AAL Options History — July 2014

In July 2014, AAL traded between $38.85 and $43.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.3%, placing in the 60.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 38.3%). Max pain ranged from $36.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2014-07-30: Highest Volume — 108,539 contracts
  • 2014-07-31: Largest IV spike — 6.9% change
  • 2014-07-08: Highest IV Rank — 98.2%
  • 2014-07-08: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.84$38.85$43.86$43.86$38.85
Max Pain$38.32$36.00$40.00$37.00$39.00
ATM IV40.3%35.4%46.5%40.6%40.1%
Expected Move11.1%10.6%11.7%10.7%11.4%
HV 20d38.3%35.5%42.1%37.3%35.5%
HV 60d33.1%31.7%35.1%33.4%33.3%
IV Rank60.9%31.7%98.2%62.9%59.6%
IV Percentile71.5%31.3%99.3%83.6%72.3%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.5%3.0%-1.3%0.9%
VWIV39.0%37.6%41.9%38.1%39.1%
Skew 25d2.9%-1.8%5.4%5.4%1.7%
Skew 10d5.1%-3.4%12.1%9.4%3.4%
Call IV 25d39.6%34.4%45.1%38.2%39.3%
Put IV 25d42.5%38.5%48.9%43.7%41.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %19.4814.7130.5115.3818.37
Gamma HHI0.110.100.190.130.10
Net GEX22.8M11.5M33.7M21.1M15.6M
Net DEX-941.5M-1.24B-475.5M-1.08B-475.5M
Net VEX-3.1M-3.4M-2.9M-3.1M-3.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.230.750.260.35
Total Volume45,104.514,523108,53922,78858,268
Total OI584,359.455531,975641,033531,975584,484

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-07-01$43.86$37.0040.6%10.7%37.3%62.9%38.1%5.4%-1.3%21.1M-1.08B-3.1M0.2615.3818,0164,772389,165142,810
2014-07-02$41.95$37.0042.2%10.9%39.1%72.2%39.0%2.1%-1.1%17.6M-878.2M-3.1M0.7519.8831,21023,509397,050145,730
2014-07-03$41.62$36.0042.4%10.9%39.0%73.6%38.2%3.6%0.8%11.5M-856.5M-3.2M0.7519.2310,4287,770413,440156,469
2014-07-07$40.10$40.0044.5%11.4%38.7%86.1%40.1%2.9%-1.0%13.9M-709.5M-3.1M0.6021.2428,42616,958401,256150,781
2014-07-08$40.26$40.0046.5%11.7%38.9%98.2%41.9%3.8%-2.3%14.1M-732.4M-3.2M0.2919.8779,98923,254413,267161,574
2014-07-09$41.99$39.0044.3%11.6%42.1%84.7%40.0%3.0%-2.5%25.3M-1.04B-3.3M0.2828.6545,55012,591451,074168,549
2014-07-10$42.82$39.0042.8%11.5%41.2%75.7%40.5%3.6%-0.7%29.2M-1.16B-3.4M0.4121.2928,12711,521458,406171,654
2014-07-11$42.88$37.0041.9%11.3%36.5%70.4%38.5%4.0%-0.9%32.9M-1.20B-3.3M0.3015.5525,0177,431465,118175,915
2014-07-14$42.98$37.0040.1%11.1%36.5%59.9%39.4%3.8%0.8%29.3M-1.15B-3.2M0.4214.8114,7686,140445,863159,438
2014-07-15$43.70$38.0040.0%11.1%36.5%59.4%39.1%3.1%0.1%31.2M-1.24B-3.2M0.2316.5515,3473,577448,582160,579
2014-07-16$43.48$38.0039.7%11.1%36.1%57.4%38.8%2.7%-0.1%32.7M-1.22B-3.1M0.5314.719,5155,008451,693160,932
2014-07-17$41.70$39.0041.3%11.1%38.7%66.9%39.4%3.1%3.0%25.8M-955.5M-3.1M0.4219.6030,30412,743444,863159,273
2014-07-18$42.92$37.0040.0%11.2%40.0%59.3%39.0%3.4%0.8%33.7M-1.13B-3.1M0.5016.6129,91515,043453,037164,089
2014-07-21$42.48$37.0040.1%11.2%38.0%59.6%39.7%2.1%-1.4%21.9M-994.5M-3.0M0.2918.8218,4055,348401,375136,125
2014-07-22$42.38$39.0038.7%11.1%38.0%51.7%37.8%1.6%-0.5%23.5M-986.6M-3.0M0.4417.3112,7285,649407,884139,910
2014-07-23$43.33$39.0036.8%11.1%37.7%40.2%39.5%4.2%-0.2%26.0M-1.10B-3.0M0.5117.1235,03917,771414,295142,286
2014-07-24$42.16$39.0035.4%10.6%38.4%31.7%37.9%4.0%0.4%25.4M-933.6M-2.9M0.4030.5145,23418,028423,030155,373
2014-07-25$41.68$39.0036.2%10.8%38.0%36.7%39.3%3.1%0.7%22.2M-855.7M-2.9M0.3418.6536,73812,390431,531163,945
2014-07-28$40.29$39.0037.3%10.8%39.4%42.8%37.7%2.8%0.9%16.5M-713.2M-2.9M0.3123.0347,28714,793407,757151,504
2014-07-29$39.53$39.0037.9%10.9%39.2%46.4%37.6%-1.8%-0.3%15.6M-646.9M-2.9M0.3820.6128,34210,811425,294159,097
2014-07-30$39.55$39.0037.5%11.1%38.1%44.2%38.2%1.4%-0.9%17.2M-652.4M-3.0M0.2620.6886,39822,141439,214162,197
2014-07-31$38.85$39.0040.1%11.4%35.5%59.6%39.1%1.7%0.9%15.6M-475.5M-3.0M0.3518.3743,28114,987418,080166,404