BAC Options History — March 2009

In March 2009, BAC traded between $3.14 and $7.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 164.4%, placing in the 58.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 47.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 43.5% (HV 20d: 207.9%). Max pain ranged from $4.00 to $6.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2009-03-18: Highest Volume — 892,382 contracts
  • 2009-03-30: Largest IV spike — 23.4% change
  • 2009-03-02: Highest IV Rank — 84.4%
  • 2009-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 64.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$5.73$3.14$7.80$3.63$6.82
Max Pain$5.00$4.00$6.00$5.00$6.00
ATM IV164.4%126.6%225.5%225.5%146.2%
Expected Move47.1%36.3%64.7%64.7%41.9%
HV 20d207.9%185.2%223.5%210.9%201.1%
HV 60d191.5%173.5%208.2%177.9%208.2%
IV Rank58.4%42.3%84.4%84.4%50.7%
IV Percentile87.2%77.0%98.8%98.8%81.7%
Term Structure6.1%-21.6%24.4%-21.6%7.2%
VWIV163.3%129.7%225.5%225.5%148.7%
Skew 25d22.1%1.1%36.7%15.4%17.2%
Skew 10d36.8%-10.0%52.2%22.7%30.8%
Call IV 25d153.2%119.5%216.5%216.5%140.4%
Put IV 25d175.3%138.5%231.9%231.9%157.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.692.0511.702.052.62
Gamma HHI0.130.070.280.070.11
Net GEX2.7M67.0K6.6M990.5K3.1M
Net DEX-199.8M-663.2M127.7M-133.1M-222.4M
Net VEX-3.1M-4.5M-1.2M-1.2M-4.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.350.910.810.35
Total Volume458,041.773206,303892,382454,325283,381
Total OI3,605,031.5453,089,6534,348,9363,089,6533,745,690

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-03-02$3.63$5.00225.5%64.7%210.9%84.4%225.5%15.4%-21.6%990.5K-133.1M-1.2M0.812.05251,529202,7961,893,9191,195,734
2009-03-03$3.65$5.00193.7%55.5%209.9%70.9%198.2%21.9%4.7%1.0M-139.0M-1.3M0.663.44149,05199,1031,985,5451,231,797
2009-03-04$3.59$5.00171.3%49.1%206.6%61.3%174.8%12.8%6.5%185.6K114.9M-1.7M0.682.06163,684110,6602,013,5731,259,174
2009-03-05$3.17$5.00200.9%57.6%206.9%73.9%199.0%1.1%4.5%83.7K127.7M-1.6M0.542.84226,281122,7292,059,3191,310,540
2009-03-06$3.14$4.00186.7%58.8%206.2%67.9%192.2%25.8%4.5%67.0K122.7M-1.6M0.914.65132,746120,1522,121,2381,309,310
2009-03-09$3.75$4.00194.7%52.2%197.3%71.3%175.6%24.9%4.3%316.2K80.5M-2.0M0.403.62172,12869,4072,144,9791,372,433
2009-03-10$4.79$4.00174.1%48.4%214.0%62.5%168.7%28.5%9.0%1.6M-53.4M-2.5M0.463.40330,136151,4602,184,7591,345,277
2009-03-11$4.93$4.00172.5%49.1%201.4%61.8%166.1%25.2%3.5%1.9M-82.7M-2.7M0.513.64333,810170,5592,240,7101,399,822
2009-03-12$5.85$4.00158.8%45.5%208.6%56.0%159.4%23.9%4.0%3.7M-263.8M-3.0M0.453.52474,939212,0922,265,9921,366,297
2009-03-13$5.76$4.00159.9%45.8%208.3%56.5%158.6%22.7%2.7%3.8M-248.9M-3.0M0.522.48379,679198,6922,306,6941,412,791
2009-03-16$6.18$4.00159.1%45.6%208.9%56.2%153.4%36.7%13.8%4.6M-305.2M-3.2M0.628.14396,736244,8062,374,5921,461,014
2009-03-17$6.27$5.00156.4%44.8%202.8%55.0%152.6%23.8%3.0%4.5M-303.4M-3.3M0.832.82234,366194,3182,392,4611,538,593
2009-03-18$7.67$5.00143.3%41.1%211.0%49.4%151.7%24.3%24.4%6.6M-663.2M-4.1M0.662.28536,377356,0052,456,4471,616,907
2009-03-19$6.93$5.00164.3%47.1%206.2%58.3%162.1%31.5%1.6%5.4M-476.8M-4.1M0.6311.70529,694334,3212,535,1971,762,493
2009-03-20$6.19$5.00165.8%47.5%211.1%59.0%161.7%23.6%6.5%4.0M-267.4M-3.6M0.713.77404,100288,2352,559,1251,789,811
2009-03-23$7.80$6.00141.2%40.5%223.5%48.5%143.7%26.3%8.7%2.8M-346.0M-4.4M0.363.60317,044114,4381,938,3781,250,851
2009-03-24$7.24$6.00146.1%41.9%218.7%50.6%143.3%20.7%6.7%2.9M-278.6M-4.2M0.642.72246,889158,0632,021,7511,280,033
2009-03-25$7.70$6.00134.9%38.7%217.9%45.8%137.6%22.7%14.6%3.5M-356.0M-4.5M0.482.39290,322138,9982,075,5191,345,407
2009-03-26$7.58$6.00126.6%36.3%218.2%42.3%129.7%22.9%12.0%3.4M-317.6M-4.5M0.623.30173,531107,3082,112,0961,399,691
2009-03-27$7.34$6.00131.9%37.8%185.2%44.6%130.3%16.4%12.3%3.3M-287.5M-4.4M0.633.70126,59179,7122,144,8911,450,153
2009-03-30$6.03$6.00162.7%46.6%198.2%57.7%160.3%18.0%0.4%2.0M-96.7M-3.7M0.612.42278,935171,1162,176,4771,463,214
2009-03-31$6.82$6.00146.2%41.9%201.1%50.7%148.7%17.2%7.2%3.1M-222.4M-4.3M0.352.62209,37774,0042,240,5641,505,126