BAC Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, BAC traded between $15.46 and $16.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.0%, placing in the 51.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.2% (HV 20d: 32.2%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-06: Highest Volume — 621,023 contracts
  • 2015-02-26: Largest IV spike — 15.6% change
  • 2015-02-19: Highest IV Rank — 61.8%
  • 2015-02-27: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.23$15.46$16.70$15.46$15.82
Max Pain$16.00$16.00$16.00$16.00$16.00
ATM IV23.0%21.1%24.9%24.1%24.8%
Expected Move6.8%6.2%7.8%6.8%7.8%
HV 20d32.2%25.2%38.4%37.2%26.0%
HV 60d27.3%25.4%28.7%25.4%28.7%
IV Rank51.2%40.3%61.8%57.2%61.1%
IV Percentile68.8%49.6%86.5%79.4%85.3%
Term Structure0.2%-1.5%3.0%-0.6%-0.8%
VWIV24.1%22.2%27.4%24.7%27.4%
Skew 25d2.4%0.4%3.6%2.7%0.4%
Skew 10d5.5%0.6%8.7%8.7%0.6%
Call IV 25d22.7%21.3%25.4%23.9%25.4%
Put IV 25d25.1%22.9%26.8%26.6%25.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.471.071.831.701.23
Gamma HHI0.210.160.260.160.20
Net GEX59.3M19.6M82.5M19.6M48.2M
Net DEX-552.4M-1.17B289.6M289.6M17.2M
Net VEX-22.8M-23.5M-21.8M-21.8M-22.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.270.730.730.43
Total Volume298,804.474154,674621,023204,404589,077
Total OI7,018,746.3166,748,3847,442,7546,789,1207,200,506

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$15.46$16.0024.1%6.8%37.2%57.2%24.7%2.7%-0.6%19.6M289.6M-21.8M0.731.70117,97686,4284,117,3322,671,788
2015-02-03$15.89$16.0022.6%6.4%38.1%48.8%23.1%2.1%1.0%41.4M-196.2M-22.7M0.421.07193,79082,0054,164,1492,691,764
2015-02-04$15.79$16.0023.0%6.6%36.9%51.5%23.9%3.0%0.3%39.7M-96.1M-22.3M0.411.21165,71068,2944,197,3232,709,628
2015-02-05$15.98$16.0022.1%6.8%37.2%46.0%24.0%2.9%0.9%55.0M-370.6M-22.5M0.501.62123,33161,4704,205,2792,732,255
2015-02-06$16.49$16.0022.8%7.2%38.4%50.0%24.3%3.6%-0.1%80.0M-922.8M-23.0M0.431.72434,602186,4214,232,1722,742,100
2015-02-09$16.37$16.0022.3%7.0%38.0%47.0%24.5%2.8%2.4%58.7M-689.6M-23.0M0.651.62113,43373,6434,199,9922,731,347
2015-02-10$16.42$16.0022.5%7.0%37.6%48.3%23.7%3.1%2.4%61.2M-750.3M-22.9M0.541.61100,40854,2664,231,7942,744,451
2015-02-11$16.35$16.0021.1%6.9%37.2%40.3%24.1%2.2%3.0%60.6M-667.7M-22.8M0.661.8393,60761,9394,256,8192,753,948
2015-02-12$16.70$16.0023.1%6.5%37.0%51.5%23.2%3.1%-0.2%77.0M-1.17B-23.5M0.481.35244,532117,5584,269,6172,770,530
2015-02-13$16.60$16.0022.8%6.5%29.7%50.4%23.9%2.7%-0.3%67.5M-1.12B-23.4M0.271.28327,07287,4854,316,1462,808,223
2015-02-17$16.61$16.0023.1%6.6%29.5%51.6%24.3%3.5%0.4%74.4M-1.03B-23.3M0.551.33154,49085,5744,346,8052,799,053
2015-02-18$16.27$16.0024.7%7.1%30.5%60.6%24.5%3.1%-1.5%61.9M-519.0M-22.5M0.461.82184,24884,1814,406,5822,826,219
2015-02-19$16.21$16.0024.9%7.2%30.5%61.8%25.4%1.5%-1.1%62.4M-518.4M-22.4M0.511.68142,26572,9084,498,3082,858,558
2015-02-20$16.38$16.0023.0%6.7%26.2%51.4%23.2%2.5%-1.4%62.1M-742.6M-23.1M0.561.33222,998123,8134,557,7532,885,001
2015-02-23$16.15$16.0022.8%6.7%25.4%50.4%23.3%1.7%-0.3%53.6M-328.9M-22.7M0.381.32145,40755,7394,137,2752,611,109
2015-02-24$16.39$16.0021.4%6.2%25.8%42.2%22.2%2.2%-0.2%72.3M-667.0M-23.0M0.351.49227,52678,8854,182,5882,639,001
2015-02-25$16.50$16.0021.3%6.3%25.2%41.6%22.2%1.6%-0.2%82.5M-787.7M-23.2M0.411.36112,46746,4474,223,5422,685,084
2015-02-26$16.03$16.0024.6%7.5%25.8%60.4%26.4%0.9%-0.4%48.4M-230.0M-22.8M0.371.30407,134150,1564,260,3182,691,821
2015-02-27$15.82$16.0024.8%7.8%26.0%61.1%27.4%0.4%-0.8%48.2M17.2M-22.2M0.431.23412,008177,0694,450,2072,750,299