AAL Options History — March 2019

In March 2019, AAL traded between $30.11 and $34.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.9%, placing in the 23.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.5% (HV 20d: 25.4%). Max pain ranged from $33.00 to $36.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2019-03-13: Highest Volume — 56,822 contracts
  • 2019-03-12: Largest IV spike — 10.5% change
  • 2019-03-25: Highest IV Rank — 36.3%
  • 2019-03-25: Largest Expected Move — 11.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.77$30.11$34.75$34.75$31.86
Max Pain$33.86$33.00$36.00$36.00$33.00
ATM IV35.9%30.3%40.7%34.3%38.2%
Expected Move10.5%9.6%11.5%9.6%10.4%
HV 20d25.4%23.0%29.9%23.8%29.9%
HV 60d41.3%37.1%47.2%47.2%38.2%
IV Rank23.4%8.5%36.3%19.3%29.3%
IV Percentile50.0%15.9%71.8%46.8%58.7%
Term Structure0.9%-0.8%4.3%-0.0%-0.7%
VWIV36.5%33.8%39.4%33.9%36.8%
Skew 25d3.6%2.5%4.7%3.3%3.6%
Skew 10d7.3%3.6%12.8%6.6%8.4%
Call IV 25d34.4%29.2%40.1%32.8%37.3%
Put IV 25d38.0%32.3%44.3%36.1%41.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.482.236.352.862.23
Gamma HHI0.080.050.210.150.21
Net GEX791.1K-3.0M8.7M6.8M8.7M
Net DEX136.5M-7.0M238.5M-7.0M60.5M
Net VEX-2.8M-3.3M-2.5M-3.3M-3.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.283.691.270.63
Total Volume37,423.33315,77156,82237,23138,717
Total OI587,679.571526,981639,730611,052597,675

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-03-01$34.75$36.0034.3%9.6%23.8%19.3%33.9%3.3%-0.0%6.8M-7.0M-3.3M1.272.8616,42920,802371,401239,651
2019-03-04$33.68$36.0035.8%10.4%25.3%23.5%36.6%3.7%-0.6%2.5M104.6M-3.0M0.522.8327,59314,286362,983239,219
2019-03-05$33.32$36.0034.4%9.6%24.8%19.7%34.1%4.0%0.2%1.1M149.6M-2.9M0.462.5723,66010,999373,893243,040
2019-03-06$32.61$36.0035.1%9.9%25.0%21.5%34.8%4.2%0.2%651.4K199.7M-2.8M0.282.2841,41711,595382,870247,534
2019-03-07$32.06$36.0035.6%10.2%25.2%23.0%36.0%4.0%0.4%241.3K238.5M-2.7M0.962.6018,81418,012384,686249,370
2019-03-08$31.99$36.0035.7%10.0%25.2%23.4%35.1%4.4%0.6%168.8K235.7M-2.7M0.622.3426,49316,299388,881250,849
2019-03-11$32.09$33.0033.6%10.4%25.4%17.6%35.5%4.0%0.3%658.9K224.0M-2.6M3.693.9112,00544,306386,386248,897
2019-03-12$31.16$33.0037.2%11.0%24.9%27.2%39.4%4.7%-0.1%379.0K150.6M-2.5M1.244.3019,31523,926353,770213,024
2019-03-13$31.81$33.0036.4%10.7%26.2%25.1%37.3%4.1%-0.7%684.6K114.1M-2.7M0.404.2440,73416,088364,769228,509
2019-03-14$32.02$33.0033.3%10.3%26.0%16.8%35.7%3.4%0.4%1.0M86.1M-2.8M0.463.9824,61211,263376,603235,170
2019-03-15$31.45$33.0030.8%9.9%26.2%9.9%33.8%2.5%0.3%-3.0M136.0M-2.7M0.813.3420,78116,791382,452237,057
2019-03-18$31.30$33.0030.3%9.9%24.9%8.5%33.9%3.1%3.5%-935.1K133.4M-2.6M0.692.5114,1869,830307,280219,701
2019-03-19$31.45$33.0032.4%10.3%24.0%13.3%35.0%2.8%4.2%-111.0K107.5M-2.7M0.385.8720,3127,676314,601223,878
2019-03-20$31.05$33.0035.3%10.8%23.8%21.3%37.0%2.7%4.2%-446.3K128.5M-2.7M0.516.3520,58010,455320,428225,886
2019-03-21$31.53$33.0035.5%10.6%25.0%21.8%38.3%2.8%4.3%1.3M86.5M-2.8M0.653.9514,3339,281326,671228,489
2019-03-22$30.63$33.0038.7%11.3%25.2%30.8%39.4%3.3%4.0%-1.2M147.6M-2.7M0.625.4924,44115,236329,706230,230
2019-03-25$30.31$33.0040.7%11.5%24.0%36.3%38.8%4.1%-0.5%-1.2M163.7M-2.7M0.513.2610,4545,317322,410230,685
2019-03-26$30.11$33.0040.4%11.3%23.0%35.4%38.5%3.4%-0.4%-1.9M176.6M-2.6M0.292.6625,5637,356326,415233,215
2019-03-27$31.14$33.0040.6%11.2%27.4%36.0%38.8%3.6%-0.8%959.7K101.9M-2.9M0.452.9622,71910,265331,980235,899
2019-03-28$30.88$33.0039.0%10.6%27.4%31.6%37.0%3.1%-0.8%254.9K128.3M-2.8M0.962.5021,94821,001336,297238,811
2019-03-29$31.86$33.0038.2%10.4%29.9%29.3%36.8%3.6%-0.7%8.7M60.5M-3.0M0.632.2323,78114,936344,672253,003