BAC Options History — May 2013

In May 2013, BAC traded between $12.14 and $13.83. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.1%, placing in the 4.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 27.3%). Max pain ranged from $11.00 to $13.50. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2013-05-06: Highest Volume — 837,631 contracts
  • 2013-05-06: Largest IV spike — 8.8% change
  • 2013-05-31: Highest IV Rank — 10.6%
  • 2013-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.13$12.14$13.83$12.14$13.66
Max Pain$12.60$11.00$13.50$12.00$13.50
ATM IV25.1%23.5%27.6%25.2%27.6%
Expected Move7.2%6.7%8.0%7.2%8.0%
HV 20d27.3%22.8%33.4%28.9%23.8%
HV 60d27.1%25.4%28.9%27.9%25.4%
IV Rank4.1%0.0%10.6%3.9%10.6%
IV Percentile5.5%0.0%17.1%2.4%17.1%
Term Structure0.7%-0.9%2.8%0.4%-0.5%
VWIV25.4%23.0%27.8%25.1%27.8%
Skew 25d2.5%0.7%3.5%2.3%3.1%
Skew 10d5.0%1.9%8.3%3.7%5.9%
Call IV 25d24.6%22.3%26.7%24.3%26.7%
Put IV 25d27.1%24.4%29.8%26.6%29.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.131.864.353.553.12
Gamma HHI0.230.160.400.160.21
Net GEX47.4M26.1M74.3M26.1M42.9M
Net DEX-2.02B-2.62B-1.19B-1.19B-2.24B
Net VEX-15.1M-16.0M-14.2M-14.2M-15.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.240.760.760.43
Total Volume382,168.636137,276837,631187,692454,804
Total OI6,993,398.1826,335,9067,522,0746,925,4396,903,827

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-05-01$12.14$12.0025.2%7.2%28.9%3.9%25.1%2.3%0.4%26.1M-1.19B-14.2M0.763.55106,50881,1843,746,3773,179,062
2013-05-02$12.19$12.5024.5%7.0%28.7%2.2%24.3%1.7%0.8%27.2M-1.22B-14.5M0.443.5195,24942,0273,773,8833,190,326
2013-05-03$12.24$12.5023.5%6.7%28.7%0.0%23.0%2.0%-0.1%28.5M-1.30B-14.2M0.593.20194,128113,7423,806,3853,208,461
2013-05-06$12.88$12.0025.5%7.3%33.2%5.3%25.4%0.7%-0.3%42.9M-1.96B-14.4M0.244.17677,037160,5943,743,4293,212,286
2013-05-07$12.90$12.0024.8%7.1%33.2%3.5%25.5%3.3%-0.5%69.7M-2.09B-14.3M0.253.57575,759146,0393,958,7373,258,869
2013-05-08$13.02$11.0024.7%7.1%33.3%3.1%25.4%2.8%0.0%74.3M-2.26B-14.8M0.543.71296,148160,3384,081,1573,300,937
2013-05-09$12.91$12.5024.0%6.9%33.4%1.4%25.0%2.4%-0.1%69.2M-2.07B-14.9M0.563.44166,48294,0194,079,8343,366,005
2013-05-10$13.02$12.5024.5%7.0%33.2%2.6%24.6%2.1%0.7%57.1M-2.18B-15.1M0.332.85201,41866,6634,099,2653,396,030
2013-05-13$12.98$12.5025.2%7.2%32.6%4.4%25.7%1.7%-0.9%63.6M-2.11B-14.7M0.442.81159,25669,4714,019,7783,330,220
2013-05-14$13.34$12.5025.4%7.3%32.8%4.9%25.9%3.0%0.8%62.3M-2.53B-15.1M0.313.60358,939110,5924,071,8593,371,026
2013-05-15$13.44$13.0024.9%7.1%26.3%3.5%25.8%2.2%0.7%61.2M-2.62B-15.2M0.443.01320,712141,6204,089,3813,404,272
2013-05-16$13.36$0.0024.6%7.0%24.4%2.9%24.3%2.9%0.9%54.3M-2.45B-15.0M0.594.35196,064116,2194,029,8173,450,663
2013-05-17$13.43$13.0024.0%6.8%24.1%1.3%23.8%3.0%1.3%46.7M-2.50B-15.2M0.303.34261,46277,1554,026,2483,495,826
2013-05-20$13.51$13.0024.0%6.8%24.1%1.3%24.9%3.4%1.9%42.1M-2.10B-15.2M0.452.05209,88394,2483,580,2522,755,654
2013-05-21$13.44$13.0024.7%7.1%22.9%3.2%24.7%2.3%2.6%37.8M-2.00B-15.1M0.701.86129,19990,5743,562,9082,810,984
2013-05-22$13.31$13.0025.8%7.4%22.9%5.9%25.5%3.1%2.0%34.5M-1.81B-15.5M0.481.91274,677131,4823,610,7172,861,792
2013-05-23$13.21$13.0026.1%7.5%23.1%6.6%26.8%2.8%0.6%30.2M-1.73B-15.6M0.462.20282,878131,4013,643,8592,900,981
2013-05-24$13.24$13.0025.1%7.2%23.0%4.2%26.1%3.5%1.1%34.4M-1.77B-15.7M0.713.95107,06275,9643,691,6242,915,015
2013-05-28$13.35$12.0025.1%7.2%22.9%4.1%26.0%2.3%2.8%37.4M-1.87B-15.3M0.573.66252,102143,5053,628,5142,858,840
2013-05-29$13.48$13.0026.2%7.5%22.8%7.0%27.1%1.8%2.3%43.2M-2.04B-15.5M0.472.51254,525118,8033,730,3252,927,897
2013-05-30$13.83$13.0026.4%7.6%22.8%7.5%26.9%1.8%-0.3%56.2M-2.45B-16.0M0.412.39473,138194,6403,813,1612,968,277
2013-05-31$13.66$13.5027.6%8.0%23.8%10.6%27.8%3.1%-0.5%42.9M-2.24B-15.9M0.433.12318,291136,5133,885,2983,018,529