PCEF Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, PCEF traded between $25.52 and $26.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.8%, placing in the 10.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 17.9% (HV 20d: 4.9%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-08: Highest Volume — 3 contracts
  • 2012-10-04: Largest IV spike — 1079.8% change
  • 2012-10-04: Highest IV Rank — 70.5%
  • 2012-10-04: Largest Expected Move — 33.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.79$25.52$26.06$25.95$25.52
Max Pain$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV22.8%7.4%116.1%8.3%35.8%
Expected Move6.5%1.8%33.3%2.4%10.3%
HV 20d4.9%3.5%5.8%3.7%5.5%
HV 60d4.3%3.8%4.6%3.9%4.6%
IV Rank10.9%1.1%70.5%1.7%19.2%
IV Percentile59.0%13.1%96.8%27.0%88.9%
Term Structure-1.1%-45.9%20.0%-0.8%20.0%
Skew 25d8.6%-1.5%142.8%-0.0%2.1%
Skew 10d9.0%-2.3%148.6%3.8%2.2%
Call IV 25d19.3%8.0%91.1%8.1%8.5%
Put IV 25d27.8%7.7%151.3%8.1%10.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %162.2493.79200.00145.42200.00
Gamma HHI0.730.500.880.830.50
Net GEX-18.6K-26.9K-3.0K-17.1K-3.0K
Net DEX125.2K36.9K157.8K123.4K36.9K
Net VEX-589-841-182-662-182
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.2380300
Total OI164.3334817417448

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$25.95$25.008.3%2.4%3.7%1.7%0.0%-0.0%-0.8%-17.1K123.4K-6620.00145.42N/AN/A008166
2012-10-02$25.94$25.007.4%2.1%3.6%1.1%0.0%0.1%-2.0%-19.6K111.9K-6660.0093.79N/AN/A008166
2012-10-03$25.92$25.009.8%2.8%3.5%2.7%0.0%-0.1%-1.9%-17.3K126.3K-6460.00146.37N/AN/A008166
2012-10-04$25.98$25.00116.1%33.3%3.6%70.5%0.0%142.8%-45.9%-7.1K157.8K-8410.00196.55N/AN/A008166
2012-10-05$26.02$0.0010.6%2.4%3.5%3.1%0.0%-0.6%9.8%-16.6K120.3K-6480.00165.69N/AN/A008166
2012-10-08$26.06$0.0070.9%21.0%3.5%41.6%0.0%3.9%-24.7%-9.5K146.6K-7910.00200.00N/AN/A038166
2012-10-09$25.89$0.009.3%1.8%4.4%2.3%0.0%-1.5%11.1%-17.7K121.8K-6190.00112.06N/AN/A008163
2012-10-10$25.69$0.0076.0%21.7%5.2%44.9%0.0%-1.2%-26.7%-17.5K127.2K-6560.00198.52N/AN/A008163
2012-10-11$25.78$0.0012.5%3.6%5.2%4.3%0.0%0.0%11.6%-16.4K132.6K-6360.00175.69N/AN/A008163
2012-10-12$25.82$0.0010.9%3.1%5.1%3.3%0.0%0.7%9.3%-19.3K127.4K-6150.00166.89N/AN/A008163
2012-10-15$25.71$0.0010.4%3.0%5.3%3.0%0.0%0.1%6.1%-21.0K133.5K-5740.00166.69N/AN/A008163
2012-10-16$25.84$0.0010.0%2.9%5.5%2.7%0.0%-0.5%4.9%-18.1K114.6K-6110.00167.57N/AN/A208163
2012-10-17$25.86$0.009.7%2.8%5.5%2.6%0.0%-0.3%5.5%-19.6K120.6K-5840.00167.44N/AN/A008163
2012-10-18$25.80$0.009.4%2.7%5.5%2.4%0.0%0.2%6.6%-20.4K123.6K-5750.00161.35N/AN/A008163
2012-10-19$25.67$0.0012.4%3.6%5.6%4.3%0.0%0.7%3.7%-21.8K135.7K-5550.00168.84N/AN/A008163
2012-10-22$25.69$0.0011.7%3.4%5.6%3.9%0.0%1.3%2.3%-23.5K136.9K-5180.00164.57N/AN/A003161
2012-10-23$25.59$0.0011.7%3.4%5.7%3.8%0.0%20.0%-2.4%-26.0K139.3K-5150.00151.44N/AN/A003161
2012-10-24$25.62$0.0012.1%3.5%5.8%4.1%0.0%1.7%-3.6%-26.5K132.9K-5010.00154.88N/AN/A003161
2012-10-25$25.63$0.0011.8%3.4%5.5%3.9%0.0%2.1%-2.7%-26.6K131.3K-4800.00152.92N/AN/A003161
2012-10-26$25.64$0.0011.6%3.3%5.5%3.8%0.0%2.1%-2.9%-26.9K127.7K-4850.00150.32N/AN/A003161
2012-10-31$25.52$0.0035.8%10.3%5.5%19.2%0.0%0.0%20.0%-3.0K36.9K-1820.00200.00N/AN/A00048