BAC Options History — February 2008

In February 2008, BAC traded between $39.74 and $45.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.4%, placing in the 54.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 10.5% (HV 20d: 44.9%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $42.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2008-02-05: Highest Volume — 137,658 contracts
  • 2008-02-05: Largest IV spike — 24.8% change
  • 2008-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 66.1%
  • 2008-02-07: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.63$39.74$45.03$45.03$39.74
Max Pain$41.00$40.00$42.50$40.00$42.50
ATM IV34.4%28.9%39.9%29.4%38.5%
Expected Move10.0%8.3%11.4%8.4%11.0%
HV 20d44.9%31.6%54.0%51.1%32.2%
HV 60d39.6%37.3%41.6%41.6%38.1%
IV Rank54.8%43.3%66.1%44.5%63.3%
IV Percentile81.8%68.3%92.5%76.6%90.9%
Term Structure2.0%-0.9%4.9%1.7%3.5%
VWIV35.5%28.7%41.5%31.4%38.4%
Skew 25d8.8%6.3%11.6%6.3%7.5%
Skew 10d17.0%10.3%20.5%18.3%13.5%
Call IV 25d31.0%25.7%35.8%28.9%35.8%
Put IV 25d39.8%32.5%44.7%35.2%43.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.326.2212.877.038.04
Gamma HHI0.120.110.130.120.11
Net GEX10.9M-609.3K18.0M18.0M-609.3K
Net DEX-237.0M-857.8M457.8M-857.8M457.8M
Net VEX-17.4M-18.0M-16.5M-17.4M-16.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.471.780.651.19
Total Volume78,606.448,837137,65898,098130,851
Total OI1,858,956.851,638,6572,037,7851,820,6571,839,850

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-02-01$45.03$40.0029.4%8.4%51.1%44.5%31.4%6.3%1.7%18.0M-857.8M-17.4M0.657.0359,44138,657928,507892,150
2008-02-04$44.03$42.5031.9%9.3%51.7%49.7%32.1%9.4%0.2%16.8M-584.4M-17.0M0.928.5235,08232,295943,323895,397
2008-02-05$42.37$42.5039.9%11.1%54.0%66.1%41.5%10.1%-0.3%7.8M-157.5M-16.9M1.438.5856,58381,075952,848910,588
2008-02-06$42.33$42.5038.2%11.0%51.8%62.7%40.1%10.2%-0.1%5.7M-117.2M-17.3M0.8012.8732,32125,750970,552948,280
2008-02-07$43.37$40.0037.9%11.4%52.2%61.9%41.3%11.6%-0.9%12.0M-466.1M-18.0M1.349.3136,62549,173981,656954,308
2008-02-08$42.16$42.5036.1%11.1%53.5%58.2%40.6%10.4%1.0%4.2M-98.4M-17.6M1.348.7327,42636,889992,194976,595
2008-02-11$42.14$40.0038.3%11.1%52.8%62.8%39.0%10.0%0.7%5.8M-100.7M-17.3M0.478.2049,61323,567995,685978,737
2008-02-12$42.82$40.0037.0%11.0%52.7%60.0%37.4%10.5%1.9%12.1M-381.2M-17.5M1.247.2043,89354,3831,010,008973,076
2008-02-13$43.33$40.0034.7%10.6%50.6%55.3%33.9%9.7%1.3%15.7M-515.2M-17.9M0.658.2431,45920,5881,025,586985,155
2008-02-14$42.24$40.0035.7%10.2%51.6%57.5%36.9%9.3%2.4%13.1M-162.1M-17.4M0.978.5630,28329,2251,039,057990,704
2008-02-15$42.70$40.0035.7%10.2%47.9%57.4%36.2%8.8%2.3%14.7M-374.8M-17.5M0.659.4263,40141,0791,045,673992,112
2008-02-19$42.67$40.0034.9%10.0%46.4%55.8%33.6%10.6%1.0%7.9M-173.9M-17.4M0.489.5060,67529,019834,002804,655
2008-02-20$42.97$42.5033.1%9.5%45.0%52.0%32.9%9.2%2.3%11.2M-255.8M-17.6M0.478.2133,27715,560869,030820,417
2008-02-21$42.21$40.0032.8%9.4%36.1%51.5%32.4%8.5%3.2%9.3M-83.0M-17.1M1.126.2240,21745,205885,756823,950
2008-02-22$42.60$40.0031.1%8.9%35.4%47.9%32.5%6.3%3.9%13.0M-195.9M-17.7M1.067.3927,45629,079903,584839,514
2008-02-25$42.94$40.0031.8%9.1%35.1%49.4%33.7%7.2%2.7%14.5M-277.9M-17.7M1.788.1323,67542,109909,722853,031
2008-02-26$42.72$40.0029.6%8.5%32.1%44.9%31.5%6.7%4.3%12.5M-183.4M-17.5M0.947.2035,83333,769919,086872,079
2008-02-27$42.88$42.5028.9%8.3%31.6%43.3%28.7%6.8%4.9%15.4M-253.6M-17.6M0.657.2131,29120,416931,882870,131
2008-02-28$41.42$42.5032.6%9.3%33.9%51.0%35.2%6.5%4.0%8.1M40.6M-17.3M1.007.8637,39737,491947,645872,612
2008-02-29$39.74$42.5038.5%11.0%32.2%63.3%38.4%7.5%3.5%-609.3K457.8M-16.5M1.198.0459,63971,212956,182883,668