BAC Options History — April 2008

In April 2008, BAC traded between $35.58 and $40.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.3%, placing in the 58.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 13.8% (HV 20d: 52.1%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $42.50. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2008-04-18: Highest Volume — 152,846 contracts
  • 2008-04-21: Largest IV drop — 15.8% change
  • 2008-04-14: Highest IV Rank — 78.7%
  • 2008-04-14: Largest Expected Move — 13.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.03$35.58$40.86$40.86$37.54
Max Pain$40.45$40.00$42.50$40.00$40.00
ATM IV38.3%28.1%48.6%40.6%28.1%
Expected Move11.1%8.0%13.9%11.6%8.0%
HV 20d52.1%31.7%65.2%65.1%31.7%
HV 60d48.6%45.0%50.9%50.9%45.0%
IV Rank58.8%39.0%78.7%63.2%39.0%
IV Percentile78.2%49.6%97.2%88.1%49.6%
Term Structure-1.7%-6.1%2.4%1.6%2.1%
VWIV38.9%28.8%48.2%40.9%28.8%
Skew 25d6.5%2.6%9.8%9.2%2.6%
Skew 10d13.6%4.7%21.1%20.0%4.7%
Call IV 25d36.4%28.1%45.1%35.9%28.6%
Put IV 25d42.8%31.2%52.0%45.0%31.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.421.544.993.832.11
Gamma HHI0.120.100.140.120.14
Net GEX-811.0K-10.9M12.0M12.0M-1.4M
Net DEX534.7M-142.1M1.12B-142.1M616.9M
Net VEX-14.6M-17.2M-13.1M-17.2M-13.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.511.941.430.77
Total Volume72,693.22740,680152,846107,78947,636
Total OI2,053,235.4551,947,7032,131,1751,992,5662,070,999

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-04-01$40.86$40.0040.6%11.6%65.1%63.2%40.9%9.2%1.6%12.0M-142.1M-17.2M1.433.8344,28963,5001,032,754959,812
2008-04-02$40.30$40.0040.3%11.6%65.2%62.7%40.0%8.6%1.4%7.4M14.2M-16.8M0.753.4136,00627,0521,040,477978,118
2008-04-03$40.37$40.0039.1%11.2%63.9%60.4%39.8%7.5%2.4%8.1M-2.8M-17.0M0.634.3229,87518,6931,052,065982,882
2008-04-04$39.41$42.5040.2%12.1%63.7%62.3%42.7%9.8%-3.7%2.9M326.5M-15.9M1.944.6217,17433,2771,061,708985,153
2008-04-07$39.50$42.5039.1%11.8%63.7%60.2%39.9%9.4%-3.6%3.2M274.3M-16.2M0.554.5943,79924,0901,060,5881,000,601
2008-04-08$38.38$42.5041.2%12.5%62.8%64.3%42.6%9.3%-4.1%-1.6M537.2M-15.3M1.284.6725,40632,4631,077,333997,061
2008-04-09$37.93$42.5040.6%12.8%58.6%63.2%46.5%7.8%-5.1%-1.8M607.7M-15.0M1.324.9921,95028,9701,081,292993,727
2008-04-10$37.69$40.0043.8%12.6%58.2%69.5%44.3%7.2%-4.7%-3.6M685.9M-14.9M1.184.5634,30440,4621,087,0651,000,371
2008-04-11$36.94$40.0044.0%12.6%58.7%69.7%43.6%7.2%-4.2%-6.2M854.2M-14.3M1.034.1730,45931,4941,100,5831,005,802
2008-04-14$35.58$40.0048.6%13.9%58.5%78.7%48.2%6.9%-6.1%-10.9M1.12B-13.2M0.804.7867,24153,6411,104,5421,003,373
2008-04-15$35.58$40.0047.2%13.5%58.4%75.9%46.5%6.6%-5.4%-10.5M1.09B-13.1M0.903.8945,69140,9661,114,180998,144
2008-04-16$36.98$40.0041.7%11.9%52.5%65.3%42.7%7.9%-4.4%-6.7M845.1M-13.8M0.732.3437,19027,3071,119,1671,002,817
2008-04-17$37.47$40.0040.3%11.6%52.8%62.6%41.0%7.0%-4.2%-3.6M715.1M-14.1M0.762.8630,99823,7081,123,7361,007,439
2008-04-18$38.56$40.0042.6%12.2%44.3%67.0%41.2%6.9%-5.7%4.5M395.2M-14.5M0.663.7392,12160,7251,126,665999,257
2008-04-21$37.61$40.0035.8%10.3%44.3%54.0%36.4%5.1%-0.6%-2.0M545.1M-14.2M0.791.5461,71248,4671,027,445920,258
2008-04-22$37.00$40.0034.8%10.0%43.1%52.1%35.7%3.8%0.4%-5.2M706.6M-13.4M0.793.2455,50944,1071,027,457920,246
2008-04-23$36.86$40.0033.4%9.6%42.3%49.3%34.8%3.2%-0.1%-5.8M714.5M-13.6M1.041.9729,03830,2831,053,836932,810
2008-04-24$37.87$40.0031.1%8.9%42.4%44.8%31.1%4.2%0.9%-1.5M514.7M-14.0M0.512.9550,47625,9081,059,061942,280
2008-04-25$38.30$40.0029.8%8.5%42.3%42.3%30.0%3.6%2.0%2.5M384.8M-14.2M0.641.9236,44723,3501,072,909946,666
2008-04-28$38.18$40.0029.7%8.5%42.3%42.1%29.4%4.2%2.0%1.8M449.6M-13.9M1.322.7118,46424,3231,088,392954,503
2008-04-29$37.86$40.0030.9%8.8%31.8%44.4%30.8%4.2%0.9%621.3K516.7M-13.8M0.981.9920,49920,1811,093,163964,443
2008-04-30$37.54$40.0028.1%8.0%31.7%39.0%28.8%2.6%2.1%-1.4M616.9M-13.4M0.772.1126,93420,7021,099,563971,436