BAC Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, BAC traded between $16.79 and $18.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.0%, placing in the 34.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 16.7%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-02: Highest Volume — 757,540 contracts
  • 2014-12-08: Largest IV spike — 14.6% change
  • 2014-12-16: Highest IV Rank — 66.0%
  • 2014-12-16: Largest Expected Move — 7.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.50$16.79$18.13$16.80$17.89
Max Pain$16.00$16.00$16.00$16.00$16.00
ATM IV20.0%15.2%25.6%15.2%21.7%
Expected Move6.2%5.4%7.4%5.8%6.2%
HV 20d16.7%8.4%20.6%8.4%19.3%
HV 60d20.2%19.5%21.1%19.8%20.3%
IV Rank34.2%6.9%66.0%6.9%44.0%
IV Percentile39.4%2.0%92.5%2.0%58.3%
Term Structure1.0%-1.1%5.5%1.2%0.0%
VWIV21.9%19.2%26.5%21.1%23.4%
Skew 25d2.5%1.4%4.1%1.6%2.8%
Skew 10d5.7%2.6%11.2%2.7%5.4%
Call IV 25d19.4%15.4%26.5%15.8%21.2%
Put IV 25d21.9%17.1%29.3%17.4%24.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.721.242.582.581.89
Gamma HHI0.230.200.290.280.23
Net GEX96.5M60.3M114.5M70.2M96.8M
Net DEX-2.26B-3.14B-1.09B-1.25B-2.77B
Net VEX-22.8M-23.8M-21.5M-22.5M-21.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.071.290.750.37
Total Volume342,777.5180,901757,540225,317220,956
Total OI8,785,375.7278,527,3458,980,6508,791,4898,731,858

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$16.80$16.0015.2%5.8%8.4%6.9%21.1%1.6%1.2%70.2M-1.25B-22.5M0.752.58128,65696,6615,110,2653,681,224
2014-12-02$17.13$16.0015.8%5.8%10.9%10.9%20.4%1.8%0.8%89.9M-1.74B-23.2M0.072.22705,55451,9865,149,2293,709,319
2014-12-03$17.30$16.0015.8%5.7%11.5%10.5%19.2%2.2%1.3%101.2M-1.75B-22.9M0.461.89261,272120,2685,033,2523,719,161
2014-12-04$17.21$16.0016.4%5.7%11.2%14.2%19.5%1.9%0.5%99.6M-1.70B-23.2M0.481.51130,06162,7465,092,0453,756,730
2014-12-05$17.64$16.0015.9%5.4%14.3%11.1%19.6%1.6%0.7%108.6M-2.63B-23.2M0.241.54491,881120,2805,101,4513,681,907
2014-12-08$17.68$16.0018.2%5.8%14.3%24.2%21.2%1.4%1.9%112.2M-2.58B-23.2M0.251.64305,45776,4605,069,2713,661,363
2014-12-09$17.57$16.0018.0%5.9%14.6%23.0%21.9%1.8%2.4%112.1M-2.38B-23.1M0.551.57231,390127,9325,126,8813,685,454
2014-12-10$17.39$16.0018.9%6.7%15.1%28.2%23.0%2.6%4.6%100.5M-2.08B-23.4M0.791.85160,639127,0335,160,5373,696,950
2014-12-11$17.46$16.0020.0%6.7%15.1%34.2%22.7%1.9%5.5%111.7M-2.25B-23.1M0.641.96130,31883,5455,188,9303,739,900
2014-12-12$17.16$16.0022.7%7.1%16.3%49.3%24.0%2.4%2.2%76.0M-1.64B-23.5M0.741.65191,790142,3165,185,8613,734,509
2014-12-15$16.86$16.0025.0%7.4%17.4%62.7%26.5%3.7%-0.2%60.3M-1.09B-23.5M0.321.87265,33385,9265,140,1123,727,893
2014-12-16$16.79$16.0025.6%7.4%17.4%66.0%26.2%2.8%-0.9%63.0M-1.15B-23.6M0.551.88217,002118,4985,160,6643,743,240
2014-12-17$17.22$16.0024.8%7.1%19.6%61.3%25.2%4.1%1.4%81.5M-1.88B-23.8M0.421.68228,12895,4335,189,7373,765,228
2014-12-18$17.48$16.0023.6%6.6%20.2%54.9%23.3%3.4%-1.1%111.9M-2.39B-23.4M0.451.35186,50683,1115,205,7273,762,055
2014-12-19$17.62$16.0020.8%5.8%20.2%38.6%22.0%2.8%1.2%114.3M-2.62B-23.1M0.381.54215,49582,2845,203,4013,777,249
2014-12-22$17.70$16.0020.9%5.7%20.1%39.4%20.0%2.5%0.5%97.6M-2.64B-22.1M0.402.05129,45751,4444,931,3433,596,002
2014-12-23$17.95$16.0019.2%5.5%20.6%29.9%20.4%3.1%0.4%109.4M-3.00B-21.8M0.291.74341,679100,1034,957,7523,573,029
2014-12-24$17.98$16.0019.9%5.6%20.4%33.5%19.7%2.0%-0.6%114.5M-2.91B-22.0M0.301.49197,23059,3434,981,5363,640,786
2014-12-26$18.01$16.0019.7%5.7%20.4%32.8%20.3%2.7%0.4%96.1M-3.00B-21.9M1.291.34240,288310,8335,014,1243,649,655
2014-12-29$18.13$16.0020.3%5.9%20.3%36.3%20.7%3.1%0.9%95.7M-3.07B-22.0M1.051.24149,957157,1954,960,8543,639,634
2014-12-30$18.13$16.0021.3%6.0%19.3%41.4%20.9%2.6%-0.2%99.4M-3.14B-21.5M0.801.38143,588115,0714,977,5703,664,578
2014-12-31$17.89$16.0021.7%6.2%19.3%44.0%23.4%2.8%0.0%96.8M-2.77B-21.9M0.371.89161,84659,1105,010,9553,720,903