BAC Options History — January 2013

In January 2013, BAC traded between $11.14 and $12.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.3%, placing in the 14.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 33.7%). Max pain ranged from $10.00 to $12.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.55.

Notable Days

  • 2013-01-09: Highest Volume — 866,846 contracts
  • 2013-01-09: Largest IV spike — 9.5% change
  • 2013-01-02: Highest IV Rank — 23.8%
  • 2013-01-02: Largest Expected Move — 9.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$11.61$11.14$12.11$12.03$11.32
Max Pain$10.95$10.00$12.00$10.50$11.00
ATM IV30.3%26.4%34.3%34.3%28.6%
Expected Move8.7%7.5%9.8%9.8%8.2%
HV 20d33.7%28.7%36.5%32.6%30.1%
HV 60d34.4%32.8%35.8%33.3%34.2%
IV Rank14.8%6.1%23.8%23.8%11.0%
IV Percentile13.2%0.8%29.0%27.8%5.6%
Term Structure0.3%-1.7%2.5%-0.3%2.0%
VWIV30.7%25.6%34.8%34.8%29.0%
Skew 25d0.8%-0.2%2.2%0.5%2.1%
Skew 10d1.2%-2.5%3.4%1.2%3.4%
Call IV 25d30.7%25.9%35.1%35.1%28.4%
Put IV 25d31.6%26.7%35.6%35.6%30.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.051.434.622.903.60
Gamma HHI0.280.160.380.220.33
Net GEX33.6M16.4M58.1M58.1M23.5M
Net DEX-1.84B-2.97B-902.0M-2.87B-902.0M
Net VEX-11.1M-11.6M-10.7M-10.9M-11.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.550.350.770.350.69
Total Volume417,446.048158,647866,846706,025231,524
Total OI8,308,258.9055,824,33010,292,0049,195,6476,090,418

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-01-02$12.03$10.5034.3%9.8%32.6%23.8%34.8%0.5%-0.3%58.1M-2.87B-10.9M0.352.90522,434183,5915,263,7093,931,938
2013-01-03$11.96$11.5032.4%9.3%33.1%19.5%33.0%0.6%0.2%51.1M-2.76B-10.9M0.713.67270,381192,5955,291,8924,020,614
2013-01-04$12.11$11.5031.9%9.2%28.7%18.4%32.8%2.0%-1.7%49.5M-2.97B-10.7M0.542.74330,767177,2465,346,9164,106,880
2013-01-07$12.09$11.5031.7%9.1%28.7%17.9%32.2%0.2%-1.1%51.2M-2.81B-10.7M0.533.33351,459186,2025,302,4904,135,504
2013-01-08$11.98$12.0031.3%9.0%29.0%17.0%32.0%0.5%-1.2%49.4M-2.65B-10.8M0.423.05312,882131,5215,318,5924,212,262
2013-01-09$11.43$12.0034.3%9.8%34.4%23.6%34.4%0.0%-0.9%31.7M-1.92B-10.7M0.772.77489,483377,3635,350,8314,280,487
2013-01-10$11.78$0.0032.8%9.5%35.4%20.4%33.5%0.7%-1.4%41.6M-2.38B-11.1M0.552.81295,106162,2145,471,7304,392,878
2013-01-11$11.63$11.5032.6%9.5%36.0%19.9%33.1%0.9%-1.3%33.4M-2.16B-11.2M0.513.24238,026120,2675,522,2514,439,895
2013-01-14$11.47$10.0033.9%9.7%36.4%22.7%33.1%2.2%-0.7%29.5M-2.01B-11.1M0.451.43181,04080,7755,429,9084,407,452
2013-01-15$11.55$10.0031.8%9.1%36.4%18.2%32.5%1.0%-0.2%30.3M-2.08B-11.1M0.501.74216,380108,3415,471,6564,427,612
2013-01-16$11.78$10.0032.6%9.3%34.5%20.0%33.0%1.3%-0.4%39.4M-2.37B-11.3M0.484.62343,690164,9695,516,4294,475,273
2013-01-17$11.28$10.0029.9%8.6%36.5%14.0%30.2%1.6%0.1%20.4M-1.82B-10.8M0.724.31447,608321,9515,556,3234,498,911
2013-01-18$11.14$10.0027.6%7.9%36.4%8.8%28.7%-0.2%0.3%16.4M-1.54B-11.1M0.593.40419,337247,8785,671,9354,620,069
2013-01-22$11.35$11.0027.2%7.8%35.5%7.9%27.7%0.1%1.9%18.4M-943.5M-11.0M0.503.65244,387123,1163,179,3902,644,940
2013-01-23$11.42$11.0026.4%7.6%34.8%6.1%27.0%-0.1%1.8%23.8M-986.1M-11.5M0.752.61124,15892,5633,276,1132,693,956
2013-01-24$11.53$11.0026.4%7.5%34.9%6.1%26.4%-0.2%1.0%30.3M-1.14B-11.5M0.483.08182,65387,1243,307,2262,727,773
2013-01-25$11.62$11.5026.5%7.5%33.8%6.3%25.6%1.0%0.9%28.5M-1.23B-11.6M0.552.70153,42184,6253,344,7632,751,897
2013-01-28$11.48$11.0027.8%8.0%34.0%9.2%28.3%0.7%2.5%25.9M-1.09B-11.4M0.382.97163,77762,2923,247,1362,685,166
2013-01-29$11.49$11.0027.7%8.0%33.9%9.0%28.4%0.7%2.0%27.6M-1.11B-11.6M0.492.63106,64851,9993,308,6292,698,748
2013-01-30$11.38$11.0028.1%8.1%33.1%9.9%28.8%1.8%1.7%24.7M-970.2M-11.4M0.682.71110,07674,4983,331,6752,721,170
2013-01-31$11.32$11.0028.6%8.2%30.1%11.0%29.0%2.1%2.0%23.5M-902.0M-11.4M0.693.60137,06194,4633,346,6312,743,787