BAC Options History — August 2014

In August 2014, BAC traded between $14.98 and $16.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.4%, placing in the 17.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 18.6%). 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 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.52.

Notable Days

  • 2014-08-21: Highest Volume — 913,113 contracts
  • 2014-08-21: Largest IV spike — 10.9% change
  • 2014-08-07: Highest IV Rank — 42.3%
  • 2014-08-07: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.54$14.98$16.33$14.98$16.09
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV19.4%15.9%23.7%23.6%16.9%
Expected Move6.6%6.1%7.2%7.1%6.4%
HV 20d18.6%14.2%21.0%20.5%17.4%
HV 60d18.6%17.0%19.5%19.5%18.9%
IV Rank17.9%0.0%42.3%41.5%5.7%
IV Percentile23.1%0.0%69.8%67.1%1.2%
Term Structure0.1%-0.5%0.7%0.1%0.6%
VWIV23.2%21.3%25.3%24.4%22.0%
Skew 25d1.4%-0.4%2.6%2.2%0.6%
Skew 10d3.4%-0.4%6.2%4.9%3.4%
Call IV 25d19.2%16.1%24.0%24.0%16.7%
Put IV 25d20.5%17.3%26.2%26.2%17.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.273.857.843.925.58
Gamma HHI0.180.150.230.230.21
Net GEX52.9M5.2M99.6M5.2M83.0M
Net DEX-674.4M-1.90B177.7M177.7M-1.46B
Net VEX-22.8M-24.8M-21.0M-21.0M-23.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.520.221.411.410.53
Total Volume302,137.524137,194913,113712,882138,778
Total OI8,521,041.1437,946,5568,790,2468,365,7218,790,246

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-08-01$14.98$15.0023.6%7.1%20.5%41.5%24.4%2.2%0.1%5.2M177.7M-21.0M1.413.92295,776417,1065,072,4613,293,260
2014-08-04$15.05$15.0022.3%7.0%20.7%33.2%24.8%1.8%0.2%26.6M75.9M-22.4M0.554.81132,36272,7545,060,4473,365,341
2014-08-05$15.00$15.0023.3%7.2%19.3%39.4%25.2%2.3%-0.3%23.6M134.3M-22.4M0.664.56134,38688,8975,109,9423,386,813
2014-08-06$15.20$15.0023.1%7.2%20.0%38.0%24.8%1.9%0.2%35.0M-140.1M-23.0M0.607.45194,262116,1205,166,1913,412,735
2014-08-07$15.12$15.0023.7%7.2%19.8%42.3%25.3%1.7%-0.4%29.3M-55.6M-22.6M0.494.64170,77083,2495,203,3403,446,916
2014-08-08$15.20$15.0022.2%7.1%19.9%32.8%24.7%1.9%-0.5%29.4M-160.7M-22.6M0.435.30129,26755,9755,247,9933,450,633
2014-08-11$15.22$15.0021.6%7.0%19.3%28.6%24.3%1.6%-0.3%27.5M-187.5M-22.4M0.334.87166,62854,8185,172,0523,395,323
2014-08-12$15.21$15.0020.8%6.9%18.3%23.7%23.7%1.4%-0.2%30.5M-155.1M-22.0M0.984.4769,19468,0005,244,0223,406,725
2014-08-13$15.25$15.0019.2%6.7%17.2%13.6%23.9%1.2%-0.1%30.3M-194.1M-21.8M0.833.8579,40566,0055,270,5933,439,816
2014-08-14$15.32$15.0017.8%6.5%15.7%4.0%22.7%1.4%0.4%38.8M-317.4M-21.9M0.393.9999,97338,9865,290,3543,455,451
2014-08-15$15.22$15.0018.6%6.4%14.2%9.2%22.4%1.7%-0.4%28.9M-169.5M-21.6M0.424.53218,70891,0755,322,6823,466,349
2014-08-18$15.45$15.0016.5%6.2%15.3%0.0%21.6%2.6%0.3%48.7M-463.9M-21.8M0.265.48229,68460,1494,749,2603,197,296
2014-08-19$15.45$15.0015.9%6.1%15.3%0.0%21.8%1.3%-0.0%63.0M-506.2M-21.9M0.395.55170,57665,8274,871,5943,218,496
2014-08-20$15.52$15.0016.4%6.1%15.4%3.2%21.3%1.5%0.7%68.4M-596.5M-21.8M0.314.53158,76648,7994,905,8073,255,676
2014-08-21$16.16$15.0018.3%6.4%21.0%13.9%22.3%0.8%0.3%77.5M-1.71B-23.8M0.266.79722,263190,8504,979,2743,274,413
2014-08-22$16.13$15.0018.1%6.4%21.0%13.3%22.6%-0.4%0.2%82.4M-1.69B-24.8M0.374.63425,079158,6845,146,8173,368,326
2014-08-25$16.29$15.0017.8%6.3%21.0%10.9%22.3%0.3%0.2%95.2M-1.90B-24.3M0.376.87274,323101,8015,156,7453,363,604
2014-08-26$16.33$15.0017.3%6.4%20.4%8.0%22.4%0.5%-0.2%98.3M-1.86B-24.1M0.227.84245,39852,7945,192,9383,404,397
2014-08-27$16.20$15.0017.1%6.4%20.2%6.9%22.8%0.7%0.3%99.6M-1.66B-24.2M0.494.12158,80077,6045,246,0933,418,592
2014-08-28$16.01$15.0017.2%6.4%19.0%7.8%21.8%1.3%0.2%89.3M-1.33B-23.8M0.576.83140,77080,2275,266,3893,456,462
2014-08-29$16.09$15.0016.9%6.4%17.4%5.7%22.0%0.6%0.6%83.0M-1.46B-23.8M0.535.5890,54048,2385,313,6093,476,637