AAL Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, AAL traded between $38.76 and $42.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.9%, placing in the 22.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 36.0%). Max pain ranged from $41.00 to $43.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-01: Highest Volume — 173,249 contracts
  • 2015-07-28: Largest IV drop — 7.0% change
  • 2015-07-01: Highest IV Rank — 33.4%
  • 2015-07-01: Largest Expected Move — 12.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$40.68$38.76$42.47$38.76$40.13
Max Pain$41.95$41.00$43.00$43.00$41.00
ATM IV40.9%36.2%45.7%45.7%36.2%
Expected Move11.5%10.2%12.5%12.5%10.2%
HV 20d36.0%32.0%40.4%35.6%37.2%
HV 60d39.4%38.3%40.4%38.7%39.5%
IV Rank22.7%12.1%33.4%33.4%12.1%
IV Percentile55.3%19.4%84.1%84.1%19.4%
Term Structure-0.6%-2.7%1.1%-1.2%0.1%
VWIV40.6%36.6%44.4%44.4%36.6%
Skew 25d3.2%1.4%4.4%2.7%3.4%
Skew 10d7.2%4.5%10.4%7.9%7.9%
Call IV 25d40.3%35.3%45.3%45.3%35.3%
Put IV 25d43.5%38.7%48.0%48.0%38.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.745.6619.7312.496.53
Gamma HHI0.070.050.110.050.07
Net GEX24.9M6.1M40.5M6.1M17.1M
Net DEX-169.7M-543.4M206.0M206.0M-126.5M
Net VEX-5.9M-6.3M-5.0M-5.0M-5.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.281.140.450.49
Total Volume87,379.04536,682173,249173,24981,765
Total OI1,061,243.545959,8411,206,491959,8411,086,541

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$38.76$43.0045.7%12.5%35.6%33.4%44.4%2.7%-1.2%6.1M206.0M-5.0M0.4512.49119,30653,943649,452310,389
2015-07-02$39.02$43.0043.4%11.4%35.1%28.3%40.1%1.4%-1.2%9.7M162.2M-5.4M0.5614.0257,36832,373721,557341,581
2015-07-06$39.70$43.0043.3%12.0%35.8%28.1%42.0%2.9%-0.1%16.5M33.1M-5.6M0.2812.3163,26017,812689,353327,142
2015-07-07$40.61$43.0043.1%12.0%32.7%27.6%41.7%3.4%-0.7%26.2M-135.0M-6.0M0.466.2634,57915,872717,491332,440
2015-07-08$39.40$42.0044.7%12.4%34.1%31.2%43.2%3.2%-0.5%17.1M50.6M-5.6M0.356.3143,64115,483724,962335,313
2015-07-09$39.78$42.0042.5%11.8%34.3%26.2%42.0%3.4%-0.5%19.1M17.3M-5.7M0.456.2935,50515,931734,295338,577
2015-07-10$41.23$42.0041.4%11.6%36.3%23.8%40.4%3.2%-0.5%27.4M-249.7M-6.0M0.357.0779,37227,828736,339341,632
2015-07-13$42.46$42.0039.8%11.3%37.1%20.2%39.7%2.8%-0.7%40.5M-442.0M-6.2M0.537.4261,66432,387711,188327,072
2015-07-14$41.97$42.0041.1%11.5%37.0%23.2%40.4%3.2%-0.9%33.4M-337.4M-6.1M0.315.6662,91619,349720,077341,359
2015-07-15$41.53$42.0041.6%11.5%36.5%24.2%40.5%4.2%-1.2%39.8M-236.9M-5.9M0.4510.5295,20442,557757,987347,195
2015-07-16$41.45$42.0039.6%11.4%36.4%19.6%39.2%3.8%1.0%40.1M-230.0M-6.3M0.865.8665,80256,604806,346372,328
2015-07-17$41.42$42.0040.3%11.5%36.4%21.3%39.9%3.8%0.0%32.2M-221.4M-6.2M0.785.9058,66045,566822,936383,555
2015-07-20$40.59$42.0040.7%11.6%34.1%22.2%41.1%3.6%-1.1%19.2M-174.6M-6.0M1.1412.4925,81029,476686,141317,596
2015-07-21$40.92$42.0041.0%11.7%32.0%22.8%40.4%4.1%-1.1%21.1M-237.6M-6.1M0.5517.1139,06121,421695,735325,462
2015-07-22$41.44$42.0041.4%11.9%32.4%23.8%41.6%3.6%-1.1%24.5M-335.5M-6.1M0.6417.8829,30018,786705,304327,600
2015-07-23$42.47$42.0040.3%11.6%33.4%21.2%40.4%3.0%-1.6%30.0M-543.4M-6.3M0.4212.7892,53738,742701,887329,772
2015-07-24$39.85$42.0041.2%12.0%40.4%23.4%41.5%4.4%-2.7%18.4M-17.1M-5.7M0.3219.73123,34338,986714,541344,402
2015-07-27$40.05$41.0040.9%11.8%40.0%22.6%42.4%2.6%-0.3%22.6M-157.9M-5.9M0.5018.7256,02527,889706,408318,455
2015-07-28$41.14$41.0038.0%10.9%38.7%16.2%39.5%2.6%1.1%32.6M-338.8M-6.1M0.8316.1434,07628,200726,534327,629
2015-07-29$40.78$41.0037.0%10.6%38.9%13.8%37.7%3.1%0.3%29.1M-257.9M-6.0M0.867.9219,75016,932732,492336,970
2015-07-30$40.28$41.0036.9%10.5%37.2%13.7%37.7%3.1%-0.1%25.0M-159.8M-5.8M0.756.9126,97420,284734,855338,468
2015-07-31$40.13$41.0036.2%10.2%37.2%12.1%36.6%3.4%0.1%17.1M-126.5M-5.7M0.496.5354,78026,985744,964341,577