BAC Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, BAC traded between $13.89 and $14.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.2%, placing in the 28.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 27.2%). Max pain ranged from $14.00 to $14.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-18: Highest Volume — 469,377 contracts
  • 2016-05-04: Largest IV spike — 12.5% change
  • 2016-05-05: Highest IV Rank — 35.2%
  • 2016-05-04: Largest Expected Move — 8.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$14.38$13.89$14.88$14.76$14.78
Max Pain$14.00$14.00$14.00$14.00$14.00
ATM IV27.2%24.9%29.8%25.7%25.3%
Expected Move7.8%6.7%8.8%7.2%7.3%
HV 20d27.2%23.9%31.4%30.1%25.6%
HV 60d31.0%27.3%37.6%37.4%27.4%
IV Rank28.5%22.0%35.2%25.1%22.5%
IV Percentile52.7%36.5%66.7%48.8%38.5%
Term Structure0.5%-1.3%2.4%-0.1%-0.3%
VWIV28.1%24.3%31.8%27.0%26.8%
Skew 25d4.1%2.8%4.9%4.0%3.1%
Skew 10d7.6%3.6%10.6%9.2%5.5%
Call IV 25d25.9%23.7%28.2%24.5%25.0%
Put IV 25d30.0%26.5%32.6%28.5%28.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.022.6814.494.236.18
Gamma HHI0.240.180.340.260.34
Net GEX50.6M38.5M67.5M60.1M58.4M
Net DEX-509.6M-1.04B186.1M-1.04B-815.9M
Net VEX-17.3M-18.3M-16.2M-18.3M-17.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.291.570.630.69
Total Volume228,412.33362,556469,377158,416250,421
Total OI6,778,372.4765,864,9157,215,3696,930,8126,055,526

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$14.76$14.0025.7%7.2%30.1%25.1%27.0%4.0%-0.1%60.1M-1.04B-18.3M0.634.2397,02961,3874,269,7372,661,075
2016-05-03$14.34$14.0026.5%7.7%30.8%26.9%26.3%4.9%0.3%48.0M-498.0M-18.1M0.564.47198,562111,7474,306,8642,684,366
2016-05-04$14.14$14.0029.8%8.8%31.4%35.0%31.8%3.9%0.1%42.1M-283.8M-17.8M0.714.90137,50797,3004,348,6962,709,186
2016-05-05$14.03$14.0029.8%8.5%28.9%35.2%31.2%4.8%-0.5%41.0M-163.2M-17.5M0.594.9396,59956,9464,333,9552,721,536
2016-05-06$14.10$14.0029.0%8.3%28.9%33.1%29.6%4.9%-0.3%38.9M-235.4M-17.6M0.493.92169,11283,5684,362,2042,737,195
2016-05-09$14.00$14.0027.8%8.1%29.1%30.3%29.1%4.1%1.0%38.6M-100.0M-17.0M0.713.2786,21461,4214,281,7902,697,075
2016-05-10$14.31$14.0025.6%8.0%29.0%24.9%27.5%3.6%2.4%49.9M-487.7M-17.8M1.573.5197,911153,9214,293,9682,707,380
2016-05-11$14.20$14.0027.9%8.1%26.9%30.5%29.9%4.9%0.4%48.7M-206.6M-17.3M0.508.63125,39662,8884,315,5622,823,495
2016-05-12$14.13$14.0028.1%8.2%25.0%31.0%28.8%4.3%0.8%47.1M-137.1M-17.3M0.744.3068,44950,3344,350,8052,841,626
2016-05-13$13.89$14.0027.9%8.3%25.4%30.5%29.6%4.5%1.8%38.5M186.1M-16.6M0.614.28174,791106,4174,369,2622,844,075
2016-05-16$13.93$14.0028.1%8.1%24.8%31.1%28.9%4.7%0.5%43.1M-32.6M-16.2M0.653.37107,38570,1134,296,8232,714,096
2016-05-17$13.99$14.0028.5%8.2%23.9%32.0%28.9%4.3%1.5%48.8M-109.7M-16.3M0.932.6832,39930,1574,340,2812,730,558
2016-05-18$14.66$14.0026.5%7.6%26.8%27.0%28.6%4.2%2.2%67.5M-991.7M-17.7M0.438.44328,976140,4014,363,3452,746,364
2016-05-19$14.57$14.0027.4%7.8%26.8%29.1%28.6%4.3%1.5%54.2M-832.0M-17.6M0.664.13171,487112,9794,401,2132,780,523
2016-05-20$14.50$14.0027.9%8.1%26.4%30.4%27.4%4.8%-1.3%47.0M-762.8M-17.3M0.683.31194,059132,1744,436,4692,778,900
2016-05-23$14.49$14.0026.3%7.4%26.2%26.6%28.0%4.3%-0.1%49.2M-606.4M-16.8M0.674.14102,45868,8703,598,3932,266,522
2016-05-24$14.67$14.0026.4%7.5%26.4%25.8%26.1%4.0%0.5%57.6M-811.0M-17.1M0.383.92140,98653,5653,637,7062,298,119
2016-05-25$14.88$14.0025.4%7.3%26.9%23.2%26.0%3.7%0.1%66.2M-1.02B-17.2M0.382.97250,28195,3723,676,0142,320,103
2016-05-26$14.71$14.0026.2%7.2%26.6%25.4%25.2%3.0%-0.4%59.3M-790.3M-17.0M0.685.33129,80588,4883,717,5932,357,637
2016-05-27$14.87$14.0024.9%6.7%26.0%22.0%24.3%2.8%0.2%57.5M-962.4M-17.3M0.2914.49154,23644,5483,767,1192,402,666
2016-05-31$14.78$14.0025.3%7.3%25.6%22.5%26.8%3.1%-0.3%58.4M-815.9M-17.2M0.696.18147,943102,4783,705,8552,349,671