PAYO Options History — March 2026

In March 2026, PAYO traded between $4.33 and $4.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 99.6%, placing in the 46.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 29.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.8% (HV 20d: 92.8%). Max pain ranged from $4.00 to $5.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.34.

Notable Days

  • 2026-03-16: Highest Volume — 6,498 contracts
  • 2026-03-16: Largest IV spike — 24.0% change
  • 2026-03-30: Highest IV Rank — 59.4%
  • 2026-03-30: Largest Expected Move — 34.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$4.69$4.33$4.97$4.56$4.83
Max Pain$4.90$4.00$5.00$5.00$4.00
ATM IV99.6%80.3%119.1%84.8%115.4%
Expected Move29.1%23.9%34.1%24.3%33.1%
HV 20d92.8%56.3%100.3%98.8%56.3%
HV 60d67.0%64.5%69.7%64.5%69.7%
IV Rank46.4%33.5%59.4%36.5%56.9%
IV Percentile82.3%74.2%89.3%79.0%87.7%
Term Structure-10.2%-32.1%14.1%14.1%-21.4%
VWIV102.4%76.9%123.4%99.2%112.8%
Skew 25d-6.5%-37.6%30.7%-12.0%30.7%
Skew 10d38.6%-31.2%254.2%-31.2%72.5%
Call IV 25d100.9%87.0%116.1%91.1%112.5%
Put IV 25d94.4%62.8%143.2%79.1%143.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %67.6136.09116.48101.6040.54
Gamma HHI0.460.280.670.330.67
Net GEX41.1K-33.0K117.9K-33.0K117.9K
Net DEX-1.1M-4.1M1.6M1.6M-3.6M
Net VEX-15.8K-18.8K-11.7K-11.7K-17.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.340.00101.500.270.00
Total Volume973.571326,49869587
Total OI26,719.85718,23335,62318,23331,126

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2026-03-02$4.56$5.0084.8%24.3%98.8%36.5%99.2%-12.0%14.1%-33.0K1.6M-11.7K0.27101.60N/AN/A5471487,89610,337
2026-03-03$4.58$5.0091.0%26.1%98.4%40.6%109.9%-6.8%13.8%-22.6K1.3M-12.4K3.35116.48N/AN/A26878,30310,391
2026-03-04$4.79$5.0088.4%25.3%100.3%38.9%89.2%15.6%-6.4%-24.8K1.1M-12.7K0.1799.29N/AN/A3568,29610,429
2026-03-05$4.79$5.0082.1%23.9%99.1%34.7%87.3%-16.9%2.1%-28.2K1.1M-12.5K0.02109.15N/AN/A4818,30510,427
2026-03-06$4.71$5.0091.1%28.5%98.4%40.7%123.4%-37.6%-19.5%-23.4K944.4K-12.3K0.00109.07N/AN/A3208,31910,429
2026-03-09$4.74$5.00110.2%26.9%94.1%53.5%92.0%-17.5%-14.1%-28.6K1.2M-11.9K0.01109.56N/AN/A5,902408,33210,429
2026-03-10$4.63$5.00104.8%30.4%93.9%49.9%105.2%-30.7%-19.9%2.1K-13.9K-14.9K0.00105.28N/AN/A174014,15110,455
2026-03-11$4.66$5.00102.2%29.3%94.2%48.2%104.7%7.5%-2.1%5.3K136.8K-14.7K2.13103.76N/AN/A234914,25210,455
2026-03-12$4.33$5.0080.3%30.1%96.5%33.5%107.0%-0.8%-32.1%3.6K514.1K-13.7K0.0045.67N/AN/A496114,24710,496
2026-03-13$0.00$0.0092.7%0.0%96.5%41.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%22.7K-313.0K-15.4K0.000.00N/AN/A0000
2026-03-16$4.59$5.00115.0%33.0%96.5%56.7%115.1%-28.0%-28.0%8.1K-255.1K-15.0K0.0048.52N/AN/A6,4762216,18310,498
2026-03-17$4.72$5.00107.9%31.4%94.5%51.9%109.3%11.8%-13.5%38.6K-2.2M-18.8K0.0440.38N/AN/A4691822,29410,478
2026-03-18$4.62$5.00102.4%29.5%94.6%48.3%103.0%10.0%-22.1%79.3K-1.7M-18.7K1.1341.63N/AN/A13415124,45410,468
2026-03-19$4.56$5.0098.9%27.6%94.5%45.9%91.5%-12.8%-12.7%84.4K-1.3M-18.2K101.5046.16N/AN/A202,03024,49110,609
2026-03-20$4.46$5.0089.2%26.9%93.7%39.5%96.2%-21.1%0.0%77.3K-874.8K-17.3K2.9648.86N/AN/A236824,48211,141
2026-03-23$4.83$5.0095.5%28.1%99.3%43.7%95.5%-16.4%-2.4%101.7K-3.1M-18.2K0.0656.27N/AN/A1,0506820,7258,021
2026-03-24$4.75$5.00103.7%30.4%99.3%49.1%105.2%-23.5%-14.8%94.9K-3.0M-18.0K0.5936.58N/AN/A17010121,2448,004
2026-03-25$4.88$5.00101.0%29.7%95.3%47.3%99.5%-6.7%-14.8%103.1K-3.5M-18.4K0.0044.88N/AN/A72021,2928,103
2026-03-26$4.97$5.00107.5%30.8%95.2%51.7%108.8%22.1%-16.7%102.9K-4.1M-18.3K0.0037.67N/AN/A1,751021,3038,103
2026-03-27$4.76$5.00108.1%31.0%95.2%52.1%76.9%26.3%1.4%112.0K-3.6M-18.5K0.0036.09N/AN/A72022,9458,103
2026-03-30$4.75$4.00119.1%34.1%56.3%59.4%118.5%-29.6%-4.7%109.8K-3.4M-17.5K0.0042.34N/AN/A48022,9988,103
2026-03-31$4.83$4.00115.4%33.1%56.3%56.9%112.8%30.7%-21.4%117.9K-3.6M-17.4K0.0040.54N/AN/A87023,0238,103