BAC Options History — October 2016

In October 2016, BAC traded between $15.67 and $16.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.0%, placing in the 18.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.8% (HV 20d: 19.3%). Max pain ranged from $15.00 to $15.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2016-10-20: Highest Volume — 474,200 contracts
  • 2016-10-19: Largest IV drop — 13.5% change
  • 2016-10-13: Highest IV Rank — 29.4%
  • 2016-10-03: Largest Expected Move — 8.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.33$15.67$16.95$15.67$16.58
Max Pain$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00$15.00
ATM IV25.0%20.4%29.2%29.0%23.7%
Expected Move7.3%5.9%8.9%8.9%7.0%
HV 20d19.3%14.8%21.4%19.4%15.0%
HV 60d18.9%16.7%20.5%20.4%16.7%
IV Rank18.1%6.5%29.4%28.9%9.6%
IV Percentile32.9%2.4%63.5%61.9%19.0%
Term Structure0.3%-0.9%1.5%-0.2%-0.2%
VWIV26.2%22.9%31.6%31.6%24.8%
Skew 25d4.3%2.9%5.7%5.7%4.0%
Skew 10d8.8%5.7%11.2%9.9%9.1%
Call IV 25d23.6%19.1%28.0%26.0%22.0%
Put IV 25d27.9%23.0%32.2%31.8%25.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.023.6433.284.789.69
Gamma HHI0.260.220.350.300.28
Net GEX104.2M78.2M131.8M102.8M99.6M
Net DEX-2.28B-2.97B-1.47B-1.47B-2.29B
Net VEX-15.4M-16.0M-14.7M-15.9M-15.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.241.470.531.37
Total Volume307,016.476137,287474,200171,109150,298
Total OI7,084,776.7626,781,9217,626,5146,784,5317,101,046

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-10-03$15.67$15.0029.0%8.9%19.4%28.9%31.6%5.7%-0.2%102.8M-1.47B-15.9M0.534.78111,89559,2144,204,4752,580,056
2016-10-04$15.84$15.0028.1%8.6%19.3%26.6%30.4%4.7%-0.7%113.3M-1.77B-16.0M0.263.69364,09193,1814,260,4312,606,772
2016-10-05$16.15$15.0027.4%8.4%20.4%24.7%29.6%4.0%0.6%131.8M-2.37B-15.8M0.5333.28278,136146,5984,355,2342,629,758
2016-10-06$16.20$15.0027.2%7.9%20.2%24.4%27.5%4.7%0.9%122.4M-2.38B-16.0M0.838.14181,798150,5694,380,0842,715,460
2016-10-07$16.13$15.0026.5%7.8%20.2%22.6%27.3%4.0%0.8%89.5M-2.40B-15.6M0.756.21212,958160,2364,403,8952,781,701
2016-10-10$16.29$15.0025.7%7.8%20.4%20.3%26.0%4.2%1.5%91.1M-2.19B-15.4M0.534.69231,738121,7504,088,9172,693,004
2016-10-11$16.11$15.0028.4%8.1%20.4%27.4%28.2%4.9%0.1%86.2M-1.89B-15.7M0.523.64144,67074,9804,156,7982,748,622
2016-10-12$16.03$15.0028.7%8.0%20.3%28.3%28.4%4.5%-0.1%85.4M-1.80B-15.6M0.284.34110,83730,9954,189,5392,770,463
2016-10-13$15.88$15.0029.2%8.2%20.7%29.4%28.6%4.2%-0.9%78.2M-1.49B-15.6M0.635.60247,287155,3734,225,7852,779,570
2016-10-14$16.06$15.0028.8%8.3%20.6%28.4%28.4%3.8%0.7%83.2M-1.91B-15.7M0.424.39274,385115,3704,343,1602,837,367
2016-10-17$16.08$15.0026.4%7.5%20.5%22.3%26.1%4.6%-0.2%95.9M-1.83B-15.1M0.385.06275,333103,5544,286,9392,846,272
2016-10-18$16.24$15.0024.5%7.0%20.8%17.4%23.9%4.7%-0.9%110.6M-2.11B-15.1M0.424.66112,19147,1204,329,7732,870,040
2016-10-19$16.52$15.0021.2%6.1%21.4%8.8%24.4%4.7%0.6%127.5M-2.61B-14.7M0.544.39264,887143,6254,320,5722,896,608
2016-10-20$16.55$15.0022.1%6.3%21.3%10.9%24.2%4.4%0.8%121.6M-2.67B-15.0M0.245.86381,97692,2244,386,9162,966,543
2016-10-21$16.65$15.0021.0%5.9%21.0%8.3%22.9%4.3%1.0%106.0M-2.97B-15.4M0.425.36295,841125,7404,610,1713,016,343
2016-10-24$16.77$15.0020.4%6.2%17.2%6.5%23.2%4.0%1.0%113.9M-2.73B-15.1M0.697.02124,73485,9504,304,1872,685,266
2016-10-25$16.72$15.0021.6%6.3%17.1%9.6%23.7%4.0%0.4%113.3M-2.62B-15.2M0.519.2891,02946,2584,325,8022,714,735
2016-10-26$16.85$15.0020.7%6.1%17.2%7.3%23.4%4.2%0.4%111.5M-2.83B-14.9M1.476.1490,607133,1334,326,7972,724,971
2016-10-27$16.95$15.0021.2%6.3%16.4%8.6%22.9%2.9%0.6%109.3M-2.96B-15.2M0.354.88260,54990,7854,345,1402,771,493
2016-10-28$16.68$15.0023.9%7.3%14.8%10.2%25.3%4.2%0.6%96.0M-2.50B-15.4M0.666.31159,731105,7204,398,7462,800,861
2016-10-31$16.58$15.0023.7%7.0%15.0%9.6%24.8%4.0%-0.2%99.6M-2.29B-15.1M1.379.6963,49686,8024,321,5212,779,525