PCEF Options History — March 2013

In March 2013, PCEF traded between $25.93 and $26.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 9.2%, placing in the 2.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 1.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 5.9%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $26.00. Net GEX was positive for 4 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.36.

Notable Days

  • 2013-03-25: Highest Volume — 25 contracts
  • 2013-03-14: Largest IV drop — 69.6% change
  • 2013-03-12: Highest IV Rank — 9.9%
  • 2013-03-12: Largest Expected Move — 2.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.16$25.93$26.34$26.13$26.18
Max Pain$25.05$25.00$26.00$26.00$25.00
ATM IV9.2%4.6%21.3%8.3%7.1%
Expected Move1.9%1.3%2.6%2.4%2.0%
HV 20d5.9%5.1%7.1%6.0%5.9%
HV 60d6.6%6.1%6.9%6.4%6.8%
IV Rank2.5%0.0%9.9%1.6%1.6%
IV Percentile33.8%0.0%88.9%35.3%15.9%
Term Structure-1.5%-3.5%1.0%-2.3%-3.3%
VWIV8.0%8.0%8.0%8.0%8.0%
Skew 25d0.7%-2.1%3.8%0.1%2.0%
Skew 10d1.1%-2.9%4.7%0.3%4.7%
Call IV 25d8.0%5.9%11.2%11.2%7.0%
Put IV 25d8.7%6.7%11.3%11.3%9.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %123.04113.91139.22139.22117.05
Gamma HHI0.550.390.760.580.63
Net GEX-11.7K-28.4K7.8K-18.5K4.5K
Net DEX-94.1K-209.8K20.2K-183.4K-203.4K
Net VEX-806-1.3K-214-214-401
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.360.001.430.000.00
Total Volume3.4502500
Total OI298.5257328306285

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-03-01$26.13$26.008.3%2.4%6.0%1.6%0.0%0.1%-2.3%-18.5K-183.4K-2140.00139.22N/AN/A00101205
2013-03-04$26.14$25.008.6%1.7%5.8%1.8%0.0%-0.8%-0.1%-20.6K-117.7K-6200.00137.39N/AN/A07101205
2013-03-05$26.20$25.009.4%1.6%5.5%2.3%0.0%1.1%-1.2%-15.8K-51.9K-1.2K0.00116.56N/AN/A015101212
2013-03-06$26.18$25.0010.1%1.5%5.1%2.7%0.0%1.2%1.0%-17.2K-27.8K-8910.00131.05N/AN/A00101227
2013-03-07$26.24$25.009.9%1.8%5.2%2.6%0.0%0.5%0.3%-21.7K-46.8K-1.2K0.00117.47N/AN/A00101227
2013-03-08$26.30$25.0012.3%1.8%5.2%4.1%0.0%0.4%0.4%-28.4K-139.4K-5590.00116.68N/AN/A00101227
2013-03-11$26.34$25.0015.9%1.9%5.2%6.5%0.0%2.4%-1.3%-23.5K-133.5K-7220.00120.78N/AN/A00101227
2013-03-12$26.32$25.0021.3%2.6%5.2%9.9%0.0%-1.6%-1.3%-21.8K-10.3K-1.3K0.00128.21N/AN/A20101227
2013-03-13$26.31$25.0019.7%2.2%5.2%8.9%0.0%-2.1%-3.5%-27.5K-89.6K-9240.00120.87N/AN/A00101227
2013-03-14$26.28$25.006.0%1.7%5.2%0.1%0.0%0.5%-2.2%-17.0K2.9K-1.2K0.00121.85N/AN/A00101227
2013-03-15$25.93$25.005.9%1.7%7.1%0.1%0.0%-0.4%-0.8%-23.6K20.2K-1.2K0.00120.46N/AN/A00101227
2013-03-18$25.97$25.004.6%1.3%6.7%0.0%0.0%1.6%0.4%79-100.6K-6691.43113.91N/AN/A710100157
2013-03-19$25.95$25.006.3%1.8%6.6%1.1%0.0%0.8%-3.0%-1.7K-64.6K-9140.00122.52N/AN/A00100162
2013-03-20$26.06$25.006.1%1.8%6.6%1.0%0.0%0.2%-2.8%822-2.3K-1.3K0.00125.26N/AN/A00100162
2013-03-21$26.08$25.006.3%1.8%6.4%1.0%0.0%0.0%-2.8%-2.5K-107.4K-6950.00125.26N/AN/A00100162
2013-03-22$26.14$25.006.9%2.0%6.4%1.4%8.0%-0.6%-3.3%-1.2K-114.9K-7230.00125.32N/AN/A20100162
2013-03-25$26.07$25.006.3%1.8%6.1%1.0%0.0%1.6%-0.1%-2.5K-113.3K-6430.00121.89N/AN/A250101162
2013-03-26$26.20$25.007.1%2.0%6.2%1.6%0.0%2.3%-2.4%-3.1K-209.8K-3800.00117.09N/AN/A00122162
2013-03-27$26.21$25.007.0%2.0%5.9%1.5%0.0%3.8%-1.7%7.8K-188.1K-4410.00122.03N/AN/A01122162
2013-03-28$26.18$25.007.1%2.0%5.9%1.6%0.0%2.0%-3.3%4.5K-203.4K-4010.00117.05N/AN/A00122163