AA Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, AA traded between $40.18 and $43.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 41.2%, placing in the 17.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 42.2%). Max pain ranged from $41.00 to $46.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-26: Highest Volume — 32,853 contracts
  • 2018-09-06: Largest IV spike — 8.4% change
  • 2018-09-17: Highest IV Rank — 20.4%
  • 2018-09-11: Largest Expected Move — 13.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.94$40.18$43.78$43.39$40.37
Max Pain$44.53$41.00$46.00$44.00$41.00
ATM IV41.2%37.4%43.0%37.4%41.5%
Expected Move12.4%10.7%13.2%10.7%12.6%
HV 20d42.2%38.1%48.7%45.5%38.5%
HV 60d47.7%46.7%48.7%47.0%47.6%
IV Rank17.7%11.9%20.4%11.9%18.0%
IV Percentile86.2%58.3%96.4%58.3%88.1%
Term Structure0.6%-1.4%5.4%0.3%-1.1%
VWIV43.5%37.0%47.8%37.0%43.6%
Skew 25d2.0%1.0%3.0%1.0%2.3%
Skew 10d4.7%2.6%6.2%3.7%5.6%
Call IV 25d41.0%37.6%43.3%37.6%41.2%
Put IV 25d42.9%38.6%46.2%38.6%43.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %11.927.9816.2514.2914.41
Gamma HHI0.110.070.280.110.13
Net GEX4.4M-722.3K9.5M5.6M1.8M
Net DEX13.3M-36.2M70.4M-22.7M29.6M
Net VEX-731.4K-854.0K-610.6K-854.0K-684.3K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.171.720.660.86
Total Volume13,101.5267,16632,8539,4109,463
Total OI168,369110,774195,479162,143145,348

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$43.39$44.0037.4%10.7%45.5%11.9%37.0%1.0%0.3%5.6M-22.7M-854.0K0.6614.29N/AN/A5,6733,73798,78363,360
2018-09-05$42.81$44.0038.1%11.2%45.4%13.1%38.7%2.4%0.1%4.5M-3.0M-827.3K0.2116.25N/AN/A13,3012,836100,02763,844
2018-09-06$40.18$46.0041.3%12.8%48.4%18.2%45.3%1.3%-0.5%1.3M70.4M-710.9K0.448.10N/AN/A13,0345,706108,81164,669
2018-09-07$40.97$45.0042.5%13.0%48.7%20.0%45.2%1.9%-1.4%3.3M43.4M-774.2K0.2813.25N/AN/A16,6114,679115,99567,114
2018-09-10$42.04$45.0042.5%13.1%46.4%20.1%46.1%1.1%3.2%4.9M5.1M-800.7K0.4415.93N/AN/A6,6542,960110,94767,228
2018-09-11$40.87$45.0042.3%13.2%47.2%19.7%47.8%1.1%4.0%2.8M46.9M-738.0K0.558.77N/AN/A6,6703,645112,44267,771
2018-09-12$41.98$45.0041.6%13.0%48.5%18.6%45.8%1.0%3.6%5.3M10.2M-777.0K0.1911.02N/AN/A17,1763,229115,52269,179
2018-09-13$41.79$45.0040.4%12.8%39.7%16.6%44.8%1.5%4.7%6.7M2.0M-793.6K0.4810.86N/AN/A5,5682,688120,03670,336
2018-09-14$42.89$45.0040.3%12.6%40.1%16.5%44.0%2.0%5.4%8.5M-26.1M-789.7K0.6914.42N/AN/A4,5973,179121,15070,432
2018-09-17$42.98$45.0043.0%12.7%40.0%20.4%46.0%2.9%-0.6%9.5M-36.2M-763.6K0.408.04N/AN/A11,5994,680118,03768,906
2018-09-18$43.12$45.0040.8%11.9%40.0%16.8%41.8%1.8%-0.6%8.9M-16.2M-713.1K0.4412.49N/AN/A6,1602,708120,11869,783
2018-09-19$42.60$45.0041.8%12.0%38.9%18.4%42.1%2.7%-0.7%6.2M14.5M-677.7K1.7211.46N/AN/A4,0346,945122,52370,220
2018-09-20$42.91$45.0041.5%11.9%39.0%18.0%42.4%2.5%-0.8%5.1M8.0M-705.2K0.517.98N/AN/A5,8802,976120,72874,479
2018-09-21$43.78$45.0040.6%11.7%38.1%16.6%41.5%3.0%-0.4%6.5M-26.7M-703.6K0.3610.16N/AN/A8,3463,022120,81674,663
2018-09-24$42.00$45.0042.2%12.7%39.3%19.1%43.8%2.5%-1.2%478.0K26.7M-650.2K0.5015.17N/AN/A7,3163,63054,95955,815
2018-09-25$41.35$45.0041.9%12.3%39.4%18.6%43.0%2.2%-1.4%119.7K39.2M-631.2K0.5510.43N/AN/A6,5853,62356,48457,192
2018-09-26$40.28$45.0041.9%12.6%39.9%18.6%43.8%2.2%-0.8%-722.3K60.0M-610.6K0.1712.82N/AN/A28,1654,68858,28358,997
2018-09-27$40.49$41.0041.3%12.5%38.8%17.7%43.3%2.1%-0.9%1.8M28.0M-691.1K0.7410.68N/AN/A4,1243,04282,96261,052
2018-09-28$40.37$41.0041.5%12.6%38.5%18.0%43.6%2.3%-1.1%1.8M29.6M-684.3K0.8614.41N/AN/A5,0894,37483,87561,473