BAC Options History — October 2009

In October 2009, BAC traded between $14.58 and $18.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 49.6%, placing in the 4.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 13.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.5% (HV 20d: 39.0%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.61.

Notable Days

  • 2009-10-27: Highest Volume — 783,199 contracts
  • 2009-10-30: Largest IV spike — 35.4% change
  • 2009-10-13: Highest IV Rank — 12.8%
  • 2009-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 17.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.73$14.58$18.59$16.21$14.58
Max Pain$14.55$13.00$17.00$17.00$15.00
ATM IV49.6%35.1%70.3%56.4%61.1%
Expected Move13.3%10.1%17.5%16.2%17.5%
HV 20d39.0%31.8%51.4%34.2%51.4%
HV 60d43.8%41.8%47.4%47.1%44.5%
IV Rank4.8%0.0%12.8%6.5%11.4%
IV Percentile14.8%0.0%35.3%21.0%32.5%
Term Structure0.0%-4.9%4.5%-4.0%-4.9%
VWIV47.0%36.1%62.3%55.8%62.3%
Skew 25d5.0%2.1%11.6%4.8%11.6%
Skew 10d11.3%5.5%26.7%9.8%26.7%
Call IV 25d45.2%35.2%58.4%54.7%58.4%
Put IV 25d50.2%38.6%70.0%59.5%70.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.411.673.222.842.58
Gamma HHI0.150.120.190.120.13
Net GEX28.1M12.8M55.2M19.2M16.8M
Net DEX-1.87B-3.27B-596.9M-1.52B-596.9M
Net VEX-12.9M-13.5M-12.0M-12.9M-13.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.610.341.100.470.87
Total Volume418,670.045131,517783,199347,119536,040
Total OI6,290,638.3645,770,1257,028,2205,770,1257,028,220

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-10-01$16.21$17.0056.4%16.2%34.2%6.5%55.8%4.8%-4.0%19.2M-1.52B-12.9M0.472.84236,746110,3733,459,2402,310,885
2009-10-02$16.34$17.0054.5%15.6%31.8%5.6%54.2%4.3%-3.1%20.2M-1.62B-13.0M1.103.22217,373239,5753,492,6622,355,487
2009-10-05$16.96$13.0052.6%14.2%34.3%4.8%50.6%6.1%1.1%26.0M-2.00B-13.2M0.442.66161,58171,3363,520,3412,420,278
2009-10-06$17.00$13.0051.4%14.1%34.2%4.2%50.2%4.8%1.2%27.2M-2.04B-13.1M0.752.97202,227151,0253,579,4932,435,857
2009-10-07$17.35$13.0049.0%13.6%35.0%3.1%48.4%5.4%1.4%31.9M-2.23B-13.4M0.582.07200,164115,3203,595,9212,509,669
2009-10-08$17.33$14.0048.3%13.4%34.8%2.8%47.2%4.0%1.8%33.4M-2.26B-13.1M0.612.50167,129101,4213,638,1252,551,611
2009-10-09$17.50$14.0049.3%13.3%34.5%3.2%46.8%4.0%2.4%37.7M-2.38B-13.4M0.402.4493,86437,6533,638,2882,531,001
2009-10-12$18.03$14.0062.9%13.8%35.9%9.4%48.9%4.7%-0.3%43.8M-2.76B-13.2M0.562.36311,704173,9683,665,3682,546,598
2009-10-13$17.81$14.0070.3%13.9%36.0%12.8%49.4%4.3%-0.2%42.2M-2.64B-13.1M0.462.60198,81991,3253,764,1162,612,195
2009-10-14$18.59$14.0066.3%13.1%37.8%11.0%48.6%5.5%-0.1%55.2M-3.27B-13.4M0.432.02440,855188,8563,772,5222,624,876
2009-10-15$18.10$14.0046.7%13.4%38.7%2.1%46.3%4.1%-0.3%54.3M-2.88B-13.1M0.522.68345,977178,8043,817,5272,655,859
2009-10-16$17.26$14.0039.5%11.3%42.4%0.0%40.3%4.5%4.5%18.6M-2.12B-12.6M0.581.67391,435225,6213,867,1672,707,006
2009-10-19$17.16$14.0035.8%10.3%41.7%0.0%37.0%4.3%1.8%27.0M-2.04B-12.1M0.842.20194,935163,6183,498,1292,387,893
2009-10-20$17.01$15.0035.1%10.1%41.1%0.0%36.1%3.3%2.7%25.3M-1.95B-12.3M0.501.83164,01982,5683,547,3112,444,293
2009-10-21$16.51$15.0037.0%10.6%42.3%0.8%36.7%3.2%0.2%22.0M-1.65B-12.0M0.902.35207,113186,9313,597,5032,484,034
2009-10-22$16.52$15.0037.0%10.6%41.0%0.9%36.9%2.2%1.2%20.6M-1.59B-12.5M0.592.13279,461165,4733,634,9952,547,300
2009-10-23$16.22$15.0039.4%11.3%40.8%1.9%40.0%2.1%2.1%18.1M-1.45B-12.6M0.772.36136,500105,7543,687,7672,610,182
2009-10-26$15.40$15.0048.6%13.9%42.0%6.0%48.5%3.8%-1.2%12.8M-949.4M-12.6M0.772.88422,512323,7803,747,2032,633,045
2009-10-27$15.45$15.0050.6%14.5%42.1%6.8%49.1%6.2%-1.7%14.6M-1.00B-13.2M0.341.98585,921197,2783,879,8442,719,098
2009-10-28$15.01$15.0054.1%15.5%42.8%8.4%53.7%9.2%-3.6%21.8M-868.5M-13.2M0.422.26364,300151,4864,197,1642,700,188
2009-10-29$15.73$15.0045.1%12.9%44.4%4.4%47.0%7.5%-0.1%29.9M-1.36B-13.5M0.642.44176,683113,2184,218,8892,758,894
2009-10-30$14.58$15.0061.1%17.5%51.4%11.4%62.3%11.6%-4.9%16.8M-596.9M-13.3M0.872.58286,683249,3574,238,6722,789,548