AAL Options History — April 2022

In April 2022, AAL traded between $16.61 and $20.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.0%, placing in the 38.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 52.0%). Max pain ranged from $18.00 to $19.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2022-04-21: Highest Volume — 439,801 contracts
  • 2022-04-13: Largest IV drop — 7.8% change
  • 2022-04-26: Highest IV Rank — 47.8%
  • 2022-04-26: Largest Expected Move — 17.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.58$16.61$20.27$18.17$18.90
Max Pain$18.38$18.00$19.00$18.00$19.00
ATM IV57.0%52.8%61.6%53.8%59.9%
Expected Move16.3%15.2%17.7%15.7%17.2%
HV 20d52.0%42.2%71.9%71.9%54.1%
HV 60d62.4%60.1%64.2%61.3%63.6%
IV Rank38.3%29.7%47.8%31.6%44.3%
IV Percentile85.5%73.8%92.9%77.4%90.9%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.7%1.5%0.3%-0.9%
VWIV59.0%53.4%66.8%54.3%60.0%
Skew 25d6.8%5.1%10.7%5.1%9.9%
Skew 10d15.9%11.2%21.5%14.4%21.5%
Call IV 25d55.3%51.6%59.2%52.8%57.4%
Put IV 25d62.2%56.9%68.0%57.9%67.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.511.773.762.292.58
Gamma HHI0.080.060.350.060.06
Net GEX-862.1K-9.8M24.5M-1.8M-4.8M
Net DEX-996.1K-347.5M427.2M-22.3M35.4M
Net VEX-8.1M-8.4M-7.9M-8.4M-8.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.461.521.020.57
Total Volume176,974.9579,963439,801110,457151,424
Total OI3,113,973.852,905,6643,268,5513,173,3983,123,804

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-04-01$18.17$18.0053.8%15.7%71.9%31.6%54.3%5.1%0.3%-1.8M-22.3M-8.4M1.022.2954,78955,668941,1492,232,249
2022-04-04$18.25$18.0052.8%15.2%50.7%29.7%53.4%5.3%0.3%-1.8M-2.7M-8.2M0.752.1561,14845,811897,7942,185,113
2022-04-05$17.81$18.0054.5%15.5%50.7%33.1%57.1%5.2%0.2%-4.1M94.5M-8.1M1.173.3856,45866,089918,1752,206,123
2022-04-06$17.41$18.0057.6%16.6%49.1%39.6%60.2%6.3%-0.5%-6.4M201.6M-8.2M0.871.9968,39359,562927,9202,235,464
2022-04-07$17.01$18.0058.7%16.8%49.4%41.9%60.5%6.7%-0.3%-9.0M328.8M-8.2M0.831.9684,89370,719941,9882,253,109
2022-04-08$16.61$18.0058.6%16.5%50.4%41.6%59.2%5.6%-0.6%-9.8M427.2M-8.1M1.111.8545,10650,249966,9202,274,311
2022-04-11$16.98$18.0060.9%17.1%50.6%46.5%62.5%7.3%-0.8%-8.7M307.4M-8.0M0.602.4592,19655,405913,2222,250,054
2022-04-12$17.11$18.0060.9%17.2%42.2%46.4%60.6%7.2%-1.0%-8.0M296.4M-8.1M0.652.3148,49431,469934,3702,263,920
2022-04-13$18.91$18.0056.1%16.2%51.6%36.5%58.8%6.3%0.6%4.5M-230.9M-8.1M0.632.21219,659138,379944,1972,275,038
2022-04-14$19.03$18.0054.0%15.4%51.5%32.0%54.6%5.8%-0.1%24.5M-234.2M-8.3M0.791.77123,74297,865952,0032,316,548
2022-04-18$18.55$18.0057.1%16.4%52.7%38.6%59.3%6.3%-0.6%-2.4M55.2M-8.2M1.523.1954,66383,224793,0502,112,614
2022-04-19$19.57$18.0054.2%15.5%52.1%32.4%54.1%6.3%-0.6%902.8K-177.0M-7.9M0.502.10171,03786,345805,3332,147,835
2022-04-20$19.59$18.5056.1%16.1%51.2%36.5%57.6%6.6%-0.9%2.1M-184.0M-8.3M0.462.70153,15270,235852,2632,168,819
2022-04-21$20.13$19.0053.1%15.2%50.3%30.3%55.5%6.1%0.6%8.8M-347.5M-8.0M0.663.76265,119174,682886,9522,186,217
2022-04-22$20.27$19.0054.9%15.6%50.0%33.9%55.8%5.5%1.5%7.0M-332.4M-8.4M0.762.33165,472125,592932,4762,233,580
2022-04-25$20.00$19.0058.1%16.7%50.6%40.7%61.4%7.8%-1.0%1.2M-219.3M-8.1M0.802.6670,15656,297852,0632,162,923
2022-04-26$18.85$19.0061.6%17.7%55.6%47.8%66.4%8.8%-1.7%-3.7M43.8M-8.1M1.503.1660,39490,330859,0662,176,042
2022-04-27$19.03$19.0060.0%17.5%53.0%44.5%66.8%10.7%-1.0%-4.0M24.7M-8.2M1.293.1046,15359,508860,4592,209,035
2022-04-28$19.42$19.0056.9%16.3%53.3%38.1%61.2%8.3%-1.4%-1.8M-84.6M-8.1M0.732.3274,71454,908862,4702,224,809
2022-04-29$18.90$19.0059.9%17.2%54.1%44.3%60.0%9.9%-0.9%-4.8M35.4M-8.1M0.572.5896,20755,217882,4312,241,373