BAC Options History — January 2018

In January 2018, BAC traded between $29.79 and $32.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.7%, placing in the 21.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.2% (HV 20d: 11.6%). Max pain ranged from $27.00 to $29.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.44.

Notable Days

  • 2018-01-17: Highest Volume — 1,091,590 contracts
  • 2018-01-17: Largest IV drop — 14.0% change
  • 2018-01-16: Highest IV Rank — 44.6%
  • 2018-01-16: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.18$29.79$32.27$29.84$31.99
Max Pain$27.93$27.00$29.50$27.00$29.50
ATM IV20.7%17.9%23.8%21.3%20.5%
Expected Move6.0%5.2%6.8%6.3%5.8%
HV 20d11.6%10.1%17.7%17.7%10.5%
HV 60d17.7%17.0%18.6%18.6%17.1%
IV Rank21.1%0.0%44.6%24.0%19.7%
IV Percentile28.4%0.0%77.8%29.4%21.4%
Term Structure0.2%-0.7%0.9%-0.1%0.1%
VWIV21.4%19.0%24.3%22.3%20.3%
Skew 25d1.5%0.8%2.0%1.9%1.7%
Skew 10d3.1%1.0%4.5%4.1%2.9%
Call IV 25d20.3%17.4%23.7%20.8%19.7%
Put IV 25d21.8%18.9%24.4%22.7%21.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.031.343.421.342.10
Gamma HHI0.190.130.240.240.15
Net GEX209.4M149.8M273.6M225.3M175.9M
Net DEX-6.08B-8.14B-4.55B-5.72B-4.74B
Net VEX-20.5M-22.6M-19.4M-19.8M-22.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.440.250.930.390.39
Total Volume423,952.524183,9191,091,590238,075259,395
Total OI5,955,0254,401,7897,397,7696,292,9974,951,784

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-01-02$29.84$27.0021.3%6.3%17.7%24.0%22.3%1.9%-0.1%225.3M-5.72B-19.8M0.391.34171,39266,6833,460,0372,832,960
2018-01-03$29.79$27.0021.3%6.4%12.8%24.2%23.2%1.9%0.4%230.4M-5.58B-19.8M0.571.89117,46266,4573,518,0682,851,146
2018-01-04$30.18$27.0022.1%6.4%13.1%31.0%22.2%1.3%0.0%258.5M-6.24B-19.7M0.251.66595,329150,7943,542,1502,877,418
2018-01-05$30.31$27.0021.6%6.3%12.4%27.6%22.0%1.6%-0.0%244.6M-6.63B-19.7M0.282.22214,81060,4683,717,9352,934,283
2018-01-08$30.11$27.0022.4%6.5%12.8%33.8%22.7%1.2%0.2%262.8M-6.05B-20.3M0.392.10214,51384,3983,635,9592,878,266
2018-01-09$30.28$27.0022.2%6.5%12.7%32.5%23.1%1.3%0.4%268.3M-6.41B-19.9M0.402.25273,390109,5843,682,3082,912,761
2018-01-10$30.51$27.0021.9%6.2%12.8%29.6%21.7%1.5%-0.2%273.6M-6.80B-19.9M0.401.85277,689109,9003,714,1822,970,674
2018-01-11$30.63$28.0023.3%6.6%12.1%40.7%23.4%1.3%-0.7%247.3M-6.90B-19.8M0.271.84397,819105,5283,704,1923,007,672
2018-01-12$31.18$28.0021.4%6.2%11.2%26.4%21.7%1.3%0.2%224.9M-8.14B-19.4M0.471.75440,087208,0083,831,2443,041,962
2018-01-16$31.18$28.0023.8%6.8%10.9%44.6%24.3%0.8%-0.6%205.4M-7.49B-19.7M0.273.42661,483181,6863,707,6653,042,551
2018-01-17$31.10$28.0020.5%5.9%10.9%19.3%21.3%1.5%0.0%213.5M-7.53B-20.2M0.421.96769,659321,9313,870,0313,083,270
2018-01-18$31.49$28.0020.0%5.8%10.5%15.6%20.2%1.5%-0.4%248.5M-7.92B-20.4M0.362.08331,270119,6634,091,7383,306,031
2018-01-19$31.72$28.0018.4%5.2%10.5%3.0%19.5%1.7%0.3%153.5M-7.63B-20.8M0.371.76284,383106,2233,957,2173,333,986
2018-01-22$31.94$28.0017.9%5.2%10.5%0.0%19.2%1.5%0.7%167.1M-4.71B-20.6M0.932.20146,546136,8972,685,6001,716,189
2018-01-23$31.92$28.0018.3%5.3%10.4%2.5%19.0%1.2%0.8%166.3M-4.78B-20.3M0.631.95166,036104,7332,721,5321,800,645
2018-01-24$32.12$28.0018.7%5.5%10.4%5.6%19.4%1.3%0.8%174.0M-5.01B-20.5M0.442.22334,177147,5362,760,4351,854,374
2018-01-25$32.07$29.0018.9%5.5%10.3%7.1%20.0%1.6%0.7%197.3M-4.91B-21.9M0.571.88194,316111,2082,866,7911,895,075
2018-01-26$32.16$29.0018.8%5.4%10.2%7.0%20.0%1.4%0.9%150.1M-5.01B-21.9M0.332.30212,42071,0302,875,4861,958,080
2018-01-29$32.27$29.0020.7%5.9%10.1%21.1%21.2%1.9%0.4%159.4M-4.99B-22.1M0.681.81148,944101,6292,808,8331,876,125
2018-01-30$31.96$29.0021.6%6.2%10.6%28.0%22.2%2.0%0.1%149.8M-4.55B-22.6M0.372.11239,21588,3122,855,8221,923,048
2018-01-31$31.99$29.5020.5%5.8%10.5%19.7%20.3%1.7%0.1%175.9M-4.74B-22.2M0.392.10186,13073,2652,990,0091,961,775