BAC Options History — April 2022

In April 2022, BAC traded between $35.71 and $40.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.8%, placing in the 49.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.4% (HV 20d: 27.4%). Max pain ranged from $41.00 to $42.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2022-04-18: Highest Volume — 502,068 contracts
  • 2022-04-29: Largest IV spike — 10.8% change
  • 2022-04-12: Highest IV Rank — 65.0%
  • 2022-04-29: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.66$35.71$40.75$40.62$35.71
Max Pain$41.90$41.00$42.00$42.00$41.00
ATM IV34.8%29.2%38.8%33.7%38.2%
Expected Move9.9%8.4%11.4%9.6%11.4%
HV 20d27.4%23.1%41.5%41.5%25.3%
HV 60d35.3%34.6%35.9%35.9%35.4%
IV Rank49.8%28.7%65.0%45.9%62.5%
IV Percentile90.9%72.6%96.4%93.3%94.8%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.0%0.1%-0.1%-0.8%
VWIV34.3%29.4%39.3%34.2%39.3%
Skew 25d6.7%4.5%9.6%6.0%9.6%
Skew 10d14.3%8.3%19.1%11.8%18.8%
Call IV 25d32.6%27.5%36.0%32.2%35.1%
Put IV 25d39.3%32.5%44.7%38.2%44.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.502.163.952.702.16
Gamma HHI0.070.060.100.060.09
Net GEX-9.4M-40.1M36.1M-3.7M-37.7M
Net DEX1.14B340.2M2.23B482.3M2.23B
Net VEX-22.8M-24.0M-20.6M-23.9M-20.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.360.870.870.60
Total Volume274,496.15139,328502,068346,231196,382
Total OI3,650,020.83,447,0513,843,6393,545,7013,734,781

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-04-01$40.62$42.0033.7%9.6%41.5%45.9%34.2%6.0%-0.1%-3.7M482.3M-23.9M0.872.70185,025161,2061,948,5741,597,127
2022-04-04$40.75$42.0032.7%9.1%35.5%41.9%32.0%5.2%-0.2%5.9M340.2M-23.8M0.472.77162,90176,5361,856,6011,590,450
2022-04-05$40.08$42.0035.1%9.8%36.0%51.0%33.3%6.0%-0.4%119.3K685.8M-23.5M0.562.35172,20895,9531,907,6361,609,229
2022-04-06$39.74$42.0035.2%9.7%27.5%51.4%33.9%6.6%-0.6%-5.5M905.9M-23.4M0.472.70187,40987,6761,956,3651,654,484
2022-04-07$39.57$42.0035.3%9.8%26.7%51.6%34.5%6.3%-0.5%-1.8M895.4M-23.3M0.772.66179,613137,4241,996,5361,667,293
2022-04-08$39.73$42.0035.7%9.8%26.7%53.3%34.2%5.9%-1.0%9.1M770.1M-23.7M0.512.21196,829100,8852,042,5641,706,796
2022-04-11$39.63$42.0037.7%10.4%25.7%60.9%38.0%6.7%-0.9%2.4M705.0M-23.7M0.513.95161,08282,6991,966,1271,675,338
2022-04-12$39.00$42.0038.8%10.8%25.8%65.0%38.2%6.5%-0.9%-11.0M1.06B-23.3M0.502.39165,47683,0681,998,0721,710,897
2022-04-13$38.90$42.0035.6%10.0%23.1%52.9%34.7%6.6%-0.6%-19.9M1.21B-22.7M0.572.54179,921103,3032,027,9261,751,441
2022-04-14$37.81$42.0034.5%9.8%24.2%48.9%33.7%5.9%-0.5%-40.1M1.78B-21.6M0.622.30247,104153,6222,053,7311,789,908
2022-04-18$38.80$42.0031.8%9.1%26.7%38.7%31.5%5.0%-0.1%-8.7M967.2M-22.5M0.402.24358,314143,7541,819,1421,645,073
2022-04-19$39.62$42.0029.8%8.6%28.2%31.1%29.9%4.5%-0.3%26.0M468.7M-23.8M0.362.27209,19875,4331,918,5281,688,990
2022-04-20$39.76$42.0029.2%8.4%24.3%28.7%29.4%5.0%0.1%36.1M367.3M-24.0M0.362.51215,41677,4131,957,2701,706,395
2022-04-21$38.77$42.0031.5%9.0%24.7%37.4%31.2%6.0%0.1%-6.8M1.04B-23.4M0.592.51171,658100,6961,979,9121,736,159
2022-04-22$37.75$42.0034.2%9.9%25.8%47.5%34.0%6.7%-0.7%-19.2M1.54B-22.7M0.792.43122,93597,0701,998,8521,762,379
2022-04-25$37.28$42.0035.7%10.1%24.6%53.4%36.3%8.4%0.1%-22.2M1.65B-22.0M0.722.49191,063137,4581,836,1701,686,220
2022-04-26$36.56$42.0038.3%11.3%24.9%63.1%37.6%9.2%-0.5%-27.6M1.86B-21.7M0.782.3498,41876,6311,870,7561,749,322
2022-04-27$36.32$42.0038.3%10.8%24.7%62.9%35.9%9.2%-0.3%-33.9M2.06B-21.2M0.422.1898,31641,0121,894,6111,781,778
2022-04-28$36.77$41.0034.5%9.9%25.8%48.6%33.6%8.4%-0.4%-29.0M1.85B-21.4M0.652.3196,02562,7911,935,5471,791,436
2022-04-29$35.71$41.0038.2%11.4%25.3%62.5%39.3%9.6%-0.8%-37.7M2.23B-20.6M0.602.16122,48573,8971,939,9421,794,839