BAC Options History — February 2016

In February 2016, BAC traded between $11.18 and $13.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 40.5%, placing in the 71.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.3% (HV 20d: 46.8%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2016-02-11: Highest Volume — 741,661 contracts
  • 2016-02-11: Largest IV spike — 22.7% change
  • 2016-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2016-02-11: Largest Expected Move — 16.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.47$11.18$13.97$13.97$12.56
Max Pain$13.80$13.00$16.00$16.00$13.00
ATM IV40.5%31.1%56.3%31.1%35.7%
Expected Move11.7%9.2%16.1%9.2%10.9%
HV 20d46.8%35.5%54.1%35.5%53.1%
HV 60d35.5%30.5%40.0%30.5%39.6%
IV Rank71.9%44.5%100.0%59.7%49.6%
IV Percentile95.5%86.9%100.0%86.9%90.1%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.8%0.9%-0.4%-0.6%
VWIV41.3%32.8%55.4%32.8%37.5%
Skew 25d6.9%4.1%10.1%4.6%4.1%
Skew 10d14.3%9.2%20.4%9.2%9.4%
Call IV 25d38.1%29.6%52.3%29.6%34.0%
Put IV 25d45.0%34.2%62.4%34.2%38.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.261.279.141.619.14
Gamma HHI0.130.100.210.210.11
Net GEX13.6M4.2M26.4M26.4M19.8M
Net DEX943.8M406.9M1.39B658.9M549.4M
Net VEX-13.4M-14.3M-11.3M-14.3M-14.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.280.910.500.49
Total Volume394,042.5204,606741,661243,722224,406
Total OI6,440,977.255,784,4607,322,6415,784,4606,180,425

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-02-01$13.97$16.0031.1%9.2%35.5%59.7%32.8%4.6%-0.4%26.4M658.9M-14.3M0.501.61162,80580,9173,634,4772,149,983
2016-02-02$13.23$16.0037.6%11.3%38.5%84.6%39.2%6.0%0.2%12.3M1.02B-13.3M0.441.69292,286128,8613,693,9432,189,465
2016-02-03$13.05$16.0038.9%11.6%38.4%89.7%41.2%5.9%-0.6%9.5M1.11B-13.0M0.471.74443,984208,6643,776,9692,262,511
2016-02-04$13.22$14.0039.1%10.9%39.2%90.4%37.3%5.8%-1.6%17.8M937.0M-13.8M0.281.95423,438119,6463,968,1942,328,615
2016-02-05$12.91$14.0039.1%11.1%38.6%90.7%39.3%7.7%-0.1%9.6M1.05B-13.7M0.631.39163,189102,4774,069,1152,356,564
2016-02-08$12.28$14.0047.0%13.5%40.9%100.0%45.9%7.1%0.9%5.5M1.16B-12.7M0.421.94363,152151,6123,914,5532,336,499
2016-02-09$12.20$14.0048.1%13.5%40.5%100.0%46.0%8.4%-0.7%8.9M1.18B-12.8M0.531.54220,589116,8364,116,0352,395,759
2016-02-10$11.96$14.0045.9%13.0%40.2%93.0%44.5%8.7%0.1%8.5M1.26B-12.2M0.391.63184,32571,2314,198,4182,428,523
2016-02-11$11.18$14.0056.3%16.1%44.3%100.0%55.4%10.1%-0.0%4.2M1.39B-11.3M0.541.64481,702259,9594,254,4472,439,830
2016-02-12$11.95$13.0050.8%14.6%52.5%86.6%52.4%9.9%-0.1%9.4M1.05B-13.4M0.372.00465,527172,5884,479,7842,544,678
2016-02-16$12.20$13.0046.0%13.2%52.7%74.8%44.9%8.2%-0.9%15.6M1.01B-13.7M0.481.63226,671109,0724,399,9842,556,005
2016-02-17$12.52$13.0037.4%10.7%54.1%53.9%40.0%7.8%0.7%20.6M902.1M-14.1M0.451.30300,301135,6034,476,4622,589,434
2016-02-18$12.21$13.0039.3%11.3%52.8%58.3%41.3%6.9%0.1%15.8M1.10B-13.2M0.911.27258,582234,8944,548,7452,618,120
2016-02-19$12.12$14.0036.4%10.4%52.5%51.4%37.4%6.6%0.2%9.8M1.21B-13.0M0.591.34202,552120,1124,588,4542,734,187
2016-02-22$12.53$13.0033.6%9.8%53.9%44.5%34.7%5.5%0.3%16.2M625.3M-13.7M0.461.48199,54790,9413,632,3612,314,826
2016-02-23$12.18$13.0037.2%10.9%52.4%53.4%39.0%5.7%-0.5%13.3M782.4M-13.4M0.911.42126,023114,2563,705,1842,365,833
2016-02-24$12.11$13.0039.3%11.7%51.4%58.4%41.4%6.5%-0.6%12.4M798.0M-13.4M0.361.42216,96777,2313,761,0202,394,496
2016-02-25$12.31$13.0035.5%10.5%51.8%49.0%38.6%6.6%-0.8%17.7M680.1M-13.8M0.291.60158,48046,1263,796,4092,410,393
2016-02-26$12.73$13.0035.6%10.5%53.1%49.3%36.1%6.5%-1.8%18.9M406.9M-14.3M0.327.40323,184102,1143,787,1702,421,675
2016-02-29$12.56$13.0035.7%10.9%53.1%49.6%37.5%4.1%-0.6%19.8M549.4M-14.1M0.499.14150,22074,1863,769,5432,410,882