AAL Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, AAL traded between $31.36 and $34.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.2%, placing in the 21.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 32.1%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-06: Highest Volume — 82,529 contracts
  • 2016-05-04: Largest IV spike — 12.4% change
  • 2016-05-04: Highest IV Rank — 37.2%
  • 2016-05-04: Largest Expected Move — 12.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.54$31.36$34.57$34.51$31.93
Max Pain$34.88$33.00$40.00$40.00$33.00
ATM IV35.2%30.3%39.7%35.1%30.9%
Expected Move10.1%8.4%12.2%10.3%8.6%
HV 20d32.1%29.4%34.8%30.5%29.8%
HV 60d29.9%29.1%30.9%30.9%29.7%
IV Rank21.0%3.6%37.2%20.6%5.6%
IV Percentile37.8%3.6%70.6%36.5%6.7%
Term Structure0.4%-0.4%1.8%1.0%-0.2%
VWIV35.1%28.9%43.0%37.8%30.5%
Skew 25d3.8%2.8%5.1%4.3%2.8%
Skew 10d5.8%-0.2%12.5%6.4%10.6%
Call IV 25d34.0%29.5%38.3%33.8%30.2%
Put IV 25d37.8%32.4%42.5%38.0%33.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.144.1429.226.287.69
Gamma HHI0.080.070.090.090.09
Net GEX5.4M-141.8K12.0M1.9M6.8M
Net DEX245.8M115.4M394.8M225.4M144.6M
Net VEX-4.2M-4.4M-3.8M-4.4M-4.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.301.140.801.14
Total Volume47,247.28624,35082,52932,86729,536
Total OI836,015.762717,009942,500776,733729,814

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$34.51$40.0035.1%10.3%30.5%20.6%37.8%4.3%1.0%1.9M225.4M-4.4M0.806.2818,23514,632498,082278,651
2016-05-03$34.57$40.0035.3%10.5%30.6%21.5%36.8%3.9%0.4%2.8M211.0M-4.4M0.535.6325,56413,541505,021280,157
2016-05-04$33.17$40.0039.7%12.2%33.0%37.2%43.0%4.2%0.1%1.9M295.3M-4.2M0.4229.2243,99318,454510,353283,264
2016-05-05$32.84$35.0038.6%10.9%32.9%33.2%37.6%4.8%0.3%2.9M318.2M-4.1M0.4316.9449,33621,377534,118290,569
2016-05-06$33.03$35.0038.6%11.0%32.9%33.0%37.7%3.8%0.4%6.0M293.4M-4.2M0.515.1954,67427,855553,313300,063
2016-05-09$33.01$34.0037.9%10.8%32.6%30.8%37.2%5.1%0.0%3.6M285.9M-4.3M0.654.1624,72916,171558,680303,449
2016-05-10$33.76$34.0034.5%10.0%33.7%18.7%34.9%3.1%-0.1%6.7M219.9M-4.4M0.484.1439,78319,034564,477303,434
2016-05-11$32.88$34.0035.7%10.3%32.9%22.8%35.1%4.2%0.6%4.3M291.8M-4.2M0.334.3436,23211,909582,560306,014
2016-05-12$31.36$34.0038.5%11.3%31.7%32.7%38.3%5.0%1.8%512.6K394.8M-3.9M0.308.3860,05317,949599,410307,360
2016-05-13$31.55$34.0039.3%11.1%32.4%35.7%38.8%4.1%-0.4%-141.8K345.3M-4.2M0.425.8540,70917,070627,466315,034
2016-05-16$32.09$34.0036.8%10.6%33.9%26.8%36.6%3.7%0.1%4.3M312.2M-4.2M0.535.4637,73320,045605,175314,484
2016-05-17$32.72$34.0036.5%10.5%34.8%25.7%37.4%3.3%0.9%9.5M229.2M-4.4M0.756.6416,68912,452617,601314,327
2016-05-18$32.56$34.0034.4%9.8%34.6%18.0%34.4%3.5%0.6%8.6M257.9M-4.3M0.586.8631,14518,105616,301315,017
2016-05-19$32.21$34.0035.7%10.2%33.8%22.9%34.7%3.2%0.6%7.1M284.1M-4.2M0.666.7325,76416,996616,844313,303
2016-05-20$31.97$34.0034.2%9.7%31.4%17.3%33.9%3.2%0.7%6.6M303.8M-4.2M1.027.2322,58423,029625,537313,257
2016-05-23$31.74$34.0033.5%9.4%30.1%14.9%32.5%4.2%0.2%6.4M150.8M-4.0M0.446.7221,7779,503482,327234,682
2016-05-24$32.17$34.0031.7%8.8%31.0%8.5%30.5%3.3%0.6%8.4M123.0M-4.1M0.325.7929,1309,305490,326238,751
2016-05-25$32.18$34.0030.8%8.7%31.1%5.3%30.1%3.7%0.5%12.0M115.4M-4.1M0.469.5726,86112,378500,921238,905
2016-05-26$31.49$34.0031.1%8.7%31.0%6.5%30.3%3.3%0.5%6.7M184.9M-3.8M0.678.9220,04113,470498,726239,932
2016-05-27$31.66$33.5030.3%8.4%29.4%3.6%28.9%2.9%0.6%5.6M175.8M-3.9M0.659.2614,7519,599504,301244,325
2016-05-31$31.93$33.0030.9%8.6%29.8%5.6%30.5%2.8%-0.2%6.8M144.6M-4.0M1.147.6913,79315,743490,269239,545