BAC Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, BAC traded between $13.07 and $13.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.4%, placing in the 39.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.8% (HV 20d: 40.2%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $13.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-04: Highest Volume — 503,831 contracts
  • 2016-03-18: Largest IV drop — 11.2% change
  • 2016-03-16: Highest IV Rank — 49.0%
  • 2016-03-10: Largest Expected Move — 10.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.49$13.07$13.89$13.15$13.53
Max Pain$13.00$13.00$13.00$13.00$13.00
ATM IV31.4%29.0%35.4%33.5%29.2%
Expected Move9.4%8.4%10.7%10.5%8.8%
HV 20d40.2%27.1%55.3%55.3%27.1%
HV 60d41.0%40.3%41.9%41.0%40.8%
IV Rank39.0%33.1%49.0%44.2%33.6%
IV Percentile77.4%66.7%88.9%85.7%67.1%
Term Structure0.6%-2.5%5.0%0.5%-0.3%
VWIV33.3%30.3%36.9%35.9%30.9%
Skew 25d5.0%3.7%6.7%6.4%4.0%
Skew 10d10.7%7.6%16.4%16.4%7.6%
Call IV 25d29.8%27.7%33.3%30.7%27.7%
Put IV 25d34.8%31.7%38.7%37.1%31.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.223.9817.635.039.20
Gamma HHI0.200.140.260.150.22
Net GEX37.3M28.8M45.9M29.8M34.5M
Net DEX-65.5M-454.9M257.1M205.0M86.0M
Net VEX-15.9M-16.8M-14.4M-14.6M-15.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.240.920.340.50
Total Volume285,839.5162,575503,831380,826210,831
Total OI6,486,504.4556,166,0436,965,6696,265,1026,436,346

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$13.15$13.0033.5%10.5%55.3%44.2%35.9%6.4%0.5%29.8M205.0M-14.6M0.345.03284,54796,2793,825,8382,439,264
2016-03-02$13.39$13.0030.3%9.4%52.2%36.3%34.4%5.1%0.9%35.2M-75.7M-16.0M0.676.37255,022170,0593,844,7402,468,923
2016-03-03$13.50$13.0031.1%10.0%52.0%38.4%32.7%6.7%-0.1%37.6M-139.7M-16.3M0.254.95303,65576,1443,910,1012,520,894
2016-03-04$13.56$13.0029.9%9.0%51.9%35.3%32.5%5.5%0.3%34.9M-318.4M-16.3M0.298.62391,827112,0044,023,0062,529,657
2016-03-07$13.51$13.0031.1%9.3%51.1%38.4%33.1%5.8%1.0%38.6M-160.8M-16.4M0.554.52144,23879,6003,977,6032,479,911
2016-03-08$13.07$13.0034.0%10.4%49.1%45.3%36.1%5.6%3.2%28.8M257.1M-15.3M0.486.61156,34475,8143,981,3792,501,626
2016-03-09$13.10$13.0034.8%10.6%48.9%47.3%36.3%5.6%2.8%32.7M170.8M-15.7M0.515.38148,52175,1254,037,0462,513,530
2016-03-10$13.26$13.0032.9%10.7%48.2%42.7%36.9%5.0%5.0%39.4M50.7M-16.2M0.445.51166,14673,5154,069,9062,540,436
2016-03-11$13.79$13.0030.4%9.2%41.3%36.6%34.1%5.2%2.2%38.3M-454.9M-16.8M0.406.38287,471113,6714,107,4842,556,958
2016-03-14$13.60$13.0033.7%9.7%36.4%44.7%36.5%5.7%1.3%42.3M-240.9M-16.5M0.825.40112,03091,9174,078,3872,536,352
2016-03-15$13.55$13.0033.5%9.6%36.1%44.1%36.6%5.0%1.4%43.1M-188.3M-16.5M0.386.63121,63146,8134,134,8672,591,441
2016-03-16$13.32$13.0035.4%10.2%36.1%49.0%35.1%5.0%-2.5%38.6M41.4M-15.6M0.5117.63236,807121,6184,186,8032,592,093
2016-03-17$13.27$13.0033.2%9.6%34.7%43.5%34.4%3.7%-1.6%33.4M242.4M-14.4M0.493.98158,27677,5014,230,9812,634,753
2016-03-18$13.80$13.0029.5%8.5%36.5%34.4%31.2%4.8%0.3%39.5M-428.9M-16.5M0.335.24313,994104,8504,294,9332,670,736
2016-03-21$13.89$13.0029.8%8.6%35.1%35.0%30.6%4.4%0.2%45.3M-319.1M-16.2M0.656.05130,55284,7503,806,2892,359,754
2016-03-22$13.77$13.0029.3%8.4%33.3%34.0%31.2%3.9%-0.3%45.9M-191.7M-16.1M0.794.48124,61498,5883,842,4842,393,069
2016-03-23$13.63$13.0029.5%8.7%33.5%34.5%30.3%4.0%-0.1%44.7M-85.4M-16.0M0.704.2096,21567,2083,888,3882,428,147
2016-03-24$13.66$13.0030.4%8.8%33.3%36.7%31.1%4.6%-0.2%35.8M-166.9M-16.4M0.635.86140,49488,3103,918,2342,441,370
2016-03-28$13.61$13.0030.2%8.9%31.7%36.2%30.4%5.0%-0.2%38.1M-18.3M-16.0M0.805.6190,54472,0313,839,4332,408,929
2016-03-29$13.38$13.0030.0%8.8%32.0%35.6%31.0%4.7%0.1%30.4M215.7M-15.3M0.244.68364,34688,0953,865,3752,426,549
2016-03-30$13.49$13.0029.0%8.5%27.8%33.1%30.5%4.1%0.2%34.3M79.2M-15.8M0.924.56123,168113,3043,910,4892,458,594
2016-03-31$13.53$13.0029.2%8.8%27.1%33.6%30.9%4.0%-0.3%34.5M86.0M-15.6M0.509.20140,17270,6593,936,6412,499,705