AAL Options History — March 2020

In March 2020, AAL traded between $10.14 and $18.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 170.3%, placing in the 82.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 49.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 41.8% (HV 20d: 128.5%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $28.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.09.

Notable Days

  • 2020-03-18: Highest Volume — 252,922 contracts
  • 2020-03-18: Largest IV spike — 36.2% change
  • 2020-03-05: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2020-03-19: Largest Expected Move — 83.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.56$10.14$18.47$18.47$12.16
Max Pain$18.32$15.00$28.00$28.00$15.00
ATM IV170.3%89.8%277.4%89.8%131.0%
Expected Move49.2%27.5%83.9%29.2%37.0%
HV 20d128.5%61.8%208.8%67.0%208.8%
HV 60d85.2%50.0%127.4%50.0%127.2%
IV Rank82.5%41.3%100.0%74.5%41.3%
IV Percentile98.7%93.7%100.0%99.6%93.7%
Term Structure-20.7%-251.4%156.4%-0.4%91.4%
VWIV171.9%95.4%279.0%99.2%129.7%
Skew 25d62.8%-2.6%134.4%11.8%53.8%
Skew 10d116.5%10.5%201.5%97.7%49.9%
Call IV 25d141.0%87.9%226.3%92.4%108.9%
Put IV 25d203.8%104.2%311.4%104.2%162.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.123.8641.585.185.86
Gamma HHI0.060.050.100.080.10
Net GEX-671.1K-2.8M859.4K-2.8M-275.3K
Net DEX341.4M25.8M558.4M558.4M199.5M
Net VEX-2.2M-2.8M-1.6M-2.1M-1.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.090.512.131.210.99
Total Volume172,950.22781,929252,922126,35686,710
Total OI1,151,997.818922,5861,392,716954,1371,023,322

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-03-02$18.47$28.0089.8%29.2%67.0%74.5%99.2%11.8%-0.4%-2.8M558.4M-2.1M1.215.1857,12469,232470,471483,666
2020-03-03$18.22$28.0099.8%31.2%65.9%86.6%104.0%26.8%-3.7%-2.4M533.2M-2.3M1.1713.3563,13373,799505,734513,687
2020-03-04$18.30$28.0090.3%27.5%61.8%75.2%95.4%11.8%-4.0%-2.3M539.5M-2.4M0.6216.9478,47348,374543,506550,449
2020-03-05$16.20$21.00113.5%31.2%68.6%100.0%110.5%28.6%-6.2%-1.9M548.7M-2.1M1.273.8691,146115,662576,290559,251
2020-03-06$15.97$21.00125.9%34.1%68.8%100.0%117.7%34.9%-2.9%-2.0M526.8M-2.3M1.096.33108,577118,211605,734591,159
2020-03-09$15.02$20.00140.9%38.3%68.5%100.0%135.9%73.8%8.4%-1.3M502.4M-2.2M1.5321.2445,81369,870586,779593,436
2020-03-10$16.88$20.00153.0%42.6%85.6%100.0%156.7%44.5%-0.6%-395.3K412.6M-2.8M0.6615.51127,62184,738603,623600,890
2020-03-11$16.15$19.00148.3%42.5%82.3%96.2%156.3%73.7%12.9%-570.5K450.6M-2.5M1.9012.5942,57380,950615,254631,409
2020-03-12$13.51$19.00197.8%54.5%95.2%100.0%209.2%134.4%77.0%-1.1M443.5M-2.2M2.138.8061,140130,330623,096655,762
2020-03-13$13.78$19.00191.3%51.1%97.3%96.1%177.2%109.6%-21.5%-771.4K466.9M-2.2M0.5141.58154,29277,929636,456665,792
2020-03-16$15.88$15.00195.2%54.6%116.6%98.5%205.5%69.6%-25.3%70.0K333.4M-2.8M1.3525.6099,279134,058653,375649,350
2020-03-17$15.60$15.00203.5%57.9%116.5%100.0%200.9%66.4%8.2%152.7K336.4M-2.7M1.1712.4581,72395,931668,348680,940
2020-03-18$11.60$15.00277.2%79.5%149.5%100.0%261.1%88.8%-228.9%-480.5K367.5M-2.0M1.2814.83111,134141,788673,271698,303
2020-03-19$10.36$15.00277.4%83.9%150.2%100.0%279.0%85.1%-232.2%-502.6K348.2M-1.7M1.1613.3090,449105,112700,387692,329
2020-03-20$10.39$15.00236.5%77.1%151.2%83.6%252.0%72.8%-251.4%-36.2K336.7M-1.7M1.2311.6584,064103,680685,405675,522
2020-03-23$10.14$15.00190.5%68.3%150.8%65.1%223.6%120.9%156.4%-201.9K151.7M-1.6M0.895.8943,42838,501481,875440,711
2020-03-24$14.10$15.00195.2%57.2%200.0%67.0%203.1%44.8%-4.7%489.4K74.2M-2.3M0.7621.46111,99285,443495,815444,467
2020-03-25$15.66$15.00214.3%52.1%205.2%74.7%185.7%110.2%2.9%853.9K25.8M-2.5M0.7611.42112,79485,222514,174472,773
2020-03-26$15.45$15.00161.0%44.3%204.5%53.3%164.9%-2.6%-22.2%859.4K58.2M-2.4M0.796.94103,10081,149525,950497,037
2020-03-27$14.18$15.00162.0%44.9%203.5%53.7%164.3%44.7%-25.2%-7.0K112.4M-2.2M0.719.74112,59280,159554,815507,748
2020-03-30$12.26$15.00152.6%42.5%208.7%49.9%150.9%77.9%16.1%-197.7K183.7M-1.8M0.744.1567,43650,174535,112460,479
2020-03-31$12.16$15.00131.0%37.0%208.8%41.3%129.7%53.8%91.4%-275.3K199.5M-1.7M0.995.8643,48043,230556,007467,315