BAC Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, BAC traded between $14.16 and $16.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.9%, placing in the 13.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 22.0%). Max pain ranged from $14.00 to $15.50. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-30: Highest Volume — 1,021,182 contracts
  • 2016-08-24: Largest IV spike — 10.8% change
  • 2016-08-31: Highest IV Rank — 25.1%
  • 2016-08-31: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.15$14.16$16.20$14.30$16.11
Max Pain$14.07$14.00$15.50$14.00$15.50
ATM IV22.9%20.2%27.5%22.6%27.5%
Expected Move6.5%5.7%7.8%6.1%7.8%
HV 20d22.0%19.2%25.5%23.7%19.2%
HV 60d33.4%32.3%34.6%33.5%32.4%
IV Rank13.0%6.2%25.1%12.4%25.1%
IV Percentile15.8%1.6%46.0%15.9%46.0%
Term Structure0.2%-1.0%1.7%-0.7%-1.0%
VWIV23.3%20.2%28.4%21.7%28.4%
Skew 25d3.7%2.8%4.5%3.1%4.3%
Skew 10d7.1%3.8%17.4%4.3%10.8%
Call IV 25d21.7%19.5%25.6%22.0%25.6%
Put IV 25d25.4%23.0%29.9%25.1%29.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.523.2125.036.5325.03
Gamma HHI0.270.200.460.220.26
Net GEX87.5M57.9M116.9M68.8M94.0M
Net DEX-1.49B-2.71B-450.2M-636.4M-1.95B
Net VEX-15.9M-17.1M-15.3M-15.3M-17.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.151.000.920.60
Total Volume315,699.739141,6331,021,182234,630383,168
Total OI6,940,756.7836,393,5167,358,1096,913,9626,675,745

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$14.30$14.0022.6%6.1%23.7%12.4%21.7%3.1%-0.7%68.8M-636.4M-15.3M0.926.53122,321112,3094,291,7112,622,251
2016-08-02$14.16$14.0024.5%6.7%21.0%17.3%23.7%3.8%-0.6%57.9M-450.2M-15.3M0.764.26132,080101,0324,320,1542,674,517
2016-08-03$14.47$14.0023.5%6.4%21.8%14.7%22.3%4.4%-0.5%87.4M-844.5M-15.9M0.744.3387,62965,0374,362,4002,697,272
2016-08-04$14.49$14.0023.6%7.1%21.8%14.9%23.9%3.5%0.0%87.3M-846.1M-15.8M0.443.24169,71175,2004,362,9602,709,186
2016-08-05$15.05$14.0021.7%6.4%24.5%9.9%23.2%3.1%-0.5%116.9M-1.71B-16.0M0.385.24447,997172,0934,378,5162,741,552
2016-08-08$15.11$14.0022.4%6.8%24.4%11.7%23.7%4.2%1.5%79.8M-1.57B-15.9M0.763.41125,14694,5124,227,9332,707,453
2016-08-09$15.18$14.0021.8%6.4%23.4%10.2%22.6%3.4%0.6%81.3M-1.64B-16.0M0.933.26100,04193,4244,244,8182,760,539
2016-08-10$14.79$14.0022.5%6.7%25.5%12.0%23.9%2.8%1.0%70.3M-1.09B-15.7M0.754.01113,77285,6154,234,5942,789,710
2016-08-11$14.89$14.0021.9%6.4%25.2%10.5%23.5%3.5%0.7%77.0M-1.21B-15.7M1.004.29100,933100,8864,254,6762,812,705
2016-08-12$14.89$14.0021.2%6.2%25.1%8.8%21.7%3.9%0.4%74.4M-1.20B-15.6M0.653.75105,27067,9144,273,5962,846,770
2016-08-15$15.02$14.0021.2%6.1%21.3%8.8%21.9%4.0%1.0%82.5M-1.36B-15.6M0.933.7373,31968,3144,203,5712,807,737
2016-08-16$15.17$14.0022.4%6.4%21.4%11.8%22.8%3.7%0.7%83.3M-1.57B-15.4M0.563.33124,32369,6054,223,9072,820,445
2016-08-17$15.15$14.0021.9%6.3%21.4%10.6%22.1%4.2%1.7%97.3M-1.56B-15.5M0.334.28297,79899,5484,271,7982,824,634
2016-08-18$15.16$14.0020.2%5.7%21.0%6.2%20.2%3.3%1.6%98.8M-1.60B-15.7M0.423.34182,05076,0424,400,5372,891,420
2016-08-19$15.22$14.0021.1%5.9%21.0%8.4%21.0%3.6%1.3%77.9M-1.70B-15.8M0.513.71201,447103,4544,422,8062,935,303
2016-08-22$15.19$14.0021.6%5.8%21.0%9.8%22.3%3.4%-0.0%82.5M-1.25B-15.5M0.873.2184,60873,7983,962,1562,431,360
2016-08-23$15.37$14.0021.7%5.9%21.0%10.0%22.9%3.2%-0.1%87.7M-1.51B-15.8M0.493.36165,44680,4433,999,7452,466,288
2016-08-24$15.40$14.0024.1%6.8%21.0%16.1%24.4%4.0%-0.4%94.1M-1.60B-16.4M0.437.08256,924110,9694,098,6062,498,490
2016-08-25$15.54$14.0025.3%6.9%21.1%19.4%25.3%4.4%-0.3%106.0M-1.82B-16.6M0.446.93235,120102,6154,205,0852,560,930
2016-08-26$15.77$14.0024.7%6.7%20.7%17.8%24.8%4.5%-0.8%95.0M-2.18B-16.6M0.448.57385,217169,5894,254,9502,611,910
2016-08-29$15.85$14.0023.4%6.5%19.6%14.4%25.1%2.8%-0.3%106.5M-2.19B-16.4M0.346.33314,663108,5304,231,0602,607,679
2016-08-30$16.20$14.0025.3%7.0%19.6%19.4%23.4%4.3%-0.5%105.7M-2.71B-16.5M0.155.63888,673132,5094,258,2362,659,695
2016-08-31$16.11$15.5027.5%7.8%19.2%25.1%28.4%4.3%-1.0%94.0M-1.95B-17.1M0.6025.03239,985143,1833,947,1762,728,569