BAC Options History — February 2021

In February 2021, BAC traded between $29.91 and $36.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.9%, placing in the 9.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 31.6%). Max pain ranged from $28.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2021-02-02: Highest Volume — 383,452 contracts
  • 2021-02-25: Largest IV spike — 8.6% change
  • 2021-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 14.5%
  • 2021-02-25: Largest Expected Move — 10.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.59$29.91$36.35$29.91$35.10
Max Pain$28.89$28.00$30.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV31.9%29.9%35.3%35.3%34.0%
Expected Move9.1%8.5%10.2%9.5%9.7%
HV 20d31.6%23.0%38.5%35.9%25.6%
HV 60d32.2%28.2%42.6%42.6%28.6%
IV Rank9.5%2.8%14.5%14.5%5.4%
IV Percentile15.7%4.8%34.9%34.9%28.6%
Term Structure0.2%-1.5%1.6%-0.3%0.8%
VWIV32.3%29.6%36.8%33.7%34.8%
Skew 25d2.0%0.5%6.5%4.9%2.5%
Skew 10d2.4%-22.5%9.6%9.6%5.0%
Call IV 25d31.8%29.4%36.1%34.5%34.0%
Put IV 25d33.8%30.7%42.6%39.4%36.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.422.083.052.702.87
Gamma HHI0.110.070.160.070.11
Net GEX83.1M25.8M107.3M25.8M77.1M
Net DEX-2.72B-3.71B-843.7M-843.7M-3.00B
Net VEX-16.3M-16.9M-15.6M-16.3M-16.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.170.680.450.68
Total Volume229,624.316116,079383,452220,284246,043
Total OI3,389,593.1582,999,8123,597,9393,372,2583,267,016

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-02-01$29.91$30.0035.3%9.5%35.9%14.5%33.7%4.9%-0.3%25.8M-843.7M-16.3M0.452.70151,78868,4961,873,2561,499,002
2021-02-02$31.05$30.0033.4%9.0%38.2%12.7%33.4%3.4%-0.4%52.8M-1.49B-16.6M0.172.70326,47756,9751,909,6721,525,870
2021-02-03$31.60$30.0032.5%8.8%38.5%11.9%31.6%1.9%-0.2%64.1M-1.83B-16.7M0.252.65182,00446,3041,871,8431,549,678
2021-02-04$32.32$28.0030.7%8.9%34.1%10.3%31.3%1.3%0.3%81.1M-2.34B-16.4M0.292.26209,04661,5951,908,0561,560,982
2021-02-05$32.45$28.0030.8%9.1%33.0%10.4%31.8%1.4%-0.1%106.2M-2.36B-16.4M0.382.23140,42353,3111,916,3691,582,486
2021-02-08$33.00$28.0031.4%9.0%33.4%11.0%31.7%1.1%-0.3%77.9M-2.55B-16.3M0.292.23180,58052,3841,846,0571,524,278
2021-02-09$32.92$28.0031.2%9.1%33.1%10.7%32.1%1.2%0.4%81.1M-2.54B-16.3M0.432.36104,38344,5131,902,2251,544,588
2021-02-10$32.94$28.0031.4%9.2%32.2%10.9%32.3%1.5%0.7%85.0M-2.57B-16.6M0.522.30102,13553,3651,950,4581,565,831
2021-02-11$32.89$28.0031.3%9.1%32.1%10.9%32.4%1.7%0.7%79.9M-2.50B-16.6M0.532.4775,71240,3671,965,0471,577,309
2021-02-12$33.36$28.0030.6%8.8%31.7%10.3%31.3%1.0%0.6%101.3M-2.82B-16.5M0.312.22127,61239,5081,969,0351,586,218
2021-02-16$34.41$28.0032.0%9.2%31.1%11.5%32.3%1.2%0.5%99.8M-3.31B-16.1M0.402.11204,52080,8271,903,7701,548,375
2021-02-17$34.38$29.0031.6%9.1%31.1%11.1%32.2%0.8%0.6%103.7M-3.25B-16.1M0.342.38134,86145,5741,935,2781,584,546
2021-02-18$34.31$29.0031.1%8.9%30.5%10.6%31.8%2.2%0.2%107.3M-3.20B-16.1M0.322.08174,63155,7581,960,5951,589,544
2021-02-19$34.61$29.0029.9%8.5%29.9%8.8%29.6%1.3%1.6%102.2M-3.40B-16.0M0.512.66157,06579,7331,986,5091,611,430
2021-02-22$35.14$29.0031.2%8.7%29.8%7.3%30.6%1.7%-0.5%79.2M-3.08B-15.6M0.382.08144,16755,3041,690,2481,309,564
2021-02-23$35.52$29.0030.9%8.8%28.8%2.8%31.4%1.5%0.5%82.4M-3.25B-15.8M0.492.14159,07178,3681,723,6241,333,564
2021-02-24$36.35$30.0031.7%9.0%29.1%3.1%31.6%0.5%0.3%89.6M-3.71B-15.6M0.282.54243,85567,5591,756,7791,365,806
2021-02-25$36.00$30.0034.5%10.2%23.0%5.8%36.8%6.5%-1.5%82.0M-3.55B-16.9M0.643.05194,086124,4621,823,1851,384,177
2021-02-26$35.10$30.0034.0%9.7%25.6%5.4%34.8%2.5%0.8%77.1M-3.00B-16.8M0.682.87146,33099,7131,853,3711,413,645