BAC Options History — May 2018

In May 2018, BAC traded between $28.95 and $31.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.5%, placing in the 11.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 19.7%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2018-05-29: Highest Volume — 685,240 contracts
  • 2018-05-29: Largest IV spike — 25.7% change
  • 2018-05-29: Highest IV Rank — 35.5%
  • 2018-05-29: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.18$28.95$31.15$29.85$29.02
Max Pain$29.68$29.00$30.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV19.5%17.0%23.0%20.0%22.3%
Expected Move5.6%4.8%6.8%5.8%6.3%
HV 20d19.7%14.1%25.7%25.7%23.3%
HV 60d26.9%26.0%30.0%30.0%27.4%
IV Rank11.2%0.0%35.5%12.7%31.3%
IV Percentile16.6%0.0%72.6%17.1%61.5%
Term Structure0.3%-0.9%1.4%-0.1%-0.9%
VWIV19.9%17.2%24.0%21.4%22.1%
Skew 25d2.5%1.9%3.2%3.2%2.3%
Skew 10d4.6%3.2%5.9%5.9%4.0%
Call IV 25d18.4%16.4%22.3%18.5%22.0%
Put IV 25d20.9%18.4%24.7%21.7%24.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.111.602.762.562.76
Gamma HHI0.140.080.450.090.09
Net GEX114.1M16.2M390.4M69.2M39.5M
Net DEX-2.01B-3.25B-471.4M-1.47B-519.2M
Net VEX-23.2M-23.8M-22.1M-22.7M-23.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.241.060.390.37
Total Volume358,342.591233,246685,240270,493371,749
Total OI5,579,1115,134,4855,984,9805,275,2465,792,099

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-05-01$29.85$30.0020.0%5.8%25.7%12.7%21.4%3.2%-0.1%69.2M-1.47B-22.7M0.392.56194,90375,5903,045,6452,229,601
2018-05-02$29.67$30.0020.0%5.9%25.4%13.0%19.8%2.7%0.0%63.6M-1.32B-22.2M0.472.11159,16374,0833,117,0752,264,462
2018-05-03$29.14$29.0021.9%6.4%25.3%25.0%22.1%3.0%-0.2%16.2M-775.1M-22.1M0.372.10431,364160,3993,191,7932,289,378
2018-05-04$29.35$29.0020.6%6.1%23.0%16.5%21.1%2.7%0.0%43.1M-1.04B-22.5M0.441.89199,82387,6973,321,7282,343,236
2018-05-07$29.65$29.0020.1%5.7%22.1%13.4%20.2%2.6%-0.1%62.1M-1.40B-22.7M0.421.75187,76678,4723,119,4812,308,551
2018-05-08$29.98$29.0019.4%5.8%21.9%9.5%20.2%2.9%0.6%109.3M-1.86B-23.0M0.581.79157,95091,6653,208,2522,348,603
2018-05-09$30.68$29.0019.2%5.6%22.6%8.2%20.3%2.4%0.2%181.7M-2.84B-23.6M1.062.26229,502244,1193,246,3082,378,132
2018-05-10$30.87$29.0018.7%5.5%20.9%4.7%19.5%2.5%0.7%194.2M-3.14B-23.8M0.482.13250,370119,9003,270,6242,438,321
2018-05-11$30.93$29.0018.1%5.3%17.1%1.3%18.7%2.5%0.7%390.4M-3.21B-23.4M0.271.60217,06058,3403,318,4092,453,189
2018-05-14$31.14$30.0018.2%5.3%16.7%1.7%18.8%2.5%0.2%183.1M-3.25B-23.0M0.861.80175,356151,6013,179,2792,361,112
2018-05-15$31.15$30.0019.3%5.6%16.7%8.4%19.7%2.6%0.2%164.7M-3.24B-23.6M0.732.41206,293150,9873,253,6382,405,172
2018-05-16$31.08$30.0018.2%5.2%15.0%2.0%18.1%2.0%0.1%181.0M-3.22B-23.5M0.431.72227,41697,1443,344,2852,448,139
2018-05-17$30.74$30.0018.3%5.2%14.1%2.4%18.8%2.4%0.6%135.7M-2.58B-23.4M0.552.10191,439105,5523,447,7892,464,817
2018-05-18$30.31$30.0019.0%5.5%15.1%6.9%19.3%1.9%-0.0%76.8M-2.02B-23.3M0.731.75166,986122,0043,491,9582,493,022
2018-05-21$30.53$30.0017.9%5.0%15.3%0.0%17.6%2.2%0.8%102.3M-2.27B-23.4M0.241.89224,26454,8762,938,5532,195,932
2018-05-22$30.95$30.0017.0%4.8%15.7%0.0%17.2%2.0%1.4%169.3M-2.85B-23.4M0.322.32201,55365,4543,022,5502,219,791
2018-05-23$30.36$30.0018.7%5.3%17.4%10.2%18.7%2.4%1.0%88.6M-2.06B-23.3M0.392.16314,115123,1933,081,5532,237,668
2018-05-24$30.20$30.0018.7%5.2%17.5%10.3%18.4%2.2%0.9%79.8M-1.86B-23.4M0.472.45264,970123,6153,224,0152,282,228
2018-05-25$30.05$30.0018.3%5.0%17.5%8.0%18.0%2.2%0.8%51.2M-1.64B-23.4M0.422.33241,661101,7143,306,4982,338,167
2018-05-29$28.95$30.0023.0%6.8%22.0%35.5%23.8%2.4%-0.3%17.4M-471.4M-22.8M0.382.49497,086188,1543,164,1762,329,202
2018-05-30$29.46$30.0021.1%5.8%22.8%24.6%24.0%2.5%-0.7%90.8M-1.25B-23.5M0.242.10402,39095,7993,437,7052,388,306
2018-05-31$29.02$30.0022.3%6.3%23.3%31.3%22.1%2.3%-0.9%39.5M-519.2M-23.5M0.372.76271,89699,8533,367,7302,424,369