BAC Options History — May 2020

In May 2020, BAC traded between $20.82 and $25.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 48.8%, placing in the 28.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.2% (HV 20d: 61.1%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $27.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.64.

Notable Days

  • 2020-05-27: Highest Volume — 546,278 contracts
  • 2020-05-13: Largest IV spike — 17.9% change
  • 2020-05-13: Highest IV Rank — 34.7%
  • 2020-05-13: Largest Expected Move — 16.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.97$20.82$25.94$23.04$24.35
Max Pain$26.20$23.00$27.00$23.00$26.00
ATM IV48.8%44.7%56.2%51.7%46.3%
Expected Move14.0%12.7%16.2%15.4%12.9%
HV 20d61.1%50.3%72.1%72.1%63.6%
HV 60d91.8%89.9%94.3%90.0%94.3%
IV Rank28.3%24.7%34.7%30.8%26.1%
IV Percentile82.5%78.2%86.5%85.3%78.6%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.5%2.0%1.5%-0.7%
VWIV49.0%45.1%57.0%53.0%45.1%
Skew 25d9.0%6.4%12.7%11.9%6.9%
Skew 10d17.8%12.7%26.3%25.4%14.1%
Call IV 25d45.3%40.0%53.0%46.6%44.1%
Put IV 25d54.3%49.3%63.2%58.5%51.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.371.903.552.072.24
Gamma HHI0.070.060.120.080.07
Net GEX-2.9M-16.6M18.1M-8.4M165.2K
Net DEX1.21B-311.3M2.07B1.28B698.3M
Net VEX-17.4M-20.7M-14.8M-18.1M-19.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.640.311.051.050.88
Total Volume279,551.85158,629546,278281,884262,914
Total OI4,692,488.14,363,9915,016,4684,758,7534,804,941

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-05-01$23.04$23.0051.7%15.4%72.1%30.8%53.0%11.9%1.5%-8.4M1.28B-18.1M1.052.07137,824144,0602,431,6432,327,110
2020-05-04$22.93$27.0052.3%14.8%71.2%31.3%51.7%12.7%-0.6%-7.9M1.31B-17.6M0.622.48102,93663,5542,382,5072,273,653
2020-05-05$22.66$27.0050.9%14.2%66.8%30.0%48.6%11.6%-1.0%-7.6M1.43B-17.0M0.443.55115,78651,1022,413,1672,287,407
2020-05-06$22.39$27.0049.8%14.5%64.9%29.1%48.6%11.2%-0.2%-11.4M1.58B-16.7M0.722.4292,11266,5172,424,1772,303,144
2020-05-07$22.88$27.0046.5%13.5%63.6%26.2%47.0%9.6%-0.2%-5.9M1.36B-17.0M0.572.14165,90195,1612,452,3612,311,211
2020-05-08$23.56$27.0044.7%12.7%59.4%24.7%47.1%9.4%0.1%14.2M973.4M-17.6M0.722.53132,74795,2462,486,8882,324,759
2020-05-11$22.69$27.0047.2%13.4%59.3%26.8%47.0%8.7%-0.8%-7.4M1.38B-16.6M0.512.41146,28473,8882,412,8042,266,949
2020-05-12$22.01$27.0047.7%13.7%60.0%27.2%47.8%7.3%0.3%-13.0M1.69B-15.7M0.642.90157,535100,6722,460,8722,276,752
2020-05-13$20.82$26.0056.2%16.2%58.9%34.7%57.0%9.9%0.2%-16.6M2.07B-14.8M0.842.02170,294142,3252,506,9542,306,967
2020-05-14$21.71$26.0056.0%16.1%59.2%34.5%56.8%11.3%-0.2%-11.5M1.70B-16.3M0.612.71306,665185,8032,560,1572,344,535
2020-05-15$21.31$26.0053.4%15.7%50.3%32.3%53.7%8.4%2.0%-15.5M1.99B-15.7M0.712.46153,224108,7272,623,0302,393,438
2020-05-18$23.02$26.0047.7%13.7%56.1%27.3%48.3%9.2%0.4%-942.7K1.10B-17.4M0.312.10256,27479,9472,222,0162,141,975
2020-05-19$22.30$26.0048.7%14.0%56.6%28.2%48.6%7.8%-0.1%-3.2M1.36B-16.6M0.472.34127,46259,6682,283,9822,164,295
2020-05-20$22.98$26.0046.8%13.4%57.5%26.5%48.0%8.1%-0.6%5.7M1.13B-17.3M0.731.90107,48178,8262,324,8782,195,389
2020-05-21$22.86$26.0046.2%13.2%57.5%26.0%46.1%7.8%0.3%4.0M1.19B-17.3M0.662.11126,30083,9492,346,9352,224,009
2020-05-22$22.62$26.0046.0%13.1%57.5%25.8%46.3%7.2%1.2%-9.3M1.30B-17.0M0.791.91130,690103,2032,380,0152,247,159
2020-05-26$24.31$26.0045.5%13.1%59.7%25.4%46.6%6.5%-1.5%7.8M562.6M-18.8M0.372.59379,391142,2482,334,8512,226,896
2020-05-27$25.94$26.0046.4%13.2%63.6%26.1%46.6%8.2%-0.5%18.1M-311.3M-20.7M0.522.08359,085187,1932,385,3012,267,881
2020-05-28$24.95$26.0047.0%13.1%64.2%26.7%46.4%6.4%-1.4%10.0M309.6M-19.7M0.712.42174,628123,4152,395,0592,333,695
2020-05-29$24.35$26.0046.3%12.9%63.6%26.1%45.1%6.9%-0.7%165.2K698.3M-19.1M0.882.24139,892123,0222,435,6092,369,332