AAL Options History — March 2017

In March 2017, AAL traded between $40.40 and $47.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.3%, placing in the 11.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 28.6%). Max pain ranged from $42.00 to $46.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.62.

Notable Days

  • 2017-03-14: Highest Volume — 102,905 contracts
  • 2017-03-21: Largest IV spike — 7.5% change
  • 2017-03-27: Highest IV Rank — 18.4%
  • 2017-03-14: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.99$40.40$47.31$47.31$42.48
Max Pain$43.26$42.00$46.00$46.00$42.00
ATM IV31.3%28.5%33.4%29.1%31.7%
Expected Move8.8%8.2%9.5%8.5%8.2%
HV 20d28.6%20.8%32.8%20.8%29.4%
HV 60d29.2%27.8%30.1%28.5%29.9%
IV Rank11.5%2.1%18.4%4.2%12.8%
IV Percentile22.3%0.4%44.8%2.4%23.0%
Term Structure0.4%-3.1%3.0%0.1%-0.9%
VWIV31.0%28.5%33.7%30.2%28.5%
Skew 25d2.5%1.4%3.4%2.4%2.7%
Skew 10d3.8%-3.1%7.1%2.4%1.5%
Call IV 25d30.3%27.8%33.1%28.4%31.2%
Put IV 25d32.9%29.5%35.7%30.8%33.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.082.2738.783.958.92
Gamma HHI0.090.070.110.110.11
Net GEX10.8M1.2M25.2M25.2M5.4M
Net DEX-246.5M-620.9M25.5M-620.9M-339.3M
Net VEX-5.5M-5.8M-5.0M-5.8M-5.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.620.271.260.730.40
Total Volume53,404.69624,394102,90537,08141,915
Total OI710,360.304628,705780,013632,729780,013

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-03-01$47.31$46.0029.1%8.5%20.8%4.2%30.2%2.4%0.1%25.2M-620.9M-5.8M0.733.9521,49015,591381,366251,363
2017-03-02$45.77$46.0029.3%8.6%24.5%4.7%30.3%1.9%-0.1%16.6M-427.8M-5.6M0.926.1614,73713,536385,746250,760
2017-03-03$46.72$46.0028.5%8.2%25.2%2.1%28.7%1.7%0.4%23.6M-549.8M-5.7M0.393.8932,96012,998388,519253,809
2017-03-06$45.34$45.0030.6%9.1%27.8%9.1%31.2%2.2%0.2%14.7M-383.7M-5.6M0.312.6256,35517,747380,112248,593
2017-03-07$44.86$43.0030.0%9.0%27.3%7.1%31.2%2.6%0.3%15.4M-362.7M-5.6M1.262.4414,28717,984401,417253,937
2017-03-08$44.89$43.0029.6%8.7%27.3%5.7%30.5%2.6%0.7%14.8M-357.4M-5.6M1.054.8719,79220,831406,656261,748
2017-03-09$43.47$44.0031.1%9.1%29.5%11.0%31.2%2.8%0.6%8.0M-187.7M-5.4M0.273.3273,69319,806413,689266,249
2017-03-10$43.85$44.0030.7%8.7%27.8%9.6%30.7%1.9%0.7%4.8M-219.5M-5.4M0.352.2746,95916,639428,411270,490
2017-03-13$42.48$44.0032.2%9.0%29.6%14.6%31.2%3.0%-0.1%5.8M-109.0M-5.2M0.602.8929,89417,975405,757263,582
2017-03-14$41.23$44.0032.6%9.5%28.4%15.8%32.9%2.6%1.1%1.2M25.5M-5.0M0.423.8772,36430,541412,797275,062
2017-03-15$41.94$43.0033.1%9.4%29.2%17.5%33.6%1.4%0.0%6.0M-93.3M-5.3M0.6411.0352,46433,752444,633281,848
2017-03-16$42.10$43.0031.9%9.0%27.9%13.5%31.5%2.3%-1.1%6.4M-133.8M-5.4M0.504.0431,28415,546456,477290,388
2017-03-17$41.61$44.0030.8%8.5%27.8%9.7%30.8%2.1%-3.1%11.7M-55.0M-5.3M0.9711.4749,43047,938457,545293,097
2017-03-20$41.75$42.0029.3%8.4%28.0%4.8%31.0%2.4%3.0%7.5M-173.9M-5.4M0.8532.0217,28514,694423,293292,470
2017-03-21$40.46$42.0031.5%9.0%29.3%12.2%32.2%3.3%2.7%2.6M-36.9M-5.2M0.8238.7817,95914,768427,725298,827
2017-03-22$40.40$42.0032.5%9.3%29.3%15.6%33.7%3.2%1.3%1.7M-27.5M-5.3M0.5436.9748,11325,740432,704303,840
2017-03-23$41.41$42.0031.7%9.0%31.3%12.9%31.7%3.0%1.8%8.0M-176.3M-5.5M0.4027.3150,43720,240439,967304,742
2017-03-24$41.74$42.0032.5%9.1%31.5%15.6%31.4%3.4%2.1%14.9M-239.7M-5.6M0.5933.9928,14216,532450,558308,120
2017-03-27$41.82$42.0033.4%9.0%31.6%18.4%31.7%2.8%-0.1%10.8M-231.4M-5.6M0.416.7434,83714,359442,738302,393
2017-03-28$42.69$42.0032.7%8.6%32.8%16.3%30.2%2.5%-0.0%16.6M-366.1M-5.7M0.6313.6522,52314,217455,974306,247
2017-03-29$41.98$42.0032.5%8.5%31.8%15.5%29.5%3.0%-0.3%12.1M-262.7M-5.6M0.619.4215,1359,259460,094309,899
2017-03-30$42.49$42.0032.4%8.3%30.8%15.1%29.2%2.3%-0.3%15.5M-340.2M-5.6M0.497.1717,1498,411463,014311,618
2017-03-31$42.48$42.0031.7%8.2%29.4%12.8%28.5%2.7%-0.9%5.4M-339.3M-5.6M0.408.9230,01211,903467,708312,305