BAC Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, BAC traded between $15.47 and $18.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.9%, placing in the 49.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.7% (HV 20d: 23.1%). Max pain ranged from $17.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-20: Highest Volume — 699,391 contracts
  • 2015-08-24: Largest IV spike — 33.2% change
  • 2015-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2015-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 12.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.12$15.47$18.02$17.77$16.35
Max Pain$17.00$17.00$17.00$17.00$17.00
ATM IV24.9%18.4%41.6%18.7%31.4%
Expected Move7.3%5.1%12.6%5.2%9.2%
HV 20d23.1%17.1%30.7%24.8%30.6%
HV 60d21.7%19.8%25.6%20.0%25.0%
IV Rank49.6%25.5%100.0%27.0%63.1%
IV Percentile65.3%33.3%100.0%35.7%97.6%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.8%1.9%0.0%-0.5%
VWIV26.4%17.7%44.3%18.6%33.7%
Skew 25d4.1%1.8%11.4%2.6%6.3%
Skew 10d8.6%3.7%21.6%5.0%15.0%
Call IV 25d23.6%17.5%37.6%18.3%28.8%
Put IV 25d27.7%20.3%49.0%20.9%35.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.571.142.312.311.31
Gamma HHI0.190.140.250.180.14
Net GEX76.9M18.9M118.0M103.0M38.1M
Net DEX-1.20B-2.38B484.5M-1.99B-220.2M
Net VEX-21.3M-22.2M-19.9M-21.7M-21.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.310.860.310.78
Total Volume298,422.619145,802699,391147,987172,912
Total OI7,690,815.3817,233,0968,082,5957,564,9027,511,988

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$17.77$17.0018.7%5.2%24.8%27.0%18.6%2.6%0.0%103.0M-1.99B-21.7M0.312.31112,97135,0164,591,6742,973,228
2015-08-04$17.77$17.0018.9%5.2%24.0%28.2%18.4%2.3%0.1%104.5M-2.02B-21.8M0.551.15111,01661,0884,602,8842,985,011
2015-08-05$17.86$17.0018.9%5.1%21.6%28.3%17.7%2.6%0.1%118.0M-2.19B-22.1M0.681.4497,88066,4864,640,4153,003,336
2015-08-06$17.82$17.0019.4%5.9%21.5%30.7%21.4%2.4%-0.0%115.3M-2.11B-21.9M0.531.47107,74356,9904,655,5533,013,833
2015-08-07$17.76$17.0020.0%5.9%21.4%34.2%22.0%2.1%-0.1%98.8M-1.99B-22.0M0.591.49172,526100,9654,690,4193,023,404
2015-08-10$18.02$17.0018.4%5.8%20.9%25.5%20.9%3.0%1.7%114.6M-2.38B-21.9M0.391.61108,79942,3784,643,0173,026,363
2015-08-11$17.79$17.0019.3%5.9%21.6%30.3%21.7%2.7%1.4%103.1M-2.02B-21.6M0.732.2788,64164,9574,651,4363,031,765
2015-08-12$17.48$17.0021.4%6.7%18.9%42.3%23.1%3.1%1.9%82.8M-1.54B-22.2M0.571.47261,345147,7334,664,7153,053,587
2015-08-13$17.63$17.0020.3%6.1%18.3%36.1%21.6%2.9%1.0%98.3M-1.86B-21.5M0.541.14128,85369,6614,744,8003,085,092
2015-08-14$17.65$17.0019.6%5.8%18.0%31.9%20.5%1.8%0.6%96.0M-1.87B-21.8M0.521.70139,25672,8794,778,0553,096,247
2015-08-17$17.78$17.0019.6%5.7%18.3%32.1%20.7%2.1%0.0%107.3M-2.00B-21.5M0.381.26112,19942,8574,750,7323,085,612
2015-08-18$17.66$17.0020.0%5.7%18.4%34.2%21.9%2.0%0.2%102.1M-1.90B-21.1M0.551.2893,93151,8714,790,6253,093,679
2015-08-19$17.46$17.0022.5%6.4%17.1%48.3%22.4%2.9%-1.8%89.8M-1.56B-21.1M0.701.44146,411102,7684,811,3503,099,309
2015-08-20$16.76$17.0024.3%7.0%21.5%58.6%25.1%2.6%-0.2%76.3M-420.4M-20.4M0.591.14441,134258,2574,850,0923,129,654
2015-08-21$16.15$17.0031.2%9.1%24.4%97.6%30.9%4.6%-1.4%25.9M172.3M-20.5M0.661.34357,064236,1094,889,8913,192,704
2015-08-24$15.47$17.0041.6%12.6%27.6%100.0%44.3%11.4%-1.4%18.9M474.3M-20.1M0.581.78399,896231,4594,437,8242,795,272
2015-08-25$15.53$17.0038.2%11.4%26.9%87.6%39.3%8.1%-1.2%20.2M484.5M-19.9M0.792.03226,889179,0644,516,8842,858,776
2015-08-26$16.01$17.0035.8%10.9%28.9%79.0%39.7%7.6%-1.1%27.8M135.8M-20.6M0.701.77269,795187,7164,569,2582,928,946
2015-08-27$16.38$17.0031.6%9.1%30.7%63.7%34.9%6.5%-0.4%38.8M-235.7M-21.1M0.501.43270,783134,8314,626,4292,967,203
2015-08-28$16.33$17.0031.4%9.6%30.5%63.1%36.2%7.0%-1.5%36.3M-176.2M-21.2M0.862.06163,407140,3394,659,3352,986,726
2015-08-31$16.35$17.0031.4%9.2%30.6%63.1%33.7%6.3%-0.5%38.1M-220.2M-21.1M0.781.3197,15475,7584,573,7812,938,207