BAC Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, BAC traded between $15.34 and $17.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.5%, placing in the 34.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 24.9%). 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 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.62.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-28: Highest Volume — 750,505 contracts
  • 2015-10-29: Largest IV spike — 14.6% change
  • 2015-10-01: Highest IV Rank — 63.0%
  • 2015-10-02: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.06$15.34$17.27$15.45$16.83
Max Pain$16.00$16.00$16.00$16.00$16.00
ATM IV23.5%17.9%31.4%31.4%20.3%
Expected Move6.7%5.3%9.6%9.3%5.9%
HV 20d24.9%21.0%28.3%27.6%28.0%
HV 60d28.6%27.5%30.7%29.0%30.7%
IV Rank34.6%14.3%63.0%63.0%23.1%
IV Percentile60.1%22.2%94.8%94.8%42.5%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.1%1.1%-0.9%0.2%
VWIV24.4%19.5%36.5%32.5%22.3%
Skew 25d3.9%2.2%5.5%5.5%2.6%
Skew 10d8.7%4.7%18.4%11.0%5.1%
Call IV 25d22.0%17.5%29.9%29.6%19.6%
Put IV 25d25.9%20.3%35.1%35.1%22.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.781.332.591.801.62
Gamma HHI0.190.160.300.180.23
Net GEX41.9M7.1M120.7M18.7M52.5M
Net DEX-55.4M-1.50B692.7M542.5M-829.0M
Net VEX-18.0M-19.4M-17.3M-18.5M-19.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.620.281.030.720.47
Total Volume330,574.18278,471750,50578,471399,961
Total OI7,952,319.0457,650,9698,333,2487,735,8908,255,063

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$15.45$16.0031.4%9.3%27.6%63.0%32.5%5.5%-0.9%18.7M542.5M-18.5M0.721.8045,66632,8054,681,8883,054,002
2015-10-02$15.34$16.0031.2%9.6%27.5%62.4%36.5%5.2%-0.8%11.7M676.3M-17.9M0.591.40420,458246,0544,719,2273,065,265
2015-10-05$15.69$16.0028.2%7.5%28.3%51.7%27.8%5.4%-0.2%22.2M315.7M-18.3M0.482.12174,61483,9824,678,6673,089,771
2015-10-06$15.69$16.0027.8%7.5%26.1%50.3%28.0%4.7%-0.4%28.5M358.5M-18.2M0.621.6879,46949,5704,732,9403,125,944
2015-10-07$15.73$16.0027.7%7.3%25.4%49.8%29.2%4.6%-0.5%32.8M315.9M-18.1M0.601.68113,90668,1524,745,4153,139,271
2015-10-08$15.74$16.0027.5%7.3%25.0%49.1%26.4%4.9%0.4%31.0M343.0M-18.0M0.461.81146,59767,1624,734,0723,162,425
2015-10-09$15.57$16.0027.7%7.4%25.3%49.9%28.8%5.1%-0.3%21.1M503.2M-17.7M0.681.74114,09477,7124,793,8633,183,350
2015-10-12$15.49$16.0026.3%7.8%25.3%44.7%25.9%4.8%1.0%7.1M692.7M-17.3M0.631.55103,23665,2624,742,9123,175,406
2015-10-13$15.51$16.0026.6%7.3%23.8%45.8%27.0%4.7%-1.0%11.4M592.9M-17.3M0.282.18425,168119,2284,792,5893,195,115
2015-10-14$15.64$16.0023.7%6.5%24.1%35.4%23.7%4.4%-1.1%41.3M394.7M-17.6M0.481.34347,897167,1545,029,4403,259,451
2015-10-15$16.20$16.0021.2%6.1%24.8%26.4%21.4%3.6%-0.1%65.2M-372.0M-18.1M0.562.26318,686178,1584,994,8093,304,654
2015-10-16$16.13$16.0020.4%5.9%23.7%23.4%20.9%3.7%0.1%38.6M-352.9M-18.0M0.471.83172,84681,1854,995,8583,337,390
2015-10-19$16.14$16.0020.3%5.8%23.4%22.9%19.8%3.2%-0.5%47.6M-149.4M-17.5M0.891.3380,45871,5784,588,2943,062,675
2015-10-20$16.20$16.0020.3%5.8%22.8%23.2%19.8%3.1%-0.4%45.9M-174.9M-17.4M1.031.8260,72462,7964,608,2903,103,654
2015-10-21$15.90$16.0020.9%6.0%23.3%25.1%22.6%2.8%-1.1%30.1M151.8M-17.4M0.962.59119,391114,9374,636,1093,111,649
2015-10-22$16.16$16.0020.3%5.9%23.4%23.1%21.5%3.1%-0.7%43.1M-151.3M-17.8M0.521.81137,72271,8534,659,0403,176,514
2015-10-23$16.55$16.0018.6%5.3%23.5%16.8%19.5%2.5%0.2%120.7M-695.9M-18.0M0.441.94289,276128,1474,684,5183,184,891
2015-10-26$16.50$16.0018.9%5.6%21.3%18.0%20.2%3.8%0.9%55.9M-475.1M-17.8M0.881.89302,312267,3244,646,8453,167,431
2015-10-27$16.39$16.0019.3%5.5%21.0%19.5%20.2%2.7%1.1%49.7M-177.5M-18.0M1.021.62111,201113,8904,793,6813,262,774
2015-10-28$17.27$16.0017.9%5.4%27.1%14.3%20.1%2.5%1.0%79.4M-1.50B-19.4M0.291.61579,991170,5144,808,6703,285,408
2015-10-29$17.11$16.0020.5%6.0%27.2%23.7%21.9%2.2%1.0%68.3M-1.23B-19.3M0.531.46321,667169,8294,836,2663,345,523
2015-10-30$16.83$16.0020.3%5.9%28.0%23.1%22.3%2.6%0.2%52.5M-829.0M-19.3M0.471.62271,313128,6484,873,7183,381,345