PCEF Options History — March 2010

In March 2010, PCEF traded between $26.01 and $26.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 39.6%. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.4%. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 11 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 11 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2010-03-24: Highest Volume — 70 contracts
  • 2010-03-19: Largest IV spike — 150.5% change
  • 2010-03-19: Largest Expected Move — 25.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.12$26.01$26.19$26.19$26.15
ATM IV39.6%21.3%87.7%30.5%40.7%
Expected Move11.4%6.1%25.2%8.7%11.7%
Term Structure-15.3%-36.4%17.9%-9.1%-27.1%
Skew 25d-2.3%-9.0%3.2%-4.2%-6.7%
Skew 10d-4.4%-17.5%7.2%7.2%-16.4%
Call IV 25d34.4%15.1%78.3%78.3%37.1%
Put IV 25d32.1%17.8%74.2%74.2%30.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %159.92128.29200.00162.62152.20
Gamma HHI0.840.580.940.580.92
Net GEX10.9K048.8K031.0K
Net DEX-21.6K-70.9K00-70.9K
Net VEX-88-30700-202
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.400.400.400.40
Total Volume6.36407000
Total OI25.455070070

Daily Data (11 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-03-17$26.19$0.0030.5%8.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-9.1%0000.00162.62N/AN/A0000
2010-03-18$26.16$0.0035.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-10.7%0000.00163.41N/AN/A0000
2010-03-19$26.01$0.0087.7%25.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%-25.7%0000.00176.98N/AN/A0000
2010-03-22$26.03$0.0042.2%12.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%-4.2%17.9%0000.00168.06N/AN/A0000
2010-03-23$26.13$0.0034.0%9.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.9%-21.9%0000.00146.85N/AN/A0000
2010-03-24$26.09$0.0021.3%6.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%-2.1%0000.40128.29N/AN/A502000
2010-03-25$26.12$0.0025.4%7.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0000.00200.00N/AN/A0000
2010-03-26$26.13$0.0025.9%7.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.2%-12.2%3.9K-26.8K-3070.00143.32N/AN/A005020
2010-03-29$26.12$0.0056.2%16.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%-9.0%-36.4%48.8K-69.6K-2530.00172.18N/AN/A005020
2010-03-30$26.14$0.0037.2%10.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-5.0%-25.6%36.6K-70.0K-2080.00145.26N/AN/A005020
2010-03-31$26.15$0.0040.7%11.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%-6.7%-27.1%31.0K-70.9K-2020.00152.20N/AN/A005020