AAL Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, AAL traded between $28.65 and $41.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.4%, placing in the 67.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.9% (HV 20d: 59.3%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $39.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.44.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-23: Highest Volume — 185,825 contracts
  • 2014-10-10: Largest IV spike — 22.3% change
  • 2014-10-01: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 16.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.59$28.65$41.39$34.39$41.39
Max Pain$39.00$39.00$39.00$39.00$39.00
ATM IV52.4%40.1%75.5%46.8%40.1%
Expected Move13.4%11.4%16.5%11.8%12.2%
HV 20d59.3%31.1%74.7%31.3%69.5%
HV 60d43.4%32.2%50.2%33.4%49.6%
IV Rank67.6%22.1%100.0%100.0%22.1%
IV Percentile92.4%65.5%100.0%100.0%65.5%
Term Structure-1.2%-5.9%0.8%-1.6%-0.4%
VWIV46.2%40.5%58.9%41.7%43.5%
Skew 25d9.0%0.4%25.0%3.7%6.7%
Skew 10d17.6%-0.0%44.1%5.6%14.4%
Call IV 25d49.1%37.8%68.2%46.4%37.9%
Put IV 25d58.1%44.6%86.8%50.2%44.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %27.7616.0743.3527.6316.07
Gamma HHI0.110.090.130.100.11
Net GEX29.6M7.7M52.9M11.8M52.9M
Net DEX-812.5M-1.98B58.8M-216.4M-1.98B
Net VEX-4.5M-5.8M-2.9M-3.0M-5.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.440.230.960.280.47
Total Volume112,171.08737,231185,825103,943117,414
Total OI1,002,452.435671,3651,222,630671,3651,200,344

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$34.39$39.0046.8%11.8%31.3%100.0%41.7%3.7%-1.6%11.8M-216.4M-3.0M0.2827.6381,14222,801479,376191,989
2014-10-02$33.93$39.0045.9%12.1%31.1%94.3%41.8%5.1%-0.9%13.2M-205.6M-3.1M0.3921.0960,30123,405517,172203,168
2014-10-03$36.23$39.0044.0%11.4%40.0%83.3%40.5%5.7%0.2%23.4M-539.5M-3.6M0.3420.2968,33023,048552,483214,251
2014-10-06$34.93$39.0047.6%12.0%41.5%100.0%41.0%0.4%-1.8%20.5M-380.3M-3.4M0.2816.1547,98913,327559,632201,791
2014-10-07$34.09$39.0049.5%12.4%42.0%100.0%41.9%0.7%-0.6%18.2M-296.6M-3.4M0.3520.3227,6459,586587,093207,535
2014-10-08$32.97$39.0048.7%12.6%42.4%95.9%43.5%2.9%-1.2%13.3M-158.3M-3.1M0.2325.13118,88726,855598,628211,563
2014-10-09$32.04$39.0052.8%13.3%43.0%100.0%44.4%4.3%-1.4%12.6M-94.6M-3.1M0.3327.03114,45737,463639,691221,640
2014-10-10$31.79$39.0064.6%14.3%43.0%100.0%49.0%14.4%-2.6%14.3M-131.0M-3.5M0.7533.4758,52743,675689,860237,789
2014-10-13$28.65$39.0075.5%15.9%54.7%100.0%55.7%10.9%-5.9%7.7M58.8M-2.9M0.9636.9568,20365,782693,582240,528
2014-10-14$31.55$39.0071.3%15.6%66.1%90.8%56.1%25.0%-5.7%14.2M-168.1M-3.9M0.3428.8271,58024,552715,334275,840
2014-10-15$31.70$39.0075.0%16.5%66.2%98.9%54.5%20.2%-4.6%16.6M-231.4M-4.1M0.4543.3591,14840,654757,809284,495
2014-10-16$32.97$39.0071.4%16.3%67.9%91.0%58.9%14.2%0.1%21.7M-403.4M-4.4M0.2927.00130,72837,305754,512284,661
2014-10-17$33.38$39.0064.5%15.4%67.2%75.8%51.8%14.1%-2.5%27.2M-539.2M-4.9M0.4526.9852,06923,391848,808296,921
2014-10-20$35.23$39.0055.3%14.6%69.6%55.6%51.0%13.5%0.4%33.3M-818.0M-5.1M0.4628.8459,39227,461786,879274,170
2014-10-21$37.69$39.0049.3%13.6%73.6%42.3%46.8%9.2%0.8%41.5M-1.30B-5.5M0.4330.80105,40545,332805,342285,457
2014-10-22$36.95$39.0049.3%13.3%73.7%42.2%47.3%7.1%-1.1%43.7M-1.16B-5.4M0.6329.2986,96154,795833,004309,399
2014-10-23$38.56$39.0046.0%12.8%74.4%35.0%42.5%7.4%-0.3%48.7M-1.58B-5.7M0.3840.25134,63951,186861,609335,485
2014-10-24$39.74$39.0043.4%12.5%74.7%29.4%43.9%7.8%0.3%46.4M-1.84B-5.8M0.5430.1592,31149,635871,250351,380
2014-10-27$39.87$39.0042.6%12.8%73.9%27.5%42.4%9.6%-0.4%48.0M-1.63B-5.8M0.6129.4840,53724,695820,850330,025
2014-10-28$40.26$39.0040.8%12.6%73.8%23.5%42.2%8.4%0.2%49.8M-1.75B-5.7M0.3526.9661,41721,356826,452333,051
2014-10-29$39.92$39.0040.5%12.5%72.7%23.0%41.8%9.1%0.3%50.4M-1.67B-5.7M0.4330.3887,89337,917834,486337,779
2014-10-30$40.29$39.0040.5%12.3%72.3%23.0%41.4%7.1%0.6%52.0M-1.66B-5.8M0.4821.9966,77131,968838,149355,144
2014-10-31$41.39$39.0040.1%12.2%69.5%22.1%43.5%6.7%-0.4%52.9M-1.98B-5.6M0.4716.0780,07037,344844,043356,301