AAL Options History — April 2020

In April 2020, AAL traded between $9.31 and $12.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 145.3%, placing in the 47.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 40.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 23.0% (HV 20d: 168.3%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2020-04-09: Highest Volume — 289,663 contracts
  • 2020-04-09: Largest IV drop — 25.2% change
  • 2020-04-08: Highest IV Rank — 71.2%
  • 2020-04-03: Largest Expected Move — 47.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.97$9.31$12.47$10.68$12.05
Max Pain$16.95$15.00$20.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV145.3%109.5%205.6%153.3%111.0%
Expected Move40.5%32.1%47.8%44.8%32.1%
HV 20d168.3%104.9%212.1%212.1%104.9%
HV 60d135.4%129.4%141.2%129.4%140.7%
IV Rank47.0%32.6%71.2%50.2%33.2%
IV Percentile91.0%84.9%98.4%95.2%84.9%
Term Structure-5.0%-89.9%82.3%82.3%-10.8%
VWIV141.3%115.9%164.2%157.0%115.9%
Skew 25d43.5%-1.4%187.4%115.3%12.4%
Skew 10d66.6%-72.8%182.0%94.9%70.8%
Call IV 25d123.0%73.1%144.9%84.3%115.8%
Put IV 25d166.5%125.7%260.5%199.6%128.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.202.1912.5710.532.84
Gamma HHI0.070.050.110.080.05
Net GEX-340.7K-1.0M688.3K-574.6K-317.1K
Net DEX158.2M72.7M225.4M225.4M119.2M
Net VEX-1.8M-2.6M-1.3M-1.5M-2.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.601.481.051.03
Total Volume174,828.66788,915289,663169,728259,485
Total OI1,217,493.0481,047,4271,456,1761,047,4271,456,176

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-04-01$10.68$15.00153.3%44.8%212.1%50.2%157.0%115.3%82.3%-574.6K225.4M-1.5M1.0510.5382,93186,797571,672475,755
2020-04-02$10.06$20.00165.2%45.0%209.5%55.0%144.3%41.2%-68.5%-724.4K221.1M-1.4M0.768.2596,59173,536590,929488,997
2020-04-03$9.31$20.00164.4%47.8%210.3%54.7%161.4%83.3%-89.9%-387.2K223.8M-1.3M1.425.7184,315119,638609,107503,810
2020-04-06$9.45$20.00173.4%46.9%210.4%58.3%153.4%187.4%10.0%-475.3K205.4M-1.4M0.682.65130,32088,233600,111508,913
2020-04-07$10.31$20.00176.9%44.3%208.0%59.7%152.4%70.2%29.5%-8.2K166.4M-1.6M0.783.72149,359116,829634,913525,612
2020-04-08$11.19$19.00205.6%43.6%211.3%71.2%148.9%49.7%-6.5%173.9K146.9M-1.8M0.773.1393,14871,830648,509559,133
2020-04-09$12.26$17.00153.8%41.8%205.8%50.4%141.2%34.8%1.6%238.4K85.6M-2.1M0.6812.57172,376117,287660,376586,778
2020-04-13$11.53$17.00159.5%44.7%206.5%52.7%164.2%29.9%-12.9%-264.5K148.7M-1.9M0.782.9380,87462,768644,420572,292
2020-04-14$11.91$17.00144.6%41.0%199.4%46.7%146.9%26.4%-33.5%164.6K138.3M-1.9M0.703.5962,34943,535662,151584,164
2020-04-15$12.19$17.00143.7%41.2%199.9%46.4%150.3%26.2%-12.9%688.3K119.9M-2.0M0.674.1196,88664,558682,160597,155
2020-04-16$11.06$17.00148.5%41.9%173.1%48.3%145.7%23.5%-13.8%-1.0M167.6M-1.8M0.802.2869,37055,457707,204607,224
2020-04-17$11.64$17.00129.6%36.4%168.9%40.7%129.6%21.9%-2.3%-635.1K138.5M-1.9M1.072.7761,87266,493719,932609,357
2020-04-20$11.05$17.00133.8%39.3%170.2%42.4%137.8%20.3%-4.2%-336.8K147.0M-1.8M0.802.1949,51039,405573,083496,358
2020-04-21$10.93$16.00134.3%40.2%169.9%42.6%141.8%29.3%29.3%-367.9K146.2M-1.8M0.922.5850,48246,430590,299509,225
2020-04-22$10.32$16.00132.3%39.5%119.5%41.8%139.3%34.8%22.7%-731.5K165.5M-1.8M1.043.0573,52776,493613,076533,341
2020-04-23$10.30$16.00130.1%35.4%111.0%40.9%124.8%20.3%17.6%-910.5K175.2M-1.8M1.483.0055,68682,599638,484560,078
2020-04-24$10.47$15.00109.5%36.6%111.7%32.6%128.6%58.7%-18.7%-557.0K176.8M-1.9M1.313.9489,251116,513653,046609,856
2020-04-27$10.01$15.00124.6%37.0%109.4%38.7%132.4%4.2%-12.0%-942.9K187.4M-1.9M1.442.8451,43774,313639,198615,814
2020-04-28$11.22$15.00126.4%36.4%107.9%39.4%128.2%25.3%-10.2%-456.2K144.9M-2.2M0.602.43123,77673,732659,190679,694
2020-04-29$12.47$15.00130.0%34.9%114.7%40.9%123.8%-1.4%-1.2%318.0K72.7M-2.6M0.733.05150,960110,451678,008711,754
2020-04-30$12.05$15.00111.0%32.1%104.9%33.2%115.9%12.4%-10.8%-317.1K119.2M-2.4M1.032.84127,852131,633700,121756,055