BAC Options History — May 2017

In May 2017, BAC traded between $22.28 and $24.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.3%, placing in the 7.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 24.0%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $23.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.57.

Notable Days

  • 2017-05-17: Highest Volume — 915,505 contracts
  • 2017-05-17: Largest IV spike — 36.3% change
  • 2017-05-17: Highest IV Rank — 26.1%
  • 2017-05-17: Largest Expected Move — 7.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.48$22.28$24.15$23.66$22.28
Max Pain$23.00$23.00$23.00$23.00$23.00
ATM IV21.3%19.1%26.1%21.3%23.9%
Expected Move6.2%5.5%7.5%6.1%6.9%
HV 20d24.0%19.0%29.7%21.4%27.5%
HV 60d24.5%22.8%26.1%24.8%25.2%
IV Rank7.0%0.0%26.1%4.0%17.8%
IV Percentile11.0%0.0%54.4%5.2%39.3%
Term Structure0.5%-0.6%1.2%0.2%-0.6%
VWIV21.9%19.8%26.2%20.9%23.9%
Skew 25d2.5%1.8%4.0%2.5%3.0%
Skew 10d4.8%3.8%7.8%5.3%4.6%
Call IV 25d20.5%18.3%25.2%20.0%22.8%
Put IV 25d23.0%20.5%29.2%22.5%25.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.68-3.1214.4514.454.91
Gamma HHI0.160.120.230.160.12
Net GEX101.2M13.3M169.5M106.7M18.3M
Net DEX-2.26B-3.24B-570.8M-2.54B-570.8M
Net VEX-21.2M-21.8M-20.0M-21.4M-20.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.570.311.130.490.62
Total Volume316,590.727170,729915,505312,514548,843
Total OI6,355,090.3185,811,7936,968,4786,138,0636,088,834

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-05-01$23.66$23.0021.3%6.1%21.4%4.0%20.9%2.5%0.2%106.7M-2.54B-21.4M0.4914.45209,264103,2503,678,6872,459,376
2017-05-02$23.45$23.0020.9%5.9%21.6%2.8%20.4%2.4%0.4%88.6M-2.25B-21.3M0.492.47200,36198,8233,761,0612,492,696
2017-05-03$23.73$23.0021.0%6.0%21.9%3.0%20.7%2.6%0.3%130.9M-2.72B-21.2M0.695.94135,43592,8653,854,2192,526,914
2017-05-04$23.83$23.0020.5%6.2%21.6%1.1%22.7%2.6%0.2%146.9M-2.85B-21.8M1.132.01122,549138,2283,880,2892,561,943
2017-05-05$23.71$23.0021.0%6.2%21.7%2.9%22.5%2.6%0.1%99.1M-2.60B-21.2M0.672.17134,40690,1873,900,1472,622,644
2017-05-08$23.93$23.0019.3%5.9%21.9%0.0%21.3%2.0%1.2%127.0M-2.86B-21.3M0.45-3.12173,87578,2383,738,9702,541,944
2017-05-09$23.92$23.0019.9%6.0%21.5%2.1%21.9%2.7%1.1%132.0M-2.90B-21.0M0.523.13208,138107,6313,802,0152,558,095
2017-05-10$24.15$23.0019.2%5.8%21.5%0.0%20.5%2.3%1.1%169.5M-3.24B-21.6M0.461.75117,28153,4483,846,1432,579,201
2017-05-11$24.04$23.0020.4%6.0%21.1%4.2%21.0%2.1%0.8%156.7M-3.11B-21.1M0.511.84185,60894,3343,889,8132,587,670
2017-05-12$23.93$23.0020.5%6.1%20.9%4.9%21.5%2.1%1.0%167.7M-2.89B-21.7M0.441.83195,54585,6073,959,6912,634,966
2017-05-15$24.05$23.0019.9%5.8%20.5%2.5%20.2%2.7%-0.0%138.7M-3.03B-21.2M0.351.59161,17856,1953,884,1882,600,263
2017-05-16$24.03$23.0019.1%5.5%19.0%0.0%19.8%2.4%0.3%146.4M-3.07B-21.1M0.501.74126,72763,6953,924,1542,609,409
2017-05-17$22.59$23.0026.1%7.5%29.7%26.1%26.2%4.0%0.0%13.3M-1.03B-20.2M0.491.73615,044300,4613,945,1362,619,249
2017-05-18$22.88$23.0024.3%6.9%29.3%19.4%24.8%3.8%0.2%34.6M-1.43B-21.0M0.641.78286,442182,4604,175,2402,696,846
2017-05-19$23.03$23.0022.5%6.4%29.1%12.7%22.7%2.8%0.3%31.8M-1.72B-21.3M0.751.83217,348163,5644,218,5462,749,932
2017-05-22$23.02$23.0021.3%6.1%26.4%8.3%21.0%2.0%0.9%56.8M-1.51B-20.9M0.312.15284,69387,1003,493,2772,318,516
2017-05-23$23.41$23.0020.3%5.9%26.5%4.5%21.6%2.5%1.2%103.5M-2.06B-21.7M0.582.25239,497139,0493,674,5632,340,532
2017-05-24$23.37$23.0021.1%6.1%26.5%7.3%22.0%2.2%0.5%107.5M-2.05B-21.6M0.702.19134,86595,0353,729,0552,387,862
2017-05-25$23.29$23.0020.9%6.0%26.3%6.6%21.2%1.8%0.6%100.5M-1.92B-21.3M0.592.06145,51686,3833,754,1642,410,981
2017-05-26$23.30$23.0021.3%6.1%25.7%8.3%21.5%2.2%0.6%91.2M-1.95B-21.4M0.641.95108,61369,5223,819,1092,431,944
2017-05-30$22.93$23.0023.0%6.6%25.8%14.7%23.1%2.4%-0.4%59.1M-1.44B-21.5M0.442.28158,10769,5863,684,1622,379,541
2017-05-31$22.28$23.0023.9%6.9%27.5%17.8%23.9%3.0%-0.6%18.3M-570.8M-20.0M0.624.91338,671210,1723,678,4112,410,423