BAC Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, BAC traded between $13.69 and $14.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.5%, placing in the 10.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.8% (HV 20d: 17.6%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-16: Highest Volume — 358,074 contracts
  • 2013-10-16: Largest IV drop — 22.9% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 38.0%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 9.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.19$13.69$14.66$13.90$13.97
Max Pain$12.62$12.00$14.00$14.00$12.00
ATM IV23.5%17.7%32.7%25.3%17.7%
Expected Move8.1%7.2%9.4%7.2%8.2%
HV 20d17.6%13.6%20.1%13.6%19.4%
HV 60d17.4%16.6%18.4%18.4%16.8%
IV Rank10.7%0.0%38.0%12.5%0.0%
IV Percentile23.3%0.0%84.5%26.2%0.0%
Term Structure-0.5%-3.0%1.3%-0.9%0.2%
VWIV28.6%25.0%32.6%25.8%28.2%
Skew 25d1.5%0.6%2.4%1.2%0.6%
Skew 10d3.0%0.9%6.3%0.9%1.5%
Call IV 25d23.3%18.1%32.3%25.4%18.4%
Put IV 25d24.8%18.9%34.4%26.6%19.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.512.6017.525.403.73
Gamma HHI0.380.310.460.340.38
Net GEX50.0M25.7M84.0M34.7M27.8M
Net DEX-2.03B-2.65B-1.41B-1.69B-1.71B
Net VEX-15.4M-16.6M-14.3M-15.7M-14.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.260.780.590.47
Total Volume214,748.348103,839358,074186,864153,703
Total OI7,720,132.4787,397,9767,955,4287,522,6037,729,045

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$13.90$14.0025.3%7.2%13.6%12.5%25.8%1.2%-0.9%34.7M-1.69B-15.7M0.595.40117,60169,2634,190,6133,331,990
2013-10-02$14.06$13.5027.3%7.8%14.2%19.6%27.5%1.1%-1.3%42.5M-1.83B-16.4M0.336.98187,87562,1944,239,9843,372,125
2013-10-03$14.00$13.5028.3%8.1%14.1%22.8%28.2%1.4%-1.1%45.1M-1.84B-16.3M0.497.37136,57367,5594,315,1143,391,267
2013-10-04$14.05$13.5027.2%7.8%14.2%19.1%27.8%1.4%-0.6%44.7M-1.87B-16.6M0.785.69100,32578,2104,329,6283,418,204
2013-10-07$13.81$13.5029.7%8.5%14.8%27.6%29.8%1.4%-1.4%31.4M-1.54B-16.4M0.635.8793,92759,5764,266,1213,401,643
2013-10-08$13.69$13.5032.7%9.4%14.4%38.0%32.4%1.5%-3.0%25.7M-1.41B-16.3M0.696.43143,54398,7614,286,0913,431,576
2013-10-09$13.84$13.5032.3%9.3%15.1%36.7%32.6%2.4%-2.8%33.8M-1.65B-16.1M0.505.81149,25375,2844,340,3753,473,345
2013-10-10$14.23$0.0027.0%7.8%18.2%18.3%26.6%2.4%-1.3%57.0M-2.11B-16.2M0.482.60182,99987,3334,381,1483,510,200
2013-10-11$14.19$14.0025.1%7.2%18.2%11.8%25.0%2.2%-0.5%49.6M-2.10B-15.5M0.549.56126,01067,9454,381,0213,518,821
2013-10-14$14.35$0.0025.6%8.2%18.7%13.7%29.2%2.2%-1.3%59.8M-2.24B-15.4M0.5517.52141,82077,7624,334,5893,474,150
2013-10-15$14.24$12.0026.9%8.2%18.8%18.1%29.6%1.8%-1.5%57.9M-2.16B-15.5M0.485.54151,26371,9354,380,9893,498,272
2013-10-16$14.56$12.0020.7%8.0%20.1%0.0%28.1%1.5%0.4%82.4M-2.52B-15.0M0.403.30256,204101,8704,412,2113,506,688
2013-10-17$14.66$12.0019.5%8.0%20.1%0.0%28.4%2.1%1.3%81.1M-2.65B-15.0M0.353.51150,19152,8984,428,6763,502,477
2013-10-18$14.63$12.0020.0%8.0%19.6%1.6%29.8%1.8%0.6%84.0M-2.58B-14.7M0.604.81216,111128,7014,447,9443,507,484
2013-10-21$14.52$12.0019.7%8.0%18.2%0.5%27.5%1.7%-0.2%61.1M-2.31B-14.6M0.484.02144,38369,5954,047,8063,350,170
2013-10-22$14.52$12.0019.8%7.9%18.1%1.1%28.0%1.8%-0.1%62.2M-2.39B-15.0M0.454.40133,73260,4014,104,4303,376,873
2013-10-23$14.21$12.0020.9%8.0%19.9%4.6%28.6%0.8%0.4%46.3M-2.01B-14.8M0.324.54193,40861,0404,154,5333,399,719
2013-10-24$14.17$12.0019.7%8.1%19.8%0.7%28.1%1.0%-0.5%45.4M-1.98B-14.7M0.442.95174,90477,5734,226,3913,430,826
2013-10-25$14.26$12.0018.9%8.0%19.3%0.0%27.9%1.3%0.1%46.6M-2.04B-14.9M0.514.6189,51245,6434,237,0433,458,639
2013-10-28$14.23$12.0018.5%8.1%19.1%0.0%30.9%0.9%1.2%47.3M-2.07B-14.6M0.264.03115,09530,3134,190,5103,425,355
2013-10-29$14.15$12.0018.5%8.1%19.1%0.3%28.3%1.1%0.4%43.0M-1.97B-14.5M0.453.62160,53572,5504,218,5093,440,002
2013-10-30$14.17$12.0018.3%8.2%18.7%0.0%28.9%0.9%0.6%41.1M-2.00B-14.6M0.484.5170,15033,6894,228,5073,471,943
2013-10-31$13.97$12.0017.7%8.2%19.4%0.0%28.2%0.6%0.2%27.8M-1.71B-14.3M0.473.73104,81448,8894,244,2173,484,828