BAC Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, BAC traded between $14.77 and $16.93. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.5%, placing in the 3.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.9% (HV 20d: 34.5%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-21: Highest Volume — 958,470 contracts
  • 2010-01-21: Largest IV spike — 28.8% change
  • 2010-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 6.0%
  • 2010-01-22: Largest Expected Move — 11.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.98$14.77$16.93$15.69$15.18
Max Pain$15.68$15.00$16.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV36.5%30.9%42.7%33.3%35.9%
Expected Move10.4%8.9%11.7%10.4%10.3%
HV 20d34.5%29.4%42.6%31.4%42.6%
HV 60d38.0%34.4%39.6%38.4%34.5%
IV Rank3.3%0.9%6.0%1.9%3.0%
IV Percentile9.9%1.6%19.0%3.2%11.1%
Term Structure0.8%-1.3%3.7%1.3%3.7%
VWIV36.9%30.7%42.2%37.5%36.6%
Skew 25d3.4%1.0%6.6%3.8%4.2%
Skew 10d8.1%3.2%14.7%7.7%8.9%
Call IV 25d35.7%30.0%40.0%35.9%34.8%
Put IV 25d39.1%31.8%46.0%39.7%39.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.431.933.272.252.20
Gamma HHI0.150.120.210.210.12
Net GEX35.0M8.1M61.9M37.5M12.6M
Net DEX-1.27B-2.49B-14.1M-1.25B-305.4M
Net VEX-16.5M-18.1M-14.5M-14.5M-17.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.361.070.560.89
Total Volume439,758.737222,542958,470411,245222,542
Total OI6,868,642.1055,224,1528,057,9057,192,2436,455,767

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$15.69$15.0033.3%10.4%31.4%1.9%37.5%3.8%1.3%37.5M-1.25B-14.5M0.562.25263,403147,8424,500,6932,691,550
2010-01-05$16.20$15.0032.9%10.4%31.3%1.8%36.8%3.8%0.9%49.0M-1.75B-15.0M0.502.33285,097142,6904,563,3012,743,682
2010-01-06$16.39$15.0032.3%10.1%30.2%1.5%35.3%3.5%0.1%53.5M-1.91B-15.1M0.473.01261,511122,3634,589,3652,768,441
2010-01-07$16.93$15.0036.5%10.2%29.6%3.3%36.4%2.4%-0.0%60.6M-2.49B-15.9M0.443.11574,154250,9874,629,1602,807,909
2010-01-08$16.78$16.0033.7%10.1%29.9%2.1%35.9%1.8%0.6%60.4M-2.32B-16.5M0.612.46233,945142,9734,801,8702,901,246
2010-01-11$16.93$16.0035.6%10.0%29.4%2.9%35.9%2.0%0.7%61.9M-2.43B-16.5M0.363.27237,62585,4524,810,7052,950,233
2010-01-12$16.36$16.0040.6%10.6%31.3%5.1%37.3%2.2%0.7%47.7M-1.82B-16.4M0.502.80263,791130,6894,843,7062,953,705
2010-01-13$16.62$16.0042.7%10.1%31.7%6.0%35.8%1.9%0.2%50.4M-2.07B-16.5M0.652.60207,535134,7174,885,2642,999,993
2010-01-14$16.82$16.0035.1%10.1%29.5%2.7%36.4%2.2%-0.3%55.9M-2.28B-16.7M0.602.07195,699116,4544,930,9323,049,463
2010-01-15$16.26$16.0034.9%10.0%32.6%2.6%35.1%2.4%0.6%34.3M-1.82B-16.3M0.361.97304,293108,2344,970,9173,086,988
2010-01-19$16.32$16.0034.2%9.8%30.4%2.3%34.8%1.0%-1.3%27.7M-962.1M-16.0M0.412.21328,070134,9723,241,2841,982,868
2010-01-20$16.49$16.0030.9%8.9%30.4%0.9%30.7%1.8%0.5%33.9M-1.18B-17.0M0.442.24335,264147,9943,410,6892,051,462
2010-01-21$15.47$16.0039.8%11.4%38.5%4.7%39.4%4.4%-1.3%19.6M-475.2M-16.6M0.771.93540,620417,8503,521,6412,088,130
2010-01-22$14.90$16.0040.8%11.7%40.8%5.1%42.2%5.0%1.0%10.1M-71.8M-16.8M1.072.65309,937330,7273,713,7442,287,059
2010-01-25$14.98$16.0039.9%11.4%40.8%4.8%40.2%4.9%0.8%10.8M-150.4M-17.1M0.442.17299,069131,5773,777,3062,369,951
2010-01-26$14.77$16.0040.2%11.5%41.0%4.9%41.5%6.6%2.5%8.1M-14.1M-17.2M0.662.15214,924142,9053,893,9462,410,249
2010-01-27$15.19$16.0037.2%10.7%42.3%3.6%37.7%5.4%2.9%12.6M-285.9M-17.8M0.632.45198,181124,4773,940,8212,464,533
2010-01-28$15.37$15.0036.5%10.5%42.3%3.3%36.0%4.5%2.1%18.1M-496.7M-18.1M0.822.31146,228120,6253,940,3742,475,253
2010-01-29$15.18$15.0035.9%10.3%42.6%3.0%36.6%4.2%3.7%12.6M-305.4M-17.9M0.892.20118,040104,5023,960,1252,495,642