AA Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, AA traded between $33.52 and $43.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.6%, placing in the 22.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 47.0%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-03: Highest Volume — 64,515 contracts
  • 2018-10-18: Largest IV drop — 16.1% change
  • 2018-10-11: Highest IV Rank — 32.3%
  • 2018-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 15.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.53$33.52$43.06$40.62$35.19
Max Pain$40.96$40.00$42.00$41.00$40.00
ATM IV44.6%38.2%50.5%41.2%45.1%
Expected Move13.1%11.2%15.1%12.6%14.2%
HV 20d47.0%32.0%59.5%38.5%59.4%
HV 60d46.8%41.3%51.6%47.6%48.7%
IV Rank22.8%12.7%32.3%17.5%23.6%
IV Percentile89.6%59.9%99.6%84.5%93.7%
Term Structure-1.2%-2.7%0.4%-1.0%-0.3%
VWIV45.8%39.0%52.8%43.5%48.3%
Skew 25d2.9%0.9%4.0%2.7%3.3%
Skew 10d6.4%2.6%8.8%6.1%8.4%
Call IV 25d43.8%36.2%50.9%39.7%44.0%
Put IV 25d46.6%39.8%54.1%42.4%47.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.5011.9124.2416.5921.00
Gamma HHI0.100.060.250.140.09
Net GEX1.1M-1.9M8.3M2.5M593.2K
Net DEX58.8M-60.6M127.4M22.6M53.4M
Net VEX-660.0K-797.2K-541.0K-671.6K-725.2K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.161.840.320.44
Total Volume19,633.0435,83864,51513,2487,526
Total OI156,819.739130,946189,045140,047147,427

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$40.62$41.0041.2%12.6%38.5%17.5%43.5%2.7%-1.0%2.5M22.6M-671.6K0.3216.59N/AN/A10,0493,19980,84259,205
2018-10-02$41.66$41.0040.4%12.7%38.8%16.2%45.2%2.6%-1.4%4.7M-17.0M-723.4K0.4519.29N/AN/A12,7075,66687,53359,890
2018-10-03$42.74$41.0040.4%12.9%39.8%16.3%45.5%1.8%-1.3%8.3M-60.6M-763.9K0.3517.67N/AN/A47,61216,90394,40460,857
2018-10-04$43.06$42.0042.0%11.5%32.0%18.7%40.3%2.4%-1.2%7.9M-40.5M-785.8K0.1613.98N/AN/A28,0674,47093,06864,890
2018-10-05$42.07$42.0042.3%11.6%32.7%19.2%40.7%2.5%-1.8%5.8M-5.6M-767.8K0.4016.08N/AN/A11,7554,734100,65865,962
2018-10-08$38.72$42.0045.2%12.4%43.1%23.8%44.7%1.6%-1.7%97.4K82.9M-624.2K1.0011.91N/AN/A13,76613,76389,96964,814
2018-10-09$37.68$42.0045.7%12.7%43.0%24.6%44.5%0.9%-1.0%-906.3K99.2M-611.1K0.9416.08N/AN/A7,8947,40796,56070,032
2018-10-10$36.14$42.0049.0%13.5%43.4%29.9%47.3%2.1%-1.8%-1.7M120.1M-580.7K1.4214.61N/AN/A6,1478,71598,85371,219
2018-10-11$35.78$42.0050.5%14.2%43.4%32.3%48.8%3.2%-1.0%-1.9M123.1M-568.3K1.3017.04N/AN/A5,2046,76599,80172,266
2018-10-12$35.77$42.0049.5%13.9%41.6%30.7%48.1%3.4%-1.8%-1.9M127.4M-552.0K0.4113.63N/AN/A12,5085,168100,63974,094
2018-10-15$35.51$42.0049.1%13.9%41.4%30.0%48.5%2.8%-1.8%-1.4M114.0M-541.0K0.7513.09N/AN/A5,6834,27299,46569,680
2018-10-16$36.24$42.0047.9%13.7%42.5%28.2%47.7%2.8%-2.5%-1.2M102.9M-551.2K1.1524.24N/AN/A5,2736,08095,81869,661
2018-10-17$36.43$41.0047.8%13.7%42.8%28.0%47.8%3.0%-2.7%-1.1M98.9M-578.3K0.6816.57N/AN/A13,2669,06097,71772,484
2018-10-18$39.00$40.0040.1%11.6%50.4%15.8%41.3%3.1%-2.0%3.0M32.1M-621.1K0.6318.77N/AN/A25,51916,146106,59076,376
2018-10-19$38.78$40.0038.4%11.2%49.6%13.1%39.1%2.9%-1.7%4.6M46.3M-614.0K0.9417.40N/AN/A17,98416,832111,59077,455
2018-10-22$39.66$40.0038.2%11.2%48.7%12.7%39.0%3.5%0.1%980.6K4.1M-797.2K1.6716.72N/AN/A6,95911,60670,65860,288
2018-10-23$37.29$40.0040.7%12.2%52.9%16.8%42.6%3.5%-0.5%-293.5K47.6M-748.0K1.8417.60N/AN/A6,22411,46373,91061,700
2018-10-24$34.30$40.0044.9%13.7%59.4%23.3%48.0%3.9%-0.8%-1.2M88.1M-652.5K0.8517.70N/AN/A6,9835,91674,94562,986
2018-10-25$34.59$40.0044.0%13.4%59.5%22.0%47.0%3.3%0.4%-1.2M84.6M-667.6K0.7017.41N/AN/A5,6163,95476,25964,319
2018-10-26$34.39$40.0047.0%15.1%59.5%26.8%51.8%3.2%-0.7%-810.9K84.5M-671.7K0.3522.65N/AN/A14,5675,13777,36564,495
2018-10-29$33.52$40.0048.3%14.9%59.5%28.7%50.9%3.3%-0.6%-260.9K75.3M-672.5K0.4719.75N/AN/A4,8702,28782,07562,093
2018-10-30$34.16$40.0047.3%15.1%59.1%27.2%52.8%4.0%-0.2%71.7K68.8M-690.7K0.7922.77N/AN/A3,2602,57884,02561,917
2018-10-31$35.19$40.0045.1%14.2%59.4%23.6%48.3%3.3%-0.3%593.2K53.4M-725.2K0.4421.00N/AN/A5,2122,31485,03462,393