BAC Options History — December 2009

In December 2009, BAC traded between $14.86 and $16.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.6%, placing in the 0.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 31.2%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2009-12-03: Highest Volume — 919,611 contracts
  • 2009-12-03: Largest IV spike — 15.2% change
  • 2009-12-03: Highest IV Rank — 2.7%
  • 2009-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.40$14.86$16.28$15.90$15.06
Max Pain$15.14$15.00$16.00$16.00$15.00
ATM IV34.6%28.8%40.8%34.7%32.0%
Expected Move10.1%8.3%11.7%10.0%9.2%
HV 20d31.2%27.5%34.5%32.3%27.5%
HV 60d39.7%37.7%40.6%39.3%37.7%
IV Rank0.7%0.0%2.7%0.0%1.4%
IV Percentile2.2%0.0%7.5%0.0%2.4%
Term Structure4.5%2.2%7.3%7.3%6.9%
VWIV35.6%29.4%41.4%35.7%32.5%
Skew 25d3.2%1.0%4.9%3.6%1.4%
Skew 10d8.3%-1.6%13.1%11.7%-1.6%
Call IV 25d34.9%29.2%41.3%34.8%32.9%
Put IV 25d38.0%31.2%43.4%38.4%34.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.690.953.182.621.72
Gamma HHI0.160.100.270.110.17
Net GEX17.1M-6.6M27.5M18.5M23.3M
Net DEX-656.0M-1.23B-29.3M-997.9M-693.3M
Net VEX-14.6M-15.5M-13.8M-14.0M-14.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.120.750.720.74
Total Volume344,235.86485,935919,611273,268193,022
Total OI7,097,583.4096,195,7517,981,9026,195,7517,147,583

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-12-01$15.90$16.0034.7%10.0%32.3%0.0%35.7%3.6%7.3%18.5M-997.9M-14.0M0.722.62158,902114,3663,715,2682,480,483
2009-12-02$15.65$16.0035.4%10.2%32.9%0.3%36.4%4.3%5.6%14.9M-825.9M-14.0M0.522.30115,28060,1933,795,3532,523,340
2009-12-03$15.76$16.0040.8%11.7%32.8%2.7%41.4%2.1%2.2%19.2M-979.9M-14.1M0.713.18537,763381,8483,821,1542,532,242
2009-12-04$16.28$15.0035.0%10.8%33.2%0.1%38.3%1.2%3.1%23.4M-1.23B-14.9M0.632.31533,406334,1383,954,7612,736,173
2009-12-07$15.89$15.0036.0%11.2%34.5%0.6%39.8%2.7%2.9%23.3M-997.7M-15.3M0.502.04233,666115,9714,137,9812,804,550
2009-12-08$15.41$15.0038.3%11.6%32.3%1.6%40.4%3.2%4.0%12.5M-530.6M-14.7M0.721.49314,418226,3144,208,7432,847,655
2009-12-09$15.39$15.0035.0%11.4%31.6%0.1%39.5%4.0%3.5%12.8M-540.9M-15.1M0.531.60169,79189,9294,311,3592,882,708
2009-12-10$15.21$15.0039.6%11.4%30.1%2.2%39.6%4.0%3.5%7.8M-315.9M-14.5M0.341.91302,738101,7684,347,7322,913,066
2009-12-11$15.63$15.0036.6%10.5%31.2%0.8%38.4%4.7%3.5%21.2M-772.7M-15.5M0.301.61265,60379,9684,453,4252,933,034
2009-12-14$15.63$15.0035.7%10.2%31.2%0.4%36.5%3.1%3.5%27.5M-815.6M-14.8M0.531.87116,01261,0134,508,5242,943,419
2009-12-15$15.19$15.0037.4%10.7%32.6%1.2%37.4%3.9%4.1%7.1M-316.1M-14.3M0.751.34275,667207,2244,525,8022,934,414
2009-12-16$15.28$15.0035.6%10.2%32.7%0.4%35.2%3.5%4.2%8.4M-419.6M-14.4M0.331.47225,89074,1594,579,9363,010,500
2009-12-17$14.86$15.0038.7%11.1%30.7%1.7%38.7%4.9%2.9%-4.9M-29.3M-14.7M0.251.23461,437115,3704,692,6663,024,160
2009-12-18$15.03$15.0035.0%10.0%30.9%0.1%36.1%4.5%4.9%-6.6M-305.6M-14.9M0.721.38203,348146,1854,950,1903,031,712
2009-12-21$15.28$15.0033.2%9.5%31.7%0.0%32.8%3.8%4.3%26.6M-734.5M-15.0M0.731.39130,84195,3014,389,5842,558,861
2009-12-22$15.33$15.0031.6%9.1%31.3%0.0%31.3%2.5%4.7%26.2M-748.7M-14.8M0.491.49136,86567,2884,402,4062,595,459
2009-12-23$15.19$15.0030.8%8.8%31.2%0.0%31.2%2.9%5.3%23.6M-614.8M-14.6M0.601.32116,44770,0904,451,1452,606,757
2009-12-24$15.25$15.0030.0%8.6%31.2%0.0%30.0%3.7%5.7%23.4M-656.3M-14.6M0.481.4758,06027,8754,463,3702,634,663
2009-12-28$15.29$15.0031.5%9.0%29.4%0.7%31.7%3.5%3.6%24.8M-692.8M-14.2M0.121.21302,20434,9964,484,6672,643,114
2009-12-29$15.12$15.0029.8%8.5%28.1%0.0%30.3%1.0%6.6%22.6M-639.4M-13.8M0.601.3679,25247,2244,429,6312,645,208
2009-12-30$15.07$15.0028.8%8.3%28.0%0.0%29.4%1.8%6.9%21.1M-577.9M-13.8M0.540.95123,89467,4634,441,0792,652,958
2009-12-31$15.06$15.0032.0%9.2%27.5%1.4%32.5%1.4%6.9%23.3M-693.3M-14.2M0.741.72110,95282,0704,476,8762,670,707