AAL Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, AAL traded between $42.84 and $50.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.0%, placing in the 14.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.1% (HV 20d: 23.9%). Max pain ranged from $45.50 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-24: Highest Volume — 94,632 contracts
  • 2017-08-17: Largest IV spike — 20.5% change
  • 2017-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 33.2%
  • 2017-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.34$42.84$50.90$50.90$44.76
Max Pain$48.09$45.50$50.00$46.00$45.50
ATM IV28.0%25.2%30.5%27.3%29.9%
Expected Move8.0%7.2%8.7%7.6%8.3%
HV 20d23.9%16.2%32.2%26.1%32.2%
HV 60d24.1%21.6%26.8%25.4%26.4%
IV Rank14.7%0.0%33.2%7.6%29.3%
IV Percentile12.9%0.0%36.1%1.2%32.5%
Term Structure0.3%-1.4%1.9%0.2%-1.4%
VWIV28.0%24.7%30.3%27.5%28.9%
Skew 25d3.1%2.2%4.3%2.5%3.2%
Skew 10d6.1%3.0%12.8%3.8%4.7%
Call IV 25d27.0%24.1%29.0%27.1%28.3%
Put IV 25d30.1%26.6%33.4%29.6%31.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.471.9731.873.805.49
Gamma HHI0.120.070.220.160.07
Net GEX15.0M4.5M35.5M33.6M10.7M
Net DEX-439.5M-845.7M-66.8M-845.7M-256.6M
Net VEX-4.0M-4.4M-3.7M-4.4M-4.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.210.930.530.26
Total Volume37,372.08718,43594,63240,85941,643
Total OI628,900.217559,687684,948684,948608,040

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$50.90$46.0027.3%7.6%26.1%7.6%27.5%2.5%0.2%33.6M-845.7M-4.4M0.533.8026,63714,222401,724283,224
2017-08-02$50.47$46.0026.9%7.5%25.5%5.2%27.0%2.2%-0.1%33.0M-772.6M-4.4M0.939.6419,90518,480397,709284,663
2017-08-03$50.55$50.0026.6%7.9%25.0%2.6%27.5%3.0%-0.2%35.5M-786.5M-4.3M0.487.9320,5029,870397,722286,959
2017-08-04$50.85$50.0026.2%8.0%23.6%0.0%27.4%2.9%1.0%25.4M-830.9M-4.3M0.5025.3025,00012,473396,244286,035
2017-08-07$50.60$50.0026.9%8.0%23.5%4.7%27.6%2.6%0.5%21.7M-775.2M-4.2M0.7829.5412,93810,100366,329272,520
2017-08-08$49.99$50.0026.7%7.9%22.9%3.9%27.6%2.4%1.0%19.8M-700.0M-4.2M0.6631.8713,7789,101369,276274,471
2017-08-09$49.33$50.0026.8%7.6%16.5%4.2%27.7%2.4%1.9%16.5M-610.5M-4.1M0.4030.3629,71312,006374,168278,227
2017-08-10$48.56$50.0028.8%8.3%16.8%17.3%28.7%3.5%0.5%12.8M-465.5M-4.2M0.563.3024,96414,028362,564281,065
2017-08-11$48.36$50.0028.9%8.3%16.2%18.0%28.4%3.0%0.2%12.8M-440.3M-4.2M0.623.2719,14711,877367,646284,299
2017-08-14$48.85$49.0026.5%7.7%17.2%2.4%26.8%2.9%0.0%15.6M-516.2M-4.0M0.812.1610,1698,266358,011279,364
2017-08-15$48.57$49.0026.2%7.5%16.9%0.6%26.0%2.6%0.7%13.4M-477.7M-4.0M0.662.0413,2318,686358,969281,632
2017-08-16$48.39$49.0025.2%7.2%16.7%0.0%24.7%2.5%0.3%11.1M-451.6M-3.9M0.531.9716,8088,927361,028282,471
2017-08-17$45.97$49.0030.3%8.7%23.6%32.1%29.4%4.3%0.0%5.3M-216.5M-3.9M0.463.2849,38422,615361,233283,971
2017-08-18$45.69$48.0028.0%8.0%23.6%17.3%27.4%3.9%0.2%7.0M-184.0M-3.9M0.763.1824,26718,498382,142292,236
2017-08-21$45.66$48.0028.1%8.1%23.6%18.2%27.9%3.6%0.6%10.2M-277.5M-3.9M0.313.1524,3387,585318,169241,518
2017-08-22$45.42$48.0027.4%7.8%23.4%13.6%27.1%3.6%0.3%9.8M-261.4M-3.9M0.932.569,7339,088321,256242,556
2017-08-23$44.03$48.0029.8%8.5%24.4%28.4%29.7%3.6%-0.3%6.2M-158.7M-3.7M0.692.5928,30219,621323,745244,169
2017-08-24$42.84$47.0030.5%8.7%24.3%33.2%30.3%3.9%0.6%4.5M-66.8M-3.7M0.213.8777,98416,648330,298251,773
2017-08-25$45.25$46.5028.2%8.2%32.2%18.9%28.8%2.5%0.5%11.2M-304.7M-4.1M0.635.6838,38424,218340,703257,284
2017-08-28$45.01$46.0029.6%8.4%31.7%27.7%29.5%3.0%-0.0%10.7M-274.6M-4.0M0.473.1217,8558,475331,426254,598
2017-08-29$44.66$45.5029.3%8.2%31.6%25.4%28.5%3.3%0.4%9.4M-235.7M-3.9M0.713.9515,47211,018334,333257,313
2017-08-30$44.21$45.5029.5%8.7%31.6%27.1%30.2%4.3%-0.0%7.9M-200.3M-3.9M0.596.6314,8088,794339,301262,321
2017-08-31$44.76$45.5029.9%8.3%32.2%29.3%28.9%3.2%-1.4%10.7M-256.6M-4.0M0.265.4932,9368,707344,191263,849