BAC Options History — May 2008

In May 2008, BAC traded between $33.87 and $39.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.9%, placing in the 44.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 33.0%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2008-05-28: Highest Volume — 145,673 contracts
  • 2008-05-28: Largest IV spike — 19.3% change
  • 2008-05-28: Highest IV Rank — 57.6%
  • 2008-05-28: Largest Expected Move — 10.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.41$33.87$39.79$39.39$34.01
Max Pain$38.21$35.00$40.00$40.00$35.00
ATM IV30.9%27.2%37.7%28.6%32.9%
Expected Move8.9%7.8%10.8%8.2%9.4%
HV 20d33.0%25.0%37.2%36.6%25.0%
HV 60d45.4%44.7%45.8%45.5%44.7%
IV Rank44.5%37.4%57.6%40.0%48.4%
IV Percentile56.1%45.6%75.4%50.8%62.3%
Term Structure1.8%-1.4%5.5%-0.8%0.5%
VWIV31.9%27.8%37.9%29.3%34.9%
Skew 25d4.7%1.7%7.2%2.0%4.2%
Skew 10d9.1%2.9%13.9%5.5%7.9%
Call IV 25d29.6%26.7%36.4%29.1%32.4%
Put IV 25d34.3%29.7%41.5%31.1%36.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.812.235.462.233.04
Gamma HHI0.140.110.270.110.13
Net GEX-2.4M-11.3M14.0M11.4M-5.1M
Net DEX756.1M-18.7M1.14B88.9M1.12B
Net VEX-12.7M-15.0M-11.1M-14.7M-11.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.371.670.540.89
Total Volume73,595.04831,988145,673104,96371,741
Total OI2,028,8581,697,4192,209,7582,083,0392,042,137

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-05-01$39.39$40.0028.6%8.2%36.6%40.0%29.3%2.0%-0.8%11.4M88.9M-14.7M0.542.2367,96936,9941,107,759975,280
2008-05-02$39.79$40.0027.2%7.8%35.7%37.4%27.8%1.7%1.3%14.0M-18.7M-15.0M0.632.8351,58732,5161,122,142994,130
2008-05-05$38.97$40.0029.9%8.5%36.5%42.6%31.5%5.9%1.4%8.1M227.5M-14.4M0.904.4716,87715,1111,127,6441,000,869
2008-05-06$39.24$40.0029.8%8.5%35.1%42.3%31.3%6.5%1.5%8.5M197.6M-14.7M0.785.4643,87434,0011,123,5781,008,589
2008-05-07$38.00$40.0032.6%9.5%36.7%47.8%31.8%6.4%0.5%-825.7K545.2M-14.3M1.034.7125,57026,3591,139,2821,022,426
2008-05-08$37.33$40.0031.7%9.4%37.2%46.0%33.6%6.4%1.2%-4.9M700.1M-13.4M0.523.3429,39415,1431,135,3961,010,514
2008-05-09$36.65$40.0030.0%9.3%37.1%42.8%33.3%5.8%1.4%-9.5M897.2M-12.9M0.665.0032,14821,2791,141,7141,009,684
2008-05-12$37.44$40.0031.0%9.0%35.1%44.7%31.7%5.6%1.7%-2.8M680.1M-13.1M0.554.4630,78116,9461,151,1331,008,812
2008-05-13$36.61$37.5032.6%8.9%36.2%47.7%31.2%5.1%2.2%-8.9M914.3M-12.5M0.533.3254,84329,1571,155,4921,010,454
2008-05-14$36.80$37.5028.0%8.4%33.5%38.9%32.1%5.0%3.0%-6.4M843.9M-12.7M0.683.2726,35517,8871,181,3451,013,117
2008-05-15$36.71$37.5029.1%8.4%33.2%41.0%30.3%4.6%3.1%-7.0M877.6M-12.6M0.783.5834,06926,7051,177,7561,014,107
2008-05-16$36.17$37.5030.4%8.7%31.5%43.4%29.4%4.2%1.8%-11.3M994.7M-12.2M1.404.0720,20628,3011,187,7161,022,042
2008-05-19$36.10$37.5029.5%8.5%30.5%41.7%28.5%3.8%1.1%-379.7K761.0M-11.7M0.804.5046,84737,498896,686800,733
2008-05-20$35.39$37.5030.1%8.6%30.7%42.9%30.7%3.6%3.1%-2.0M854.0M-11.5M1.063.3734,24236,309918,088824,284
2008-05-21$34.63$37.5031.8%9.1%31.5%46.2%32.5%3.9%4.6%-3.8M950.9M-11.5M1.223.2733,03940,353931,798849,069
2008-05-22$34.73$37.5030.4%8.7%29.5%43.6%31.2%4.2%5.5%-3.6M921.9M-11.8M1.003.8822,97923,018949,140862,734
2008-05-23$33.93$37.5031.4%9.0%29.7%45.3%32.2%4.3%3.5%-5.4M1.05B-11.4M1.233.3940,28149,509958,184871,653
2008-05-27$34.17$37.5031.6%9.1%30.0%45.8%36.7%7.2%2.9%-6.3M1.08B-11.1M1.674.9550,42384,273980,322898,769
2008-05-28$33.87$37.5037.7%10.8%30.0%57.6%37.9%5.1%-1.4%-8.1M1.14B-11.6M0.733.3084,23061,4431,010,232954,269
2008-05-29$34.60$35.0032.6%9.3%31.5%47.7%32.5%2.7%-0.2%-5.3M1.05B-11.4M0.373.5769,28925,9501,046,272970,667
2008-05-30$34.01$35.0032.9%9.4%25.0%48.4%34.9%4.2%0.5%-5.1M1.12B-11.6M0.893.0438,00633,7351,060,915981,222