BAC Options History — May 2011

In May 2011, BAC traded between $11.38 and $12.60. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.8%, placing in the 17.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.1% (HV 20d: 18.7%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $13.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2011-05-23: Highest Volume — 386,954 contracts
  • 2011-05-05: Largest IV spike — 56.2% change
  • 2011-05-09: Highest IV Rank — 30.6%
  • 2011-05-06: Largest Expected Move — 7.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.95$11.38$12.60$12.34$11.75
Max Pain$12.81$12.00$13.00$13.00$12.00
ATM IV25.8%18.2%31.1%28.9%26.1%
Expected Move7.2%5.8%7.9%6.8%5.8%
HV 20d18.7%15.8%21.2%19.5%17.7%
HV 60d22.6%20.7%24.0%23.6%20.7%
IV Rank17.1%0.0%30.6%16.4%18.8%
IV Percentile7.1%0.0%22.6%12.7%9.5%
Term Structure2.0%0.5%4.3%1.4%4.3%
VWIV25.3%22.8%27.7%23.7%22.8%
Skew 25d2.8%1.1%4.4%1.4%3.5%
Skew 10d5.8%1.8%12.1%11.1%1.8%
Call IV 25d24.6%22.5%26.8%23.8%22.5%
Put IV 25d27.4%25.0%30.3%25.2%26.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.852.8313.632.839.45
Gamma HHI0.190.150.260.180.18
Net GEX-4.3M-19.6M7.5M-2.0M6.2M
Net DEX506.6M-190.6M1.10B153.2M455.6M
Net VEX-19.5M-21.4M-17.4M-20.3M-18.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.321.340.530.37
Total Volume259,645.762161,304386,954285,080186,950
Total OI9,586,647.5248,705,11810,283,0159,398,7969,240,605

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-05-02$12.34$13.0028.9%6.8%19.5%16.4%23.7%1.4%1.4%-2.0M153.2M-20.3M0.532.83186,80898,2725,622,9883,775,808
2011-05-03$12.60$13.0028.7%6.8%21.2%15.8%25.0%2.2%2.2%7.5M-190.6M-21.4M0.563.12240,915136,0295,664,2223,790,950
2011-05-04$12.49$13.0018.2%7.6%21.2%0.0%25.1%3.0%0.6%5.1M-49.2M-21.2M0.725.52110,96480,4485,714,0883,833,738
2011-05-05$12.30$13.0028.4%7.6%19.9%24.1%26.4%4.4%0.5%818.9K173.6M-21.0M0.674.21112,60975,1055,754,4123,846,125
2011-05-06$12.31$13.0026.3%7.9%20.0%19.3%27.2%3.3%1.3%-229.0K165.9M-20.9M0.669.35107,58470,8855,784,5243,871,104
2011-05-09$12.18$13.0031.1%7.7%20.0%30.6%27.2%4.3%2.3%-4.1M359.8M-20.4M0.569.47103,40957,8955,824,7753,898,802
2011-05-10$12.28$13.0029.3%7.2%20.5%26.4%25.4%2.0%1.9%-3.5M229.2M-20.3M0.7813.63129,084100,0975,840,5863,906,699
2011-05-11$12.25$13.0023.4%7.3%20.4%12.3%25.7%1.8%1.8%-4.7M221.0M-20.5M0.7212.8094,86468,5975,893,0113,943,159
2011-05-12$12.20$13.0025.8%7.4%20.1%18.2%25.8%3.3%1.9%-6.3M294.9M-20.4M1.3410.7881,731109,3985,937,5353,956,463
2011-05-13$11.93$13.0026.9%7.7%21.0%20.8%27.7%2.6%1.3%-14.4M611.9M-19.9M1.207.52115,927139,4675,931,3033,991,798
2011-05-16$11.86$13.0027.1%7.8%19.8%21.2%27.4%4.2%1.6%-17.4M740.2M-19.5M0.8011.66156,798124,6795,971,3724,015,260
2011-05-17$11.90$13.0025.8%7.4%16.9%18.2%26.5%3.2%0.9%-19.5M712.2M-19.2M0.783.96179,616140,5436,012,8714,020,702
2011-05-18$11.79$13.0023.9%6.9%17.1%13.7%25.6%3.2%1.9%-19.6M965.3M-18.3M0.609.62213,551128,8856,073,6904,043,363
2011-05-19$11.69$13.0023.0%6.6%17.2%11.4%25.2%3.8%2.3%-2.8M991.7M-18.7M1.0812.31156,338169,3116,156,0734,039,050
2011-05-20$11.58$13.0022.8%6.5%17.2%10.9%23.8%2.7%2.6%-5.9M1.10B-18.0M0.753.31184,995138,4956,199,1594,083,856
2011-05-23$11.42$13.0026.0%7.4%16.8%18.5%25.5%1.9%2.4%-5.9M861.0M-17.4M0.324.82293,51093,4445,309,7653,395,353
2011-05-24$11.46$13.0026.1%7.5%16.3%18.7%24.9%3.1%2.4%-3.7M787.9M-18.0M0.9311.38198,860185,8245,403,3683,426,729
2011-05-25$11.38$12.0025.2%7.2%15.8%16.7%24.3%2.2%2.6%-4.7M843.2M-17.7M0.3711.90186,42069,6955,463,9033,475,966
2011-05-26$11.46$12.0024.6%7.1%15.8%15.4%24.0%1.7%3.1%-1.0M736.7M-18.3M0.703.81116,60281,2185,569,2353,491,812
2011-05-27$11.69$12.0023.4%6.5%17.6%12.4%23.1%1.1%2.8%5.2M476.7M-18.9M0.363.42166,27660,4635,626,4143,518,962
2011-05-31$11.75$12.0026.1%5.8%17.7%18.8%22.8%3.5%4.3%6.2M455.6M-18.8M0.379.45136,64150,3095,701,4483,539,157