AAL Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, AAL traded between $35.00 and $36.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.9%, placing in the 15.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 35.2%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $36.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-04: Highest Volume — 98,053 contracts
  • 2019-02-22: Largest IV drop — 4.9% change
  • 2019-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 19.8%
  • 2019-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 10.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$35.97$35.00$36.89$36.17$35.50
Max Pain$34.21$33.00$36.00$33.00$36.00
ATM IV32.9%31.2%34.4%34.4%32.5%
Expected Move9.4%8.8%10.1%10.1%9.5%
HV 20d35.2%22.8%46.9%46.9%23.7%
HV 60d48.2%47.1%49.6%49.6%47.1%
IV Rank15.7%11.0%19.8%19.8%14.6%
IV Percentile40.5%32.1%45.2%45.2%38.1%
Term Structure0.2%-0.4%0.9%0.6%-0.0%
VWIV33.1%31.6%34.5%34.5%33.2%
Skew 25d3.4%2.9%4.1%3.0%3.1%
Skew 10d6.7%5.7%7.8%5.9%7.1%
Call IV 25d31.6%30.2%33.1%33.1%31.5%
Put IV 25d34.9%33.2%36.6%36.1%34.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.702.133.182.703.00
Gamma HHI0.120.100.170.100.15
Net GEX20.1M11.0M30.3M20.7M11.5M
Net DEX-310.1M-506.0M-112.6M-447.4M-112.6M
Net VEX-3.8M-4.2M-3.4M-3.9M-3.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.161.020.340.80
Total Volume39,354.36818,35198,05351,24223,159
Total OI708,568.368587,420796,019699,897605,837

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$36.17$33.0034.4%10.1%46.9%19.8%34.5%3.0%0.6%20.7M-447.4M-3.9M0.342.7038,10713,135448,760251,137
2019-02-04$36.59$33.0034.1%9.7%43.7%18.9%34.2%4.1%-0.4%23.4M-474.4M-3.8M0.852.6952,97345,080443,793239,061
2019-02-05$36.89$34.0033.1%9.6%41.5%16.2%33.9%3.5%0.2%24.6M-506.0M-4.1M0.262.8137,1279,805469,434280,463
2019-02-06$36.74$34.0032.7%9.4%40.2%15.0%33.7%3.4%0.2%25.5M-485.8M-4.2M0.303.0517,2485,132477,201283,704
2019-02-07$36.24$34.0033.9%9.8%39.8%18.4%33.3%3.9%-0.0%22.7M-399.7M-4.2M0.552.3018,27210,095479,293285,976
2019-02-08$35.97$34.0033.8%9.7%35.9%18.0%32.9%3.9%0.0%20.2M-341.4M-4.1M0.422.3318,2347,616482,920290,439
2019-02-11$36.68$34.0033.3%9.6%36.0%16.8%32.9%3.7%0.6%25.8M-480.1M-4.1M0.163.1825,2224,042482,362281,981
2019-02-12$35.84$34.0032.6%9.4%37.4%14.9%32.9%3.8%0.4%25.3M-332.0M-4.0M0.692.9412,9028,940492,884283,699
2019-02-13$36.15$34.0033.0%9.5%37.3%15.9%33.7%2.9%0.4%25.5M-379.9M-4.0M0.212.8239,1778,216493,333287,073
2019-02-14$36.16$34.0032.6%9.3%36.6%14.8%33.7%2.9%0.9%29.5M-390.4M-4.0M0.542.6119,91410,749500,994289,482
2019-02-15$35.12$34.0033.1%9.5%38.2%16.3%32.6%3.1%0.5%30.3M-177.5M-3.8M0.242.8357,19113,926501,838294,181
2019-02-19$35.66$34.0032.8%9.3%38.4%15.3%32.1%3.5%0.1%14.0M-237.0M-3.8M0.452.4818,3878,326398,162259,418
2019-02-20$35.09$34.0033.0%9.3%36.0%16.0%32.4%3.0%0.2%11.3M-145.9M-3.6M0.253.0429,7937,473401,375263,113
2019-02-21$35.00$34.0033.3%9.3%34.6%16.7%32.0%3.6%0.3%11.0M-134.8M-3.7M0.692.7622,26915,451406,653264,445
2019-02-22$35.53$34.0031.7%8.8%30.6%12.3%31.6%3.6%0.1%14.9M-204.0M-3.7M1.022.269,0629,289409,465271,072
2019-02-25$35.99$34.0031.7%8.9%26.3%12.4%34.4%3.0%0.3%15.7M-272.5M-3.7M0.982.9345,39344,565392,773267,932
2019-02-26$36.36$36.0031.2%9.0%22.8%11.0%31.8%2.9%0.2%16.6M-232.1M-3.5M0.702.3912,0208,381357,151230,269
2019-02-27$35.73$36.0032.5%9.3%23.6%14.6%33.1%3.3%0.2%12.7M-137.3M-3.4M0.512.1313,9947,068361,743233,383
2019-02-28$35.50$36.0032.5%9.5%23.7%14.6%33.2%3.1%-0.0%11.5M-112.6M-3.4M0.803.0012,86110,298369,802236,035