BAC Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, BAC traded between $11.44 and $12.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.9%, placing in the 10.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 25.1%). Max pain ranged from $10.50 to $12.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.57.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-17: Highest Volume — 890,005 contracts
  • 2013-04-19: Largest IV drop — 17.5% change
  • 2013-04-18: Highest IV Rank — 20.3%
  • 2013-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 9.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.09$11.44$12.44$12.15$12.31
Max Pain$11.50$10.50$12.50$12.00$12.50
ATM IV27.9%24.0%31.6%28.6%24.4%
Expected Move8.0%6.9%9.1%8.2%7.0%
HV 20d25.1%17.6%30.4%24.0%30.4%
HV 60d28.3%26.0%29.6%29.0%28.1%
IV Rank10.0%0.7%20.3%11.0%1.8%
IV Percentile14.4%0.4%38.9%12.7%1.6%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.6%1.8%-0.3%1.4%
VWIV28.2%24.5%31.5%29.1%25.5%
Skew 25d1.5%-0.5%3.3%0.4%2.9%
Skew 10d2.9%-1.5%7.0%1.5%5.7%
Call IV 25d27.9%23.2%32.1%28.8%24.0%
Put IV 25d29.5%26.4%33.9%29.3%26.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.741.7910.743.183.81
Gamma HHI0.190.160.220.210.17
Net GEX27.0M2.7M43.3M21.7M32.7M
Net DEX-1.19B-1.62B-462.7M-1.20B-1.38B
Net VEX-14.3M-14.6M-14.0M-14.4M-14.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.570.281.080.340.88
Total Volume328,310.909147,488890,005217,593193,384
Total OI7,011,280.2736,660,5457,612,4646,660,5456,873,400

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$12.15$12.0028.6%8.2%24.0%11.0%29.1%0.4%-0.3%21.7M-1.20B-14.4M0.343.18162,67854,9153,617,6813,042,864
2013-04-02$12.15$12.0027.6%7.9%24.0%8.8%27.8%0.9%-0.0%22.9M-1.23B-14.2M0.443.47102,38245,1063,663,7763,061,132
2013-04-03$11.81$12.0031.3%9.0%26.2%17.0%31.5%-0.5%-1.1%12.6M-892.6M-14.1M0.562.79311,302173,9573,705,7323,076,791
2013-04-04$11.94$12.0031.1%8.9%23.9%16.6%31.1%0.9%-1.4%18.0M-999.6M-14.4M1.013.57177,404178,9453,804,7813,131,499
2013-04-05$11.97$12.0030.5%8.8%21.5%15.3%30.8%0.6%-0.6%31.3M-1.02B-14.6M0.403.64224,98189,2663,839,1393,242,728
2013-04-08$12.21$12.0029.9%8.6%22.1%14.0%29.8%0.3%0.3%29.4M-1.30B-14.3M0.433.38157,27567,2753,745,1413,182,388
2013-04-09$12.25$12.0030.6%8.8%22.0%15.3%30.6%-0.3%-1.1%34.6M-1.38B-14.5M0.373.16195,11372,9253,795,8923,190,573
2013-04-10$12.32$12.0029.6%8.5%21.6%13.2%29.9%-0.2%-1.6%38.9M-1.50B-14.4M0.432.20213,03992,0623,836,7093,202,711
2013-04-11$12.27$0.0028.9%8.3%21.6%11.7%29.7%1.1%-0.3%36.8M-1.40B-14.3M0.472.54183,19886,5633,873,8493,236,914
2013-04-12$12.17$11.5027.9%8.0%21.8%9.5%28.4%1.5%-0.5%29.7M-1.30B-14.3M0.384.40185,78571,3193,942,4873,263,343
2013-04-15$11.98$11.0030.4%8.6%17.6%17.2%30.4%1.0%-0.8%22.0M-1.08B-14.2M0.753.58252,262188,6773,875,5413,228,589
2013-04-16$12.28$11.0029.1%8.3%20.1%13.8%29.5%2.0%-1.3%38.7M-1.43B-14.6M0.6010.74249,166148,9663,969,9243,301,996
2013-04-17$11.70$11.0028.6%8.2%25.5%12.7%29.3%2.8%-0.7%10.5M-686.7M-14.2M0.523.58586,048303,9574,048,7633,312,902
2013-04-18$11.44$11.0031.6%9.1%26.1%20.3%31.1%3.0%-0.3%2.7M-462.7M-14.3M0.781.79286,669222,6894,181,7373,359,137
2013-04-19$11.66$11.0026.1%7.4%27.1%6.1%26.9%1.1%1.2%17.0M-766.0M-14.5M1.085.60149,420161,6224,240,9433,371,521
2013-04-22$11.72$10.5025.3%7.3%27.3%4.2%25.6%2.4%-0.7%16.2M-845.6M-14.1M0.734.06111,32481,4843,670,1773,085,024
2013-04-23$12.07$10.5025.3%7.2%29.4%4.0%25.3%2.5%0.0%28.3M-1.26B-14.2M0.503.28256,702128,2953,698,1703,099,042
2013-04-24$12.31$10.5025.0%7.2%30.1%3.3%25.2%2.2%1.0%36.7M-1.48B-14.3M0.283.26258,87771,7053,725,0073,127,465
2013-04-25$12.44$11.0024.0%6.9%30.3%0.7%24.5%3.3%-0.0%43.3M-1.62B-14.3M0.343.60216,74774,2403,737,5273,129,651
2013-04-26$12.42$11.5024.3%7.0%30.3%1.7%24.7%2.8%-0.3%34.7M-1.58B-14.3M0.602.91155,10492,8643,762,5333,149,041
2013-04-29$12.38$12.5024.0%6.9%30.3%0.8%24.6%3.1%1.8%34.3M-1.44B-14.6M0.553.64120,68566,4633,709,1353,134,811
2013-04-30$12.31$12.5024.4%7.0%30.4%1.8%25.5%2.9%1.4%32.7M-1.38B-14.0M0.883.81102,94290,4423,724,0753,149,325