AAL Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, AAL traded between $33.50 and $37.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.0%, placing in the 16.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 37.2%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $35.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-02: Highest Volume — 145,784 contracts
  • 2016-08-02: Largest IV spike — 10.9% change
  • 2016-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 35.7%
  • 2016-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 11.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.55$33.50$37.03$35.55$36.24
Max Pain$34.80$33.00$35.50$33.00$35.50
ATM IV34.0%30.7%39.4%35.6%35.2%
Expected Move9.8%8.7%11.6%10.3%10.1%
HV 20d37.2%21.1%55.0%49.8%23.1%
HV 60d50.5%49.9%51.4%49.9%50.1%
IV Rank16.4%5.0%35.7%22.0%20.6%
IV Percentile30.7%5.6%68.3%44.0%45.6%
Term Structure0.4%-0.4%1.0%0.0%-0.2%
VWIV35.2%30.3%43.8%36.8%37.1%
Skew 25d4.2%3.4%5.0%4.3%5.0%
Skew 10d9.8%-8.2%21.7%8.3%9.9%
Call IV 25d32.8%29.7%39.1%34.4%33.0%
Put IV 25d37.0%33.6%42.6%38.7%38.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.523.598.367.547.03
Gamma HHI0.090.070.110.110.08
Net GEX15.1M9.5M25.5M16.8M12.4M
Net DEX-285.3M-516.2M-50.2M-314.4M-278.2M
Net VEX-5.6M-5.7M-5.2M-5.6M-5.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.210.970.660.83
Total Volume48,313.21714,396145,78431,42356,806
Total OI922,192.348744,4781,032,591944,780790,252

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$35.55$33.0035.6%10.3%49.8%22.0%36.8%4.3%0.0%16.8M-314.4M-5.6M0.667.5418,90712,516600,592344,188
2016-08-02$33.50$33.0039.4%11.6%55.0%35.7%43.8%3.5%-0.4%9.9M-65.2M-5.2M0.315.81111,50434,280604,530345,489
2016-08-03$33.52$34.0037.9%11.0%54.0%30.1%40.5%4.2%0.3%9.5M-50.2M-5.3M0.216.5762,46313,167611,431356,243
2016-08-04$33.59$35.0037.5%10.8%53.0%29.0%39.0%4.1%0.5%10.3M-75.9M-5.5M0.285.5856,43115,532628,023357,521
2016-08-05$34.45$35.0038.7%11.2%53.1%33.1%38.7%4.1%-0.2%14.0M-189.9M-5.7M0.434.5955,07723,934635,157358,699
2016-08-08$34.32$35.0036.7%10.7%52.0%26.0%38.1%3.7%0.7%16.2M-186.8M-5.6M0.515.5739,82120,124645,572360,408
2016-08-09$34.61$35.0034.9%10.0%35.5%19.8%35.4%3.9%0.1%17.3M-219.0M-5.6M0.445.0636,78916,186651,264364,129
2016-08-10$34.19$35.0034.5%10.2%35.7%18.2%37.5%3.5%1.0%14.6M-140.2M-5.5M0.605.6635,39221,306653,208364,880
2016-08-11$34.97$35.0034.3%10.0%33.2%17.7%35.9%3.4%0.9%19.2M-259.1M-5.6M0.564.6929,69016,573653,683367,520
2016-08-12$34.92$35.0033.2%9.7%33.2%13.8%34.6%3.8%0.8%16.6M-249.6M-5.5M0.444.5027,86312,342657,293370,804
2016-08-15$35.94$35.0033.1%9.5%34.8%13.4%33.7%4.3%0.5%21.7M-391.5M-5.7M0.364.9330,39910,987649,571365,279
2016-08-16$36.74$35.0032.3%9.3%35.6%10.6%33.2%4.5%0.9%25.5M-516.2M-5.7M0.323.6141,51413,282653,830366,248
2016-08-17$36.60$35.0032.5%9.3%35.7%11.0%33.9%4.5%0.8%23.3M-484.3M-5.7M0.344.4515,0695,192657,646371,180
2016-08-18$36.67$35.0032.0%9.1%34.3%9.4%33.2%4.2%1.0%22.8M-499.4M-5.7M0.604.798,9755,421659,893371,050
2016-08-19$36.52$35.0031.8%9.0%31.9%8.7%33.0%3.9%0.9%11.3M-480.7M-5.7M0.604.3328,07816,852660,120372,471
2016-08-22$36.00$35.0032.6%9.2%31.9%11.4%33.5%3.8%0.2%9.8M-255.9M-5.6M0.745.3020,06114,753443,195301,283
2016-08-23$36.50$35.0030.7%8.7%31.3%5.0%30.3%3.8%0.6%11.5M-309.0M-5.6M0.703.5916,31811,482449,759308,175
2016-08-24$36.65$35.0031.9%9.1%31.0%9.1%32.2%5.0%0.3%12.3M-324.2M-5.7M0.327.8219,7776,259452,355308,743
2016-08-25$36.76$35.0031.2%8.8%31.0%6.7%33.3%4.3%0.2%14.7M-348.7M-5.7M0.778.3615,38811,782463,706311,933
2016-08-26$36.25$35.0032.1%9.0%30.2%9.7%31.9%5.0%0.3%11.0M-283.3M-5.7M0.626.3818,38211,355465,873315,706
2016-08-29$36.20$35.0031.3%8.7%30.2%6.8%32.2%4.5%0.2%11.6M-268.5M-5.6M0.973.9710,2559,955457,181311,061
2016-08-30$37.03$35.0031.9%9.1%21.1%9.2%32.5%5.0%0.1%14.0M-372.8M-5.6M0.746.7730,37022,595459,996313,284
2016-08-31$36.24$35.5035.2%10.1%23.1%20.6%37.1%5.0%-0.2%12.4M-278.2M-5.6M0.837.0330,96125,845469,365320,887