BAC Options History — March 2017

In March 2017, BAC traded between $23.00 and $25.56. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.4%, placing in the 16.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 24.4%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $24.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.44.

Notable Days

  • 2017-03-21: Highest Volume — 1,178,733 contracts
  • 2017-03-21: Largest IV spike — 31.1% change
  • 2017-03-24: Highest IV Rank — 36.2%
  • 2017-03-24: Largest Expected Move — 8.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.47$23.00$25.56$25.56$23.69
Max Pain$23.09$23.00$24.00$23.00$23.00
ATM IV24.4%20.6%29.5%23.5%25.7%
Expected Move7.2%6.1%8.5%6.8%7.3%
HV 20d24.4%18.1%30.1%24.1%27.2%
HV 60d23.9%21.6%26.0%23.7%25.8%
IV Rank16.3%1.3%36.2%12.7%21.5%
IV Percentile32.6%0.8%78.6%21.8%48.0%
Term Structure0.4%-0.5%2.1%0.0%1.6%
VWIV25.2%21.3%30.1%24.2%25.7%
Skew 25d2.0%1.0%3.2%1.3%2.8%
Skew 10d4.0%1.8%7.4%2.8%6.1%
Call IV 25d23.8%19.5%28.8%23.3%24.6%
Put IV 25d25.9%21.4%31.6%24.6%27.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.512.337.955.252.68
Gamma HHI0.190.110.490.250.15
Net GEX126.0M39.2M222.0M145.8M153.8M
Net DEX-3.38B-4.75B-1.53B-4.75B-2.76B
Net VEX-20.3M-21.6M-19.0M-19.0M-21.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.440.250.690.330.42
Total Volume499,724.913228,5251,178,733886,092316,479
Total OI5,770,176.4355,177,2986,484,3445,193,6516,484,344

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-03-01$25.56$23.0023.5%6.8%24.1%12.7%24.2%1.3%0.0%145.8M-4.75B-19.0M0.335.25666,912219,1803,140,5532,053,098
2017-03-02$25.25$24.0023.8%6.7%24.9%13.8%23.3%1.5%0.3%133.3M-4.25B-19.6M0.375.19426,612159,6353,239,5172,114,545
2017-03-03$25.45$24.0023.6%6.6%24.3%13.0%23.6%1.0%0.6%126.8M-4.50B-19.3M0.316.67384,331120,4553,354,1062,179,867
2017-03-06$25.30$23.0023.4%7.4%23.2%12.6%25.9%1.8%0.2%141.6M-4.26B-19.8M0.513.56241,449122,2513,247,1702,074,886
2017-03-07$25.20$23.0023.7%7.3%22.8%13.6%25.6%1.8%0.2%142.7M-4.15B-19.9M0.412.48162,10266,4233,318,8432,129,576
2017-03-08$25.26$23.0024.1%7.4%22.3%15.0%25.6%1.7%-0.5%147.3M-4.22B-19.9M0.253.84475,395121,0983,340,3272,153,284
2017-03-09$25.36$23.0024.4%7.4%21.7%16.3%25.7%1.5%0.1%160.0M-4.37B-20.7M0.315.82293,00290,2153,519,2852,191,013
2017-03-10$25.33$23.0022.4%6.9%21.1%8.4%23.7%1.8%-0.3%148.7M-4.32B-20.2M0.333.58420,545138,7673,584,6292,217,152
2017-03-13$25.31$23.0021.8%6.8%21.1%6.2%24.1%2.3%2.1%152.4M-4.30B-20.2M0.672.33160,972108,5303,499,4142,165,822
2017-03-14$25.28$23.0022.4%6.9%20.9%8.3%24.6%1.6%1.6%156.3M-4.32B-20.2M0.532.51214,326113,6003,523,3602,207,889
2017-03-15$25.15$23.0022.0%6.6%19.4%6.9%23.1%1.5%1.1%167.2M-4.10B-20.4M0.435.85351,927150,1353,592,0632,257,711
2017-03-16$25.22$23.0021.1%6.3%18.1%3.3%22.1%1.8%1.6%180.2M-4.20B-19.9M0.442.57228,974100,1073,626,3072,300,280
2017-03-17$24.90$23.0020.6%6.1%18.7%1.3%21.5%1.9%1.8%222.0M-3.55B-19.7M0.454.26318,069143,4433,666,6902,328,728
2017-03-20$24.58$23.0020.9%6.1%19.3%2.6%21.3%1.2%0.6%73.0M-3.01B-19.1M0.373.33259,93895,1723,122,5712,054,727
2017-03-21$23.00$23.0027.4%7.9%30.0%28.2%27.1%2.4%-0.2%39.2M-1.53B-19.4M0.507.95785,634393,0993,211,0152,095,925
2017-03-22$23.02$23.0027.1%7.8%30.1%27.0%27.3%3.2%0.4%52.7M-1.64B-19.8M0.344.91700,367238,0033,581,4802,246,972
2017-03-23$23.06$23.0027.5%7.9%30.1%28.6%27.5%2.6%0.1%60.6M-1.78B-20.7M0.424.07357,244148,9123,686,6572,330,375
2017-03-24$23.08$23.0029.5%8.5%29.7%36.2%29.5%2.9%-0.3%61.0M-1.85B-21.2M0.625.90322,087198,6693,804,2342,380,357
2017-03-27$23.03$23.0028.8%8.5%28.8%33.6%30.1%2.4%0.0%66.6M-1.85B-20.6M0.577.82320,538181,7253,661,8382,325,411
2017-03-28$23.51$23.0026.6%7.8%30.0%24.8%27.3%2.6%-0.3%111.0M-2.52B-21.6M0.444.13284,939126,0483,777,3972,376,306
2017-03-29$23.36$23.0024.8%7.3%26.1%18.0%25.7%2.9%-0.3%107.7M-2.29B-21.5M0.694.08149,001102,7273,838,4212,392,449
2017-03-30$23.87$23.0025.9%7.4%27.5%22.2%26.1%2.5%-0.4%147.0M-3.10B-21.6M0.354.89381,138133,4983,884,4002,433,064
2017-03-31$23.69$23.0025.7%7.3%27.2%21.5%25.7%2.8%1.6%153.8M-2.76B-21.6M0.422.68223,45493,0254,003,2672,481,077