AAL Options History — July 2016

In July 2016, AAL traded between $28.33 and $36.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.4%, placing in the 35.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 25.9% (HV 20d: 65.3%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $33.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2016-07-12: Highest Volume — 215,353 contracts
  • 2016-07-22: Largest IV drop — 14.3% change
  • 2016-07-06: Highest IV Rank — 55.3%
  • 2016-07-06: Largest Expected Move — 12.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.91$28.33$36.60$29.36$35.54
Max Pain$32.05$29.00$33.00$29.00$33.00
ATM IV39.4%34.4%45.0%41.2%35.2%
Expected Move11.2%9.9%12.8%11.2%10.2%
HV 20d65.3%49.1%75.4%64.9%50.8%
HV 60d48.9%44.3%51.6%44.3%49.9%
IV Rank35.7%17.8%55.3%41.8%20.9%
IV Percentile65.2%33.7%91.3%76.2%40.1%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.0%0.9%-0.1%-0.1%
VWIV40.0%35.7%45.0%40.6%36.6%
Skew 25d3.9%2.9%4.5%4.1%3.1%
Skew 10d8.5%-0.6%15.1%9.1%-0.6%
Call IV 25d38.5%33.7%44.1%40.0%34.7%
Put IV 25d42.3%37.3%48.4%44.1%37.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.184.9111.738.749.94
Gamma HHI0.100.060.170.070.10
Net GEX15.5M5.3M22.5M5.8M12.8M
Net DEX-288.6M-632.1M231.6M112.8M-326.4M
Net VEX-5.4M-6.0M-3.9M-4.1M-5.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.200.870.400.50
Total Volume66,811.8529,925215,35369,83450,712
Total OI945,253.9905,272990,436949,485959,250

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-07-01$29.36$29.0041.2%11.2%64.9%41.8%40.6%4.1%-0.1%5.8M112.8M-4.1M0.408.7450,02019,814620,139329,346
2016-07-05$28.96$31.0043.0%12.3%64.8%48.2%42.9%4.2%0.2%5.9M181.1M-4.0M0.635.3924,61515,605593,533311,739
2016-07-06$28.33$31.0045.0%12.8%63.4%55.3%45.0%4.3%-0.5%5.3M231.6M-3.9M0.675.3032,88621,920601,304314,883
2016-07-07$29.40$31.0044.3%12.4%65.2%52.7%42.9%4.3%-0.7%8.0M123.6M-4.2M0.535.1034,93318,428612,264321,475
2016-07-08$30.05$31.0040.3%11.3%64.9%38.6%40.5%4.1%-0.3%13.6M42.5M-4.3M0.477.1737,58317,556623,251323,469
2016-07-11$31.18$31.0041.8%12.0%66.5%44.0%42.7%4.5%0.9%10.9M-39.4M-4.6M0.258.6179,06920,118611,425317,640
2016-07-12$34.70$32.0042.6%11.9%75.4%47.0%43.2%3.5%-0.9%17.5M-490.9M-5.7M0.207.09180,15435,199629,847327,152
2016-07-13$34.46$32.0041.4%11.9%73.2%42.8%42.6%3.6%0.2%17.3M-432.6M-5.7M0.649.3935,64422,976628,792335,829
2016-07-14$35.94$32.0040.2%11.4%74.2%38.2%40.7%4.3%-0.4%20.3M-632.1M-6.0M0.645.9662,45839,796628,560343,614
2016-07-15$35.87$32.0039.6%11.1%71.8%36.1%40.2%2.9%-1.0%22.5M-604.6M-5.9M0.645.7730,33619,492635,567354,869
2016-07-18$36.10$32.0040.6%11.6%71.8%39.9%41.3%4.1%-0.4%17.6M-476.5M-6.0M0.436.7046,36519,885589,124322,147
2016-07-19$35.99$33.0039.1%11.2%71.9%34.4%39.5%4.3%-0.6%18.7M-451.1M-6.0M0.517.1333,14816,851600,854329,194
2016-07-20$35.93$33.0038.8%11.1%72.0%33.3%39.6%3.7%-0.7%19.0M-445.1M-6.0M0.628.5833,17420,730605,464335,286
2016-07-21$35.03$33.0040.1%11.5%72.9%38.0%41.0%3.9%-0.7%16.0M-315.5M-5.8M0.8711.7343,47337,655612,337341,099
2016-07-22$36.32$33.0034.4%9.9%73.6%17.8%35.7%3.4%0.1%18.8M-511.7M-5.9M0.627.6549,23230,601618,097353,916
2016-07-25$35.80$33.0035.7%10.3%59.8%22.4%37.4%4.1%-0.2%18.0M-374.3M-5.8M0.845.6124,97520,967596,495334,062
2016-07-26$36.60$33.0035.6%10.3%50.6%22.2%36.4%3.6%0.1%21.2M-485.9M-5.9M0.636.2129,92018,779599,556340,348
2016-07-27$36.19$33.0035.3%10.2%49.5%21.1%36.3%3.7%-0.1%19.2M-424.4M-5.9M0.816.5217,23014,013601,454348,381
2016-07-28$36.39$33.0034.6%10.1%49.1%18.8%35.8%3.8%0.3%21.8M-452.5M-5.8M0.774.9116,92812,997604,076349,240
2016-07-29$35.54$33.0035.2%10.2%50.8%20.9%36.6%3.1%-0.1%12.8M-326.4M-5.7M0.509.9433,86016,852607,459351,791