BAC Options History — October 2025

In October 2025, BAC traded between $48.76 and $53.55. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.4%, placing in the 20.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.5% (HV 20d: 22.9%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $49.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2025-10-15: Highest Volume — 443,260 contracts
  • 2025-10-16: Largest IV spike — 24.9% change
  • 2025-10-16: Highest IV Rank — 34.4%
  • 2025-10-16: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.20$48.76$53.55$50.71$53.55
Max Pain$48.17$47.00$49.00$48.00$49.00
ATM IV28.4%24.6%34.8%27.8%25.7%
Expected Move8.2%7.3%9.6%9.0%7.8%
HV 20d22.9%14.2%29.8%17.4%28.6%
HV 60d20.9%18.5%23.6%18.8%21.9%
IV Rank20.7%12.5%34.4%19.4%14.7%
IV Percentile71.8%44.4%94.8%72.6%50.8%
Term Structure-0.6%-2.7%1.1%0.1%1.1%
VWIV28.6%24.9%33.4%31.6%27.2%
Skew 25d3.9%3.0%5.8%3.0%3.9%
Skew 10d8.2%6.4%10.9%8.2%8.4%
Call IV 25d26.9%23.3%32.5%27.2%24.2%
Put IV 25d30.8%27.1%38.3%30.2%28.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.372.398.302.395.34
Gamma HHI0.130.070.470.110.47
Net GEX88.1M-2.1M415.3M25.2M415.3M
Net DEX-2.33B-3.73B-1.21B-2.02B-3.73B
Net VEX-19.4M-20.3M-18.4M-19.0M-18.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.241.080.780.31
Total Volume163,226.30487,966443,260134,017168,747
Total OI2,766,630.5222,594,1272,946,3182,595,8512,909,887

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-10-01$50.71$48.0027.8%9.0%17.4%19.4%31.6%3.0%0.1%25.2M-2.02B-19.0M0.782.3975,34158,6761,101,6201,494,231
2025-10-02$50.47$48.0028.6%8.9%16.8%21.0%31.2%3.4%0.1%16.6M-1.84B-19.5M1.082.4753,29057,7341,121,1651,520,066
2025-10-03$50.72$48.0027.9%8.9%15.4%19.5%31.2%3.0%0.2%32.8M-2.07B-19.0M0.802.6348,97538,9911,133,0061,524,384
2025-10-06$50.36$47.0029.3%8.2%15.5%22.6%28.5%3.5%-0.6%27.5M-1.90B-19.3M0.962.4747,31445,6151,089,5011,504,626
2025-10-07$50.25$47.0029.7%8.2%14.5%23.4%29.8%3.1%-0.5%27.2M-1.88B-19.2M0.592.9859,93135,6121,103,5461,522,810
2025-10-08$49.86$48.0031.4%8.4%14.7%27.0%31.7%3.3%-1.1%21.3M-1.68B-19.5M0.912.5983,58675,8461,132,1181,533,962
2025-10-09$49.80$48.0031.0%8.4%14.2%26.3%29.4%3.4%-0.8%31.4M-1.76B-19.3M0.792.7179,26162,5961,179,0471,544,273
2025-10-10$48.76$48.0033.1%9.2%15.9%30.7%31.4%5.1%-1.8%-2.1M-1.21B-20.3M0.914.8789,76581,4311,219,4441,560,757
2025-10-13$49.05$48.0032.4%8.6%16.1%29.3%30.2%3.5%-2.2%28.6M-1.38B-19.9M0.603.4079,92347,7991,175,9021,521,059
2025-10-14$49.97$47.0031.4%8.6%17.6%27.1%29.7%4.9%-1.0%50.7M-1.83B-19.7M0.575.03143,48781,8191,196,9701,540,949
2025-10-15$52.33$47.0027.8%7.6%23.7%19.4%27.4%3.8%-1.4%125.7M-3.10B-18.4M0.304.50340,724102,5361,237,9471,572,349
2025-10-16$50.25$47.0034.8%9.6%27.4%34.4%33.4%5.8%-1.5%53.6M-1.91B-20.2M0.817.49140,680114,0431,284,7511,589,870
2025-10-17$51.39$48.0028.1%7.6%28.5%19.9%27.9%4.9%-2.7%93.4M-2.48B-20.1M0.823.85183,550149,7211,321,9791,624,339
2025-10-20$52.04$48.0026.0%7.3%28.6%15.4%25.5%4.5%-0.3%77.3M-2.53B-19.3M0.614.3585,18451,6871,212,6781,505,875
2025-10-21$51.51$49.0025.8%7.4%28.7%15.1%25.7%3.7%-1.1%66.0M-2.28B-19.3M0.495.2960,66730,0071,227,7071,528,291
2025-10-22$51.02$49.0027.7%7.9%28.9%19.2%27.0%4.9%-0.6%48.9M-1.94B-19.9M0.694.5183,19857,1031,236,8121,530,366
2025-10-23$51.73$49.0026.4%7.6%29.3%16.3%26.2%3.5%-0.7%83.6M-2.40B-19.7M0.354.91120,89642,2761,269,1711,540,198
2025-10-24$52.47$49.0025.2%7.3%29.6%13.7%24.9%3.2%-0.2%133.4M-2.91B-19.1M0.244.85179,48743,5781,278,5251,552,152
2025-10-27$53.03$49.0025.8%7.6%29.8%14.9%26.1%3.2%0.0%159.8M-3.30B-18.9M0.345.1794,32332,0641,325,7781,516,076
2025-10-28$52.72$49.0024.6%7.7%29.1%12.5%25.9%4.3%0.8%164.0M-3.12B-19.1M0.425.2965,02027,4201,347,0701,523,621
2025-10-29$52.50$49.0027.1%8.1%28.5%17.8%28.0%4.3%0.5%148.6M-2.98B-19.1M0.708.3059,33141,7441,354,2251,534,179
2025-10-30$53.00$49.0026.6%8.0%28.5%16.8%27.9%4.1%0.8%197.0M-3.30B-18.9M0.465.2091,01542,2121,362,2721,526,948
2025-10-31$53.55$49.0025.7%7.8%28.6%14.7%27.2%3.9%1.1%415.3M-3.73B-18.6M0.315.34128,87939,8681,372,8821,537,005