BAC Options History — February 2019

In February 2019, BAC traded between $28.18 and $29.54. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.2%, placing in the 20.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 24.1%). Max pain ranged from $26.00 to $29.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.55.

Notable Days

  • 2019-02-27: Highest Volume — 501,164 contracts
  • 2019-02-07: Largest IV spike — 15.1% change
  • 2019-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 29.8%
  • 2019-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 6.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.90$28.18$29.54$28.35$29.27
Max Pain$26.79$26.00$29.00$26.00$29.00
ATM IV21.2%19.7%24.1%22.2%20.2%
Expected Move6.1%5.5%6.8%6.6%5.6%
HV 20d24.1%18.7%30.9%30.9%18.7%
HV 60d31.0%30.1%31.8%31.6%30.1%
IV Rank20.3%15.1%29.8%23.6%16.7%
IV Percentile40.5%28.6%66.7%46.8%32.5%
Term Structure0.1%-0.5%0.9%0.3%-0.1%
VWIV21.8%19.6%27.0%22.3%20.3%
Skew 25d3.1%2.3%3.7%2.9%2.3%
Skew 10d6.5%5.0%8.7%6.4%5.0%
Call IV 25d20.1%18.8%22.3%21.1%19.4%
Put IV 25d23.2%21.4%26.0%24.0%21.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.742.093.472.232.69
Gamma HHI0.120.090.140.120.14
Net GEX90.3M44.4M128.1M63.1M107.3M
Net DEX-1.83B-2.40B-1.31B-1.42B-1.76B
Net VEX-21.6M-22.0M-21.3M-21.3M-21.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.550.111.120.630.58
Total Volume224,581.05380,106501,164389,013182,449
Total OI4,271,344.0534,046,2714,485,1674,278,7054,263,754

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-02-01$28.35$26.0022.2%6.6%30.9%23.6%22.3%2.9%0.3%63.1M-1.42B-21.3M0.632.23239,015149,9982,640,8731,637,832
2019-02-04$28.90$26.0021.0%6.1%28.7%19.6%21.8%3.3%0.1%89.8M-1.98B-21.8M0.282.94184,83652,4922,535,0591,592,704
2019-02-05$28.76$26.0021.0%6.1%29.0%19.4%21.0%3.5%0.2%85.1M-1.85B-21.9M0.223.18142,90331,6732,622,3331,622,660
2019-02-06$28.76$26.0020.7%6.1%28.7%18.3%21.4%3.3%0.3%91.1M-1.91B-21.9M0.453.2955,39124,7152,700,1661,634,547
2019-02-07$28.18$26.0023.8%6.7%30.1%28.7%23.3%3.7%-0.5%44.4M-1.31B-21.6M0.312.55259,79479,3562,720,7991,648,153
2019-02-08$28.19$26.0024.1%6.8%30.1%29.8%22.9%3.6%-0.5%54.3M-1.33B-21.6M0.593.25108,80064,1572,821,7631,663,404
2019-02-11$28.39$26.0023.3%6.7%30.0%27.1%22.4%3.6%-0.4%67.9M-1.54B-21.4M0.542.2158,88731,5562,654,9451,616,318
2019-02-12$28.68$26.0021.4%6.1%29.9%21.0%21.8%3.4%0.8%88.5M-1.79B-21.6M0.522.67100,35351,7342,674,1311,635,499
2019-02-13$28.80$26.0020.9%6.0%29.8%19.2%22.8%3.4%-0.1%100.0M-1.86B-21.6M0.512.2295,31648,9632,684,9851,661,758
2019-02-14$28.52$26.0021.1%6.0%19.4%19.8%22.3%2.9%0.9%77.2M-1.55B-21.3M0.483.47159,59076,8262,704,3961,673,165
2019-02-15$29.12$27.0021.1%6.0%19.7%19.9%21.5%2.7%0.7%95.2M-2.40B-21.5M0.692.68257,208178,7512,786,3781,693,872
2019-02-19$29.19$27.0021.2%6.0%19.3%20.0%20.9%3.2%0.1%98.3M-1.94B-21.7M1.122.8385,13495,1322,512,4431,533,828
2019-02-20$29.43$27.0020.4%5.8%19.2%17.5%21.4%3.1%0.1%110.6M-2.17B-22.0M0.882.5692,33681,4402,536,2931,580,154
2019-02-21$29.23$27.5021.0%6.1%19.4%19.4%21.4%3.0%-0.1%97.0M-1.92B-21.7M0.972.8973,72471,3122,555,6631,630,191
2019-02-22$29.09$27.5020.6%5.6%19.3%18.0%20.3%2.9%0.2%89.6M-1.78B-21.5M0.433.27133,91156,9442,589,2151,649,182
2019-02-25$29.32$28.0019.7%5.5%18.7%15.1%19.6%2.5%0.3%111.6M-2.00B-21.5M0.382.25137,76252,5022,567,4231,588,654
2019-02-26$29.38$28.0020.0%5.7%18.7%16.0%19.9%2.7%0.0%115.9M-2.05B-21.6M0.702.09147,793103,1232,606,1581,614,337
2019-02-27$29.54$28.0020.1%5.8%18.7%16.5%27.0%2.5%0.0%128.1M-2.15B-22.0M0.112.73451,58049,5842,633,5821,668,920
2019-02-28$29.27$29.0020.2%5.6%18.7%16.7%20.3%2.3%-0.1%107.3M-1.76B-21.8M0.582.69115,76666,6832,579,6771,684,077