BAC Options History — March 2011

In March 2011, BAC traded between $13.33 and $14.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.6%, placing in the 18.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 29.2%). Max pain ranged from $14.00 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2011-03-24: Highest Volume — 694,117 contracts
  • 2011-03-10: Largest IV spike — 28.8% change
  • 2011-03-01: Highest IV Rank — 37.0%
  • 2011-03-16: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.91$13.33$14.69$13.93$13.33
Max Pain$14.00$14.00$14.00$14.00$14.00
ATM IV31.6%25.2%38.0%38.0%25.8%
Expected Move9.0%8.0%10.7%8.9%9.2%
HV 20d29.2%24.0%32.3%28.4%25.3%
HV 60d31.2%28.2%32.6%32.3%28.2%
IV Rank18.3%0.0%37.0%37.0%1.7%
IV Percentile27.4%0.0%68.3%68.3%0.4%
Term Structure0.2%-3.8%2.2%2.1%-3.8%
VWIV31.6%28.6%37.5%31.4%31.2%
Skew 25d2.9%0.9%4.7%2.6%2.5%
Skew 10d5.8%1.2%9.7%8.8%1.5%
Call IV 25d30.8%27.6%36.2%31.4%30.7%
Put IV 25d33.7%29.5%39.9%34.0%33.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.921.777.352.093.35
Gamma HHI0.190.140.300.210.15
Net GEX33.1M15.2M61.7M25.4M15.9M
Net DEX-1.12B-2.05B-560.2M-935.8M-560.2M
Net VEX-21.2M-22.0M-20.1M-20.1M-21.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.320.950.470.92
Total Volume369,290.826171,274694,117425,508324,058
Total OI7,951,768.137,379,0218,549,2117,379,0218,549,211

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-03-01$13.93$14.0038.0%8.9%28.4%37.0%31.4%2.6%2.1%25.4M-935.8M-20.1M0.472.09290,201135,3074,495,4722,883,549
2011-03-02$13.83$14.0036.7%8.7%24.0%33.5%31.4%2.5%2.0%26.4M-863.5M-20.1M0.662.89166,502109,2774,584,6322,922,372
2011-03-03$14.27$14.0030.0%8.2%26.7%14.7%28.7%2.8%2.2%41.4M-1.47B-21.4M0.471.99238,726113,2384,653,4142,963,058
2011-03-04$14.12$14.0029.7%9.5%26.5%13.8%33.0%4.0%0.8%37.1M-1.30B-20.8M0.482.90202,40197,9134,750,6682,976,206
2011-03-07$14.03$14.0035.9%9.5%26.4%31.3%33.7%3.9%0.6%37.3M-1.22B-20.8M0.592.20134,40279,7684,767,3682,987,192
2011-03-08$14.69$14.0028.5%8.5%29.8%8.2%30.5%4.2%1.6%61.7M-2.05B-21.6M0.422.84387,132163,4954,803,3413,008,480
2011-03-09$14.59$14.0025.2%8.4%29.8%0.0%30.2%3.2%1.1%60.5M-1.90B-21.6M0.562.77182,018101,5174,858,1673,051,583
2011-03-10$14.26$14.0032.4%9.3%30.9%20.5%32.8%2.5%1.4%47.4M-1.57B-22.0M0.744.54150,459111,8184,923,3003,089,480
2011-03-11$14.38$14.0031.4%9.0%30.9%17.7%30.8%3.0%1.5%51.1M-1.68B-21.9M0.824.9293,85077,4244,947,3893,104,696
2011-03-14$14.23$14.0032.9%9.4%30.2%21.9%32.7%3.3%1.4%41.9M-1.46B-21.3M0.654.26167,802109,6694,911,9683,098,520
2011-03-15$13.96$14.0033.3%9.5%30.5%22.9%33.6%2.5%1.3%29.6M-1.10B-21.3M0.574.38279,275160,5744,972,0593,140,689
2011-03-16$13.69$14.0037.2%10.7%31.0%34.1%37.5%3.8%-1.0%26.0M-853.8M-21.4M0.646.45286,030182,3905,057,5903,160,985
2011-03-17$13.98$14.0033.1%9.5%32.1%22.4%33.2%4.7%1.1%36.1M-1.18B-21.3M0.527.35245,888126,8835,130,7043,204,186
2011-03-18$14.04$14.0032.0%9.2%32.3%19.3%31.1%4.4%0.9%40.9M-1.26B-21.4M0.327.14304,71698,3985,202,3133,253,374
2011-03-21$14.05$14.0029.1%8.3%32.3%11.0%29.1%4.5%2.2%34.2M-1.14B-20.7M0.324.46293,25094,9364,592,0302,797,854
2011-03-22$13.88$14.0028.5%8.2%29.5%9.4%29.2%1.3%1.5%33.5M-1.07B-20.9M0.494.05160,47278,6314,677,9982,844,483
2011-03-23$13.65$14.0027.8%8.0%30.0%7.4%28.6%0.9%1.3%25.7M-819.5M-20.8M0.564.43395,284222,2944,724,4412,878,678
2011-03-24$13.48$14.0032.0%9.2%29.9%19.3%31.2%1.8%-1.4%22.4M-730.3M-20.9M0.954.60356,549337,5684,899,3902,967,284
2011-03-25$13.34$14.0027.8%9.0%29.2%7.4%30.8%2.7%-2.2%15.6M-628.2M-21.5M0.633.17193,747122,3255,078,9593,131,321
2011-03-28$13.37$14.0031.4%9.5%29.1%17.7%33.1%1.4%-3.8%17.3M-659.4M-21.3M0.592.94186,205109,5245,010,4823,172,307
2011-03-29$13.35$14.0033.4%9.4%27.9%23.4%32.5%3.0%-3.4%15.2M-599.5M-21.2M0.604.72266,038159,2135,035,6863,209,414
2011-03-30$13.45$14.0034.6%9.0%28.0%26.7%31.0%1.2%-2.7%19.9M-680.0M-21.5M0.801.77219,838176,6845,158,6713,259,703
2011-03-31$13.33$14.0025.8%9.2%25.3%1.7%31.2%2.5%-3.8%15.9M-560.2M-21.0M0.923.35168,898155,1605,202,4963,346,715