AAL Options History — September 2019

In September 2019, AAL traded between $26.56 and $30.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.3%, placing in the 25.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 41.0%). Max pain ranged from $26.00 to $28.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2019-09-16: Highest Volume — 92,089 contracts
  • 2019-09-16: Largest IV spike — 19.5% change
  • 2019-09-27: Highest IV Rank — 38.6%
  • 2019-09-03: Largest Expected Move — 11.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.04$26.56$30.06$26.56$26.97
Max Pain$27.05$26.00$28.00$28.00$27.00
ATM IV37.3%32.0%42.8%38.6%41.8%
Expected Move10.3%9.2%11.2%11.2%10.7%
HV 20d41.0%31.9%44.8%39.8%38.9%
HV 60d39.6%37.2%40.9%38.9%40.7%
IV Rank25.2%11.4%38.6%30.0%35.7%
IV Percentile45.8%8.7%77.8%59.5%73.0%
Term Structure0.8%-1.4%4.1%0.0%-0.2%
VWIV36.1%33.3%39.0%39.0%37.0%
Skew 25d4.5%3.3%5.8%5.5%5.2%
Skew 10d9.0%6.5%11.8%11.8%10.5%
Call IV 25d35.4%30.4%41.0%36.3%39.1%
Put IV 25d39.9%34.2%46.1%41.8%44.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.452.6014.404.453.33
Gamma HHI0.130.080.320.090.08
Net GEX3.6M-7.4M13.7M2.2M3.2M
Net DEX23.9M-184.8M133.6M131.1M117.7M
Net VEX-2.7M-3.0M-2.5M-2.5M-2.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.311.190.590.46
Total Volume34,872.4514,59192,08914,59116,818
Total OI709,528.2625,159790,467702,501648,467

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-09-03$26.56$28.0038.6%11.2%39.8%30.0%39.0%5.5%0.0%2.2M131.1M-2.5M0.594.459,1765,415439,053263,448
2019-09-04$27.03$28.0036.4%10.3%40.5%23.6%38.4%4.8%0.8%3.4M92.0M-2.6M0.873.2314,52212,579441,361265,912
2019-09-05$27.81$26.0034.3%10.1%41.7%17.9%35.9%4.1%0.4%3.8M16.8M-2.7M0.397.1431,19612,053444,402270,776
2019-09-06$27.80$27.0033.5%9.8%41.3%15.6%35.3%3.3%0.9%2.2M28.1M-2.7M0.594.9918,94611,232445,773273,470
2019-09-09$28.45$27.0034.6%10.3%42.2%18.7%35.5%3.8%1.0%3.2M-12.3M-2.8M0.864.8717,92615,502433,339264,596
2019-09-10$29.06$27.0034.6%10.1%39.7%18.8%35.4%3.6%0.3%4.9M-71.8M-2.8M0.464.5517,5808,010435,844269,136
2019-09-11$29.72$27.0034.3%9.8%40.2%17.9%34.9%3.8%-0.2%6.6M-139.3M-2.9M0.339.4343,05114,289439,302272,313
2019-09-12$30.06$27.0032.9%9.5%34.8%14.0%33.3%3.9%0.1%8.5M-184.8M-3.0M0.382.6025,9419,938455,336273,389
2019-09-13$29.97$27.0032.0%9.2%31.9%11.4%33.3%3.8%0.4%13.7M-175.7M-2.9M0.677.6018,98712,715463,694277,438
2019-09-16$27.81$27.0038.2%10.9%43.2%28.8%38.2%3.6%3.5%2.4M71.2M-2.6M0.6414.4056,16335,926458,253269,637
2019-09-17$28.81$27.0037.0%10.6%44.6%25.5%37.2%4.4%3.5%4.8M-48.4M-2.9M0.315.9358,99218,427484,312286,246
2019-09-18$28.47$27.0037.3%10.7%44.8%26.2%36.5%4.7%3.2%2.9M10.0M-2.8M0.8011.4013,25510,541485,004290,057
2019-09-19$28.26$27.0035.7%10.0%44.5%21.7%33.7%4.0%4.1%2.0M39.0M-2.7M0.483.4311,3325,419489,822293,505
2019-09-20$28.01$27.0036.5%10.0%44.7%22.8%34.5%4.7%4.0%-7.4M70.1M-2.7M0.624.2717,28810,658495,732294,735
2019-09-23$27.54$27.0039.4%10.3%42.2%28.7%36.0%4.9%-0.6%3.8M82.9M-2.5M0.742.9215,05511,202384,114241,045
2019-09-24$26.93$27.0041.8%10.9%42.7%35.6%37.5%5.8%-1.3%2.4M133.6M-2.5M0.342.9230,19310,375394,535250,511
2019-09-25$27.52$27.0041.9%10.7%41.8%36.1%36.7%5.2%-1.2%4.1M80.7M-2.6M0.573.2518,09010,323401,176255,138
2019-09-26$27.13$27.0042.0%10.7%41.0%36.2%36.6%4.8%-1.2%3.4M112.9M-2.5M1.194.0110,66512,727407,669258,381
2019-09-27$26.95$27.0042.8%10.9%38.9%38.6%37.7%5.2%-1.4%2.5M124.9M-2.5M0.414.2617,7507,192412,193261,450
2019-09-30$26.97$27.0041.8%10.7%38.9%35.7%37.0%5.2%-0.2%3.2M117.7M-2.5M0.463.3311,5185,300395,391253,076