BAC Options History — December 2007

In December 2007, BAC traded between $41.10 and $46.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.9%, placing in the 52.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.8% (HV 20d: 37.7%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $47.50. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.67.

Notable Days

  • 2007-12-31: Highest Volume — 398,334 contracts
  • 2007-12-12: Largest IV spike — 27.0% change
  • 2007-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 73.1%
  • 2007-12-13: Largest Expected Move — 11.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.16$41.10$46.64$45.47$41.26
Max Pain$46.13$45.00$47.50$45.00$45.00
ATM IV31.9%25.8%41.0%31.0%29.3%
Expected Move9.1%7.7%11.1%8.9%8.4%
HV 20d37.7%26.4%43.8%43.7%26.4%
HV 60d32.5%31.2%33.3%31.2%32.8%
IV Rank52.9%39.5%73.1%51.0%47.3%
IV Percentile87.8%79.2%97.5%89.6%84.0%
Term Structure2.5%0.8%4.7%0.8%2.5%
VWIV32.6%27.7%45.1%31.6%32.3%
Skew 25d9.3%6.2%12.0%7.2%10.6%
Skew 10d18.9%12.1%23.9%13.1%20.2%
Call IV 25d29.3%24.7%36.4%28.5%27.9%
Put IV 25d38.6%31.7%46.0%35.7%38.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.523.7111.175.325.18
Gamma HHI0.140.120.190.140.14
Net GEX4.7M-9.0M29.4M15.5M-5.0M
Net DEX315.3M-776.2M826.5M-27.7M722.6M
Net VEX-16.2M-17.9M-14.0M-17.3M-14.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.670.306.881.063.83
Total Volume105,271.838,681398,33438,681398,334
Total OI2,013,890.251,926,6132,099,9611,960,5591,935,981

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-12-03$45.47$45.0031.0%8.9%43.7%51.0%31.6%7.2%0.8%15.5M-27.7M-17.3M1.065.3218,76519,9161,104,517856,042
2007-12-04$44.71$45.0031.1%8.9%43.8%51.1%45.1%6.5%1.1%11.2M200.3M-17.1M0.307.8295,96329,2431,104,966855,737
2007-12-05$45.23$45.0029.3%8.4%43.1%47.2%29.8%9.0%2.3%17.6M-116.1M-17.6M0.517.0042,90721,9301,106,633867,681
2007-12-06$45.96$45.0028.1%8.0%39.1%44.5%27.7%6.2%1.8%25.8M-465.6M-17.8M0.8211.1767,03354,7891,118,903853,366
2007-12-07$45.37$47.5026.2%8.3%39.5%40.3%28.9%8.3%2.1%21.6M-314.5M-17.6M0.705.8536,18425,1991,149,322874,669
2007-12-10$46.64$47.5025.8%7.7%40.4%39.5%29.7%10.2%1.4%29.4M-776.2M-17.9M1.187.5540,01247,0661,157,217861,836
2007-12-11$44.65$47.5032.3%9.1%43.7%53.8%30.7%9.5%1.3%13.1M-47.3M-17.4M2.225.6238,13384,7441,167,310877,707
2007-12-12$43.43$47.5041.0%11.1%40.5%73.1%36.6%8.8%0.8%7.1M211.4M-17.1M1.4810.8544,42665,9101,170,619872,003
2007-12-13$43.05$47.5038.7%11.1%40.5%68.0%36.3%9.0%1.3%3.6M365.0M-16.9M1.286.7240,40051,8691,181,207886,743
2007-12-14$42.16$47.5038.3%11.0%39.1%67.2%38.3%8.1%1.7%876.6K551.3M-16.4M1.247.2520,43725,3181,199,283888,285
2007-12-17$41.70$47.5038.7%11.1%39.0%68.0%39.1%9.6%2.2%-2.8M694.4M-16.0M0.927.5824,14122,3181,200,808895,656
2007-12-18$41.50$47.5036.3%10.4%37.1%62.8%34.3%11.6%3.0%-7.1M788.8M-15.7M0.987.0465,90664,4451,201,083898,878
2007-12-19$41.59$47.5033.3%9.6%37.2%56.1%29.4%11.6%3.8%-8.3M739.5M-15.4M0.703.7183,28957,9871,201,284875,249
2007-12-20$41.41$45.0032.5%9.3%36.8%54.4%32.8%10.6%4.0%-9.0M826.5M-15.2M4.425.0220,10688,8081,214,106884,325
2007-12-21$41.92$45.0029.9%8.6%36.0%48.7%31.6%11.4%4.1%-8.6M637.4M-15.4M0.744.7127,79220,4491,197,721897,129
2007-12-24$42.28$45.0027.9%8.0%34.6%44.1%28.4%8.4%4.7%-2.6M439.6M-15.5M6.885.4615,942109,6711,109,544820,033
2007-12-26$42.30$45.0027.9%8.0%33.3%44.1%28.9%7.2%3.3%-956.8K443.6M-15.2M1.835.7316,88230,9441,115,275811,338
2007-12-27$41.46$45.0027.5%7.9%29.6%43.3%29.9%9.5%4.6%-3.1M656.5M-14.5M0.706.2829,74720,7541,118,754811,491
2007-12-28$41.10$45.0032.1%9.2%29.6%53.4%30.3%12.0%2.6%-4.5M775.9M-14.1M1.604.5352,86884,8091,119,219815,885
2007-12-31$41.26$45.0029.3%8.4%26.4%47.3%32.3%10.6%2.5%-5.0M722.6M-14.0M3.835.1882,448315,8861,116,674819,307