AAL Options History — September 2015

In September 2015, AAL traded between $38.81 and $43.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.2%, placing in the 18.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 36.6%). Max pain ranged from $39.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2015-09-17: Highest Volume — 85,617 contracts
  • 2015-09-22: Largest IV spike — 15.3% change
  • 2015-09-01: Highest IV Rank — 38.6%
  • 2015-09-01: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.24$38.81$43.98$39.08$38.81
Max Pain$40.83$39.00$42.00$40.00$41.00
ATM IV40.2%34.3%48.8%48.8%45.5%
Expected Move11.3%9.6%14.1%14.1%12.1%
HV 20d36.6%31.9%40.8%34.4%33.5%
HV 60d36.2%35.3%37.2%35.3%35.5%
IV Rank18.9%5.2%38.6%38.6%31.2%
IV Percentile45.2%3.6%92.1%92.1%81.0%
Term Structure0.8%-1.3%5.2%0.1%-1.3%
VWIV39.2%32.9%49.2%49.2%41.8%
Skew 25d6.6%5.4%8.3%6.7%8.3%
Skew 10d12.6%6.1%17.8%15.1%15.5%
Call IV 25d37.4%30.9%46.1%46.1%41.2%
Put IV 25d43.9%36.6%52.8%52.8%49.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.455.4045.2037.3745.20
Gamma HHI0.070.050.140.050.06
Net GEX19.1M5.2M37.7M13.8M5.2M
Net DEX-284.8M-755.3M88.2M-114.1M88.2M
Net VEX-6.0M-6.5M-5.3M-6.1M-5.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.251.340.520.35
Total Volume52,827.76228,96985,61753,19474,005
Total OI929,762.952860,203980,001931,168890,414

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-09-01$39.08$40.0048.8%14.1%34.4%38.6%49.2%6.7%0.1%13.8M-114.1M-6.1M0.5237.3734,91618,278613,124318,044
2015-09-02$41.39$40.0041.7%11.7%40.8%22.4%41.4%6.4%-0.1%25.8M-420.2M-6.5M0.5137.0542,58921,672627,802325,449
2015-09-03$40.95$39.0040.8%11.6%40.5%20.4%43.0%6.9%-0.5%26.7M-353.0M-6.4M0.6922.4729,82120,704635,338328,230
2015-09-04$40.76$40.0042.3%12.1%40.1%23.7%42.6%6.6%0.6%17.1M-310.8M-6.4M0.6813.5224,56616,619635,355331,920
2015-09-08$40.80$40.0040.1%11.6%40.1%18.6%39.5%6.8%0.7%18.2M-249.4M-6.1M1.009.8718,60918,564612,044321,711
2015-09-09$40.91$40.0040.5%11.5%38.8%19.6%39.8%6.5%-0.6%17.0M-263.1M-6.1M0.5713.2034,49419,612618,143332,770
2015-09-10$41.11$40.0039.1%11.3%38.9%16.4%38.8%5.4%0.7%17.1M-271.3M-6.1M0.3813.9043,46116,584625,244339,552
2015-09-11$42.09$40.0037.1%10.7%39.9%11.7%38.1%6.0%0.6%36.1M-451.5M-6.2M0.4010.7339,68215,724628,054344,240
2015-09-14$42.27$40.0038.2%11.0%39.9%14.3%37.3%6.9%3.1%27.5M-450.6M-6.2M0.826.6519,89016,282611,750325,593
2015-09-15$42.64$41.0035.5%10.2%38.9%8.2%34.9%6.5%5.2%32.3M-509.4M-6.1M0.428.1020,4038,566614,559330,976
2015-09-16$43.09$41.0034.4%9.8%39.1%5.4%34.1%6.2%2.6%35.0M-578.6M-6.2M0.645.4032,46920,783617,130333,535
2015-09-17$43.98$41.0034.3%9.7%39.8%5.2%33.3%6.0%2.9%37.7M-755.3M-6.1M0.3819.9161,90723,710621,334338,328
2015-09-18$43.49$42.0035.1%9.8%37.9%7.0%33.7%5.5%2.7%20.9M-502.2M-6.2M0.5611.6732,96418,625637,064342,937
2015-09-21$43.19$42.0034.9%9.6%32.4%6.6%32.9%5.9%1.7%20.0M-447.5M-6.0M0.697.5027,26518,897562,000298,203
2015-09-22$41.21$42.0040.2%11.1%32.1%18.9%37.8%6.8%0.9%12.1M-184.1M-5.7M0.567.9953,25429,955567,902304,463
2015-09-23$41.28$42.0039.3%10.8%31.9%16.8%37.9%7.3%1.0%10.9M-170.1M-5.8M0.919.3517,66615,987580,222321,907
2015-09-24$40.33$42.0041.7%11.4%32.0%22.4%40.3%6.6%0.3%8.3M-53.4M-5.7M0.7110.3524,83117,607581,700324,025
2015-09-25$40.30$41.5041.9%11.2%32.0%22.7%39.4%6.7%-1.0%7.7M-56.5M-5.7M1.348.2316,21221,770588,689326,971
2015-09-28$39.19$41.5046.6%12.8%33.5%33.5%43.5%7.8%-1.0%6.4M38.4M-5.4M0.2514.0559,14214,720570,826318,860
2015-09-29$39.21$41.5046.8%12.7%33.3%34.0%43.9%5.9%-1.3%6.4M34.7M-5.4M0.9011.9324,50422,074558,214320,400
2015-09-30$38.81$41.0045.5%12.1%33.5%31.2%41.8%8.3%-1.3%5.2M88.2M-5.3M0.3545.2054,97919,026559,536330,878