AAL Options History — January 2019

In January 2019, AAL traded between $30.20 and $36.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 45.6%, placing in the 50.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.1% (HV 20d: 55.7%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $37.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2019-01-10: Highest Volume — 121,872 contracts
  • 2019-01-24: Largest IV drop — 19.1% change
  • 2019-01-03: Highest IV Rank — 83.8%
  • 2019-01-03: Largest Expected Move — 16.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.33$30.20$36.45$32.36$35.67
Max Pain$33.67$33.00$37.00$37.00$33.00
ATM IV45.6%36.3%57.9%52.7%36.3%
Expected Move13.1%10.4%16.0%14.5%10.4%
HV 20d55.7%52.5%61.7%55.7%54.4%
HV 60d51.3%49.5%52.8%50.8%49.6%
IV Rank50.3%24.9%83.8%69.6%24.9%
IV Percentile81.0%52.4%98.4%96.8%52.4%
Term Structure-1.2%-3.2%0.3%-0.4%0.3%
VWIV45.8%38.7%54.3%50.9%38.7%
Skew 25d5.2%3.6%7.9%6.1%3.7%
Skew 10d9.5%6.9%15.8%13.3%7.0%
Call IV 25d43.4%34.9%54.5%50.6%34.9%
Put IV 25d48.6%38.6%62.3%56.7%38.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.572.879.433.442.87
Gamma HHI0.100.060.300.070.10
Net GEX7.8M-3.1M34.4M1.7M18.5M
Net DEX25.5M-487.8M428.7M290.7M-374.6M
Net VEX-3.2M-4.0M-2.6M-3.0M-3.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.151.100.630.59
Total Volume55,246.28610,946121,87218,88325,800
Total OI807,921.524521,481940,568867,305693,916

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-01-02$32.36$37.0052.7%14.5%55.7%69.6%50.9%6.1%-0.4%1.7M290.7M-3.0M0.633.4411,5537,330543,977323,328
2019-01-03$30.20$35.0057.9%16.0%54.6%83.8%54.3%7.9%-2.2%-668.6K428.7M-2.6M0.354.7649,01616,958547,056318,594
2019-01-04$31.90$34.0054.1%14.8%59.1%73.5%50.6%7.4%-1.4%-3.1M277.1M-3.0M0.869.4322,28919,160569,509322,252
2019-01-07$33.31$34.0052.6%14.4%61.7%69.3%52.1%7.0%-3.2%4.5M156.7M-3.1M1.097.685,2315,715562,771320,214
2019-01-08$32.49$34.0051.9%14.5%56.6%67.4%49.4%5.9%-0.9%2.7M244.1M-3.0M0.394.6527,15410,662566,287320,924
2019-01-09$33.44$34.0050.0%14.1%57.5%62.2%48.9%6.2%-0.9%4.8M123.1M-3.1M0.824.2518,99715,650572,411319,198
2019-01-10$32.00$34.0049.3%13.8%59.5%60.2%47.4%5.4%-1.8%648.8K307.7M-2.8M0.625.5975,37646,496577,932324,537
2019-01-11$31.85$33.0045.7%12.9%59.2%50.7%44.0%5.4%-0.5%1.5M290.3M-2.8M1.104.5936,49740,210604,145329,073
2019-01-14$31.71$33.0046.0%13.1%56.1%51.4%45.6%5.7%-1.8%77.2K300.2M-2.7M0.233.9741,1899,347594,012325,971
2019-01-15$32.17$33.0044.9%12.8%56.3%48.2%43.9%5.1%-1.1%613.1K242.8M-2.8M0.264.7943,32511,343601,206327,504
2019-01-16$32.98$33.0043.0%12.3%56.6%43.2%42.6%4.7%-1.6%2.2M141.4M-2.9M0.303.9834,70010,331598,629324,252
2019-01-17$33.50$34.0044.1%12.8%53.9%46.2%44.0%3.9%-2.2%3.3M81.7M-3.0M0.227.4831,0086,898600,791326,176
2019-01-18$33.91$33.0042.2%12.3%52.6%41.1%42.5%3.6%-1.7%5.0M30.4M-3.0M0.157.8162,9209,171613,764326,804
2019-01-22$32.64$33.0047.4%14.6%54.2%55.1%49.5%4.9%-1.7%8.3M-65.2M-2.9M0.958.9657,88555,084342,692178,789
2019-01-23$31.88$33.0047.8%14.5%53.9%56.2%51.3%5.0%-2.0%6.7M22.1M-3.1M0.598.1741,17924,279390,434227,109
2019-01-24$33.50$33.0038.7%11.4%55.0%31.3%40.6%4.4%-0.6%13.4M-148.1M-3.5M0.904.7932,16728,916420,508241,684
2019-01-25$35.09$33.0038.7%11.4%52.5%31.5%40.6%4.1%-0.4%34.4M-364.1M-3.7M0.265.8994,09424,830424,482249,972
2019-01-28$36.45$33.0039.5%11.9%53.6%33.5%43.3%4.3%-0.6%18.9M-487.8M-3.9M0.254.0928,4047,095426,183238,347
2019-01-29$36.45$34.0038.4%11.6%53.5%30.6%41.8%4.5%0.1%20.1M-484.5M-4.0M0.594.3125,85315,226438,281242,431
2019-01-30$36.41$34.0036.8%11.0%53.6%26.1%40.1%3.8%0.1%21.2M-477.8M-3.9M0.645.5118,80612,028443,687246,520
2019-01-31$35.67$33.0036.3%10.4%54.4%24.9%38.7%3.7%0.3%18.5M-374.6M-3.9M0.592.8716,2479,553444,838249,078