AAL Options History — September 2014

In September 2014, AAL traded between $35.03 and $40.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.0%, placing in the 47.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.4% (HV 20d: 31.6%). 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 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.46.

Notable Days

  • 2014-09-19: Highest Volume — 91,698 contracts
  • 2014-09-22: Largest IV spike — 12.1% change
  • 2014-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 77.7%
  • 2014-09-30: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.25$35.03$40.50$40.50$35.48
Max Pain$39.00$39.00$39.00$39.00$39.00
ATM IV38.0%32.5%43.1%32.5%43.0%
Expected Move10.9%10.4%11.4%10.4%11.4%
HV 20d31.6%27.8%35.2%31.2%31.6%
HV 60d34.0%32.9%35.9%35.1%32.9%
IV Rank47.4%14.6%77.7%14.6%77.2%
IV Percentile55.1%11.3%95.4%11.3%94.9%
Term Structure0.4%-1.5%3.4%1.6%-1.3%
VWIV37.8%35.5%39.6%35.5%39.4%
Skew 25d3.9%1.7%5.8%2.9%5.7%
Skew 10d8.3%-2.3%16.5%12.0%10.8%
Call IV 25d37.0%31.9%41.7%31.9%41.4%
Put IV 25d40.9%34.8%47.1%34.8%47.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %23.6016.5431.4922.0319.18
Gamma HHI0.130.100.170.130.11
Net GEX20.3M13.2M27.0M26.9M15.5M
Net DEX-443.6M-760.3M-262.7M-760.3M-321.0M
Net VEX-3.0M-3.2M-2.8M-3.2M-3.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.460.171.290.350.33
Total Volume41,592.33321,31291,69843,66040,571
Total OI617,732.905563,429668,992563,429654,683

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-09-02$40.50$39.0032.5%10.4%31.2%14.6%35.5%2.9%1.6%26.9M-760.3M-3.2M0.3522.0332,38111,279406,279157,150
2014-09-03$39.14$39.0034.8%10.7%32.4%28.5%37.1%4.5%0.2%23.7M-601.7M-3.1M0.3723.3724,0248,825415,679160,046
2014-09-04$38.47$39.0035.4%10.8%33.1%31.7%37.0%3.4%-0.5%20.8M-525.3M-3.1M0.3423.7322,9997,785421,796164,228
2014-09-05$37.85$39.0035.9%10.9%33.1%34.9%37.3%4.7%-0.0%17.9M-453.3M-3.0M0.3416.5431,97310,942431,119166,936
2014-09-08$38.23$39.0037.1%10.8%33.1%41.7%37.7%3.5%0.1%23.1M-523.5M-3.0M0.4519.1521,2269,641426,999159,457
2014-09-09$37.96$39.0036.8%10.9%32.4%40.3%37.2%4.0%0.4%22.6M-485.7M-3.0M0.4218.6523,76710,021434,051165,463
2014-09-10$38.58$39.0036.2%10.7%32.6%36.7%37.4%5.0%-0.3%27.0M-579.0M-3.1M0.1921.0244,3168,503441,939171,083
2014-09-11$38.09$39.0037.1%11.1%32.5%42.1%37.5%4.0%0.8%24.3M-518.7M-3.0M0.2318.1126,4666,005446,281172,928
2014-09-12$37.65$39.0037.1%11.0%29.5%42.1%37.9%4.6%0.1%21.7M-468.3M-3.0M0.9221.9926,61924,540457,198175,011
2014-09-15$37.07$39.0038.4%11.2%29.8%49.4%38.4%3.2%2.0%20.4M-421.8M-2.9M0.7817.9619,70415,310447,096159,594
2014-09-16$37.98$39.0037.0%11.1%27.8%41.6%39.0%3.9%3.4%25.1M-516.1M-2.9M0.3723.1835,68913,245450,635166,630
2014-09-17$37.46$39.0037.1%10.9%28.1%41.8%37.9%3.5%2.3%23.6M-458.1M-2.9M0.5326.7721,22811,207462,342171,986
2014-09-18$38.05$39.0034.6%10.6%28.8%27.0%37.3%3.1%3.0%26.3M-543.6M-3.0M0.3523.2930,92410,961460,683174,563
2014-09-19$36.63$39.0035.6%10.8%30.2%33.1%37.2%3.3%-0.2%19.6M-365.4M-2.8M0.5629.2558,82732,871474,364177,626
2014-09-22$35.58$39.0039.9%10.9%31.1%58.9%37.8%1.7%-0.9%13.4M-269.7M-2.8M0.4331.4540,99817,464419,579164,756
2014-09-23$35.33$39.0041.0%11.1%31.0%65.5%37.5%2.6%-0.3%13.2M-262.7M-2.9M0.3429.4644,90915,484437,727174,316
2014-09-24$36.12$39.0041.9%11.1%32.5%70.9%38.9%5.2%-0.2%15.9M-354.5M-3.2M0.1731.4926,5864,566456,102182,694
2014-09-25$35.21$39.0042.5%11.3%33.4%74.4%38.8%2.6%-1.5%14.3M-265.9M-3.0M0.3028.8229,1068,876465,919183,342
2014-09-26$35.93$39.0040.9%11.1%34.4%64.8%37.8%5.8%-0.3%15.4M-350.6M-3.2M1.2929.259,31511,997481,176187,816
2014-09-29$35.03$39.0043.1%11.2%35.2%77.7%39.6%4.6%-0.7%14.4M-271.1M-3.0M0.6320.9313,6508,639463,876181,243
2014-09-30$35.48$39.0043.0%11.4%31.6%77.2%39.4%5.7%-1.3%15.5M-321.0M-3.1M0.3319.1830,55110,020468,734185,949