BAC Options History — July 2011

In July 2011, BAC traded between $9.57 and $11.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.7%, placing in the 46.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 30.0%). Max pain ranged from $11.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2011-07-19: Highest Volume — 1,065,443 contracts
  • 2011-07-11: Largest IV spike — 49.6% change
  • 2011-07-29: Highest IV Rank — 89.3%
  • 2011-07-29: Largest Expected Move — 12.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$10.20$9.57$11.09$11.09$9.71
Max Pain$11.50$11.00$12.00$11.00$11.00
ATM IV35.7%25.5%49.8%25.5%49.8%
Expected Move10.1%7.6%12.0%7.6%12.0%
HV 20d30.0%26.5%33.8%30.2%30.6%
HV 60d25.7%24.0%27.6%24.0%27.3%
IV Rank46.5%17.4%89.3%17.4%89.3%
IV Percentile63.6%7.1%99.2%7.1%99.2%
Term Structure0.1%-1.7%3.9%3.9%-1.0%
VWIV35.9%26.7%43.7%26.7%43.7%
Skew 25d2.7%0.5%4.3%3.0%1.6%
Skew 10d5.5%1.6%7.7%5.8%7.1%
Call IV 25d35.4%27.7%44.0%27.7%44.0%
Put IV 25d38.1%30.7%45.6%30.7%45.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.212.3210.924.805.61
Gamma HHI0.170.130.290.130.15
Net GEX2.4M-14.4M13.0M13.0M4.8M
Net DEX966.1M344.9M1.41B344.9M1.06B
Net VEX-17.9M-19.4M-15.5M-19.4M-18.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.181.570.380.66
Total Volume447,956.85138,2221,065,443330,403332,407
Total OI10,750,538.6510,000,06311,270,01510,357,73411,270,015

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-07-01$11.09$11.0025.5%7.6%30.2%17.4%26.7%3.0%3.9%13.0M344.9M-19.4M0.384.80240,05290,3516,521,4793,836,255
2011-07-05$11.00$12.0031.2%9.0%26.5%30.9%31.9%3.3%-0.4%9.0M528.0M-18.7M0.577.1688,01150,2116,535,7503,822,978
2011-07-06$10.74$12.0033.9%9.8%27.2%37.3%36.4%3.4%-1.7%8.1M705.7M-18.4M1.577.49177,033278,7976,568,7123,817,117
2011-07-07$10.92$12.0029.1%9.1%27.5%26.0%32.5%3.2%-0.9%9.8M587.2M-18.8M0.815.43130,966106,5926,614,9653,961,475
2011-07-08$10.70$12.0026.8%9.1%28.4%20.5%32.7%3.1%-0.9%4.5M834.8M-18.3M0.776.49147,549113,3936,664,3673,975,390
2011-07-11$10.35$12.0040.1%10.5%30.2%52.3%34.9%4.3%-1.5%-2.2M1.16B-17.2M1.2310.92242,972298,7996,677,7443,968,189
2011-07-12$10.21$12.0042.8%10.7%29.7%58.6%38.5%2.4%-0.5%-3.9M1.23B-17.1M1.013.15211,241212,4016,702,7344,001,203
2011-07-13$10.20$12.0040.5%10.7%29.4%53.1%37.1%3.5%-0.6%-7.8M1.23B-17.1M0.703.92263,703185,0906,787,4294,080,185
2011-07-14$10.07$12.0035.6%10.2%28.1%49.0%36.1%3.0%0.2%-14.4M1.35B-17.1M1.002.67160,139159,8636,908,7714,164,341
2011-07-15$10.00$12.0035.1%10.1%27.8%47.8%35.8%3.1%0.9%-3.4M1.36B-17.0M0.967.92243,182234,5226,974,2034,196,289
2011-07-18$9.72$12.0037.4%10.7%29.0%54.1%38.1%2.4%0.6%-5.2M1.28B-16.3M0.647.18529,173340,5886,171,1073,828,956
2011-07-19$9.57$11.0034.8%10.0%29.2%46.7%36.3%2.3%0.9%-3.7M1.41B-15.5M0.453.73736,085329,3586,404,1543,938,533
2011-07-20$9.85$11.0036.4%10.4%30.2%51.5%37.2%1.7%-1.0%4.5M1.06B-17.3M0.414.21504,247205,6606,636,6024,031,038
2011-07-21$10.23$11.0034.0%9.7%33.8%44.5%34.9%3.8%0.2%10.7M660.0M-18.6M0.335.72559,034184,6536,788,6444,072,190
2011-07-22$10.13$11.0033.6%9.6%33.8%43.5%34.4%2.7%2.1%5.7M721.8M-18.8M0.512.75176,47290,4626,846,6734,103,663
2011-07-25$10.01$11.0035.4%10.2%33.5%48.6%36.6%3.5%0.1%5.5M856.2M-18.4M0.544.18220,088117,9246,832,1384,045,704
2011-07-26$10.00$11.0034.0%9.8%31.1%44.6%35.4%1.2%1.5%5.4M854.4M-18.4M0.182.32279,61850,4096,915,9294,082,926
2011-07-27$9.68$11.0038.5%11.0%32.7%57.4%39.5%0.5%0.1%3.6M1.06B-18.1M0.973.84209,908203,8996,995,9594,091,258
2011-07-28$9.79$11.0038.6%11.1%30.8%57.5%40.0%2.0%-0.1%4.2M1.03B-18.5M0.414.69180,97373,3127,034,4594,141,249
2011-07-29$9.71$11.0049.8%12.0%30.6%89.3%43.7%1.6%-1.0%4.8M1.06B-18.2M0.665.61200,509131,8987,109,7034,160,312