BAC Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, BAC traded between $15.77 and $17.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.3%, placing in the 46.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.2% (HV 20d: 24.5%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-15: Highest Volume — 740,947 contracts
  • 2014-10-28: Largest IV drop — 14.2% change
  • 2014-10-10: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 8.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.68$15.77$17.29$16.82$17.15
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV23.3%16.7%31.6%23.0%18.1%
Expected Move7.1%6.3%8.6%6.8%6.3%
HV 20d24.5%16.7%29.1%16.7%27.9%
HV 60d20.6%18.2%22.4%18.2%21.6%
IV Rank46.9%4.8%100.0%42.1%14.0%
IV Percentile59.3%1.2%100.0%67.5%9.9%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.8%1.0%0.3%0.9%
VWIV25.4%22.3%30.8%23.7%22.9%
Skew 25d3.3%1.7%5.8%1.9%2.0%
Skew 10d8.0%3.3%14.7%3.3%6.5%
Call IV 25d22.3%16.8%30.4%23.4%16.9%
Put IV 25d25.7%18.9%34.9%25.3%18.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.921.708.597.521.80
Gamma HHI0.230.160.380.200.28
Net GEX71.4M36.1M109.6M71.5M96.0M
Net DEX-1.52B-2.64B-152.1M-1.79B-2.22B
Net VEX-25.4M-26.5M-24.0M-25.7M-25.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.230.800.620.46
Total Volume325,217.261145,322740,947240,753343,804
Total OI9,223,987.6098,801,9199,532,3729,171,4409,488,456

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$16.82$15.0023.0%6.8%16.7%42.1%23.7%1.9%0.3%71.5M-1.79B-25.7M0.627.52148,77491,9795,281,1043,890,336
2014-10-02$16.88$15.0023.8%6.9%16.7%46.9%23.8%2.1%-0.7%75.2M-1.87B-26.0M0.426.81229,64597,1745,316,5023,916,344
2014-10-03$17.29$15.0022.1%6.7%18.1%36.9%23.0%2.6%0.2%83.4M-2.64B-26.0M0.235.95348,02078,8825,337,0583,946,040
2014-10-06$17.29$15.0022.6%6.7%17.0%39.6%22.3%2.5%-0.6%87.4M-2.58B-25.8M0.446.43196,29786,0345,263,9253,901,603
2014-10-07$16.88$15.0024.3%7.0%18.8%50.0%24.8%1.7%-0.8%70.5M-1.89B-25.7M0.628.59183,867113,6895,333,7483,922,407
2014-10-08$17.11$15.0024.4%7.0%18.8%50.5%24.3%3.3%-0.1%80.7M-2.19B-25.6M0.332.41227,90175,6705,369,8253,983,341
2014-10-09$16.61$15.0027.1%7.4%21.5%67.9%26.4%2.5%-0.6%52.0M-1.40B-26.0M0.412.12273,356113,3445,416,2843,990,945
2014-10-10$16.68$15.0028.8%7.7%21.0%100.0%27.5%3.7%-0.2%53.2M-1.51B-26.5M0.535.26181,03695,4185,483,6124,009,256
2014-10-13$16.42$15.0031.6%8.4%21.7%100.0%30.8%3.1%0.9%51.9M-1.17B-26.1M0.725.32184,230131,7355,351,6673,935,453
2014-10-14$16.55$15.0030.2%7.8%21.9%90.6%28.5%4.2%-1.8%59.3M-1.33B-26.0M0.432.08117,77050,9025,398,3143,940,765
2014-10-15$15.77$15.0031.5%8.6%27.6%99.0%30.1%4.5%-1.5%36.1M-152.1M-25.2M0.452.76510,858230,0895,444,4563,958,559
2014-10-16$16.08$15.0029.6%8.2%27.9%87.4%29.8%5.8%-1.2%61.8M-634.0M-25.3M0.555.59260,192143,4195,532,8253,926,104
2014-10-17$16.21$15.0025.5%7.7%28.2%61.2%27.6%4.9%-0.5%63.9M-821.4M-25.1M0.622.52304,539190,2915,572,6993,959,673
2014-10-20$16.27$15.0022.0%7.5%28.2%38.5%27.1%3.7%0.4%48.5M-829.9M-25.1M0.522.53157,05381,4645,135,2243,666,695
2014-10-21$16.58$15.0019.7%6.9%29.1%24.1%25.0%4.1%0.9%70.1M-1.34B-24.7M0.452.23137,20161,4545,193,7603,700,117
2014-10-22$16.41$15.0020.9%7.2%29.1%31.5%24.9%3.3%-0.4%63.6M-1.08B-24.4M0.582.10163,57095,0185,249,9843,714,270
2014-10-23$16.58$15.0019.7%6.8%28.7%24.2%24.2%3.6%0.4%70.7M-1.31B-24.9M0.365.44207,17173,9265,306,2543,742,288
2014-10-24$16.71$15.0019.1%6.7%28.5%20.4%23.8%3.6%0.5%81.0M-1.64B-24.9M0.801.99119,91995,8695,334,1433,752,694
2014-10-27$16.56$15.0019.4%6.7%28.7%22.3%25.2%3.7%0.3%72.7M-1.26B-24.4M0.761.8482,60262,7205,243,4613,708,373
2014-10-28$16.78$15.0016.7%6.4%29.1%4.8%23.8%3.5%1.0%85.8M-1.56B-24.0M0.741.70209,961156,0865,258,2263,740,477
2014-10-29$17.00$15.0017.6%6.4%29.1%10.8%23.0%3.8%0.7%97.1M-1.85B-25.5M0.623.56320,510199,0465,319,6973,815,272
2014-10-30$17.03$15.0018.4%6.4%29.1%15.5%23.0%2.5%0.4%109.6M-1.95B-26.5M0.583.58156,66890,8445,446,9693,952,510
2014-10-31$17.15$15.0018.1%6.3%27.9%14.0%22.9%2.0%0.9%96.0M-2.22B-25.9M0.461.80235,709108,0955,500,1823,988,274