BAC Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, BAC traded between $16.20 and $16.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.0%, placing in the 31.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 21.5%). Max pain ranged from $12.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-03: Highest Volume — 371,770 contracts
  • 2014-02-07: Largest IV drop — 8.6% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 52.6%
  • 2014-02-03: Largest Expected Move — 8.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.52$16.20$16.88$16.35$16.53
Max Pain$14.21$12.00$15.00$12.00$15.00
ATM IV23.0%20.6%27.5%27.5%23.3%
Expected Move8.4%8.3%8.6%8.6%8.3%
HV 20d21.5%17.1%24.6%24.6%17.1%
HV 60d20.8%20.1%22.1%22.1%20.4%
IV Rank31.1%17.7%52.6%52.6%39.5%
IV Percentile32.2%13.9%74.2%74.2%36.1%
Term Structure0.4%-0.2%1.6%0.9%-0.0%
VWIV29.2%26.0%31.3%29.8%29.7%
Skew 25d1.9%1.3%2.5%2.1%2.3%
Skew 10d4.1%1.8%5.5%4.0%4.7%
Call IV 25d22.7%19.8%27.6%27.6%22.6%
Put IV 25d24.6%21.7%29.6%29.6%25.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.333.657.283.657.28
Gamma HHI0.250.190.340.220.31
Net GEX48.6M19.4M103.4M38.4M103.4M
Net DEX-1.79B-2.20B-1.44B-1.66B-1.73B
Net VEX-18.4M-19.3M-18.0M-19.3M-18.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.250.700.510.38
Total Volume218,630.474126,787371,770371,770343,381
Total OI5,886,800.2635,526,0776,166,2665,715,5955,791,102

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$16.35$12.0027.5%8.6%24.6%52.6%29.8%2.1%0.9%38.4M-1.66B-19.3M0.513.65246,562125,2083,348,5072,367,088
2014-02-04$16.35$12.0025.9%8.5%23.9%44.4%30.1%1.6%1.3%38.6M-1.69B-18.3M0.615.85128,66778,7953,420,8502,415,486
2014-02-05$16.40$12.0025.0%8.5%23.8%40.0%30.3%2.2%1.6%39.5M-1.72B-18.4M0.704.58150,134104,5493,442,9652,443,339
2014-02-06$16.69$15.0023.7%8.5%24.5%33.4%31.3%2.4%0.5%54.5M-2.06B-18.5M0.625.77172,421106,9373,469,8972,471,659
2014-02-07$16.82$15.0021.6%8.6%24.1%22.9%30.7%2.2%0.7%53.2M-2.20B-18.4M0.554.94192,653106,2573,483,1842,513,594
2014-02-10$16.72$12.0022.8%8.5%24.2%28.8%26.0%2.1%-0.2%49.7M-2.03B-18.4M0.646.56103,54466,3113,390,0762,469,522
2014-02-11$16.88$12.0021.3%8.4%23.1%21.0%29.5%2.0%0.9%63.5M-2.19B-18.4M0.595.73123,13172,2883,423,2832,494,278
2014-02-12$16.75$15.0022.1%8.4%22.2%25.4%28.6%2.1%0.2%56.5M-2.06B-18.5M0.585.8390,49352,5553,444,6702,522,087
2014-02-13$16.75$15.0021.9%8.4%20.5%24.2%28.2%2.5%0.7%58.7M-2.04B-18.2M0.305.5897,60529,1823,468,1302,541,132
2014-02-14$16.70$15.0020.6%8.3%20.5%17.7%28.4%1.9%0.8%54.4M-2.00B-18.0M0.516.0990,20245,8933,496,6732,554,565
2014-02-18$16.47$15.0021.7%8.3%21.0%23.3%28.6%1.5%0.0%37.7M-1.72B-18.3M0.584.72128,16974,3363,450,6662,510,386
2014-02-19$16.20$15.0023.3%8.3%21.6%31.2%29.2%1.4%-0.2%19.4M-1.44B-18.0M0.425.55184,98277,7293,497,5352,543,798
2014-02-20$16.30$15.0023.1%8.3%21.5%30.1%29.2%1.6%-0.2%27.0M-1.56B-18.3M0.493.84111,68154,1853,571,5792,564,959
2014-02-21$16.29$15.0022.3%8.4%20.8%26.1%29.4%1.6%0.5%32.9M-1.61B-18.4M0.344.53195,29565,5993,609,5902,556,676
2014-02-24$16.53$15.0023.0%8.3%19.7%29.6%28.9%2.4%0.2%48.7M-1.73B-18.1M0.355.52167,40158,2033,302,3402,223,737
2014-02-25$16.34$15.0022.3%8.4%19.9%26.1%29.3%1.5%0.6%43.8M-1.48B-18.4M0.505.36111,70855,3783,363,9432,252,152
2014-02-26$16.33$15.0022.9%8.4%17.6%33.0%28.7%1.3%-0.2%42.6M-1.44B-18.5M0.454.19142,11864,6553,393,3772,278,586
2014-02-27$16.49$15.0023.5%8.3%18.0%40.7%29.1%1.9%0.2%61.1M-1.63B-18.9M0.255.80108,52627,2463,446,4152,311,379
2014-02-28$16.53$15.0023.3%8.3%17.1%39.5%29.7%2.3%-0.0%103.4M-1.73B-18.9M0.387.28248,39294,9893,476,1632,314,939