BAC Options History — October 2017

In October 2017, BAC traded between $25.42 and $27.74. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.9%, placing in the 19.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 17.4%). Max pain ranged from $24.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2017-10-24: Highest Volume — 868,643 contracts
  • 2017-10-13: Largest IV drop — 10.6% change
  • 2017-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 31.1%
  • 2017-10-09: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.54$25.42$27.74$25.63$27.38
Max Pain$24.84$24.00$25.00$24.00$25.00
ATM IV20.9%18.8%22.7%22.1%21.4%
Expected Move6.0%5.4%6.6%6.3%6.0%
HV 20d17.4%14.9%23.4%23.4%17.2%
HV 60d20.4%19.9%20.8%20.4%20.0%
IV Rank19.2%5.3%31.1%27.6%22.7%
IV Percentile20.3%1.6%42.5%31.3%26.2%
Term Structure0.4%-1.0%1.2%0.1%0.4%
VWIV21.4%19.4%24.1%22.3%21.4%
Skew 25d1.9%1.4%2.4%2.4%1.6%
Skew 10d3.9%2.7%5.2%5.2%3.1%
Call IV 25d20.2%18.6%22.1%21.1%20.9%
Put IV 25d22.1%20.1%24.4%23.5%22.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %1.761.222.101.721.85
Gamma HHI0.160.140.230.140.15
Net GEX172.0M138.8M226.9M150.1M148.2M
Net DEX-4.20B-5.44B-2.85B-3.34B-4.51B
Net VEX-21.2M-22.4M-20.1M-21.5M-21.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.391.030.590.46
Total Volume375,814.182200,635868,643251,572251,582
Total OI6,300,282.9555,890,9026,571,5695,999,4886,355,033

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-10-02$25.63$24.0022.1%6.3%23.4%27.6%22.3%2.4%0.1%150.1M-3.34B-21.5M0.591.72158,48693,0863,314,2732,685,215
2017-10-03$25.87$24.0021.6%6.0%18.7%24.0%21.5%2.3%0.2%169.4M-3.72B-21.5M0.561.78231,366130,2933,354,4112,719,170
2017-10-04$25.73$24.5021.9%6.1%19.1%25.9%20.8%2.4%0.1%163.7M-3.48B-21.1M0.501.53133,56167,0743,381,6002,785,701
2017-10-05$26.11$24.0021.6%6.4%16.8%24.1%22.8%1.6%0.3%193.0M-4.09B-21.3M0.601.94384,706231,6993,411,5592,812,457
2017-10-06$26.17$25.0021.6%6.3%16.6%24.3%22.1%2.0%0.5%158.9M-4.04B-21.8M0.401.77199,61579,2843,424,6362,891,653
2017-10-09$25.84$25.0022.7%6.6%17.1%31.1%24.1%2.3%0.6%152.3M-3.46B-21.7M0.711.80191,785136,7113,387,0592,807,040
2017-10-10$25.94$25.0021.7%6.4%15.2%24.9%22.9%1.9%0.6%167.2M-3.58B-21.2M0.701.50147,785102,9343,437,9782,858,731
2017-10-11$25.82$25.0022.3%6.4%14.9%28.9%22.9%2.1%-0.0%161.1M-3.44B-21.5M0.551.87154,63485,1053,489,1992,897,757
2017-10-12$25.42$25.0021.8%6.4%16.1%25.2%22.3%1.6%0.4%138.8M-2.85B-21.3M0.681.76222,172151,4943,521,4492,916,840
2017-10-13$25.88$25.0019.5%5.7%17.0%10.0%20.1%1.7%0.7%168.6M-3.58B-20.4M0.481.75287,912139,4573,558,7542,985,742
2017-10-16$26.27$25.0019.7%5.7%17.2%11.8%19.9%1.7%-1.0%219.0M-4.12B-20.7M0.711.78178,708126,9683,442,0112,897,306
2017-10-17$26.18$25.0019.6%5.6%17.3%10.7%19.8%1.7%-0.1%211.6M-4.01B-20.4M0.851.75159,099134,4513,473,4342,940,232
2017-10-18$26.50$25.0020.1%5.8%17.5%14.0%20.0%2.2%-0.8%217.0M-4.56B-20.6M0.611.96291,120176,7903,516,6482,979,600
2017-10-19$26.52$25.0018.8%5.4%17.5%5.3%19.4%2.0%0.5%226.9M-4.51B-20.1M1.032.10145,997149,8713,514,7013,014,443
2017-10-20$27.14$25.0018.9%5.4%18.6%6.3%19.4%1.4%-0.1%144.5M-5.44B-20.2M0.451.22500,042224,3513,514,0583,057,511
2017-10-23$27.14$25.0019.5%5.7%17.7%10.3%20.5%1.8%0.9%155.7M-4.47B-20.4M0.451.83289,867130,3353,221,8242,669,078
2017-10-24$27.67$25.0019.7%5.8%18.4%11.3%20.8%1.6%1.2%175.1M-5.12B-20.5M0.431.65606,827261,8163,289,9442,733,469
2017-10-25$27.66$25.0021.1%6.2%17.0%20.7%21.9%1.7%1.0%161.9M-5.06B-22.4M0.491.99306,965149,5563,435,5542,870,742
2017-10-26$27.74$25.0021.2%6.2%16.9%21.6%21.7%1.4%1.0%194.5M-5.22B-22.1M0.391.66218,40184,7973,494,1602,909,730
2017-10-27$27.73$25.0020.7%6.0%16.8%18.3%21.3%1.5%1.2%153.5M-5.10B-21.7M0.481.86181,22387,5153,483,6112,934,898
2017-10-30$27.60$25.0021.5%6.0%16.9%23.3%22.0%2.2%0.1%153.9M-4.80B-21.8M0.691.57167,324115,1483,376,6812,840,333
2017-10-31$27.38$25.0021.4%6.0%17.2%22.7%21.4%1.6%0.4%148.2M-4.51B-21.9M0.461.85172,82978,7533,449,2252,905,808