AAL Options History — September 2020

In September 2020, AAL traded between $11.81 and $13.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 88.5%, placing in the 24.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 36.7% (HV 20d: 51.8%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $13.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2020-09-03: Highest Volume — 385,986 contracts
  • 2020-09-10: Largest IV drop — 11.1% change
  • 2020-09-03: Highest IV Rank — 30.1%
  • 2020-09-03: Largest Expected Move — 30.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.90$11.81$13.78$13.11$12.28
Max Pain$12.57$12.00$13.00$13.00$12.00
ATM IV88.5%78.3%103.3%102.5%88.6%
Expected Move24.6%21.2%30.8%26.2%22.7%
HV 20d51.8%46.8%62.7%62.7%50.7%
HV 60d69.5%64.3%84.6%84.6%64.3%
IV Rank24.2%20.1%30.1%29.8%24.3%
IV Percentile51.9%42.9%63.9%63.5%52.8%
Term Structure3.0%-3.5%11.2%5.1%-1.2%
VWIV87.8%76.0%109.3%94.3%80.0%
Skew 25d-2.5%-17.8%7.6%-17.8%1.0%
Skew 10d-4.0%-29.5%37.4%-17.7%25.1%
Call IV 25d92.2%79.2%112.6%112.6%89.9%
Put IV 25d89.7%74.6%114.5%94.8%91.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.592.7018.934.883.38
Gamma HHI0.070.050.120.060.06
Net GEX1.2M-4.8M6.8M3.3M-946.4K
Net DEX35.3M-164.8M262.3M-61.3M143.9M
Net VEX-4.7M-5.1M-4.5M-5.0M-4.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.261.190.260.46
Total Volume246,153.524129,695385,986300,491237,232
Total OI2,644,382.9522,457,6552,889,7172,457,6552,889,717

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-09-01$13.11$13.00102.5%26.2%62.7%29.8%94.3%-17.8%5.1%3.3M-61.3M-5.0M0.264.88238,27362,2181,094,1641,363,491
2020-09-02$13.28$13.00103.0%25.7%55.9%30.0%91.3%-1.4%7.8%4.9M-90.0M-5.0M0.3210.00186,67559,3101,148,5011,389,175
2020-09-03$13.32$12.00103.3%30.8%54.3%30.1%109.3%6.3%11.2%5.7M-115.2M-5.1M0.494.88259,232126,7541,172,7111,408,188
2020-09-04$13.57$13.00101.0%29.9%54.6%29.2%107.4%7.6%-3.5%6.8M-164.8M-5.1M0.3918.93168,07765,7211,183,1711,434,482
2020-09-08$13.69$12.0097.9%29.4%49.4%28.0%104.7%-3.9%7.6%4.3M-124.4M-5.0M0.353.70219,32577,7141,102,0661,392,366
2020-09-09$13.11$12.0097.6%27.9%51.4%27.9%99.8%-1.5%-0.2%2.4M-11.5M-4.8M0.483.56220,610105,6581,124,9661,420,934
2020-09-10$13.06$13.0086.8%25.8%51.3%23.5%91.4%-2.2%6.1%1.9M20.3M-4.8M0.413.45133,89754,8181,171,7591,477,033
2020-09-11$12.89$13.0086.2%24.9%51.1%23.3%89.6%-2.5%-0.3%-566.0K56.6M-4.6M0.733.4189,23065,3791,180,6221,481,590
2020-09-14$13.24$13.0081.8%23.7%52.0%21.5%87.4%-0.5%3.4%1.7M341.3K-4.7M0.812.8588,26571,6021,095,0971,443,560
2020-09-15$13.10$13.0079.5%22.8%48.7%20.6%82.3%-3.7%2.9%1.1M30.4M-4.7M0.593.3581,65348,0421,115,2011,477,381
2020-09-16$13.78$13.0083.6%24.0%51.4%22.3%84.8%-3.9%1.1%5.5M-95.7M-4.8M0.383.27241,08991,7871,126,3081,483,004
2020-09-17$13.60$13.0084.4%24.1%51.8%22.6%82.8%-8.8%1.9%4.9M-66.3M-4.7M0.773.45144,328111,4311,154,6111,519,862
2020-09-18$13.12$13.0078.3%22.2%53.6%20.1%78.0%-10.5%0.6%-2.3M42.0M-4.7M0.953.81115,342109,4621,167,2081,562,784
2020-09-21$12.20$13.0085.5%23.0%58.4%23.0%80.8%-2.7%-0.7%-1.5M165.1M-4.5M1.193.18122,118144,8841,014,0681,463,231
2020-09-22$12.36$12.5079.2%21.9%47.3%20.5%76.0%-1.2%2.3%-2.5M164.5M-4.5M0.722.70117,00884,8121,044,5961,538,629
2020-09-23$12.02$12.5081.5%21.5%47.9%21.4%77.1%-2.7%1.5%-3.7M224.0M-4.5M0.494.51138,45467,9391,106,1681,579,271
2020-09-24$11.81$12.0078.5%21.2%47.5%20.2%76.6%2.3%3.0%-4.8M262.3M-4.5M0.763.83114,20186,8161,152,0351,622,285
2020-09-25$12.22$12.0084.9%23.6%46.8%22.8%88.1%-4.4%10.1%-2.1M164.1M-4.7M0.363.61201,24072,5211,180,6121,635,110
2020-09-28$12.81$12.0087.1%23.0%49.5%23.6%81.9%0.2%4.0%1.2M50.2M-4.7M0.312.75263,05481,3051,174,4831,609,261
2020-09-29$12.23$12.0087.6%21.7%50.7%23.8%79.4%-1.6%1.2%-845.0K145.8M-4.7M0.582.88127,71274,0361,202,0071,630,334
2020-09-30$12.28$12.0088.6%22.7%50.7%24.3%80.0%1.0%-1.2%-946.4K143.9M-4.7M0.463.38162,16875,0641,218,0981,671,619