BAC Options History — April 2020

In April 2020, BAC traded between $19.63 and $24.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.3%, placing in the 38.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 41.6% (HV 20d: 101.8%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $26.00. Net GEX was positive for 5 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2020-04-09: Highest Volume — 621,304 contracts
  • 2020-04-06: Largest IV drop — 15.7% change
  • 2020-04-01: Highest IV Rank — 57.7%
  • 2020-04-01: Largest Expected Move — 24.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.53$19.63$24.95$19.63$24.05
Max Pain$24.52$23.00$26.00$26.00$23.00
ATM IV60.3%43.4%82.5%82.5%46.5%
Expected Move17.3%12.7%24.5%24.5%13.6%
HV 20d101.8%70.4%132.6%132.4%70.4%
HV 60d86.0%79.9%89.9%79.9%89.9%
IV Rank38.2%23.5%57.7%57.7%26.2%
IV Percentile89.9%84.1%95.6%95.6%84.9%
Term Structure-0.4%-3.1%1.5%-2.5%1.5%
VWIV60.0%45.9%89.0%89.0%47.0%
Skew 25d15.6%9.3%27.9%27.9%10.1%
Skew 10d31.6%20.4%51.4%51.4%21.6%
Call IV 25d53.7%39.6%69.7%69.7%42.2%
Put IV 25d69.3%49.0%97.6%97.6%52.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.321.823.613.611.82
Gamma HHI0.070.050.090.070.06
Net GEX-4.9M-14.8M12.9M-13.6M1.3M
Net DEX1.32B301.2M2.07B2.07B782.8M
Net VEX-16.7M-19.5M-12.6M-12.6M-18.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.521.261.090.98
Total Volume329,142.429170,912621,304267,292227,904
Total OI4,494,953.2384,230,2034,865,9294,230,2034,701,379

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-04-01$19.63$26.0082.5%24.5%132.4%57.7%89.0%27.9%-2.5%-13.6M2.07B-12.6M1.093.61128,178139,1142,160,5532,069,650
2020-04-02$20.36$26.0072.4%20.7%132.6%48.8%69.2%24.5%-1.9%-12.0M1.90B-13.5M1.072.57142,347151,6322,197,1442,078,923
2020-04-03$19.81$26.0072.8%20.1%132.5%49.2%68.5%23.1%-0.4%-14.2M2.00B-12.9M1.192.69120,822143,4132,234,7502,104,132
2020-04-06$21.34$26.0061.3%17.8%124.4%39.2%59.9%19.1%1.3%-9.1M1.75B-14.3M0.712.73181,691128,9122,168,8272,062,018
2020-04-07$22.38$25.0061.2%17.7%122.4%39.0%61.8%19.4%1.0%-4.5M1.46B-15.8M0.582.93235,784137,5142,219,5652,101,745
2020-04-08$23.32$25.0061.2%17.4%122.6%39.1%57.8%18.1%-0.2%-557.5K1.13B-17.1M0.612.19171,848104,1512,266,5242,123,755
2020-04-09$24.95$25.0061.3%17.4%119.0%39.2%59.7%16.4%-0.7%6.3M459.7M-19.3M0.522.04409,811211,4932,294,6402,163,069
2020-04-13$23.98$25.0064.5%18.3%113.7%42.0%62.5%16.0%-0.7%-586.0K1.00B-17.9M0.892.85166,389147,5682,289,5562,152,466
2020-04-14$23.68$25.0057.9%16.5%106.9%36.2%60.1%14.9%0.5%-3.6M1.18B-17.6M1.262.19169,607214,2532,346,2792,221,569
2020-04-15$22.20$25.0062.2%17.8%108.6%40.0%61.2%12.5%-0.4%-12.8M1.71B-16.2M0.681.85320,117216,6142,382,7762,291,966
2020-04-16$21.32$25.0063.9%18.4%103.3%41.5%63.3%12.6%-1.7%-14.8M1.93B-15.3M0.891.84185,855165,9452,444,5082,296,631
2020-04-17$23.23$25.0059.2%16.9%102.4%37.3%61.2%13.0%0.5%-3.7M1.15B-18.1M0.702.25258,073181,2002,537,9292,328,000
2020-04-20$22.31$25.0063.8%18.4%97.7%41.4%62.5%13.7%-3.1%-7.0M1.35B-17.2M0.662.43168,468111,7452,151,8782,121,353
2020-04-21$21.77$25.0066.1%19.0%91.5%43.3%66.4%15.3%-2.3%-8.6M1.51B-16.9M0.932.06166,624154,1792,224,8122,155,394
2020-04-22$21.96$23.0062.2%17.7%77.5%39.9%61.8%14.2%-0.6%-8.6M1.46B-17.2M0.902.0690,02980,8832,304,8632,229,692
2020-04-23$22.01$23.0058.1%16.6%75.4%36.4%56.3%13.1%-1.0%-8.5M1.47B-17.1M0.782.17114,28289,4872,330,9812,236,934
2020-04-24$22.29$23.0052.5%14.6%75.1%31.5%52.5%11.9%0.0%-8.1M1.41B-17.3M0.722.08115,35383,2492,370,2932,273,028
2020-04-27$23.59$23.0046.8%13.4%76.8%26.5%46.8%11.9%0.7%340.6K920.9M-18.3M0.712.11182,318128,9962,311,1602,201,811
2020-04-28$24.04$23.0045.4%13.2%76.8%25.2%45.9%11.5%1.5%6.8M704.5M-18.7M0.532.07249,344132,4722,353,4582,231,919
2020-04-29$24.89$23.0043.4%12.7%76.1%23.5%46.5%9.3%-0.4%12.9M301.2M-19.5M0.652.23233,538150,7892,394,9422,263,146
2020-04-30$24.05$23.0046.5%13.6%70.4%26.2%47.0%10.1%1.5%1.3M782.8M-18.8M0.981.82115,157112,7472,406,2712,295,108