AAL Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, AAL traded between $36.86 and $40.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.2%, placing in the 36.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 33.1%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $39.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.47.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-08: Highest Volume — 91,178 contracts
  • 2014-08-18: Largest IV drop — 10.9% change
  • 2014-08-08: Highest IV Rank — 72.8%
  • 2014-08-07: Largest Expected Move — 12.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.82$36.86$40.66$39.43$38.88
Max Pain$39.00$39.00$39.00$39.00$39.00
ATM IV36.2%30.8%42.3%38.9%33.1%
Expected Move11.2%10.4%12.1%11.4%10.4%
HV 20d33.1%30.4%36.4%36.1%30.4%
HV 60d34.6%33.3%35.9%33.3%34.8%
IV Rank36.4%4.2%72.8%52.6%18.0%
IV Percentile40.5%2.4%92.5%63.5%16.5%
Term Structure0.2%-1.2%2.1%-0.4%0.3%
VWIV39.4%36.2%42.4%39.3%38.1%
Skew 25d3.5%1.3%5.9%3.2%2.0%
Skew 10d5.2%-1.0%11.4%5.0%5.7%
Call IV 25d35.4%29.6%41.3%39.6%32.5%
Put IV 25d39.0%33.1%46.4%42.8%34.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.7715.7225.9121.2125.91
Gamma HHI0.110.090.140.100.13
Net GEX20.5M11.4M29.3M18.4M20.8M
Net DEX-557.9M-763.5M-320.0M-549.7M-542.7M
Net VEX-3.2M-3.4M-2.9M-3.1M-3.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.470.321.180.880.43
Total Volume36,592.95216,97391,17836,00043,694
Total OI601,189.952522,937694,137604,228566,516

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$39.43$39.0038.9%11.4%36.1%52.6%39.3%3.2%-0.4%18.4M-549.7M-3.1M0.8821.2119,19116,809432,785171,443
2014-08-04$38.14$39.0039.6%11.4%35.6%56.9%39.2%1.3%0.0%15.5M-440.9M-2.9M0.4323.9432,09213,844417,748163,350
2014-08-05$37.18$39.0041.3%11.5%36.4%67.0%40.5%3.3%0.2%12.1M-344.8M-2.9M0.5021.5732,24116,199425,542169,704
2014-08-06$37.46$39.0041.3%12.0%32.5%66.9%41.2%5.3%0.9%13.4M-369.4M-3.0M0.3819.4831,00311,766440,932178,958
2014-08-07$36.86$39.0042.2%12.1%31.3%72.1%41.7%5.1%-0.2%11.4M-320.0M-3.0M0.3320.6937,23412,168450,774183,110
2014-08-08$37.18$39.0042.3%11.9%31.6%72.8%42.4%4.8%0.3%12.8M-352.5M-3.1M0.3421.6568,15023,028472,079190,656
2014-08-11$37.97$39.0040.5%11.9%33.1%62.3%41.5%5.9%-0.9%20.7M-530.0M-3.4M0.3218.3724,1307,769496,455187,856
2014-08-12$37.52$39.0039.9%11.7%32.0%58.5%39.9%3.3%-0.5%18.7M-460.0M-3.2M0.5119.0521,00310,773500,835189,452
2014-08-13$38.12$39.0038.0%11.9%33.0%47.2%41.0%3.9%-1.0%24.5M-519.3M-3.3M0.4918.8517,9918,831500,047194,090
2014-08-14$39.57$39.0036.1%11.3%33.8%36.0%40.1%3.9%-1.2%29.3M-714.2M-3.3M0.4317.4430,02012,818490,917192,257
2014-08-15$39.19$39.0036.7%11.4%31.7%39.3%39.7%2.9%-0.7%28.4M-676.2M-3.3M0.6419.0828,00517,980496,187194,485
2014-08-18$40.66$39.0032.7%10.8%34.9%15.4%38.7%3.3%1.1%22.8M-752.1M-3.3M0.3320.4339,07912,750383,211139,726
2014-08-19$40.43$39.0032.1%10.9%34.9%12.4%38.9%3.3%0.2%24.5M-740.9M-3.3M0.3515.7214,3695,052390,014146,425
2014-08-20$40.60$39.0030.8%10.8%33.8%4.2%36.2%3.5%2.1%25.9M-763.5M-3.3M0.3817.8614,4715,527393,924148,738
2014-08-21$39.51$39.0031.6%10.9%33.8%9.3%38.3%3.0%1.0%23.8M-647.7M-3.2M0.4524.6527,43412,277401,462152,116
2014-08-22$39.85$39.0031.1%10.8%33.9%6.3%38.0%3.7%1.1%22.0M-674.3M-3.2M0.3820.2018,3987,071406,520158,384
2014-08-25$39.42$39.0033.1%10.8%31.9%18.1%36.6%3.0%-1.0%21.5M-611.7M-3.2M0.3923.1015,5836,087391,320147,266
2014-08-26$39.09$39.0032.9%10.7%31.4%16.9%37.2%4.0%0.3%20.9M-569.8M-3.1M0.3622.0012,9954,649394,544150,880
2014-08-27$38.99$39.0032.8%10.5%31.4%16.2%38.8%3.0%0.5%20.6M-551.0M-3.1M0.4121.8813,4965,502400,009153,335
2014-08-28$39.17$39.0032.6%10.6%30.7%15.3%39.4%2.9%1.1%21.6M-585.0M-3.1M1.1823.197,7749,199404,682156,255
2014-08-29$38.88$39.0033.1%10.4%30.4%18.0%38.1%2.0%0.3%20.8M-542.7M-3.1M0.4325.9130,65313,041407,087159,429