AA Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, AA traded between $20.43 and $24.46. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.6%, placing in the 64.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 7.2% (HV 20d: 49.8%). Max pain ranged from $21.63 to $28.84. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.74.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-23: Highest Volume — 50,605 contracts
  • 2015-12-14: Largest IV spike — 9.3% change
  • 2015-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 87.1%
  • 2015-12-14: Largest Expected Move — 14.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.54$20.43$24.46$22.78$23.72
Max Pain$26.82$21.63$28.84$21.63$26.43
ATM IV42.6%34.3%49.9%34.3%42.6%
Expected Move13.1%10.2%14.7%10.2%13.2%
HV 20d49.8%45.8%55.2%47.4%50.5%
HV 60d48.2%44.4%50.2%45.6%44.4%
IV Rank64.5%39.0%87.1%39.0%64.7%
IV Percentile78.2%44.0%95.2%44.0%81.3%
Term Structure0.8%-2.7%7.3%0.8%-0.3%
VWIV46.0%35.9%51.7%35.9%48.1%
Skew 25d3.3%1.9%5.1%2.2%2.9%
Skew 10d7.2%3.2%12.2%4.4%4.9%
Call IV 25d42.3%34.3%50.7%34.3%42.3%
Put IV 25d45.7%36.5%55.5%36.5%45.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.462.2047.777.507.02
Gamma HHI0.190.140.250.250.23
Net GEX1.5M-751.5K3.6M2.4M3.0M
Net DEX91.9M-19.9M189.6M85.2M41.3M
Net VEX-1.3M-1.5M-1.1M-1.3M-1.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.740.553.501.822.19
Total Volume24,164.81810,02850,60516,58520,543
Total OI477,429.727456,488504,696457,166485,188

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$22.78$21.6334.3%10.2%47.4%39.0%35.9%2.2%0.8%2.4M85.2M-1.3M1.827.50N/AN/A5,88510,700251,891205,275
2015-12-02$22.54$22.8334.4%10.6%46.5%39.5%37.4%3.1%1.1%2.0M97.6M-1.4M2.1747.77N/AN/A6,95015,049254,586211,558
2015-12-03$21.60$28.8436.6%12.2%48.9%46.2%43.7%4.3%0.0%398.3K152.4M-1.2M3.102.35N/AN/A6,41119,858256,529213,919
2015-12-04$22.44$28.8435.9%12.3%50.1%44.0%42.6%2.7%0.3%857.3K112.7M-1.4M2.142.64N/AN/A7,54616,131258,135217,350
2015-12-07$21.72$28.8439.0%12.8%51.4%53.7%45.0%3.2%5.5%292.3K140.1M-1.3M0.582.71N/AN/A6,3333,695252,131211,290
2015-12-08$20.43$28.8442.2%14.1%52.5%63.4%46.3%3.7%7.3%-751.5K189.6M-1.1M1.782.28N/AN/A10,47818,644255,855214,325
2015-12-09$20.98$28.8442.0%13.4%52.2%62.8%47.5%4.0%4.7%-337.9K169.6M-1.2M2.152.94N/AN/A6,24013,398260,327213,715
2015-12-10$22.11$28.8442.3%13.7%55.2%63.7%48.2%3.0%6.5%926.3K114.5M-1.3M1.002.51N/AN/A19,22019,212262,286214,258
2015-12-11$21.27$28.8445.6%14.4%50.4%74.1%51.7%5.1%7.3%172.4K155.4M-1.2M2.392.20N/AN/A8,97621,416268,162215,866
2015-12-14$21.63$26.4349.9%14.7%50.3%87.1%51.5%4.8%-1.8%314.1K139.3M-1.3M1.372.39N/AN/A10,74214,692265,849219,670
2015-12-15$21.94$26.4349.5%14.4%49.1%85.9%50.1%4.0%-2.0%1.1M106.0M-1.3M1.502.91N/AN/A12,75319,194270,941214,238
2015-12-16$22.18$26.4347.9%13.7%49.1%81.1%47.3%3.4%-1.6%1.0M101.7M-1.4M2.712.76N/AN/A4,86613,202279,002224,265
2015-12-17$22.01$26.4348.2%14.0%49.3%82.0%49.0%3.1%-2.7%729.1K109.4M-1.3M3.503.13N/AN/A4,08514,306279,770224,613
2015-12-18$22.25$26.4346.5%13.6%47.6%76.6%47.0%3.6%-2.6%540.5K99.0M-1.3M1.593.22N/AN/A8,91914,175280,240224,456
2015-12-21$22.40$26.4344.1%13.1%47.5%69.3%45.7%3.7%-0.3%977.0K106.3M-1.3M1.415.47N/AN/A7,86811,125252,788203,700
2015-12-22$22.92$26.4341.2%12.0%45.8%60.3%42.2%3.5%-0.4%2.5M76.5M-1.3M1.147.64N/AN/A10,29611,705257,577204,509
2015-12-23$24.46$26.4342.1%12.8%50.9%63.3%45.3%2.2%-0.3%2.5M-19.9M-1.5M0.558.33N/AN/A32,58418,021260,980204,710
2015-12-24$24.32$26.4342.5%12.7%49.9%64.3%45.3%1.9%-2.0%3.2M-17.3M-1.5M2.366.04N/AN/A5,19012,272271,031208,905
2015-12-28$24.01$26.4343.3%13.3%50.1%66.7%47.6%3.4%-0.4%3.1M21.7M-1.4M1.166.60N/AN/A10,53712,186266,315205,268
2015-12-29$24.32$26.4343.7%13.6%50.2%68.0%47.9%2.7%-1.3%3.6M13.2M-1.4M0.986.58N/AN/A10,69010,478270,554208,471
2015-12-30$23.91$26.4342.4%13.3%50.6%64.2%48.0%3.2%-0.2%3.5M27.8M-1.4M0.707.18N/AN/A14,72710,328273,978208,978
2015-12-31$23.72$26.4342.6%13.2%50.5%64.7%48.1%2.9%-0.3%3.0M41.3M-1.4M2.197.02N/AN/A6,43314,110275,156210,032