BAC Options History — November 2018

In November 2018, BAC traded between $26.97 and $28.83. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.9%, placing in the 56.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 25.9%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $29.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.55.

Notable Days

  • 2018-11-14: Highest Volume — 470,215 contracts
  • 2018-11-12: Largest IV spike — 15.8% change
  • 2018-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 77.3%
  • 2018-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 8.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.92$26.97$28.83$27.79$28.58
Max Pain$29.00$29.00$29.00$29.00$29.00
ATM IV25.9%22.6%29.7%25.7%23.5%
Expected Move7.5%6.5%8.5%7.8%7.1%
HV 20d25.9%22.4%28.2%27.6%23.1%
HV 60d21.4%20.2%23.1%20.7%23.1%
IV Rank56.6%39.1%77.3%55.9%44.2%
IV Percentile82.9%65.5%95.6%86.9%71.0%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.5%0.9%0.4%0.2%
VWIV26.5%23.5%30.7%28.9%26.1%
Skew 25d5.0%4.4%6.2%4.8%4.4%
Skew 10d9.8%8.0%12.2%9.9%8.3%
Call IV 25d23.8%20.7%27.1%24.1%21.6%
Put IV 25d28.9%25.4%33.3%28.9%26.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.862.354.582.573.05
Gamma HHI0.140.100.200.150.18
Net GEX90.6M-9.8M175.1M143.5M164.9M
Net DEX-611.1M-1.64B484.8M-1.03B-1.61B
Net VEX-22.3M-23.9M-20.3M-23.9M-21.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.550.230.940.880.23
Total Volume270,603.619146,006470,215209,537313,960
Total OI5,986,405.5715,465,3046,347,0836,312,2675,913,802

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-11-01$27.79$29.0025.7%7.8%27.6%55.9%28.9%4.8%0.4%143.5M-1.03B-23.9M0.882.57111,29998,2383,950,4442,361,823
2018-11-02$27.83$29.0026.6%8.1%27.6%60.4%30.7%5.5%0.2%144.7M-1.10B-23.7M0.593.30177,285104,7563,950,3352,396,748
2018-11-05$28.13$29.0027.5%7.8%27.8%65.2%27.3%5.2%-0.2%74.8M-913.9M-23.8M0.942.59106,35499,7333,676,4952,283,190
2018-11-06$28.07$29.0026.8%7.7%27.6%61.6%27.1%4.8%-0.2%76.6M-801.5M-23.8M0.752.37114,73285,8583,708,0302,340,213
2018-11-07$28.56$29.0023.0%6.5%28.0%41.4%23.5%4.7%0.1%107.0M-1.32B-23.5M0.452.42230,893102,8883,745,9212,372,732
2018-11-08$28.83$29.0022.6%6.6%25.7%39.1%24.5%4.8%0.3%150.7M-1.64B-23.8M0.452.70264,038119,5243,813,5512,393,588
2018-11-09$28.60$29.0024.1%6.8%25.8%47.2%25.7%5.0%0.3%113.5M-1.26B-23.7M0.702.64126,97989,2163,865,5182,425,715
2018-11-12$27.75$29.0027.9%7.8%27.9%67.4%26.9%5.0%-0.6%45.9M-235.7M-22.3M0.293.27177,42352,0853,709,2252,330,334
2018-11-13$27.79$29.0026.4%7.6%27.6%59.3%25.5%5.0%0.2%52.4M-257.8M-22.1M0.632.3589,71756,2893,809,1482,338,655
2018-11-14$27.31$29.0027.9%8.2%27.7%67.5%27.0%5.2%0.9%32.9M239.4M-21.8M0.672.43282,099188,1163,851,1112,353,974
2018-11-15$27.86$29.0026.7%7.7%28.2%61.3%27.0%5.2%0.3%83.7M-370.3M-22.2M0.472.53137,00363,8853,920,7752,345,239
2018-11-16$27.82$29.0025.1%7.3%28.1%52.9%26.1%5.2%0.6%53.8M-305.1M-22.1M0.363.22228,51281,1443,945,9022,360,703
2018-11-19$27.67$29.0027.1%7.7%25.2%62.9%26.9%5.4%-1.0%49.4M-212.7M-21.5M0.493.12184,75789,9303,289,6512,175,653
2018-11-20$27.52$29.0029.7%8.5%24.9%77.3%29.0%6.2%-1.5%47.8M-132.2M-21.8M0.503.27283,095140,6543,400,9722,207,072
2018-11-21$27.33$29.0026.8%7.7%23.1%61.8%26.4%5.4%-1.0%39.6M109.6M-20.8M0.582.78131,70575,9023,477,8142,254,016
2018-11-23$26.97$29.0028.1%8.2%23.1%68.8%28.1%5.0%-2.5%-9.8M484.8M-20.3M0.294.58269,04777,2313,534,3692,274,625
2018-11-26$27.64$29.0025.7%7.7%24.1%55.6%25.8%5.2%-0.1%90.0M-187.8M-20.9M0.592.87146,75387,0323,399,0262,215,145
2018-11-27$27.73$29.0025.1%7.5%24.1%52.7%25.7%4.6%-0.0%110.4M-328.7M-20.9M0.682.43120,60082,1323,462,2922,233,917
2018-11-28$28.41$29.0022.9%6.9%25.1%40.9%24.6%4.4%0.0%156.5M-1.17B-21.9M0.442.84215,46895,6123,493,0922,272,950
2018-11-29$28.11$29.0023.8%7.2%22.4%45.5%24.3%4.5%-0.3%175.1M-798.4M-21.3M0.542.75117,24263,4903,552,0212,308,731
2018-11-30$28.58$29.0023.5%7.1%23.1%44.2%26.1%4.4%0.2%164.9M-1.61B-21.9M0.233.05254,38159,5793,597,2872,316,515