BAC Options History — February 2009

In February 2009, BAC traded between $3.79 and $6.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 190.0%, placing in the 73.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 54.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 23.1% (HV 20d: 213.1%). Max pain ranged from $5.00 to $9.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2009-02-05: Highest Volume — 983,742 contracts
  • 2009-02-27: Largest IV spike — 35.9% change
  • 2009-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2009-02-20: Largest Expected Move — 75.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.12$3.79$6.89$6.00$3.95
Max Pain$6.16$5.00$9.00$9.00$5.00
ATM IV190.0%143.0%262.1%166.3%211.3%
Expected Move54.2%43.9%75.1%47.7%60.6%
HV 20d213.1%176.3%248.8%205.0%209.9%
HV 60d173.6%161.9%179.7%161.9%179.5%
IV Rank73.0%51.1%100.0%72.5%78.4%
IV Percentile96.0%89.3%100.0%96.0%98.0%
Term Structure-19.3%-54.1%-0.0%-6.5%-5.8%
VWIV189.0%152.2%259.1%166.0%208.2%
Skew 25d32.0%19.7%56.1%23.4%41.3%
Skew 10d58.5%28.0%114.6%54.2%40.9%
Call IV 25d173.0%142.6%251.8%158.6%190.1%
Put IV 25d205.0%165.8%272.4%182.0%231.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.861.294.841.642.99
Gamma HHI0.090.050.150.070.06
Net GEX1.6M-6.9K3.7M1.3M1.4M
Net DEX-3.7M-186.2M130.2M42.3M-99.1M
Net VEX-1.9M-2.5M-1.3M-2.1M-1.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.301.200.641.20
Total Volume471,596.421172,861983,742172,861572,657
Total OI3,270,863.5262,589,1673,994,0322,589,1672,914,662

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-02-02$6.00$9.00166.3%47.7%205.0%72.5%166.0%23.4%-6.5%1.3M42.3M-2.1M0.641.64105,65967,2021,585,9101,003,257
2009-02-03$5.30$9.00188.1%53.9%206.8%83.9%181.5%28.9%-13.2%912.6K69.7M-1.8M0.961.50200,776193,2341,622,6731,027,395
2009-02-04$4.70$7.50202.9%58.2%206.5%91.6%209.4%48.4%-24.4%674.1K130.2M-1.6M0.661.29247,763164,4531,717,0921,092,699
2009-02-05$4.84$7.50253.7%72.7%208.7%100.0%259.1%20.5%-27.1%1.1M82.5M-1.7M0.411.85695,342288,4001,777,1671,137,345
2009-02-06$6.13$6.00229.1%60.1%232.3%89.1%209.3%56.1%-42.3%2.6M-38.7M-2.4M0.613.57579,294356,1162,041,9511,200,428
2009-02-09$6.89$6.00207.5%54.9%238.8%79.6%203.5%51.0%-40.5%3.7M-186.2M-2.5M0.702.24373,568261,8262,175,2521,335,832
2009-02-10$5.56$6.00178.7%50.9%245.3%66.9%180.4%38.1%-25.8%2.3M-79.6M-2.4M0.733.69383,135278,0452,216,3981,416,319
2009-02-11$6.07$6.00143.0%46.6%248.8%51.1%162.8%32.1%-19.7%3.3M24.3M-2.4M0.833.98169,629140,6802,295,2691,486,018
2009-02-12$5.87$6.00160.3%45.9%248.8%58.7%164.5%28.1%-16.5%2.8M44.6M-2.2M0.893.06189,439168,1992,291,4981,518,766
2009-02-13$5.57$6.00153.1%43.9%240.2%55.6%154.9%22.3%-11.9%2.0M82.4M-2.1M0.623.11139,71686,3152,276,9071,479,584
2009-02-17$4.90$6.00175.3%50.3%238.9%65.4%171.2%19.7%-20.8%801.1K117.1M-1.7M0.674.39183,333123,5422,294,8171,496,973
2009-02-18$4.57$6.00170.3%48.8%207.6%63.2%172.1%25.0%-14.3%26.6K83.1M-1.8M0.561.96208,766116,2622,325,4701,487,331
2009-02-19$3.93$6.00199.9%57.3%186.2%76.2%197.1%28.0%-24.0%-6.9K121.9M-1.4M0.872.62294,557257,6902,355,1621,483,839
2009-02-20$3.79$5.00262.1%75.1%179.8%100.0%251.4%36.7%-54.1%272.3K-3.5M-1.3M0.494.84482,172234,4032,504,4411,489,591
2009-02-23$3.91$5.00221.0%63.3%176.3%82.5%214.4%34.3%-15.5%1.1M-129.3M-1.4M0.413.27226,35492,3941,653,3441,028,334
2009-02-24$4.73$5.00172.2%49.4%191.7%61.7%175.3%22.4%-2.1%1.6M-80.5M-1.9M0.302.29200,60159,3461,704,1141,032,846
2009-02-25$5.16$5.00160.0%45.9%192.2%56.5%157.9%28.2%-0.0%2.0M-155.7M-2.1M0.372.60325,553119,1631,749,6311,040,141
2009-02-26$5.32$5.00155.5%44.6%185.8%54.6%152.2%23.5%-1.8%2.3M-96.1M-2.0M0.523.47245,826128,9221,830,1371,057,814
2009-02-27$3.95$5.00211.3%60.6%209.9%78.4%208.2%41.3%-5.8%1.4M-99.1M-1.5M1.202.99260,222312,4351,826,7351,087,927