BAC Options History — May 2022

In May 2022, BAC traded between $33.63 and $38.59. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.0%, placing in the 58.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 36.7%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $41.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2022-05-23: Highest Volume — 358,086 contracts
  • 2022-05-05: Largest IV spike — 18.5% change
  • 2022-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 74.9%
  • 2022-05-12: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.01$33.63$38.59$36.02$37.38
Max Pain$40.26$40.00$41.00$41.00$40.00
ATM IV37.0%31.1%41.5%39.0%32.4%
Expected Move10.8%9.0%11.9%11.6%9.3%
HV 20d36.7%25.4%43.9%25.4%42.6%
HV 60d37.0%34.8%38.9%35.5%37.1%
IV Rank58.1%35.9%74.9%65.6%40.8%
IV Percentile90.0%71.4%98.0%96.4%77.8%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.0%0.8%-0.6%-0.3%
VWIV37.5%32.8%42.3%40.6%32.8%
Skew 25d7.9%6.1%9.7%9.7%6.6%
Skew 10d15.4%11.7%18.1%18.1%13.4%
Call IV 25d34.1%28.7%38.2%34.7%29.4%
Put IV 25d42.0%34.8%47.1%44.5%36.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.712.084.392.462.27
Gamma HHI0.090.060.130.090.08
Net GEX-25.4M-52.7M7.6M-30.6M-5.2M
Net DEX1.92B856.5M3.17B2.03B1.01B
Net VEX-21.1M-23.3M-18.5M-20.9M-22.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.401.270.690.71
Total Volume228,086.048172,183358,086183,371196,835
Total OI3,812,509.6193,537,7704,091,8683,633,5233,617,283

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-05-02$36.02$41.0039.0%11.6%25.4%65.6%40.6%9.7%-0.6%-30.6M2.03B-20.9M0.692.46108,67274,6991,873,9321,759,591
2022-05-03$37.10$41.0036.6%11.0%28.3%56.8%38.0%8.3%-0.3%-17.0M1.56B-22.2M0.552.40154,57084,6431,902,4001,789,142
2022-05-04$38.59$40.5032.4%9.7%31.9%40.8%34.2%6.9%-0.3%3.2M856.5M-23.3M0.402.77182,27673,6251,919,8621,813,299
2022-05-05$37.34$41.0038.4%10.8%33.7%63.3%36.8%8.3%-0.8%-13.6M1.51B-22.8M0.652.69143,13293,4591,959,8741,835,545
2022-05-06$37.46$41.0037.9%10.8%33.8%61.4%37.3%8.2%-0.6%-16.8M1.46B-22.7M0.694.39134,73292,5161,978,0171,852,095
2022-05-09$36.33$41.0041.1%11.8%35.0%73.5%37.7%9.1%0.1%-27.0M1.95B-21.4M0.892.50134,152118,9721,938,9901,820,836
2022-05-10$35.55$40.0040.5%11.6%35.6%71.2%42.3%9.2%0.3%-33.0M2.22B-21.0M0.722.37148,958107,5831,971,6941,828,560
2022-05-11$35.65$40.0040.1%11.5%35.4%69.6%39.8%8.6%0.1%-33.8M2.20B-21.3M0.602.54138,15182,3642,010,2781,873,485
2022-05-12$34.82$40.0041.5%11.9%36.1%74.9%41.3%8.9%-0.1%-45.9M2.61B-20.0M0.753.81134,573100,9932,042,3911,903,954
2022-05-13$35.18$40.0038.1%11.1%35.4%62.4%38.8%7.7%0.8%-40.5M2.49B-19.9M0.752.43128,60096,8432,072,7221,906,308
2022-05-16$34.76$40.0036.9%10.6%33.8%57.9%38.3%8.3%-0.3%-44.2M2.66B-19.4M0.732.73107,43778,6332,007,1531,892,875
2022-05-17$36.01$40.0034.4%9.9%35.6%48.5%34.9%6.7%-0.7%-32.3M2.09B-20.5M0.453.24140,67863,4712,039,1221,901,562
2022-05-18$34.71$40.0038.5%11.0%37.2%63.9%38.6%8.6%-1.0%-42.8M2.64B-19.4M1.272.6486,196109,2022,063,8821,914,589
2022-05-19$34.53$40.0037.2%10.7%36.5%58.8%38.2%8.1%-0.3%-52.7M2.79B-19.6M1.232.7682,261101,4122,075,3731,959,758
2022-05-20$33.63$40.0038.1%11.0%36.5%62.3%38.7%8.6%-0.7%-45.5M3.17B-18.5M1.122.88140,280156,9652,097,1181,994,750
2022-05-23$35.84$40.0036.7%10.9%43.9%57.2%36.9%7.2%-0.1%-22.5M1.59B-21.2M0.562.39229,344128,7421,755,2041,782,566
2022-05-24$35.73$40.0036.7%11.0%43.4%57.0%37.2%7.4%-0.2%-22.4M1.69B-21.5M0.712.64150,165107,2261,825,3051,834,862
2022-05-25$36.02$40.0036.0%10.6%43.5%54.4%37.0%7.1%0.1%-15.1M1.55B-21.9M0.792.50103,21881,0391,858,6501,857,087
2022-05-26$36.74$40.0033.2%9.9%43.9%44.0%35.0%6.2%0.6%-2.5M1.17B-22.2M0.592.45107,94964,2341,877,0521,865,518
2022-05-27$36.92$40.0031.1%9.0%42.5%35.9%32.8%6.1%0.6%7.6M1.12B-22.2M0.682.08131,85289,1551,903,4671,886,551
2022-05-31$37.38$40.0032.4%9.3%42.6%40.8%32.8%6.6%-0.3%-5.2M1.01B-22.0M0.712.27114,80182,0341,819,3481,797,935