AAL Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, AAL traded between $47.84 and $53.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.1%, placing in the 26.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 40.5%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-05: Highest Volume — 113,158 contracts
  • 2014-12-12: Largest IV spike — 10.8% change
  • 2014-12-16: Highest IV Rank — 40.3%
  • 2014-12-16: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.27$47.84$53.63$47.85$53.63
Max Pain$39.95$39.00$42.00$39.00$42.00
ATM IV42.1%37.3%48.4%39.9%42.0%
Expected Move12.8%11.9%14.1%12.2%12.5%
HV 20d40.5%34.7%47.2%34.8%36.8%
HV 60d50.6%48.0%51.7%50.1%48.0%
IV Rank26.4%15.8%40.3%21.5%26.3%
IV Percentile75.6%45.3%95.2%64.2%81.3%
Term Structure1.2%-3.0%4.1%1.4%0.3%
VWIV45.3%42.3%50.3%43.0%44.0%
Skew 25d3.7%1.1%5.7%4.7%3.7%
Skew 10d7.8%-1.7%16.1%4.6%9.8%
Call IV 25d40.8%35.1%48.2%37.6%40.7%
Put IV 25d44.5%38.8%51.6%42.3%44.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %29.9616.2541.8225.6118.72
Gamma HHI0.100.070.140.120.12
Net GEX36.4M28.1M53.3M34.8M42.8M
Net DEX-2.47B-2.87B-2.04B-2.12B-2.87B
Net VEX-4.0M-4.7M-3.3M-4.2M-3.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.400.730.610.54
Total Volume67,17432,896113,15879,13652,863
Total OI1,010,384.909921,4731,078,275921,4731,015,073

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$47.85$39.0039.9%12.2%34.8%21.5%43.0%4.7%1.4%34.8M-2.12B-4.2M0.6125.6149,15929,977631,737289,736
2014-12-02$47.84$39.0039.6%12.3%34.8%21.0%43.6%4.0%1.6%35.1M-2.14B-4.1M0.4216.2546,84019,895637,368299,510
2014-12-03$48.27$39.0037.9%12.1%34.7%17.2%43.9%4.9%1.9%38.8M-2.23B-3.9M0.6126.8429,75018,235644,539303,724
2014-12-04$49.65$39.0037.3%11.9%35.0%15.8%42.8%3.0%2.5%37.1M-2.50B-3.6M0.5330.6456,92530,316647,988309,957
2014-12-05$50.90$40.0037.4%11.9%35.1%16.0%42.3%2.7%1.0%32.1M-2.69B-3.4M0.5918.9571,08442,074651,582326,086
2014-12-08$50.76$40.0039.0%12.2%35.2%19.7%43.7%2.6%0.6%29.8M-2.50B-3.7M0.7133.6347,80833,940644,757321,927
2014-12-09$48.31$40.0041.7%12.7%40.6%25.6%45.0%2.9%0.2%28.1M-2.10B-4.4M0.6123.8761,10137,005670,196338,553
2014-12-10$48.96$40.0043.0%12.9%40.4%28.5%46.3%1.1%2.1%32.2M-2.28B-4.4M0.6121.7644,63427,442697,887344,670
2014-12-11$50.40$40.0043.3%13.3%41.2%29.1%44.8%3.1%-0.5%36.3M-2.58B-4.3M0.6237.2757,39635,344712,084354,056
2014-12-12$49.97$40.0048.0%13.6%41.4%39.4%49.1%3.6%-3.0%32.8M-2.51B-4.5M0.5736.2056,36732,348717,583345,737
2014-12-15$50.89$40.0046.8%13.8%41.5%36.9%48.5%3.9%-1.5%35.1M-2.55B-4.6M0.5033.9640,88120,546706,449332,881
2014-12-16$48.07$40.0048.4%14.1%47.2%40.3%48.6%3.4%0.3%31.3M-2.04B-4.6M0.4038.8059,21723,791704,432339,446
2014-12-17$48.95$40.0047.8%14.0%46.4%39.1%50.3%3.9%1.2%35.2M-2.22B-4.7M0.5240.2957,91129,990720,475345,322
2014-12-18$50.14$40.0045.3%13.6%45.8%33.5%46.8%4.0%1.5%39.8M-2.46B-4.5M0.4041.8242,54517,167719,379350,471
2014-12-19$50.71$40.0042.2%13.2%45.8%26.8%46.1%4.2%1.8%53.3M-2.64B-4.1M0.5634.2829,68116,709726,677351,598
2014-12-22$50.77$40.0041.8%13.0%45.0%25.7%46.1%2.1%3.7%35.1M-2.50B-3.8M0.6734.9134,24922,868675,688314,041
2014-12-23$50.21$40.0041.3%12.8%45.3%24.8%46.4%5.6%2.5%35.5M-2.38B-3.8M0.7332.5921,69215,822684,943325,756
2014-12-24$51.43$40.0039.6%12.3%45.4%21.0%43.8%5.3%3.5%37.1M-2.61B-3.7M0.6731.6022,23114,937688,115329,147
2014-12-26$51.97$40.0039.5%12.2%45.2%20.8%44.7%2.7%4.1%41.6M-2.73B-3.5M0.6426.6329,07018,589691,168331,330
2014-12-29$52.88$40.0041.7%12.0%37.5%25.5%44.1%4.9%1.3%37.1M-2.76B-3.3M0.6826.7827,77418,759665,147320,118
2014-12-30$53.42$41.0042.1%12.3%36.9%26.4%43.6%5.7%-0.2%38.8M-2.86B-3.3M0.5327.7221,46711,429673,429327,706
2014-12-31$53.63$42.0042.0%12.5%36.8%26.3%44.0%3.7%0.3%42.8M-2.87B-3.5M0.5418.7234,38518,478681,923333,150