AAL Options History — August 2020

In August 2020, AAL traded between $11.11 and $13.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 88.9%, placing in the 24.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 23.4% (HV 20d: 65.5%). Max pain ranged from $11.00 to $13.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.46.

Notable Days

  • 2020-08-06: Highest Volume — 581,953 contracts
  • 2020-08-05: Largest IV spike — 17.7% change
  • 2020-08-05: Highest IV Rank — 28.8%
  • 2020-08-05: Largest Expected Move — 27.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.88$11.11$13.94$11.11$13.11
Max Pain$12.43$11.00$13.00$13.00$13.00
ATM IV88.9%80.7%100.0%89.6%95.7%
Expected Move24.9%22.1%27.9%22.7%24.8%
HV 20d65.5%53.3%84.2%80.7%63.3%
HV 60d111.9%87.1%116.3%115.8%87.1%
IV Rank24.4%21.1%28.8%24.7%27.1%
IV Percentile56.9%52.4%62.3%59.5%59.1%
Term Structure0.8%-19.4%10.6%-0.7%10.6%
VWIV89.3%80.7%102.3%81.4%90.7%
Skew 25d-5.5%-31.9%5.8%-5.4%-7.0%
Skew 10d-3.9%-21.7%16.2%-14.2%-0.5%
Call IV 25d94.9%83.9%124.3%97.5%97.4%
Put IV 25d89.5%83.0%98.0%92.1%90.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.972.1714.882.5014.88
Gamma HHI0.090.050.340.080.06
Net GEX3.4M-3.4M13.7M-694.5K2.9M
Net DEX-11.6M-197.5M203.6M203.6M-52.2M
Net VEX-4.6M-5.0M-4.0M-4.0M-4.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.460.190.710.420.58
Total Volume281,438.238107,102581,953188,313162,159
Total OI2,596,477.4762,251,5532,785,3192,447,6862,391,298

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-08-03$11.11$13.0089.6%22.7%80.7%24.7%81.4%-5.4%-0.7%-694.5K203.6M-4.0M0.422.50133,05255,2611,071,7771,375,909
2020-08-04$11.47$13.0085.0%22.1%78.5%22.8%80.7%5.0%7.8%1.5M146.7M-4.2M0.272.17193,25652,5191,131,0871,395,172
2020-08-05$12.47$13.00100.0%27.9%84.2%28.8%102.3%-1.4%-19.4%4.0M-13.2M-4.6M0.194.75453,19084,8871,155,7261,412,578
2020-08-06$12.95$11.0089.0%26.4%80.8%24.4%93.6%-7.5%2.6%7.6M-104.6M-4.7M0.215.39482,64199,3121,232,0161,441,839
2020-08-07$13.06$12.0088.2%26.4%78.2%24.1%93.2%-7.2%3.8%13.7M-117.5M-4.7M0.4311.26198,83184,9301,297,3811,479,222
2020-08-10$13.94$12.0095.8%27.3%80.6%27.1%97.2%-31.9%0.2%5.3M-197.5M-5.0M0.285.80385,965107,6051,195,4051,451,951
2020-08-11$13.73$12.0097.1%26.9%80.7%27.7%95.0%-15.6%-8.9%5.6M-151.1M-4.9M0.413.96282,960115,8041,229,0661,472,530
2020-08-12$13.56$12.0097.6%26.7%61.6%27.9%94.4%-6.9%-2.0%4.3M-81.9M-4.9M0.623.28142,67988,3111,246,4141,500,716
2020-08-13$13.30$12.0088.4%25.6%55.6%24.2%91.3%-10.4%4.2%3.1M-41.1M-4.8M0.473.06122,63257,0671,260,2721,514,334
2020-08-14$13.32$12.0087.3%25.3%53.5%23.7%90.7%-8.3%0.9%2.1M-50.9M-4.8M0.453.19100,51044,9431,265,6581,519,661
2020-08-17$12.66$12.0082.9%24.1%54.1%21.9%87.8%-2.3%1.2%635.7K81.2M-4.5M0.593.48105,73062,1501,167,1121,472,358
2020-08-18$12.53$12.0081.0%23.4%54.4%21.2%83.9%-1.8%3.3%158.2K107.1M-4.4M0.472.8572,97334,1291,187,2611,491,575
2020-08-19$12.64$13.0080.7%23.1%54.2%21.1%82.9%-3.0%6.5%747.3K84.8M-4.3M0.694.08147,425102,1601,202,1371,499,285
2020-08-20$12.55$13.0084.2%23.9%53.3%22.5%85.7%-1.8%2.3%479.4K113.0M-4.4M0.712.8489,88363,6631,215,9641,521,218
2020-08-21$12.11$13.0082.4%23.4%53.6%21.8%86.0%-2.5%2.9%-3.4M176.2M-4.3M0.703.88133,72293,5281,234,3771,538,493
2020-08-24$13.30$12.0089.9%24.6%62.4%24.8%88.5%5.8%3.8%3.0M-66.6M-4.8M0.474.20292,724136,912986,6071,264,946
2020-08-25$13.10$12.0084.7%23.4%61.7%22.7%83.0%0.4%1.9%3.3M-42.8M-4.8M0.523.59198,632103,2361,050,4921,299,894
2020-08-26$12.76$13.0085.2%22.8%61.1%22.9%81.1%-2.9%1.6%2.6M11.2M-4.7M0.475.8599,28146,5371,075,0791,336,327
2020-08-27$13.28$13.0093.0%26.4%61.5%26.0%95.0%-9.8%0.1%5.7M-90.5M-4.9M0.292.52367,369104,8041,092,7451,344,111
2020-08-28$13.57$13.0088.9%24.8%61.3%24.4%90.8%-0.5%-5.1%7.9M-157.9M-5.0M0.3710.78151,27555,5561,141,6021,364,432
2020-08-31$13.11$13.0095.7%24.8%63.3%27.1%90.7%-7.0%10.6%2.9M-52.2M-4.9M0.5814.88102,90159,2581,060,6051,330,693