BAC Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, BAC traded between $35.31 and $42.45. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.1%, placing in the 72.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 45.1%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $42.50. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.14.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-11: Highest Volume — 210,770 contracts
  • 2008-03-18: Largest IV drop — 34.5% change
  • 2008-03-17: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-03-17: Largest Expected Move — 17.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.24$35.31$42.45$39.18$37.91
Max Pain$40.13$40.00$42.50$42.50$40.00
ATM IV44.1%35.7%59.6%39.2%45.2%
Expected Move12.7%10.2%17.1%11.2%13.0%
HV 20d45.1%28.7%61.8%31.0%59.3%
HV 60d42.8%37.9%48.5%38.1%48.4%
IV Rank72.4%53.7%100.0%64.6%72.1%
IV Percentile93.4%77.8%100.0%92.1%95.2%
Term Structure0.8%-3.4%3.5%3.1%1.7%
VWIV44.9%37.1%63.2%39.3%46.2%
Skew 25d9.0%3.4%16.7%4.8%8.3%
Skew 10d18.7%6.8%39.9%9.8%17.9%
Call IV 25d40.7%33.0%51.2%37.9%41.9%
Put IV 25d49.7%41.2%67.9%42.7%50.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.983.5113.317.363.72
Gamma HHI0.120.110.150.120.11
Net GEX-620.6K-10.5M25.2M-5.0M361.6K
Net DEX518.8M-582.7M1.11B618.4M507.7M
Net VEX-16.0M-18.0M-14.2M-16.4M-15.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.140.491.961.471.63
Total Volume101,965.637,822210,770114,03237,822
Total OI1,993,876.551,902,3732,129,8861,902,3731,988,478

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$39.18$42.5039.2%11.2%31.0%64.6%39.3%4.8%3.1%-5.0M618.4M-16.4M1.477.3646,10367,929985,581916,792
2008-03-04$38.78$40.0040.8%11.7%30.5%67.9%42.4%5.1%1.5%-5.4M673.4M-16.1M0.688.9273,01649,667991,748925,585
2008-03-05$37.55$40.0042.1%12.1%29.7%70.7%42.3%3.4%3.1%-8.0M804.6M-15.4M0.766.9365,59949,668979,335924,419
2008-03-06$36.52$40.0044.0%12.6%30.6%74.5%43.9%6.9%1.8%-9.3M967.6M-14.8M1.926.0827,61452,9791,000,421928,879
2008-03-07$36.74$40.0043.8%13.4%28.7%74.2%44.6%10.2%-0.8%-8.9M910.7M-15.1M0.946.9845,86243,2951,002,736922,235
2008-03-10$35.31$40.0052.8%15.6%30.0%92.7%52.2%11.2%-3.4%-10.5M1.11B-14.2M0.948.8250,14647,1611,011,062935,189
2008-03-11$37.72$40.0041.6%12.8%40.1%69.5%47.6%10.1%-2.6%-8.0M765.0M-15.4M1.1110.1299,897110,8731,032,063946,068
2008-03-12$37.03$40.0044.0%12.5%39.5%74.6%44.2%9.7%-0.3%-7.3M810.8M-15.5M0.963.9247,27845,2901,051,095981,921
2008-03-13$37.14$40.0044.5%12.8%39.0%75.5%44.7%10.0%0.1%-6.9M835.4M-15.5M0.737.1256,59941,1881,061,641982,119
2008-03-14$35.69$40.0053.2%15.3%40.2%93.6%51.7%11.0%-1.5%-7.9M991.3M-15.0M1.479.5258,76886,5551,071,219987,443
2008-03-17$35.96$40.0059.6%17.1%40.0%100.0%63.2%16.7%-2.1%-6.9M926.5M-15.2M1.9611.1335,05068,6781,086,7561,011,138
2008-03-18$38.93$40.0039.1%11.2%50.8%60.3%42.5%12.4%3.0%589.6K465.7M-16.2M0.7813.3164,62150,3871,087,1201,013,170
2008-03-19$38.56$40.0047.3%13.6%50.6%76.2%46.7%11.9%1.4%2.4M455.4M-16.4M0.8712.0251,87745,2641,105,7581,021,585
2008-03-20$41.86$40.0035.7%10.2%59.1%53.7%40.0%9.9%3.5%25.2M-549.2M-17.9M0.498.86100,16849,0811,106,0191,023,867
2008-03-24$42.45$40.0037.0%10.6%59.2%56.2%37.1%7.0%1.6%17.9M-582.7M-18.0M0.599.8494,15355,877987,678931,110
2008-03-25$40.97$40.0040.8%11.7%60.4%63.5%40.1%7.7%1.7%12.9M-208.4M-17.7M1.377.0723,36032,0731,018,103945,899
2008-03-26$39.84$40.0040.6%11.7%61.1%63.3%41.2%8.2%1.9%7.7M91.5M-16.9M1.217.3023,44528,4551,018,478943,026
2008-03-27$38.64$40.0045.4%13.0%61.8%72.5%43.5%6.9%0.3%3.5M330.7M-16.3M1.807.0319,59135,2481,023,664947,575
2008-03-28$38.07$40.0045.5%13.0%60.9%72.6%43.7%8.1%0.9%1.2M453.5M-16.0M1.043.5128,81329,8621,029,116951,440
2008-03-31$37.91$40.0045.2%13.0%59.3%72.1%46.2%8.3%1.7%361.6K507.7M-15.5M1.633.7214,37323,4491,031,073957,405