BAC Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, BAC traded between $29.93 and $32.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.2%, placing in the 41.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.1% (HV 20d: 27.3%). Max pain ranged from $31.00 to $32.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-05: Highest Volume — 725,297 contracts
  • 2018-02-08: Largest IV spike — 36.9% change
  • 2018-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.62$29.93$32.44$32.44$32.17
Max Pain$31.58$31.00$32.00$32.00$32.00
ATM IV24.2%19.4%34.0%19.4%21.3%
Expected Move6.9%5.4%9.6%5.8%6.4%
HV 20d27.3%10.9%31.3%10.9%31.2%
HV 60d21.5%17.2%22.9%17.2%21.4%
IV Rank41.2%9.7%100.0%11.1%20.7%
IV Percentile59.8%9.5%100.0%9.5%34.9%
Term Structure0.1%-1.0%2.7%0.1%-0.6%
VWIV24.1%19.9%32.5%20.2%22.7%
Skew 25d4.7%2.1%8.2%2.1%3.3%
Skew 10d8.8%3.5%16.5%3.5%6.3%
Call IV 25d22.3%18.3%31.3%18.3%20.0%
Put IV 25d27.0%20.4%38.9%20.4%23.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.781.915.452.092.67
Gamma HHI0.200.110.750.150.15
Net GEX211.8M75.2M908.1M218.0M171.3M
Net DEX-4.14B-5.51B-2.05B-5.32B-4.30B
Net VEX-24.9M-26.6M-22.2M-22.2M-24.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.340.700.520.36
Total Volume423,110.842191,596725,297292,737416,019
Total OI5,436,715.8425,018,0615,953,7705,029,7355,363,875

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$32.44$32.0019.4%5.8%10.9%11.1%20.2%2.1%0.1%218.0M-5.32B-22.2M0.522.09192,485100,2523,033,6461,996,089
2018-02-02$31.90$32.0022.7%6.5%12.7%35.9%21.9%2.9%-0.4%144.6M-4.47B-22.9M0.451.99373,746167,6023,082,8462,039,784
2018-02-05$30.46$32.0027.8%8.4%21.5%74.3%27.8%8.2%2.7%101.0M-2.76B-23.9M0.385.45525,360199,9373,005,1582,012,903
2018-02-06$31.20$32.0028.8%8.2%22.9%81.9%28.3%5.7%-0.4%148.2M-3.66B-25.4M0.654.04379,087244,8103,222,5732,074,541
2018-02-07$31.36$32.0024.7%7.5%22.9%51.4%27.0%4.8%1.6%183.5M-3.89B-25.3M0.663.55309,046203,7323,348,7022,190,230
2018-02-08$29.93$32.0033.9%9.6%28.5%100.0%32.5%7.6%-0.6%75.2M-2.05B-26.0M0.442.56384,065170,7653,453,5322,285,058
2018-02-09$30.35$31.0034.0%9.0%28.9%100.0%30.7%8.1%-1.0%110.2M-2.56B-26.6M0.705.06384,366269,7193,629,6932,324,077
2018-02-12$31.16$31.0027.9%8.0%29.8%62.2%27.4%6.2%-0.2%161.4M-3.81B-25.8M0.452.36287,320128,8553,404,9342,235,009
2018-02-13$31.18$31.0026.5%7.6%29.8%53.3%26.3%5.5%-0.0%175.7M-3.90B-26.1M0.582.54121,36570,2313,472,4702,277,098
2018-02-14$32.01$31.0023.0%6.6%31.2%31.6%22.9%5.1%0.1%237.8M-5.26B-25.4M0.552.02289,533158,6053,506,9452,298,437
2018-02-15$32.16$31.0022.0%6.3%31.0%25.3%22.6%3.9%0.5%267.8M-5.51B-25.5M0.482.51247,222119,3683,550,2422,344,975
2018-02-16$32.01$31.0021.3%6.1%30.9%21.2%21.0%3.9%0.5%908.1M-5.22B-25.3M0.472.57265,843123,6673,566,9522,370,954
2018-02-20$31.97$31.0022.6%6.5%30.8%29.0%22.8%4.2%-0.1%156.4M-4.16B-25.1M0.522.29138,70471,9883,041,8122,007,819
2018-02-21$31.91$31.5021.5%6.2%30.8%22.4%21.6%3.8%0.3%163.2M-4.10B-25.1M0.401.91233,88894,5423,086,4702,038,466
2018-02-22$31.71$32.0022.1%6.3%30.8%26.2%21.3%3.6%-0.1%138.8M-3.79B-24.9M0.412.42241,44298,6863,161,7122,080,066
2018-02-23$32.03$31.5019.9%5.6%31.1%12.3%20.0%3.4%0.2%282.3M-4.32B-24.5M0.421.99201,08485,2753,245,5142,101,698
2018-02-26$32.40$32.0019.5%5.4%31.3%9.7%19.9%3.6%-0.0%188.0M-4.80B-24.0M0.592.60233,388138,2173,128,2872,029,419
2018-02-27$32.40$32.0020.4%5.8%31.3%15.3%20.9%3.2%-0.2%193.4M-4.75B-24.2M0.342.29275,82193,0713,175,5612,110,054
2018-02-28$32.17$32.0021.3%6.4%31.2%20.7%22.7%3.3%-0.6%171.3M-4.30B-24.8M0.362.67305,386110,6333,224,3282,139,547