BAC Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, BAC traded between $16.72 and $17.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.6%, placing in the 42.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 26.5%). Max pain ranged from $17.00 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-14: Highest Volume — 997,184 contracts
  • 2015-12-11: Largest IV spike — 26.5% change
  • 2015-12-11: Highest IV Rank — 78.1%
  • 2015-12-11: Largest Expected Move — 10.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.24$16.72$17.81$17.81$16.90
Max Pain$17.07$17.00$18.00$17.50$17.00
ATM IV26.6%22.4%35.9%23.0%26.1%
Expected Move7.5%6.0%10.1%7.3%7.0%
HV 20d26.5%22.2%29.6%25.2%28.5%
HV 60d27.0%26.1%28.2%26.7%27.1%
IV Rank42.5%26.7%78.1%29.6%40.9%
IV Percentile77.5%50.4%98.8%59.5%77.4%
Term Structure0.4%-0.5%3.1%0.1%-0.2%
VWIV27.0%22.3%36.0%26.5%24.8%
Skew 25d2.9%2.1%3.7%2.3%3.1%
Skew 10d6.3%4.2%9.1%5.7%7.4%
Call IV 25d26.1%22.7%35.6%22.8%25.4%
Put IV 25d29.0%25.1%38.9%25.1%28.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.731.242.722.661.24
Gamma HHI0.190.150.260.200.20
Net GEX82.4M48.9M136.5M98.7M64.7M
Net DEX-1.39B-2.45B-309.2M-2.01B-1.00B
Net VEX-19.1M-20.3M-17.7M-19.1M-17.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.210.820.270.42
Total Volume395,597.182126,995997,184408,598183,039
Total OI8,441,874.5918,047,3669,110,1958,109,3028,482,987

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$17.81$17.5023.0%7.3%25.2%29.6%26.5%2.3%0.1%98.7M-2.01B-19.1M0.272.66321,15687,4424,856,2193,253,083
2015-12-02$17.58$18.0025.5%8.2%25.6%38.3%30.1%3.1%-0.4%93.1M-1.59B-19.5M0.601.60402,876240,3634,780,4373,283,073
2015-12-03$17.32$17.0026.3%8.0%25.7%41.6%27.9%2.6%-0.1%74.0M-1.23B-19.7M0.301.98279,40284,3884,860,0833,306,513
2015-12-04$17.79$17.0023.0%6.8%26.5%28.8%24.5%2.3%-0.1%97.4M-2.03B-19.4M0.252.00372,96294,1534,909,3683,340,457
2015-12-07$17.54$17.0025.4%7.5%23.5%38.2%27.1%3.1%0.4%91.4M-1.66B-19.4M0.742.16124,35091,7554,844,7343,202,632
2015-12-08$17.20$17.0027.8%8.2%23.9%47.2%29.7%2.6%0.9%74.0M-1.18B-19.3M0.532.17257,642137,1094,902,8713,233,497
2015-12-09$17.10$17.0029.0%8.6%23.6%51.8%30.6%3.0%1.0%69.1M-1.04B-19.6M0.422.72268,079111,4224,958,8893,272,242
2015-12-10$17.17$17.0028.3%8.2%23.5%49.3%29.6%3.0%0.8%74.8M-1.14B-19.1M0.311.54249,49977,4145,000,8833,289,737
2015-12-11$16.72$17.0035.9%10.1%22.3%78.1%36.0%3.2%-0.5%48.9M-569.5M-19.4M0.451.98345,869156,3415,029,0513,309,907
2015-12-14$16.78$17.0033.8%9.7%22.2%70.1%33.7%3.6%0.9%53.9M-640.6M-19.3M0.531.57651,903345,2815,018,5753,292,028
2015-12-15$17.45$17.0028.7%8.2%26.0%50.5%28.6%3.2%0.5%106.7M-1.94B-20.3M0.211.53410,43486,1615,398,3393,567,410
2015-12-16$17.74$17.0022.4%6.4%26.6%26.7%23.8%3.3%3.1%136.5M-2.45B-19.3M0.241.39548,459131,2475,438,3963,573,439
2015-12-17$17.34$17.0024.7%7.1%26.7%35.4%24.5%2.3%-0.1%102.2M-1.56B-19.3M0.631.31235,792149,6785,474,8043,604,501
2015-12-18$16.83$17.0026.5%7.5%28.5%42.1%26.4%2.3%-0.5%50.6M-309.2M-18.7M0.821.35434,830358,4685,497,2683,612,927
2015-12-21$16.94$17.0026.7%7.3%28.7%43.0%25.8%2.5%0.2%59.0M-959.9M-19.3M0.371.61203,70476,1555,113,0963,381,885
2015-12-22$17.06$17.0026.2%7.0%28.7%41.2%24.7%3.3%0.1%69.4M-1.20B-19.2M0.442.18159,33870,6355,099,4613,311,452
2015-12-23$17.33$17.0024.9%6.1%29.4%36.2%22.3%2.1%0.5%100.3M-1.81B-18.8M0.411.49181,55274,8345,146,8393,331,672
2015-12-24$17.27$17.0023.6%6.0%29.4%31.3%23.4%2.8%0.3%100.9M-1.75B-18.8M0.691.5884,26258,5215,186,5233,334,591
2015-12-28$17.13$17.0026.3%6.9%29.5%41.5%24.9%2.7%0.3%82.0M-1.43B-18.5M0.521.31173,94391,0375,097,9803,308,449
2015-12-29$17.26$17.0024.7%6.5%29.6%35.2%23.7%2.9%0.3%93.5M-1.77B-18.0M0.551.32106,23158,4175,099,2023,269,735
2015-12-30$17.06$17.0025.5%6.8%28.7%38.5%24.6%3.7%0.3%72.0M-1.21B-17.8M0.761.3672,20754,7885,151,0453,294,961
2015-12-31$16.90$17.0026.1%7.0%28.5%40.9%24.8%3.1%-0.2%64.7M-1.00B-17.7M0.421.24129,32053,7195,168,0603,314,927