BAC Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, BAC traded between $13.97 and $14.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.4%, placing in the 15.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.5% (HV 20d: 29.9%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-01: Highest Volume — 607,934 contracts
  • 2011-02-22: Largest IV spike — 26.4% change
  • 2011-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 31.2%
  • 2011-02-22: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.49$13.97$14.89$14.31$14.29
Max Pain$13.84$13.00$14.00$13.00$14.00
ATM IV30.4%26.3%35.9%35.8%32.6%
Expected Move8.3%7.5%9.5%8.2%8.2%
HV 20d29.9%24.5%34.0%33.1%26.7%
HV 60d33.9%32.4%35.2%35.2%32.4%
IV Rank15.9%4.5%31.2%31.0%22.2%
IV Percentile19.6%1.2%56.0%54.0%33.7%
Term Structure2.3%1.4%3.4%1.7%2.9%
VWIV29.7%27.6%34.1%29.2%28.1%
Skew 25d2.9%1.5%5.3%3.3%4.7%
Skew 10d7.2%4.0%14.5%7.4%9.6%
Call IV 25d28.7%26.1%32.3%28.2%26.9%
Put IV 25d31.5%28.8%37.0%31.5%31.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.911.684.302.472.46
Gamma HHI0.270.180.460.190.24
Net GEX57.1M23.4M93.7M50.9M36.2M
Net DEX-2.03B-2.77B-1.06B-1.92B-1.39B
Net VEX-21.3M-21.9M-20.7M-21.6M-21.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.311.000.390.51
Total Volume364,518.789183,783607,934607,934260,638
Total OI7,995,862.1057,004,6208,552,4767,824,9117,341,227

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$14.31$13.0035.8%8.2%33.1%31.0%29.2%3.3%1.7%50.9M-1.92B-21.6M0.392.47438,345169,5894,709,6783,115,233
2011-02-02$14.24$13.0033.7%7.9%33.2%25.0%28.3%3.3%2.3%50.9M-1.92B-21.9M0.451.68127,11556,6684,826,0343,163,355
2011-02-03$14.43$13.0029.4%8.2%32.9%13.1%28.7%2.5%1.4%54.7M-2.16B-21.8M0.682.53218,091148,2474,835,7543,178,407
2011-02-04$14.29$14.0026.7%8.3%33.0%5.5%29.5%2.3%2.0%50.5M-1.95B-21.3M0.601.95243,632145,7204,887,8083,202,211
2011-02-07$14.67$14.0032.6%8.4%34.0%22.1%30.1%1.6%1.6%60.7M-2.44B-21.9M0.382.49343,719131,4724,921,2703,207,271
2011-02-08$14.61$14.0035.9%8.1%33.8%31.2%29.2%2.1%2.2%62.9M-2.37B-21.6M0.312.36245,92275,9284,987,8733,262,644
2011-02-09$14.64$14.0030.2%8.3%33.1%15.3%29.5%2.0%2.6%64.9M-2.38B-21.5M0.473.75231,521109,6475,011,3813,282,151
2011-02-10$14.49$14.0029.5%8.5%32.3%13.4%29.3%1.8%2.4%61.4M-2.14B-21.3M0.772.66118,21491,0125,071,6673,315,761
2011-02-11$14.77$14.0028.1%8.1%32.8%9.5%29.2%1.8%3.4%68.7M-2.51B-21.4M0.373.80326,734121,7425,086,1263,320,787
2011-02-14$14.89$14.0028.6%8.2%30.7%10.9%29.9%1.5%2.2%78.1M-2.77B-21.6M0.722.41149,765108,2105,072,0173,320,572
2011-02-15$14.77$14.0026.7%7.7%30.3%5.7%28.4%2.1%3.2%77.8M-2.49B-21.3M0.434.30219,50194,0115,085,6753,356,998
2011-02-16$14.84$14.0027.5%7.9%25.9%7.8%28.9%2.3%2.4%90.8M-2.58B-21.3M1.002.60196,664197,3335,102,2103,370,897
2011-02-17$14.81$14.0026.7%7.7%25.6%5.6%28.9%3.0%2.9%93.7M-2.41B-21.2M0.742.76165,607121,7465,099,5623,431,665
2011-02-18$14.75$14.0026.3%7.5%24.5%4.5%27.6%2.7%3.2%62.7M-2.28B-21.1M0.723.63215,201154,0665,095,5163,456,960
2011-02-22$14.18$14.0033.3%9.5%27.2%23.9%34.1%4.0%1.6%31.4M-1.21B-20.7M0.653.50355,505232,7114,305,6202,699,000
2011-02-23$14.17$14.0033.0%9.5%25.9%23.1%33.6%5.3%1.4%31.5M-1.24B-21.1M0.723.51286,239206,5594,385,0012,760,627
2011-02-24$13.97$14.0031.9%9.1%26.4%20.1%32.9%3.7%1.8%23.4M-1.06B-20.8M0.613.74230,124140,4714,442,6452,836,534
2011-02-25$14.20$14.0028.9%8.4%26.8%11.7%29.7%4.3%2.9%34.1M-1.34B-21.2M0.502.69165,96982,2194,510,5132,862,730
2011-02-28$14.29$14.0032.6%8.2%26.7%22.2%28.1%4.7%2.9%36.2M-1.39B-21.0M0.512.46173,17987,4594,479,8952,861,332