BAC Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, BAC traded between $16.30 and $17.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.3%, placing in the 46.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 21.7%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-20: Highest Volume — 788,680 contracts
  • 2014-03-13: Largest IV spike — 7.3% change
  • 2014-03-26: Highest IV Rank — 57.1%
  • 2014-03-03: Largest Expected Move — 8.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.20$16.30$17.92$16.30$17.20
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV24.3%22.8%26.0%24.5%23.2%
Expected Move8.0%7.8%8.3%8.3%7.9%
HV 20d21.7%17.3%24.5%17.3%24.1%
HV 60d21.8%20.4%22.7%20.4%21.8%
IV Rank46.2%36.5%57.1%47.5%38.9%
IV Percentile51.8%30.6%75.4%51.6%36.9%
Term Structure0.1%-1.5%1.4%-0.5%0.4%
VWIV27.3%25.5%29.8%29.4%26.8%
Skew 25d1.1%-0.6%2.8%2.5%-0.5%
Skew 10d2.2%-1.1%5.7%4.4%0.0%
Call IV 25d24.4%21.5%26.7%24.0%24.6%
Put IV 25d25.5%23.5%27.0%26.5%24.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.323.178.385.314.20
Gamma HHI0.240.180.330.250.21
Net GEX72.2M43.6M113.5M43.6M62.6M
Net DEX-2.22B-3.14B-1.44B-1.44B-1.97B
Net VEX-19.6M-20.5M-18.4M-18.6M-19.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.220.640.590.33
Total Volume362,798.095172,094788,680225,638191,166
Total OI6,128,396.7625,728,2666,449,5085,728,2666,055,761

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$16.30$15.0024.5%8.3%17.3%47.5%29.4%2.5%-0.5%43.6M-1.44B-18.6M0.595.31142,13383,5053,450,7272,277,539
2014-03-04$16.73$15.0022.9%8.2%17.7%37.0%29.7%2.8%0.4%62.7M-1.96B-18.4M0.255.14227,78357,0163,483,7402,323,574
2014-03-05$17.25$15.0022.8%8.2%20.6%36.5%27.0%0.7%0.0%82.8M-2.58B-18.9M0.343.17528,246179,9363,520,4752,344,731
2014-03-06$17.35$15.0023.1%8.1%20.6%38.1%29.8%1.0%0.1%77.7M-2.58B-19.3M0.333.94424,864139,7553,532,3292,400,133
2014-03-07$17.33$15.0023.0%8.1%19.9%37.9%28.1%0.8%-0.1%75.2M-2.52B-19.2M0.303.69265,92080,2093,575,0782,429,836
2014-03-10$17.47$15.0024.1%8.0%19.9%44.5%25.6%1.7%1.3%80.7M-2.60B-19.4M0.623.28244,308151,3783,565,4942,372,509
2014-03-11$17.27$15.0023.3%7.9%20.3%39.9%27.2%1.3%1.0%78.9M-2.33B-19.7M0.563.44119,59766,4033,645,9932,441,296
2014-03-12$17.28$15.0023.1%7.9%20.1%38.3%28.2%0.9%1.4%79.1M-2.38B-19.8M0.463.75122,86456,2933,690,6822,459,256
2014-03-13$17.16$15.0024.8%8.0%20.0%49.1%27.3%1.6%1.0%73.0M-2.19B-19.7M0.363.96230,32181,8303,717,9492,503,489
2014-03-14$16.80$15.0025.7%8.0%21.6%54.9%27.5%1.8%1.1%57.2M-1.75B-20.2M0.524.20248,801129,8893,730,2752,517,071
2014-03-17$17.11$15.0024.6%7.9%22.4%47.8%27.6%2.4%-0.1%73.6M-2.09B-19.3M0.394.80174,51967,9053,713,8082,490,172
2014-03-18$17.19$15.0024.7%7.8%21.7%48.8%27.3%2.5%-0.1%81.7M-2.22B-19.6M0.324.51130,08642,0083,752,9922,514,726
2014-03-19$17.44$15.0025.2%7.9%21.0%51.7%26.2%1.9%-1.5%94.8M-2.58B-19.7M0.404.94257,270102,0883,786,7212,518,360
2014-03-20$17.92$15.0025.1%7.8%22.6%51.4%26.4%1.3%0.5%113.5M-3.14B-20.0M0.223.50643,856144,8243,781,6122,551,737
2014-03-21$17.56$15.0024.5%7.8%24.2%47.1%26.8%0.8%0.0%81.0M-2.68B-20.1M0.263.67454,859116,1903,838,7592,610,749
2014-03-24$17.37$15.0024.4%7.8%24.4%46.6%25.5%0.4%-0.2%65.1M-2.15B-19.7M0.604.12228,997136,8823,575,3982,436,585
2014-03-25$17.21$15.0025.0%7.8%24.2%50.8%25.6%-0.4%-0.3%61.1M-1.98B-20.2M0.384.69288,535108,2783,654,2122,502,985
2014-03-26$17.18$15.0026.0%7.8%24.3%57.1%27.6%-0.6%-0.9%63.0M-1.98B-20.5M0.464.39142,71365,9393,728,1012,525,557
2014-03-27$17.01$15.0025.8%7.9%24.5%55.8%27.5%0.1%-0.3%51.5M-1.71B-20.4M0.373.65316,921116,9863,754,8112,545,849
2014-03-28$16.98$15.0024.9%7.9%24.5%50.1%27.1%-0.3%-0.2%56.5M-1.74B-20.1M0.648.38187,845119,8423,818,7552,556,506
2014-03-31$17.20$15.0023.2%7.9%24.1%38.9%26.8%-0.5%0.4%62.6M-1.97B-19.7M0.334.20143,74647,4203,627,2262,428,535