BAC Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, BAC traded between $12.85 and $15.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.1%, placing in the 30.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 27.7%). Max pain ranged from $13.00 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-14: Highest Volume — 679,834 contracts
  • 2016-04-14: Largest IV drop — 11.7% change
  • 2016-04-07: Highest IV Rank — 44.9%
  • 2016-04-07: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.07$12.85$15.09$13.58$14.54
Max Pain$13.95$13.00$14.00$13.00$14.00
ATM IV28.1%24.5%33.8%28.7%27.0%
Expected Move8.0%7.0%9.5%8.8%7.8%
HV 20d27.7%23.7%30.0%27.0%30.0%
HV 60d39.8%37.3%41.1%40.9%37.4%
IV Rank30.9%22.1%44.9%32.5%28.3%
IV Percentile60.6%44.8%86.1%65.9%56.0%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.5%1.1%-0.1%-0.4%
VWIV28.5%25.3%33.0%30.4%27.8%
Skew 25d4.0%3.1%5.2%4.6%4.0%
Skew 10d8.4%5.2%11.6%10.1%7.7%
Call IV 25d26.9%23.7%32.9%27.5%25.3%
Put IV 25d30.9%27.3%37.8%32.1%29.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.921.6611.824.173.13
Gamma HHI0.200.140.300.210.21
Net GEX42.3M13.0M71.7M29.6M18.3M
Net DEX-489.8M-1.68B651.1M-16.8M-836.9M
Net VEX-16.7M-19.0M-14.5M-15.7M-18.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.231.040.600.91
Total Volume337,969.524152,108679,834167,996312,301
Total OI6,668,617.0486,228,3977,132,4026,494,7387,132,402

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$13.58$13.0028.7%8.8%27.0%32.5%30.4%4.6%-0.1%29.6M-16.8M-15.7M0.604.17105,09362,9033,981,2722,513,466
2016-04-04$13.51$14.0029.1%8.0%27.0%33.4%29.4%4.5%-0.1%29.5M131.2M-15.2M1.042.0874,57777,7353,865,7262,483,443
2016-04-05$13.19$14.0032.2%8.9%28.3%41.1%31.6%4.3%-0.7%21.6M379.9M-15.1M1.013.82108,907110,3273,892,5722,509,161
2016-04-06$13.27$14.0030.9%9.0%25.7%37.9%31.5%4.8%-0.5%22.5M356.4M-15.0M0.844.8982,52469,5843,915,7802,551,497
2016-04-07$12.85$14.0033.8%9.5%28.2%44.9%33.0%4.9%-1.1%13.0M651.1M-14.7M0.665.35183,393120,4743,941,6922,572,700
2016-04-08$12.87$14.0032.6%9.2%27.8%42.1%32.8%4.1%-0.7%16.0M637.0M-14.7M0.824.2896,23279,1433,990,8832,608,785
2016-04-11$12.98$14.0032.3%9.1%23.7%41.1%31.8%5.2%-0.2%17.5M581.0M-14.5M0.532.00140,61574,7613,935,7802,591,134
2016-04-12$13.28$14.0031.8%9.5%25.0%40.1%32.0%4.5%1.1%25.7M273.1M-15.5M0.485.50227,317109,0363,976,4222,613,728
2016-04-13$13.75$14.0029.8%8.1%28.0%35.2%28.9%4.7%-1.5%38.5M-148.0M-15.8M0.481.66373,869178,6134,058,5852,664,540
2016-04-14$14.15$14.0026.3%7.4%28.9%26.6%26.0%4.2%-0.7%59.3M-615.7M-16.3M0.493.60457,123222,7114,132,6912,718,812
2016-04-15$13.99$14.0024.9%7.0%29.2%23.1%26.2%4.0%-0.8%39.0M-380.6M-16.3M0.733.45184,049134,5064,204,7532,760,150
2016-04-18$14.19$14.0027.1%7.8%26.3%28.5%26.3%3.2%-0.2%45.3M-389.4M-16.4M0.232.03357,37382,4253,784,7532,443,644
2016-04-19$14.45$14.0025.8%7.4%26.9%25.2%26.7%3.2%-0.5%65.7M-788.0M-17.1M0.293.66408,598120,2564,034,5852,477,554
2016-04-20$14.94$14.0024.5%7.0%28.8%22.1%25.3%3.6%0.3%60.6M-1.38B-17.7M0.314.16433,977132,5404,060,1262,522,944
2016-04-21$14.90$14.0025.6%7.3%28.4%24.7%27.1%3.2%-0.6%66.5M-1.46B-18.2M0.494.70268,047132,1964,206,3072,584,767
2016-04-22$15.09$14.0025.4%7.3%28.5%24.2%26.5%3.1%-0.4%57.9M-1.68B-18.6M0.292.45321,34394,1514,225,6352,626,309
2016-04-25$14.93$14.0026.1%7.6%28.9%26.0%26.9%3.5%0.1%64.6M-1.39B-19.0M0.692.87119,49582,5364,179,5292,583,145
2016-04-26$15.07$14.0025.5%7.4%27.8%24.7%26.7%3.2%0.2%68.0M-1.55B-18.7M0.542.40110,48159,1294,197,2732,603,416
2016-04-27$15.05$14.0025.1%7.2%27.9%23.6%26.0%3.2%-0.2%71.7M-1.51B-18.7M0.4811.82357,231171,5814,221,1262,622,550
2016-04-28$14.80$14.0025.1%7.4%29.0%23.6%26.3%3.9%-0.2%57.3M-1.15B-18.4M0.584.30164,74295,4664,328,1972,723,124
2016-04-29$14.54$14.0027.0%7.8%30.0%28.3%27.8%4.0%-0.4%18.3M-836.9M-18.6M0.913.13163,653148,6484,385,6552,746,747