AAL Options History — October 2020

In October 2020, AAL traded between $10.98 and $13.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 85.3%, placing in the 22.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 24.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 35.8% (HV 20d: 49.5%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $13.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2020-10-02: Highest Volume — 546,236 contracts
  • 2020-10-22: Largest IV drop — 9.3% change
  • 2020-10-06: Highest IV Rank — 27.3%
  • 2020-10-06: Largest Expected Move — 27.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.42$10.98$13.22$12.47$11.22
Max Pain$12.52$12.00$13.00$12.00$12.50
ATM IV85.3%74.4%96.1%89.7%85.2%
Expected Move24.3%21.5%27.5%22.6%24.2%
HV 20d49.5%42.6%55.3%50.8%46.4%
HV 60d54.6%50.7%64.3%64.3%50.7%
IV Rank22.9%18.6%27.3%24.7%22.9%
IV Percentile44.8%33.7%57.1%54.4%44.0%
Term Structure0.1%-7.3%4.9%4.2%-2.4%
VWIV87.1%76.5%101.4%83.3%85.7%
Skew 25d5.3%-2.0%15.8%-1.1%14.7%
Skew 10d9.5%-9.6%38.4%0.4%1.3%
Call IV 25d84.8%76.2%96.4%93.5%77.7%
Put IV 25d90.1%76.0%101.7%92.4%92.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.742.284.282.592.70
Gamma HHI0.080.060.280.070.07
Net GEX682.7K-5.4M12.4M446.4K-4.0M
Net DEX154.7M-24.2M430.2M108.6M386.0M
Net VEX-4.5M-5.0M-4.2M-4.8M-4.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.261.150.700.72
Total Volume255,851.727152,644546,236242,729167,002
Total OI3,018,006.0452,748,9293,255,3452,948,4233,255,345

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-10-01$12.47$12.0089.7%22.6%50.8%24.7%83.3%-1.1%4.2%446.4K108.6M-4.8M0.702.59142,528100,2011,253,3441,695,079
2020-10-02$12.91$12.0092.0%25.0%52.6%25.6%89.9%1.9%3.7%12.4M3.8M-5.0M0.262.84432,083114,1531,281,6191,727,635
2020-10-05$13.11$13.0091.6%27.0%52.4%25.5%95.2%0.4%-7.3%2.8M-7.0M-4.8M0.432.40140,92960,0001,225,7181,681,785
2020-10-06$12.65$13.0096.1%27.5%53.6%27.3%101.4%8.5%2.6%707.4K95.3M-4.6M0.633.40199,874125,2591,247,9631,697,453
2020-10-07$13.11$13.0090.2%26.1%53.2%24.9%91.7%5.5%-3.3%3.5M23.2M-4.8M0.372.32160,61859,7361,250,9231,731,717
2020-10-08$13.14$13.0090.6%25.6%53.2%25.1%93.1%-2.0%-1.2%5.7M362.1K-4.7M0.572.54280,703159,3161,269,2191,756,273
2020-10-09$13.22$13.0092.9%25.9%53.0%26.0%90.9%9.4%-0.3%6.4M-24.2M-4.8M0.352.94189,16566,4081,313,4041,792,475
2020-10-12$12.94$13.0086.1%24.7%52.7%23.2%89.0%4.0%2.2%932.6K55.7M-4.6M0.452.28105,09047,5541,228,7361,711,230
2020-10-13$12.32$13.0088.4%25.8%55.3%24.2%92.3%-1.7%3.6%-3.0M181.1M-4.4M0.713.26114,58081,5711,257,0051,723,652
2020-10-14$12.40$13.0085.9%24.4%51.7%23.2%86.3%4.4%-1.4%-2.7M176.9M-4.4M0.282.40192,33354,7281,286,7941,755,150
2020-10-15$12.28$12.0080.1%24.0%51.7%20.8%88.1%8.2%4.9%-3.8M190.1M-4.4M0.592.37107,05263,2031,345,3161,771,946
2020-10-16$12.44$12.0081.0%22.9%50.7%21.2%82.3%4.0%0.3%2.0M166.9M-4.3M0.642.63117,84575,2001,374,8061,784,030
2020-10-19$12.56$12.0084.2%23.9%43.6%22.5%84.4%7.3%0.8%631.9K157.6M-4.3M0.422.42186,15277,6571,132,7751,616,154
2020-10-20$12.82$12.0084.0%24.0%43.9%22.4%85.8%6.5%-2.7%2.3M98.8M-4.5M0.592.61139,33381,6231,203,8381,648,184
2020-10-21$12.74$12.0084.2%24.1%42.6%22.5%85.2%3.2%-0.0%2.4M96.2M-4.6M0.652.29119,50277,5611,237,8381,679,105
2020-10-22$13.18$12.5076.3%21.9%43.2%19.3%77.7%2.6%-1.5%6.9M17.0M-4.7M0.722.89169,111122,1061,273,5031,723,044
2020-10-23$12.61$12.5074.4%21.5%45.2%18.6%76.5%-1.9%-2.3%-766.5K154.3M-4.5M0.713.07211,254149,9761,300,3951,745,630
2020-10-26$11.77$12.5079.4%23.1%48.4%20.6%82.6%9.4%-0.5%-2.4M291.8M-4.2M1.152.85127,930146,9301,255,4061,718,490
2020-10-27$11.27$12.5078.0%22.1%48.1%20.0%79.6%7.5%0.1%-4.9M390.8M-4.2M0.532.44175,60193,5871,294,0851,783,565
2020-10-28$10.98$12.5084.1%24.7%48.6%22.4%90.7%9.7%2.1%-5.2M430.2M-4.2M1.014.28107,866109,1861,329,8961,828,753
2020-10-29$11.14$12.5082.1%23.0%48.5%21.6%84.2%15.8%0.3%-5.4M410.4M-4.3M0.492.74117,93758,2951,348,0831,858,772
2020-10-30$11.22$12.5085.2%24.2%46.4%22.9%85.7%14.7%-2.4%-4.0M386.0M-4.4M0.722.7097,33769,6651,378,2811,877,064