BAC Options History — March 2020

In March 2020, BAC traded between $18.07 and $28.79. ATM implied volatility averaged 81.9%, placing in the 77.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 23.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.8% (HV 20d: 90.7%). Max pain ranged from $26.00 to $33.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.85.

Notable Days

  • 2020-03-24: Highest Volume — 544,072 contracts
  • 2020-03-05: Largest IV spike — 40.6% change
  • 2020-03-06: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2020-03-18: Largest Expected Move — 37.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.78$18.07$28.79$28.79$21.29
Max Pain$29.09$26.00$33.00$33.00$26.00
ATM IV81.9%37.1%131.0%41.2%67.2%
Expected Move23.7%11.0%37.5%12.7%21.9%
HV 20d90.7%39.2%131.5%40.0%130.4%
HV 60d56.5%27.4%78.5%27.4%78.5%
IV Rank77.4%44.3%100.0%65.0%44.3%
IV Percentile98.3%93.7%100.0%99.6%93.7%
Term Structure-2.7%-6.3%2.2%-1.4%-1.8%
VWIV83.5%38.1%135.5%46.6%74.0%
Skew 25d31.5%11.5%57.0%13.0%24.5%
Skew 10d60.8%23.3%104.2%26.0%48.1%
Call IV 25d68.3%32.1%108.3%36.4%57.6%
Put IV 25d99.8%43.5%157.6%49.4%82.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.652.1011.182.832.71
Gamma HHI0.080.060.110.080.07
Net GEX-12.3M-23.2M-4.9M-20.9M-11.3M
Net DEX1.86B1.31B2.38B1.31B1.87B
Net VEX-14.5M-16.1M-10.8M-16.1M-14.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.850.421.620.690.77
Total Volume395,629.409252,655544,072356,423252,655
Total OI3,904,298.8183,090,5744,267,5103,090,5744,180,334

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-03-02$28.79$33.0041.2%12.7%40.0%65.0%46.6%13.0%-1.4%-20.9M1.31B-16.1M0.692.83210,500145,9231,484,8001,605,774
2020-03-03$28.07$33.0046.1%14.6%40.1%77.9%50.7%15.2%-1.3%-19.9M1.50B-16.0M0.773.28227,794174,8061,576,9051,669,295
2020-03-04$28.22$32.0037.1%11.0%39.2%54.1%38.1%11.5%-0.5%-23.2M1.49B-15.6M0.422.39316,261133,4691,677,1801,731,344
2020-03-05$26.51$32.0052.1%13.8%40.8%93.7%45.3%17.9%-1.3%-21.9M1.95B-15.6M0.853.30215,143183,6721,786,0181,774,735
2020-03-06$25.56$31.0059.9%15.7%41.2%100.0%54.8%26.1%-1.5%-18.4M2.04B-15.7M1.153.83206,885238,8611,870,7211,795,385
2020-03-09$21.87$30.0080.0%21.7%64.4%100.0%75.5%34.7%-3.5%-15.0M2.38B-12.2M0.672.10262,050176,3051,804,9331,785,213
2020-03-10$23.62$30.0074.5%20.3%73.2%91.4%80.5%31.1%-3.7%-12.6M2.04B-15.0M0.834.89190,768159,0601,915,1531,813,689
2020-03-11$22.74$29.0086.5%23.9%72.8%100.0%84.1%36.5%-4.1%-10.9M2.06B-14.7M1.144.09167,482190,4461,977,3541,884,182
2020-03-12$20.65$29.00107.9%29.7%76.9%100.0%98.9%48.8%-6.3%-11.7M2.25B-12.9M1.623.03198,666322,4142,041,1801,952,452
2020-03-13$23.11$29.0090.3%25.1%91.1%80.8%92.8%57.0%-3.5%-8.1M1.87B-15.9M1.159.09216,396248,4132,099,7542,021,167
2020-03-16$20.84$29.00113.3%32.0%95.4%100.0%111.8%44.1%-1.3%-10.5M2.06B-14.4M0.765.81219,720167,8452,045,3182,050,317
2020-03-17$21.84$29.00101.1%28.8%98.8%87.4%97.3%40.1%-2.7%-9.7M1.95B-15.2M0.803.43199,834160,7902,090,5152,065,474
2020-03-18$19.77$29.00131.0%37.5%101.4%100.0%135.5%49.3%-5.7%-8.9M1.98B-14.0M0.842.71204,838171,4012,117,1432,083,680
2020-03-19$21.70$29.00105.7%30.5%109.8%77.9%110.9%37.4%-5.0%-8.0M1.79B-15.5M0.738.12209,255151,9952,158,3642,093,243
2020-03-20$19.81$28.00100.3%29.0%112.3%73.2%101.0%36.3%-0.5%-12.9M2.21B-12.6M0.7911.18280,584221,7842,163,4102,104,100
2020-03-23$18.07$28.00105.7%31.7%114.5%77.9%115.2%38.7%-3.7%-9.8M2.05B-10.8M0.793.86208,591165,2261,925,4571,938,874
2020-03-24$20.78$28.0085.1%25.2%128.8%60.0%90.7%23.3%-5.5%-8.8M1.81B-13.3M0.749.84312,576231,4962,016,2491,966,180
2020-03-25$21.86$27.0084.6%25.5%131.3%59.5%89.4%25.7%2.2%-7.1M1.57B-15.2M0.664.61271,911178,3512,072,2932,023,087
2020-03-26$22.34$27.0079.0%23.9%131.5%54.6%82.0%27.5%-2.8%-4.9M1.48B-15.6M0.793.55197,019154,9992,122,3702,058,317
2020-03-27$21.68$26.0080.3%25.0%130.9%55.8%83.8%28.8%-2.3%-8.5M1.65B-14.8M0.893.68150,427133,6832,165,6202,094,398
2020-03-30$22.05$26.0073.4%22.8%130.3%49.7%77.4%26.0%-3.3%-8.3M1.67B-14.7M0.903.98144,349129,2042,083,8872,008,710
2020-03-31$21.29$26.0067.2%21.9%130.4%44.3%74.0%24.5%-1.8%-11.3M1.87B-14.1M0.772.71142,741109,9142,129,0882,051,246