BAC Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, BAC traded between $12.97 and $16.46. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.9%, placing in the 70.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.8% (HV 20d: 29.0%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $17.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-14: Highest Volume — 1,268,460 contracts
  • 2016-01-20: Largest IV spike — 25.0% change
  • 2016-01-20: Highest IV Rank — 95.5%
  • 2016-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 11.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.55$12.97$16.46$16.46$13.66
Max Pain$16.47$16.00$17.00$17.00$16.00
ATM IV33.9%28.7%40.4%29.8%32.3%
Expected Move9.6%8.1%11.6%8.5%9.5%
HV 20d29.0%25.7%33.4%29.5%33.4%
HV 60d29.4%27.7%31.7%27.7%30.1%
IV Rank70.5%50.7%95.5%55.0%64.4%
IV Percentile94.8%88.5%99.6%90.9%90.1%
Term Structure-0.8%-3.1%0.7%-1.0%-0.5%
VWIV33.5%28.3%40.1%28.9%32.8%
Skew 25d4.6%2.3%7.0%3.1%4.7%
Skew 10d10.0%4.5%18.1%8.3%10.2%
Call IV 25d32.6%28.3%37.7%29.2%30.7%
Put IV 25d37.1%30.6%43.8%32.3%35.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.681.411.951.531.69
Gamma HHI0.190.120.440.190.15
Net GEX2.1M-41.9M38.5M38.5M18.6M
Net DEX1.08B-134.2M2.16B-134.2M880.8M
Net VEX-13.9M-16.7M-11.4M-16.7M-13.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.360.730.620.40
Total Volume427,316169,3571,268,460344,440169,357
Total OI7,197,187.2635,199,1289,075,1768,379,0145,814,316

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$16.46$17.0029.8%8.5%29.5%55.0%28.9%3.1%-1.0%38.5M-134.2M-16.7M0.621.53212,685131,7555,111,4373,267,577
2016-01-05$16.43$17.0028.7%8.1%27.4%50.7%28.3%2.3%-0.6%36.1M-7.4M-16.4M0.571.41116,92866,6605,169,1773,312,949
2016-01-06$16.08$17.0029.9%8.4%27.9%55.1%29.6%2.8%-0.3%14.8M469.7M-15.8M0.701.81155,219107,9445,216,2353,331,390
2016-01-07$15.56$17.0034.3%9.2%29.2%72.0%33.2%3.0%-1.2%-9.2M1.20B-15.0M0.731.82280,529205,4685,245,7183,353,255
2016-01-08$15.20$17.0034.5%9.1%29.9%73.1%32.1%4.2%-3.1%-15.0M1.49B-14.5M0.611.56292,173178,0685,346,1663,362,712
2016-01-11$15.28$17.0033.0%9.1%30.0%67.1%31.3%3.2%-0.2%-21.8M1.42B-14.2M0.501.52316,483157,7205,263,4363,352,136
2016-01-12$15.36$16.0032.9%9.2%29.2%66.7%31.2%2.8%-0.8%-19.4M1.28B-14.4M0.361.95322,011117,2195,327,9003,356,455
2016-01-13$14.91$16.0037.0%10.2%30.4%82.7%34.9%3.7%-1.6%-26.7M1.74B-14.6M0.461.91340,973158,3475,382,8143,393,806
2016-01-14$14.99$16.0034.8%9.6%25.7%74.2%33.3%3.7%-1.2%-41.9M1.63B-14.7M0.721.93738,848529,6125,520,7753,421,529
2016-01-15$14.44$17.0038.9%11.1%26.1%89.8%36.1%5.4%-0.5%11.8M2.16B-14.0M0.591.55423,291249,5115,670,5153,404,661
2016-01-19$14.30$17.0032.3%9.2%25.7%64.6%32.5%5.3%0.7%6.6M819.6M-13.6M0.481.81260,932124,9073,238,4991,960,629
2016-01-20$13.68$17.0040.4%11.6%27.7%95.5%40.1%6.4%-2.3%3.6M1.00B-12.9M0.471.45383,506179,0383,325,8761,999,226
2016-01-21$13.40$16.0036.1%10.4%27.1%78.9%36.3%5.8%-1.3%2.8M1.18B-11.4M0.531.95264,866140,2353,461,7842,027,810
2016-01-22$13.58$16.0033.1%9.5%27.8%67.7%36.4%5.8%-0.4%5.4M1.08B-12.4M0.671.52217,665145,3103,549,5052,079,979
2016-01-25$12.97$16.0036.1%10.6%28.4%79.0%37.1%7.0%-1.2%2.6M1.22B-11.5M0.481.50230,528109,6663,356,5732,067,656
2016-01-26$13.29$16.0033.4%9.8%31.4%68.8%34.4%5.9%-0.0%6.3M1.11B-12.1M0.381.45239,06390,3903,469,7832,123,009
2016-01-27$13.37$16.0032.7%9.6%32.1%66.1%34.2%5.8%0.3%11.1M1.04B-12.7M0.541.81166,33489,1963,553,2522,137,218
2016-01-28$13.56$16.0033.1%9.7%32.7%67.6%33.5%5.7%-0.5%15.7M942.5M-13.3M0.521.72136,14670,4213,610,2012,160,599
2016-01-29$13.66$16.0032.3%9.5%33.4%64.4%32.8%4.7%-0.5%18.6M880.8M-13.6M0.401.69121,31848,0393,648,2792,166,037