PCEF Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, PCEF traded between $25.45 and $25.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.3%, placing in the 7.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.6% (HV 20d: 3.7%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $26.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-26: Highest Volume — 46 contracts
  • 2012-09-19: Largest IV spike — 693.6% change
  • 2012-09-19: Highest IV Rank — 49.8%
  • 2012-09-19: Largest Expected Move — 24.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.68$25.45$25.88$25.48$25.86
Max Pain$25.74$25.00$26.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV18.3%5.8%83.7%22.7%8.1%
Expected Move5.9%1.7%24.0%6.5%2.3%
HV 20d3.7%3.1%4.1%4.1%3.7%
HV 60d4.5%3.9%5.4%5.4%3.9%
IV Rank7.6%0.1%49.8%9.7%1.5%
IV Percentile49.3%0.4%86.5%71.8%23.0%
Term Structure-6.0%-79.8%49.7%49.7%2.2%
VWIV8.6%6.1%12.2%6.1%12.2%
Skew 25d-1.6%-26.2%18.0%-22.0%6.9%
Skew 10d0.8%-69.3%59.9%-2.4%7.0%
Call IV 25d36.6%5.8%94.9%94.9%5.8%
Put IV 25d34.9%6.3%111.4%72.9%12.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %144.9323.31200.00161.84135.93
Gamma HHI0.690.550.860.790.86
Net GEX-20.0K-28.3K-7.8K-20.5K-16.9K
Net DEX136.1K105.8K167.1K162.2K131.2K
Net VEX-669-843-534-663-681
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.000.002.002.000.00
Total Volume3.68404600
Total OI196.632169212198174

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$25.48$25.0022.7%6.5%4.1%9.7%0.0%-22.0%49.7%-20.5K162.2K-6630.00161.84N/AN/A009189
2012-09-05$25.45$25.008.8%2.5%4.0%1.8%0.0%-23.3%-3.4%-22.8K147.6K-6630.0049.16N/AN/A019189
2012-09-06$25.48$25.009.5%2.7%4.0%2.2%0.0%-26.2%-3.6%-22.5K143.2K-6630.0023.31N/AN/A009190
2012-09-07$25.54$26.0074.5%20.5%4.1%39.4%0.0%10.5%-35.4%-12.2K120.6K-7060.00200.00N/AN/A009190
2012-09-10$25.53$26.0011.8%1.9%4.1%3.5%0.0%1.0%4.6%-22.4K144.8K-6510.0061.39N/AN/A009190
2012-09-11$25.60$26.0016.2%12.4%4.1%6.0%6.1%11.8%-29.6%-7.8K156.7K-8210.00185.19N/AN/A0159190
2012-09-12$25.66$26.0015.8%12.4%4.1%5.8%0.0%12.8%-34.2%-9.1K167.1K-8430.00185.19N/AN/A009200
2012-09-13$25.74$26.009.9%2.8%3.1%2.7%0.0%-16.4%0.7%-22.3K119.2K-6470.00163.70N/AN/A009200
2012-09-14$25.67$26.0010.7%3.1%3.2%3.2%0.0%1.2%0.6%-25.7K122.3K-5960.00171.05N/AN/A009200
2012-09-17$25.61$26.0010.7%3.1%3.4%3.2%0.0%0.0%3.4%-25.2K138.2K-6302.00162.91N/AN/A129200
2012-09-18$25.67$26.0010.5%3.0%3.3%3.1%0.0%0.0%0.4%-28.3K120.7K-5810.00163.83N/AN/A0010202
2012-09-19$25.75$26.0083.7%24.0%3.4%49.8%0.0%18.0%-79.8%-10.6K152.2K-7920.00198.52N/AN/A0010202
2012-09-20$25.72$26.0010.5%3.0%3.5%3.1%0.0%0.1%5.2%-25.6K137.0K-7290.00162.10N/AN/A0010202
2012-09-21$25.83$26.0010.0%2.9%3.6%2.8%0.0%0.3%7.7%-22.1K115.6K-6140.00166.25N/AN/A0010202
2012-09-24$25.80$26.005.8%1.7%3.6%0.1%0.0%-0.1%-0.6%-26.1K105.8K-5340.00114.31N/AN/A003166
2012-09-25$25.79$26.008.8%2.5%3.6%2.0%7.4%-0.4%-1.0%-20.1K139.1K-6100.00149.25N/AN/A503166
2012-09-26$25.77$26.009.9%2.9%3.6%2.7%12.2%-3.0%-1.1%-22.4K133.0K-6010.00149.56N/AN/A0468166
2012-09-27$25.88$25.009.4%2.7%3.8%2.4%0.0%-1.9%-0.2%-17.7K128.7K-6850.00150.12N/AN/A008166
2012-09-28$25.86$25.008.1%2.3%3.7%1.5%0.0%6.9%2.2%-16.9K131.2K-6810.00135.93N/AN/A008166