BAC Options History — December 2020

In December 2020, BAC traded between $28.21 and $30.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.9%, placing in the 13.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 34.2%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $28.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2020-12-02: Highest Volume — 608,011 contracts
  • 2020-12-21: Largest IV spike — 7.7% change
  • 2020-12-21: Highest IV Rank — 15.3%
  • 2020-12-07: Largest Expected Move — 9.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.21$28.21$30.26$28.71$30.26
Max Pain$27.77$25.00$28.00$25.00$28.00
ATM IV31.9%29.9%34.0%29.9%31.4%
Expected Move9.1%8.2%9.7%9.0%8.3%
HV 20d34.2%23.9%61.2%61.2%23.9%
HV 60d42.6%41.6%43.8%43.8%42.2%
IV Rank13.5%11.7%15.3%11.7%13.1%
IV Percentile25.7%20.6%32.1%24.6%20.6%
Term Structure0.7%-0.4%2.1%2.1%0.3%
VWIV32.5%29.4%36.4%32.5%29.4%
Skew 25d1.6%0.5%3.3%1.2%1.5%
Skew 10d4.4%2.3%8.8%3.0%4.0%
Call IV 25d32.2%30.4%34.0%30.4%31.8%
Put IV 25d33.8%31.6%35.5%31.6%33.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.211.703.381.932.10
Gamma HHI0.130.100.210.100.12
Net GEX72.2M30.9M95.0M75.7M82.2M
Net DEX-1.84B-2.46B-1.07B-2.07B-2.38B
Net VEX-16.8M-18.0M-15.8M-17.1M-15.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.160.790.790.36
Total Volume224,881.182130,195608,011226,845148,872
Total OI4,595,310.7734,243,8894,846,6764,663,4644,482,893

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-12-01$28.71$25.0029.9%9.0%61.2%11.7%32.5%1.2%2.1%75.7M-2.07B-17.1M0.791.93126,486100,3592,502,8032,160,661
2020-12-02$29.14$26.0030.3%9.0%60.6%12.0%31.3%1.1%1.8%84.9M-2.40B-17.2M0.161.98524,72183,2902,512,3942,172,362
2020-12-03$28.80$28.0030.7%9.4%57.7%12.4%33.1%1.5%2.1%74.3M-1.62B-18.0M0.523.38167,46787,3922,385,2862,224,986
2020-12-04$29.23$28.0031.0%9.3%56.9%12.7%32.9%0.5%1.8%73.9M-2.03B-17.7M0.332.36174,03356,6352,414,2052,251,157
2020-12-07$28.95$28.0033.0%9.7%57.0%14.4%36.4%1.9%0.3%73.4M-1.70B-17.5M0.602.26116,05869,4352,388,2452,225,453
2020-12-08$28.93$28.0032.3%9.4%30.2%13.8%33.6%1.0%0.3%72.3M-1.67B-17.6M0.291.98126,04236,5642,401,1382,253,387
2020-12-09$28.80$28.0032.8%9.3%29.4%14.3%33.3%1.7%0.1%73.7M-1.58B-17.4M0.352.21106,64636,8682,423,3522,258,769
2020-12-10$29.05$28.0032.0%9.2%29.2%13.6%32.7%1.7%-0.4%88.1M-1.79B-17.3M0.362.18158,78057,7272,438,2112,265,949
2020-12-11$28.53$28.0032.4%9.3%27.4%13.9%33.1%1.7%-0.1%30.9M-1.36B-17.0M0.521.70147,62476,9252,466,5182,286,961
2020-12-14$28.21$28.0032.6%9.4%26.5%14.1%34.3%2.2%0.9%60.5M-1.07B-16.9M0.712.13100,01771,0322,411,9722,272,191
2020-12-15$28.62$28.0031.2%9.0%26.7%12.9%32.5%2.9%1.4%69.2M-1.38B-16.7M0.381.90109,59742,0152,425,3082,300,653
2020-12-16$28.71$28.0031.9%9.1%26.6%13.4%33.2%2.2%1.3%70.3M-1.47B-16.8M0.462.1589,11441,0812,438,0642,299,929
2020-12-17$28.82$28.0030.7%8.7%26.1%12.4%30.9%1.3%1.7%81.2M-1.64B-16.3M0.663.22160,271105,8422,459,1102,311,220
2020-12-18$28.62$28.0031.6%8.9%26.1%13.2%32.3%3.3%1.5%57.7M-1.37B-16.5M0.511.91123,78563,6002,480,7152,365,961
2020-12-21$29.73$28.0034.0%9.6%28.8%15.3%33.7%1.5%-0.1%62.7M-1.98B-16.4M0.372.42333,408123,7122,178,1092,065,780
2020-12-22$29.23$28.0032.3%9.0%29.1%13.8%31.9%1.4%0.5%64.8M-1.66B-16.5M0.422.13127,28052,9602,269,8372,117,970
2020-12-23$30.20$28.0033.2%9.2%26.0%14.6%32.6%0.9%-0.0%95.0M-2.46B-16.6M0.412.23251,058102,5342,294,0692,139,202
2020-12-24$29.84$28.0032.4%8.7%26.5%13.9%30.8%1.0%0.2%86.5M-2.10B-16.5M0.442.1491,90940,5252,314,6482,179,659
2020-12-28$30.13$28.0032.6%8.8%26.6%14.1%31.4%1.1%0.4%69.5M-2.29B-15.8M0.441.97142,07463,0442,241,6322,124,415
2020-12-29$30.07$28.0032.8%8.9%24.8%14.2%32.2%1.6%0.0%70.8M-2.20B-16.0M0.792.1197,26776,8332,271,9322,149,576
2020-12-30$30.02$28.0031.6%8.2%24.3%13.2%29.9%1.5%0.1%71.4M-2.15B-16.0M0.592.1585,67050,8342,292,8332,177,322
2020-12-31$30.26$28.0031.4%8.3%23.9%13.1%29.4%1.5%0.3%82.2M-2.38B-15.8M0.362.10109,33839,5342,301,7302,181,163