BAC Options History — May 2019

In May 2019, BAC traded between $26.62 and $30.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.7%, placing in the 28.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 22.7%). Max pain ranged from $27.00 to $29.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2019-05-29: Highest Volume — 303,489 contracts
  • 2019-05-07: Largest IV spike — 25.5% change
  • 2019-05-13: Highest IV Rank — 45.5%
  • 2019-05-13: Largest Expected Move — 8.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.82$26.62$30.72$30.35$26.62
Max Pain$28.39$27.00$29.00$27.00$28.00
ATM IV23.7%20.2%28.8%20.2%28.0%
Expected Move6.8%5.6%8.1%6.0%8.1%
HV 20d22.7%16.3%28.1%16.7%28.0%
HV 60d22.5%19.9%24.9%20.2%24.9%
IV Rank28.5%16.7%45.5%16.7%43.0%
IV Percentile61.5%36.5%86.5%37.7%84.9%
Term Structure-0.0%-0.8%1.4%0.1%-0.5%
VWIV24.0%20.4%30.1%21.2%30.1%
Skew 25d5.0%2.9%6.8%2.9%5.7%
Skew 10d9.5%5.9%13.6%6.1%11.3%
Call IV 25d21.7%18.4%26.2%19.1%26.2%
Put IV 25d26.6%21.3%32.2%22.0%31.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.091.762.692.692.02
Gamma HHI0.110.080.230.120.09
Net GEX45.0M-28.0M147.0M142.2M-22.5M
Net DEX-817.6M-2.97B950.2M-2.58B950.2M
Net VEX-19.7M-21.3M-17.3M-20.9M-17.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.241.340.471.34
Total Volume231,283.682165,098303,489296,996228,731
Total OI4,532,251.7734,091,4274,868,7664,570,3724,471,743

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-05-01$30.35$27.0020.2%6.0%16.7%16.7%21.2%2.9%0.1%142.2M-2.58B-20.9M0.472.69202,13194,8652,762,3661,808,006
2019-05-02$30.45$27.0020.8%6.0%16.6%18.8%21.3%3.1%0.5%144.3M-2.69B-21.1M0.312.19176,38855,2982,789,4001,840,521
2019-05-03$30.72$27.0020.2%5.6%16.3%16.7%20.4%2.9%1.0%147.0M-2.97B-20.8M0.582.17135,69678,5752,806,3991,855,450
2019-05-06$30.49$28.0021.4%6.5%16.5%20.8%22.9%4.6%0.2%135.8M-2.54B-21.0M0.782.0298,95677,0822,672,7721,823,929
2019-05-07$29.71$28.0026.9%7.3%19.3%39.1%26.2%6.2%-0.5%92.6M-1.73B-21.3M0.772.08146,045112,2862,704,3441,848,996
2019-05-08$29.90$28.0024.1%6.9%18.8%29.7%25.5%5.6%-0.4%103.4M-1.92B-21.3M1.002.50108,612108,8682,759,9771,899,965
2019-05-09$29.72$29.0025.1%6.9%18.7%33.1%25.4%6.2%-0.0%70.7M-1.64B-21.3M0.822.00113,25793,1982,801,5541,964,256
2019-05-10$29.55$29.0023.2%6.5%18.8%26.9%23.6%5.0%-0.0%-28.0M-1.43B-21.0M0.502.21142,04571,0582,842,7402,008,063
2019-05-13$28.12$29.0028.8%8.1%22.6%45.5%27.1%6.8%-0.2%24.3M-158.0M-20.0M0.572.23187,269106,9192,684,0311,930,530
2019-05-14$28.70$29.0024.7%6.8%23.9%31.8%24.3%5.7%-0.8%39.0M-669.6M-20.0M0.452.02149,90167,1422,768,0251,965,262
2019-05-15$28.30$29.0023.1%6.8%24.2%26.3%23.4%5.6%1.0%14.5M-232.5M-19.5M0.261.76230,46359,5482,795,7531,986,821
2019-05-16$28.61$28.0022.0%6.2%24.4%22.9%21.8%4.8%-0.6%46.7M-467.3M-19.4M0.291.81134,01339,3602,844,6632,010,662
2019-05-17$28.37$29.0022.6%6.7%24.5%24.7%22.5%5.1%1.4%909.8K-196.2M-19.3M0.491.89132,19065,2332,852,3602,016,406
2019-05-20$28.40$29.0023.2%6.7%24.5%27.0%25.2%4.8%0.0%16.6M-211.0M-19.0M0.682.06116,53979,3762,355,2001,736,227
2019-05-21$28.68$29.0021.7%6.2%24.8%21.9%21.1%4.6%0.1%41.4M-417.1M-19.1M0.551.95148,93682,0022,424,4911,771,033
2019-05-22$28.53$29.0022.0%6.3%24.8%22.7%21.6%3.9%0.2%45.8M-315.1M-19.1M0.722.06122,03788,3392,504,3961,816,067
2019-05-23$27.63$29.0025.6%7.3%26.8%34.7%24.8%5.3%-0.1%-21.3M409.3M-18.6M0.462.16201,99992,0482,543,4211,832,365
2019-05-24$28.20$28.0023.1%6.6%28.1%26.6%23.7%5.0%0.4%11.7M-104.7M-19.1M1.251.9980,351100,5072,611,8821,835,581
2019-05-28$27.98$28.5023.8%6.8%27.0%28.8%24.2%4.4%-0.5%-3.2M86.3M-18.5M0.241.90133,15631,9422,367,6851,790,547
2019-05-29$27.80$28.5024.6%7.0%26.9%31.6%24.7%5.5%-0.8%-205.3K214.9M-18.3M0.252.32242,86260,6272,433,4761,795,882
2019-05-30$27.14$28.5026.5%7.6%27.8%37.9%27.2%5.2%-0.5%-11.8M629.0M-17.8M0.411.92206,90985,4822,551,5721,824,720
2019-05-31$26.62$28.0028.0%8.1%28.0%43.0%30.1%5.7%-0.5%-22.5M950.2M-17.3M1.342.0297,729131,0022,614,2801,857,463