PCEF Options History — September 2013

In September 2013, PCEF traded between $23.70 and $24.18. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.5%, placing in the 8.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.7% (HV 20d: 8.8%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.03.

Notable Days

  • 2013-09-18: Highest Volume — 229 contracts
  • 2013-09-04: Largest IV drop — 90.7% change
  • 2013-09-03: Highest IV Rank — 81.6%
  • 2013-09-03: Largest Expected Move — 34.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.90$23.70$24.18$23.72$23.97
Max Pain$23.65$23.00$25.00$25.00$24.00
ATM IV16.5%9.0%119.3%119.3%11.5%
Expected Move4.7%2.5%34.2%34.2%3.3%
HV 20d8.8%6.7%9.7%9.2%8.5%
HV 60d10.6%8.5%12.5%12.5%8.5%
IV Rank8.7%3.4%81.6%81.6%5.2%
IV Percentile70.9%48.0%99.6%99.6%71.8%
Term Structure-2.6%-45.5%1.5%-45.5%-2.4%
VWIV11.7%11.7%11.7%11.7%11.7%
Skew 25d1.1%-11.6%5.3%-11.6%1.6%
Skew 10d1.8%-11.6%5.5%-11.6%3.9%
Call IV 25d17.7%9.3%155.7%155.7%11.1%
Put IV 25d18.8%9.8%144.1%144.1%12.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %100.2467.45180.50180.5098.31
Gamma HHI0.420.270.800.290.29
Net GEX-17.5K-51.6K99.3K-12.2K-19.5K
Net DEX461.5K121.8K717.7K418.2K242.2K
Net VEX-756-1.4K-426-1.4K-649
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.030.000.080.000.00
Total Volume18.65022900
Total OI367.2193579434194

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-09-03$23.72$25.00119.3%34.2%9.2%81.6%0.0%-11.6%-45.5%-12.2K418.2K-1.4K0.00180.50N/AN/A0056378
2013-09-04$23.85$25.0011.1%3.2%9.4%4.9%0.0%3.5%-0.5%-37.5K707.6K-7920.0070.24N/AN/A0056378
2013-09-05$23.70$25.009.6%2.7%9.6%3.8%0.0%2.7%-0.7%-33.5K678.4K-8790.0067.45N/AN/A0056378
2013-09-06$23.72$23.0011.4%2.9%9.4%5.1%0.0%5.3%-0.9%-32.6K717.7K-7620.0085.98N/AN/A10056378
2013-09-09$23.78$23.0010.7%2.8%9.5%4.6%0.0%5.2%0.4%-33.2K710.7K-8050.00106.39N/AN/A0066378
2013-09-10$23.88$23.0010.8%2.9%9.7%4.6%0.0%0.2%-0.8%-37.0K703.5K-8100.00120.14N/AN/A0066378
2013-09-11$23.89$23.0011.3%2.5%9.7%5.0%0.0%0.1%-0.3%-36.2K710.4K-7950.0097.62N/AN/A0666378
2013-09-12$23.82$23.0011.1%3.2%9.7%4.9%0.0%1.2%1.0%-39.9K702.2K-8400.00101.93N/AN/A0066384
2013-09-13$23.70$23.009.5%2.7%8.1%3.8%0.0%1.7%-1.6%-37.1K715.0K-7750.00102.34N/AN/A0066384
2013-09-16$23.80$23.009.7%2.8%8.1%3.9%0.0%0.8%0.4%-43.8K475.1K-7310.00120.90N/AN/A0066284
2013-09-17$23.80$23.0010.3%2.9%6.7%4.3%0.0%0.9%-1.5%-40.3K467.1K-7470.00103.82N/AN/A02666284
2013-09-18$24.18$23.0011.9%3.4%8.4%5.4%0.0%1.8%-1.4%-51.6K402.3K-5950.08109.16N/AN/A2121766297
2013-09-19$24.09$23.0011.7%3.4%8.2%5.3%11.7%0.6%-1.1%93.1K121.8K-8480.00108.42N/AN/A018278293
2013-09-20$23.87$24.009.0%2.6%8.9%3.4%0.0%-0.1%-1.1%99.3K335.2K-8660.0090.14N/AN/A083278301
2013-09-23$23.95$24.0012.6%3.6%8.6%6.0%0.0%0.1%0.4%-18.6K219.7K-4700.0096.68N/AN/A1016177
2013-09-24$24.02$24.0011.7%3.4%8.6%5.3%0.0%1.0%1.1%-17.6K244.8K-7420.0090.51N/AN/A0017177
2013-09-25$24.02$24.0012.2%3.5%8.3%5.7%0.0%1.6%0.6%-18.0K240.8K-7410.0078.84N/AN/A0017177
2013-09-26$24.07$24.0012.1%3.5%8.3%5.6%0.0%2.4%0.7%-17.7K207.9K-4870.0098.66N/AN/A0017177
2013-09-27$24.09$24.0012.6%3.6%8.2%6.0%0.0%2.4%1.5%-16.1K209.8K-4260.0076.80N/AN/A0017177
2013-09-30$23.97$24.0011.5%3.3%8.5%5.2%0.0%1.6%-2.4%-19.5K242.2K-6490.0098.31N/AN/A0017177