BAC Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, BAC traded between $14.45 and $16.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.3%, placing in the 2.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 40.1%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-18: Highest Volume — 591,665 contracts
  • 2010-02-04: Largest IV spike — 25.7% change
  • 2010-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 6.8%
  • 2010-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 13.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.44$14.45$16.66$15.42$16.66
Max Pain$15.05$15.00$16.00$15.00$16.00
ATM IV35.3%28.3%44.7%34.5%28.3%
Expected Move10.2%8.1%13.0%9.9%8.1%
HV 20d40.1%36.1%44.9%42.9%36.1%
HV 60d35.3%34.2%36.4%34.6%35.6%
IV Rank2.8%0.0%6.8%2.4%0.0%
IV Percentile10.6%0.0%30.2%5.6%0.0%
Term Structure2.4%0.0%4.2%3.9%4.2%
VWIV36.8%31.1%44.4%34.0%31.1%
Skew 25d7.0%2.8%11.9%4.5%4.4%
Skew 10d14.9%5.0%25.0%9.9%11.1%
Call IV 25d33.5%28.5%39.3%32.5%28.5%
Put IV 25d40.4%32.9%49.7%37.0%32.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.971.866.812.414.49
Gamma HHI0.160.120.380.120.15
Net GEX17.9M-8.3M64.6M13.5M34.3M
Net DEX-521.6M-1.50B343.8M-406.9M-1.50B
Net VEX-18.3M-20.1M-16.5M-17.8M-20.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.421.250.790.77
Total Volume353,864.842201,643591,665228,777315,123
Total OI6,659,243.5795,611,5837,447,1766,493,6235,966,690

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$15.42$15.0034.5%9.9%42.9%2.4%34.0%4.5%3.9%13.5M-406.9M-17.8M0.792.41127,582101,1953,969,2892,524,334
2010-02-02$15.60$15.0032.5%9.3%40.5%1.6%34.3%3.8%0.7%20.9M-584.1M-18.0M0.581.86164,60895,5034,023,7162,559,538
2010-02-03$15.53$15.0030.9%8.9%38.7%0.9%32.3%2.8%2.3%21.9M-581.9M-18.1M0.792.00114,54590,8154,052,4602,574,354
2010-02-04$14.75$15.0038.9%11.1%42.1%4.3%39.9%6.5%2.6%1.5M107.4M-17.3M0.752.05256,112191,8124,085,1002,616,831
2010-02-05$15.00$15.0036.9%11.2%40.5%3.4%40.7%9.0%2.0%3.8M-88.5M-17.9M1.026.81222,018227,2474,124,7402,647,230
2010-02-08$14.48$15.0044.7%13.0%41.8%6.8%44.4%10.4%0.0%-5.3M343.8M-16.9M1.253.18131,086163,5214,147,8602,687,834
2010-02-09$14.47$15.0042.2%12.4%41.5%5.7%41.2%11.9%3.5%-8.3M295.0M-16.5M0.823.20212,115173,1014,182,8732,757,187
2010-02-10$14.67$15.0035.1%11.1%40.9%2.7%38.7%8.3%2.5%-4.0M173.2M-17.5M0.423.31180,86875,6614,240,1072,801,404
2010-02-11$14.63$15.0037.0%10.6%40.2%3.5%37.1%8.4%3.7%-1.0M147.5M-17.7M1.202.47113,067135,8484,303,9962,773,976
2010-02-12$14.45$15.0040.1%11.5%39.6%4.8%38.7%7.9%2.6%-4.6M261.6M-16.9M0.723.47158,139113,6564,311,3802,768,343
2010-02-16$15.16$15.0037.2%10.7%42.9%3.6%37.4%6.3%2.0%12.2M-363.4M-18.0M0.502.62295,544147,9994,371,3662,819,294
2010-02-17$15.66$15.0034.6%9.9%44.8%2.5%37.7%7.3%3.1%34.6M-907.4M-18.8M0.693.19307,472212,3714,433,3222,833,224
2010-02-18$15.88$15.0035.5%10.2%44.9%2.9%41.3%8.8%2.0%52.3M-1.19B-19.2M0.842.08322,012269,6534,462,3562,938,110
2010-02-19$15.88$15.0033.2%9.5%38.5%1.9%34.8%4.9%3.1%64.6M-1.04B-18.8M0.512.12379,959193,3624,456,6592,990,517
2010-02-22$16.21$15.0033.6%9.6%36.2%2.0%33.6%6.3%1.0%23.3M-1.10B-19.3M0.522.86296,361155,1963,326,7132,284,870
2010-02-23$15.94$15.0034.3%9.8%36.9%2.8%35.9%7.2%1.3%22.5M-925.5M-19.3M0.843.48174,819147,5263,419,4332,342,256
2010-02-24$16.33$15.0032.5%9.3%37.0%1.8%33.0%6.9%2.2%26.6M-1.18B-19.6M0.552.74165,39890,4953,448,2322,386,263
2010-02-25$16.55$15.0029.0%8.3%36.2%0.1%32.9%6.7%2.3%31.6M-1.36B-19.8M0.732.15116,31385,3303,478,0772,415,694
2010-02-26$16.66$16.0028.3%8.1%36.1%0.0%31.1%4.4%4.2%34.3M-1.50B-20.1M0.774.49177,864137,2593,519,9952,446,695