BAC Options History — March 2023

In March 2023, BAC traded between $26.94 and $34.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.6%, placing in the 57.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.3% (HV 20d: 31.3%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2023-03-10: Highest Volume — 995,364 contracts
  • 2023-03-09: Largest IV spike — 34.7% change
  • 2023-03-13: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2023-03-23: Largest Expected Move — 14.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.78$26.94$34.19$34.19$28.39
Max Pain$32.37$30.00$35.00$35.00$30.00
ATM IV37.6%22.5%51.6%24.0%35.9%
Expected Move11.0%6.3%14.9%6.8%10.3%
HV 20d31.3%15.1%44.3%16.3%43.3%
HV 60d25.8%18.8%30.7%22.5%30.4%
IV Rank57.0%2.7%100.0%8.5%47.3%
IV Percentile67.4%2.0%100.0%5.6%67.1%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.6%1.0%0.2%-0.2%
VWIV38.0%19.8%57.8%23.6%36.6%
Skew 25d9.2%3.4%18.0%3.6%8.2%
Skew 10d18.7%7.1%37.2%7.1%16.9%
Call IV 25d34.0%20.9%45.3%22.7%32.1%
Put IV 25d43.3%24.4%63.2%26.2%40.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.471.874.222.052.14
Gamma HHI0.080.050.250.070.06
Net GEX-20.8M-48.3M4.3M-17.5M-9.2M
Net DEX1.64B323.4M2.47B516.1M1.47B
Net VEX-19.9M-22.2M-17.0M-19.3M-21.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.521.160.690.80
Total Volume492,880.609124,572995,364147,076277,634
Total OI4,249,504.133,277,8675,181,0303,294,4385,181,030

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-03-01$34.19$35.0024.0%6.8%16.3%8.5%23.6%3.6%0.2%-17.5M516.1M-19.3M0.692.0587,17459,9021,594,3651,700,073
2023-03-02$33.56$35.0024.1%7.1%15.1%8.8%24.3%4.1%-0.1%-29.7M856.4M-19.6M0.622.27107,41566,2861,611,6851,727,690
2023-03-03$34.17$35.0022.5%6.3%17.0%2.7%19.8%3.4%0.1%-8.5M323.4M-19.8M0.702.5284,11959,1941,644,7811,724,312
2023-03-06$34.17$35.0022.8%7.4%16.8%3.9%25.3%3.9%0.4%-8.2M339.0M-19.5M0.851.8767,19757,3751,584,6621,693,205
2023-03-07$33.02$35.0025.4%8.0%19.8%13.5%26.5%4.4%0.2%-31.9M1.00B-18.9M0.761.97125,22195,6441,600,2691,704,437
2023-03-08$32.56$34.0024.9%7.9%18.9%11.7%28.4%3.8%0.4%-39.9M1.18B-18.7M0.962.03153,778147,9141,648,0421,709,124
2023-03-09$30.52$34.0033.5%10.0%28.1%47.5%33.8%6.9%-0.7%-33.9M1.94B-17.0M0.753.23461,694345,2601,713,6371,720,066
2023-03-10$30.16$33.0039.8%11.5%27.8%73.0%40.3%8.6%-1.8%-23.1M1.96B-18.5M0.802.42552,262443,1021,918,6271,854,137
2023-03-13$28.69$33.0047.0%13.2%31.4%100.0%44.5%11.1%-0.3%-27.3M2.31B-17.6M0.813.05539,579436,5441,919,7861,930,335
2023-03-14$28.55$32.0043.3%12.4%31.2%85.2%44.5%9.8%0.2%-21.4M2.30B-18.4M0.522.50442,400230,1752,132,9962,076,811
2023-03-15$28.36$32.0049.4%14.1%30.7%100.0%49.6%14.3%-0.1%-16.4M2.28B-19.2M0.982.54328,705323,2912,305,9272,146,069
2023-03-16$28.91$32.0040.3%11.8%32.6%67.1%40.9%10.2%1.0%-6.4M2.07B-19.8M0.772.66412,620315,8502,406,9382,221,182
2023-03-17$27.89$32.0049.3%14.3%33.8%99.8%49.0%15.5%0.8%-48.3M2.47B-19.7M1.002.30354,420353,6282,510,3072,377,094
2023-03-20$27.79$32.0045.7%13.2%33.5%86.9%44.9%13.6%-1.1%-22.2M2.10B-19.9M0.612.43300,447181,9312,129,0042,189,872
2023-03-21$28.61$32.0040.7%11.8%36.3%68.6%41.0%10.5%-2.6%-6.4M1.66B-20.9M0.532.55267,439141,5652,256,3862,243,540
2023-03-22$27.80$32.0041.9%12.0%36.9%72.9%40.9%10.5%-1.2%-23.5M2.06B-20.3M0.612.72314,492190,9982,306,5892,286,403
2023-03-23$26.94$31.0051.6%14.9%37.2%100.0%57.8%18.0%-2.4%-34.3M2.40B-20.0M1.164.22422,808492,1022,428,4372,346,736
2023-03-24$27.13$30.5048.2%13.9%37.7%88.6%50.3%13.1%-0.7%-37.9M2.33B-20.8M0.952.43302,309287,7072,532,9972,532,875
2023-03-27$28.48$30.0040.3%11.5%43.1%62.1%41.0%9.9%-0.1%-7.7M1.58B-22.2M0.632.43287,548180,9962,438,1382,504,206
2023-03-28$28.07$30.0040.7%12.0%42.9%63.5%38.2%10.4%-0.4%-14.0M1.77B-21.5M0.992.10152,590150,9392,493,1542,523,803
2023-03-29$28.68$30.0034.8%10.7%44.3%43.8%36.5%8.9%0.3%4.3M1.33B-21.8M1.132.54170,764192,1802,527,9472,525,718
2023-03-30$28.29$30.0038.2%11.0%44.2%55.1%36.8%9.3%-0.4%-15.4M1.59B-21.5M1.041.92181,880189,1762,553,2242,561,979
2023-03-31$28.39$30.0035.9%10.3%43.3%47.3%36.6%8.2%-0.2%-9.2M1.47B-21.6M0.802.14154,397123,2372,599,3982,581,632