BAC Options History — December 2013

In December 2013, BAC traded between $15.18 and $15.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.1%, placing in the 24.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.7% (HV 20d: 18.4%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 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 0.43.

Notable Days

  • 2013-12-18: Highest Volume — 425,820 contracts
  • 2013-12-11: Largest IV spike — 9.8% change
  • 2013-12-19: Highest IV Rank — 35.2%
  • 2013-12-13: Largest Expected Move — 8.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.52$15.18$15.75$15.73$15.57
Max Pain$12.00$12.00$12.00$12.00$12.00
ATM IV23.1%20.1%25.7%21.4%22.8%
Expected Move8.8%8.6%8.9%8.7%8.6%
HV 20d18.4%16.9%21.5%20.1%17.0%
HV 60d18.9%18.3%19.5%18.4%19.1%
IV Rank24.3%12.0%35.2%17.6%25.0%
IV Percentile26.0%10.3%49.6%12.7%23.4%
Term Structure0.9%-1.2%3.3%2.3%0.1%
VWIV30.5%28.8%33.3%29.9%33.3%
Skew 25d1.2%-0.9%2.3%1.7%0.5%
Skew 10d4.1%-0.2%7.0%5.2%2.5%
Call IV 25d23.1%20.2%26.4%20.9%23.3%
Put IV 25d24.3%21.6%27.6%22.6%23.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.423.558.154.424.32
Gamma HHI0.250.220.270.250.27
Net GEX79.7M61.6M110.6M79.5M77.6M
Net DEX-3.11B-3.64B-2.63B-3.64B-3.04B
Net VEX-16.0M-16.4M-14.9M-16.3M-15.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.430.211.200.420.34
Total Volume213,802.47673,529425,820240,122151,706
Total OI7,680,895.0487,413,5227,977,7087,720,0897,467,194

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-12-02$15.73$12.0021.4%8.7%20.1%17.6%29.9%1.7%2.3%79.5M-3.64B-16.3M0.424.42169,44970,6734,375,7553,344,334
2013-12-03$15.54$12.0021.5%8.7%21.1%17.9%30.4%1.2%1.8%73.6M-3.30B-16.4M0.485.78217,891104,5864,370,2633,364,381
2013-12-04$15.63$12.0021.8%8.7%20.5%19.2%30.4%1.1%2.4%74.0M-3.22B-16.4M0.464.34133,84560,9904,246,5703,386,569
2013-12-05$15.43$12.0022.1%8.8%21.5%20.2%30.2%2.3%2.9%67.5M-2.93B-16.4M0.513.72164,65083,3334,264,0003,392,657
2013-12-06$15.56$12.0021.1%8.7%20.6%16.1%29.9%1.9%2.8%75.3M-3.17B-16.4M0.315.50190,92859,3454,302,0333,430,192
2013-12-09$15.58$12.0020.6%8.7%17.1%14.4%30.4%1.6%2.7%77.7M-3.16B-16.2M0.655.4365,95642,8544,255,1023,395,564
2013-12-10$15.56$12.0020.1%8.6%17.2%12.0%28.9%1.4%3.3%75.0M-3.10B-16.2M0.284.9690,10325,1574,261,6273,409,233
2013-12-11$15.25$12.0022.0%8.9%19.0%20.1%30.0%2.1%2.9%62.9M-2.70B-16.2M0.415.36172,31870,1014,284,4503,415,605
2013-12-12$15.25$12.0024.0%8.9%17.6%28.1%30.4%1.6%1.9%62.8M-2.70B-16.4M0.484.55176,25585,1994,341,2323,440,867
2013-12-13$15.18$12.0024.2%8.9%17.4%28.9%30.5%2.2%2.0%61.6M-2.63B-16.4M0.374.18116,02643,0254,370,5603,457,401
2013-12-16$15.24$12.0025.4%8.9%17.3%34.0%31.2%1.9%-0.6%67.6M-2.74B-16.2M0.215.01129,99027,0164,328,9573,415,134
2013-12-17$15.18$12.0025.6%8.8%17.4%34.8%32.2%1.1%-0.8%70.4M-2.66B-16.2M1.205.68116,095139,8404,387,3593,424,274
2013-12-18$15.69$12.0025.0%8.7%19.9%32.4%29.9%0.9%-1.2%100.9M-3.40B-16.3M0.217.63351,65574,1654,410,9333,468,430
2013-12-19$15.75$12.0025.7%8.8%19.8%35.2%32.6%0.9%-0.2%110.6M-3.45B-16.2M0.816.97194,720157,0064,449,0483,488,038
2013-12-20$15.60$12.0025.3%8.7%17.3%33.4%30.0%-0.9%-0.9%99.8M-3.32B-16.1M0.278.15230,57162,5424,477,8823,499,826
2013-12-23$15.69$12.0023.6%8.8%17.4%26.6%30.7%0.0%-0.3%92.2M-3.32B-15.8M0.336.11131,21242,8574,201,5683,233,543
2013-12-24$15.70$12.0023.5%8.9%17.0%25.9%29.6%1.4%-1.1%94.0M-3.36B-14.9M0.237.0659,90613,6234,239,5693,242,028
2013-12-26$15.65$12.0023.2%8.8%16.9%24.8%30.7%0.2%-0.2%87.3M-3.26B-15.6M0.356.09107,35537,8574,247,9193,260,354
2013-12-27$15.67$12.0022.4%8.7%16.9%21.7%30.1%0.4%-0.3%84.5M-3.23B-15.6M0.223.55128,67528,1584,253,9363,280,887
2013-12-30$15.54$12.0022.7%8.7%17.1%22.7%28.8%1.2%-0.4%79.4M-3.04B-15.4M0.444.94112,50649,7134,167,3733,246,149
2013-12-31$15.57$12.0022.8%8.6%17.0%25.0%33.3%0.5%0.1%77.6M-3.04B-15.5M0.344.32113,44138,2654,184,5803,282,614