BAC Options History — November 2015

In November 2015, BAC traded between $16.97 and $17.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.0%, placing in the 36.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.9% (HV 20d: 29.9%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.47.

Notable Days

  • 2015-11-06: Highest Volume — 996,729 contracts
  • 2015-11-09: Largest IV spike — 11.0% change
  • 2015-11-17: Highest IV Rank — 45.2%
  • 2015-11-13: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.49$16.97$17.97$17.05$17.43
Max Pain$17.63$16.00$18.00$16.00$18.00
ATM IV24.0%21.2%26.4%21.2%24.4%
Expected Move7.1%6.1%7.7%6.1%7.6%
HV 20d29.9%24.5%32.6%27.4%24.5%
HV 60d29.9%26.6%32.5%30.8%26.6%
IV Rank36.3%26.2%45.2%26.2%36.8%
IV Percentile69.7%50.8%82.9%50.8%71.0%
Term Structure-0.0%-1.7%2.8%-0.4%-0.2%
VWIV25.4%21.6%27.4%21.6%27.1%
Skew 25d2.5%1.9%3.2%2.7%2.5%
Skew 10d4.9%2.2%7.3%5.5%5.2%
Call IV 25d23.5%20.4%25.5%20.4%23.7%
Put IV 25d26.1%23.1%28.2%23.1%26.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.031.164.212.042.44
Gamma HHI0.200.160.250.230.19
Net GEX92.6M63.4M154.6M75.4M79.0M
Net DEX-1.72B-2.80B-976.1M-1.14B-1.41B
Net VEX-20.1M-20.9M-19.3M-19.3M-19.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.470.231.060.460.52
Total Volume302,788.05112,247996,729312,160177,032
Total OI8,330,833.557,994,6358,678,6298,104,1728,037,369

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-11-02$17.05$16.0021.2%6.1%27.4%26.2%21.6%2.7%-0.4%75.4M-1.14B-19.3M0.462.04213,65798,5034,798,0123,306,160
2015-11-03$17.21$16.0021.5%6.2%27.4%27.4%21.7%1.9%0.1%79.0M-1.29B-19.5M0.511.95188,49196,5564,850,0643,313,486
2015-11-04$16.97$16.0022.4%6.5%28.2%30.7%22.5%2.4%0.2%67.4M-976.1M-19.5M0.421.74204,48186,3334,878,4633,343,781
2015-11-05$17.31$18.0023.2%7.1%28.7%33.4%24.7%2.6%-0.1%88.3M-1.55B-20.1M0.451.83456,175204,4794,928,5333,360,264
2015-11-06$17.95$17.0022.9%6.9%30.1%32.4%24.4%2.7%-0.3%121.7M-2.80B-20.7M0.234.21810,214186,5155,081,0823,476,246
2015-11-09$17.68$18.0025.4%7.5%30.9%41.4%27.1%2.1%0.6%87.2M-2.11B-20.9M0.372.58243,42890,2954,886,3693,417,061
2015-11-10$17.85$18.0024.0%7.3%30.8%36.4%26.5%2.6%1.3%98.5M-2.32B-20.7M0.512.12134,74368,8554,947,5223,434,695
2015-11-11$17.97$18.0024.5%7.2%30.8%38.2%25.4%2.2%1.1%106.8M-2.54B-20.9M1.062.5754,61957,6284,954,1243,450,866
2015-11-12$17.37$18.0023.7%7.4%32.2%35.3%26.6%2.7%2.8%73.4M-1.54B-20.9M0.721.98181,253130,1844,968,7223,467,971
2015-11-13$17.20$18.0026.0%7.7%32.4%43.5%27.4%3.2%1.4%63.4M-1.18B-20.6M0.491.92218,140105,9205,001,7223,508,113
2015-11-16$17.43$18.0026.0%7.6%32.6%43.6%26.9%3.1%-1.5%78.6M-1.55B-20.5M0.312.26154,47548,1434,972,8193,452,996
2015-11-17$17.45$18.0026.4%7.7%32.6%45.2%26.4%2.8%-1.7%89.1M-1.69B-20.4M0.241.73271,31765,0605,018,6983,460,171
2015-11-18$17.83$18.0024.8%7.1%32.1%39.2%25.8%2.3%-0.8%117.0M-2.37B-20.2M0.331.45281,38991,6635,133,7343,483,615
2015-11-19$17.70$18.0024.4%7.0%32.1%38.1%25.7%2.5%0.2%116.5M-2.08B-20.3M0.281.95163,37745,3245,141,3423,516,238
2015-11-20$17.63$18.0023.4%6.7%31.4%34.4%24.4%2.1%0.0%89.6M-2.03B-20.1M0.411.16171,06970,9105,152,0443,526,585
2015-11-23$17.47$18.0023.5%6.9%31.6%34.8%25.1%2.4%-0.6%86.1M-1.49B-19.7M0.511.67145,81873,7294,789,1573,205,478
2015-11-24$17.47$18.0024.1%7.2%31.5%36.7%26.0%2.7%-0.5%86.0M-1.47B-19.9M0.451.94131,84958,8584,836,0473,228,145
2015-11-25$17.43$17.5023.8%7.2%25.6%35.6%25.7%2.5%-0.9%93.7M-1.42B-19.3M0.661.3683,91455,4494,874,3903,255,431
2015-11-27$17.48$18.0024.1%7.3%25.3%36.6%26.3%2.6%-0.5%154.6M-1.47B-19.5M0.451.6993,99641,9204,884,4603,274,696
2015-11-30$17.43$18.0024.4%7.6%24.5%36.8%27.1%2.5%-0.2%79.0M-1.41B-19.3M0.522.44116,60560,4274,812,6193,224,750