2015-10-08$26.43$24.0347.9%12.9%51.9%80.9%47.5%4.6%-2.5%4.0M-104.1M-1.8M1.164.35N/AN/A23,73027,635263,422192,342
2015-10-09$24.87$24.0343.1%12.7%57.2%66.2%44.5%5.4%0.0%2.2M17.2M-1.6M2.103.99N/AN/A17,57636,994267,760203,787
2015-10-12$24.17$24.0341.5%11.9%57.1%61.4%42.8%2.2%0.2%1.1M67.7M-1.6M0.863.57N/AN/A12,07610,431253,330198,698
2015-10-13$24.10$24.0340.7%11.5%56.4%58.9%40.4%4.8%-1.0%1.6M73.0M-1.5M0.732.72N/AN/A13,2089,693256,838195,911
2015-10-14$23.98$24.0339.7%11.2%55.8%55.8%39.3%3.2%-1.1%2.0M73.4M-1.5M0.923.29N/AN/A7,1706,577261,843195,628
2015-10-15$23.24$24.0339.7%11.1%56.8%55.7%40.4%3.9%-1.6%1.2M111.4M-1.4M1.173.50N/AN/A10,03111,707263,027194,752
2015-10-16$22.95$24.0339.3%11.2%57.0%54.3%40.0%4.1%-0.2%336.3K115.3M-1.4M0.782.39N/AN/A17,32213,517265,026191,630
2015-10-19$22.64$24.0339.7%11.4%57.1%55.6%40.5%3.2%-1.5%370.4K91.0M-1.3M0.863.30N/AN/A10,6129,177215,032159,704
2015-10-20$22.56$24.0340.0%11.4%54.2%56.5%41.7%3.6%-1.5%453.8K92.8M-1.3M0.453.01N/AN/A10,8354,854219,625160,918
2015-10-21$21.92$24.0341.1%11.8%54.5%60.0%41.0%2.1%-1.9%-230.0K109.2M-1.3M0.823.27N/AN/A8,8897,268221,482161,571
2015-10-22$21.87$24.0340.9%11.8%54.5%59.3%41.1%2.8%-1.6%-303.3K107.2M-1.3M0.643.35N/AN/A18,51611,810224,758162,035
2015-10-23$21.92$24.0340.1%11.6%54.4%56.9%41.1%2.9%-1.5%248.0K101.7M-1.3M0.742.87N/AN/A11,5648,536235,232161,542
2015-10-26$21.07$24.0342.5%12.8%51.6%64.4%45.7%2.8%0.0%173.0K120.7M-1.2M0.722.39N/AN/A14,60410,486228,117158,065
2015-10-27$20.95$24.0342.5%12.6%51.4%64.5%43.8%3.4%-0.0%193.5K122.7M-1.2M3.043.00N/AN/A9,06727,558234,488160,006
2015-10-28$21.58$24.0340.8%12.2%52.0%59.2%43.0%3.5%0.4%521.9K99.8M-1.3M0.443.57N/AN/A14,2786,246237,778170,803
2015-10-29$21.55$24.0339.8%12.0%51.6%55.9%43.5%3.4%0.9%838.7K96.0M-1.3M0.642.69N/AN/A6,5394,199244,106170,067
2015-10-30$21.53$24.0339.4%11.7%51.5%55.0%41.3%3.8%0.5%779.9K97.9M-1.3M0.763.40N/AN/A8,4186,402246,979170,086