AAL Options History — December 2025

In December 2025, AAL traded between $13.96 and $16.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.9%, placing in the 14.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.8% (HV 20d: 36.1%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $13.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.07.

Notable Days

  • 2025-12-05: Highest Volume — 293,072 contracts
  • 2025-12-22: Largest IV spike — 7.9% change
  • 2025-12-31: Highest IV Rank — 22.9%
  • 2025-12-02: Largest Expected Move — 14.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.20$13.96$16.20$13.96$15.32
Max Pain$12.68$12.00$13.00$13.00$13.00
ATM IV42.9%39.1%47.9%45.2%47.9%
Expected Move12.3%11.3%14.2%14.2%12.4%
HV 20d36.1%30.3%48.3%48.0%32.1%
HV 60d45.0%44.2%46.0%44.7%45.0%
IV Rank14.7%8.3%22.9%18.5%22.9%
IV Percentile21.1%9.5%46.0%30.2%46.0%
Term Structure1.7%-1.3%5.9%-0.4%-0.8%
VWIV43.6%40.0%50.7%50.5%43.7%
Skew 25d2.7%-0.2%5.2%3.1%1.4%
Skew 10d5.2%-12.4%23.1%23.1%3.7%
Call IV 25d42.5%38.2%49.2%44.4%47.6%
Put IV 25d45.1%40.8%49.8%47.5%49.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.269.0525.9916.2616.26
Gamma HHI0.120.080.190.100.12
Net GEX4.9M-898.0K9.4M-898.0K4.1M
Net DEX-456.6M-672.0M-228.5M-228.5M-407.0M
Net VEX-4.4M-4.7M-4.0M-4.7M-4.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.070.415.481.041.73
Total Volume77,911.59132,774293,07280,64334,062
Total OI2,789,059.9092,402,9603,017,1402,867,9132,453,942

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-12-01$13.96$13.0045.2%14.2%48.0%18.5%50.5%3.1%-0.4%-898.0K-228.5M-4.7M1.0416.2639,44841,195863,3212,004,592
2025-12-02$14.27$13.0043.6%14.2%48.3%15.8%50.7%3.5%0.3%59.2K-313.3M-4.7M0.729.0558,65742,306884,9802,041,133
2025-12-03$14.57$13.0041.9%13.1%44.8%13.0%46.7%1.8%1.8%3.4M-381.5M-4.6M1.029.2138,23838,951903,1152,060,662
2025-12-04$14.36$12.0040.7%12.7%39.9%10.9%43.8%2.8%0.9%3.1M-342.0M-4.6M0.8213.5028,39223,352903,2382,065,464
2025-12-05$14.84$12.0039.7%12.3%40.1%9.4%44.9%2.6%2.0%5.7M-462.0M-4.5M5.4822.8445,234247,838906,3652,072,272
2025-12-08$14.88$12.0042.5%12.7%39.3%14.0%44.7%1.8%0.6%2.6M-403.6M-4.7M0.809.8934,88928,051868,5012,057,434
2025-12-09$15.14$12.0041.1%12.5%38.6%11.7%44.3%3.3%2.7%4.1M-457.9M-4.6M1.2617.1735,97045,149882,1482,066,384
2025-12-10$15.13$12.0041.0%12.3%37.2%11.6%44.1%1.9%2.1%5.0M-455.2M-4.5M0.9319.2830,58828,355887,2042,068,835
2025-12-11$14.95$12.0039.5%12.1%36.4%9.0%42.6%3.5%4.1%5.0M-423.4M-4.6M0.7111.5524,67317,549897,0632,077,135
2025-12-12$15.05$12.0039.1%11.9%33.6%8.3%41.1%2.5%4.0%7.4M-457.7M-4.5M0.4612.0444,86620,421894,6232,083,825
2025-12-15$15.29$13.0041.5%12.2%31.5%12.3%41.6%3.5%3.8%4.6M-466.0M-4.4M0.519.9055,04527,900866,4882,026,792
2025-12-16$16.04$13.0042.0%12.1%30.3%13.1%43.1%3.5%1.7%8.7M-672.0M-4.3M0.4213.5463,59626,877900,7752,045,589
2025-12-17$15.59$13.0042.6%12.2%33.5%14.2%43.1%2.8%2.0%8.0M-585.0M-4.2M0.4112.9563,23325,854906,1262,051,234
2025-12-18$15.59$13.0042.4%12.0%33.4%13.8%42.1%2.8%3.8%9.4M-573.9M-4.3M0.5316.6921,35411,420943,2012,062,121
2025-12-19$15.73$13.0041.5%11.3%32.8%12.3%40.8%2.2%5.9%5.6M-623.1M-4.1M0.6312.8123,54414,804952,0652,065,075
2025-12-22$16.20$13.0044.8%11.5%30.6%17.8%40.9%-0.2%-0.9%6.6M-568.2M-4.1M1.5820.9968,392108,231786,2971,666,055
2025-12-23$15.75$13.0043.6%11.8%33.3%15.9%42.3%4.7%2.0%6.4M-492.8M-4.1M1.2225.9928,97335,392801,3311,601,629
2025-12-24$15.66$13.0043.4%11.9%33.2%15.5%41.7%5.2%0.2%6.1M-486.2M-4.1M0.6811.3630,23120,540813,2591,616,597
2025-12-26$15.52$13.0044.9%11.5%31.4%18.0%40.0%3.1%-0.2%4.7M-456.0M-4.1M0.489.9724,05411,633832,9361,631,795
2025-12-29$15.18$13.0047.4%12.4%32.9%22.2%43.7%2.1%2.3%4.1M-384.3M-4.1M1.359.8923,75131,987809,3041,601,429
2025-12-30$15.32$13.0047.6%12.2%32.7%22.4%43.5%0.6%-1.3%4.3M-406.1M-4.1M0.7712.5427,68021,380813,3121,623,672
2025-12-31$15.32$13.0047.9%12.4%32.1%22.9%43.7%1.4%-0.8%4.1M-407.0M-4.0M1.7316.2612,46121,601815,5091,638,433