PCEF Options History — April 2014

In April 2014, PCEF traded between $24.59 and $25.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 64.0%, placing in the 39.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 17.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 59.5% (HV 20d: 4.5%). 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 12 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2014-04-04: Highest Volume — 6 contracts
  • 2014-04-11: Largest IV spike — 924.5% change
  • 2014-04-25: Highest IV Rank — 65.9%
  • 2014-04-25: Largest Expected Move — 29.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.79$24.59$25.02$24.78$25.02
Max Pain$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV64.0%6.9%103.0%60.2%60.7%
Expected Move17.4%1.6%29.5%17.2%17.4%
HV 20d4.5%3.7%5.0%4.9%4.2%
HV 60d5.6%4.8%6.1%6.0%4.8%
IV Rank39.9%1.1%65.9%37.4%37.4%
IV Percentile86.0%6.3%98.0%96.0%90.9%
Term Structure9.8%-39.0%65.4%18.7%62.9%
VWIV7.6%7.6%7.6%7.6%7.6%
Skew 25d5.3%-8.7%25.2%25.2%8.3%
Skew 10d5.4%-8.7%25.2%25.2%8.3%
Call IV 25d94.0%5.7%136.4%127.5%135.8%
Put IV 25d99.3%8.0%161.3%152.7%144.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %182.9797.03200.00197.86199.56
Gamma HHI0.440.370.740.390.42
Net GEX-3.5K-6.7K-1.7K-3.5K-3.8K
Net DEX95.2K85.0K132.2K94.1K88.9K
Net VEX-333-393-82-390-335
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.4760600
Total OI90.90587958790

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-04-01$24.78$25.0060.2%17.2%4.9%37.4%0.0%25.2%18.7%-3.5K94.1K-3900.00197.86N/AN/A00879
2014-04-02$24.72$25.0061.9%17.7%5.0%38.6%0.0%24.6%65.4%-3.6K95.5K-3870.00198.52N/AN/A00879
2014-04-03$24.70$25.0063.8%18.3%5.0%39.9%0.0%24.9%31.8%-3.8K97.1K-3790.00198.52N/AN/A00879
2014-04-04$24.68$0.0065.9%11.0%4.7%41.3%7.6%0.9%52.1%-4.1K101.9K-3660.00199.09N/AN/A60879
2014-04-07$24.68$25.0073.7%11.4%4.7%46.5%0.0%-1.9%53.1%-3.2K89.0K-3930.00198.35N/AN/A001479
2014-04-08$24.72$25.0082.3%22.3%4.7%52.2%0.0%-1.3%-21.6%-3.3K87.9K-3900.00199.15N/AN/A021479
2014-04-09$24.82$25.0011.3%1.6%4.9%4.8%0.0%2.2%1.7%-4.2K116.9K-1860.0097.03N/AN/A001481
2014-04-10$24.78$25.007.9%2.3%4.9%2.5%0.0%0.4%-1.9%-3.0K132.2K-820.00108.08N/AN/A001481
2014-04-11$24.74$25.0080.7%23.1%3.9%51.2%0.0%1.6%-23.3%-3.4K86.7K-3900.00198.71N/AN/A001481
2014-04-14$24.76$25.0084.3%24.2%3.7%53.6%0.0%2.0%-25.6%-2.9K85.0K-3860.00198.71N/AN/A001481
2014-04-15$24.59$25.0085.8%24.6%4.4%54.6%0.0%-0.7%-27.1%-3.0K93.3K-3700.00196.33N/AN/A001481
2014-04-16$24.68$25.0087.1%25.0%4.4%55.5%0.0%-8.7%-27.7%-1.9K86.4K-3650.00200.00N/AN/A001478
2014-04-17$24.72$25.0086.7%24.8%4.4%55.2%0.0%1.4%-28.6%-1.7K87.0K-3560.00168.89N/AN/A001478
2014-04-21$24.72$25.0066.2%19.0%4.3%41.5%0.0%1.5%24.2%-3.3K88.9K-3500.00181.50N/AN/A001078
2014-04-22$24.81$25.0096.8%27.7%4.2%62.0%0.0%3.2%-34.5%-3.1K86.6K-3520.00188.31N/AN/A021078
2014-04-23$24.88$25.0050.5%14.5%4.3%30.5%0.0%4.5%60.6%-3.2K88.2K-3600.00200.00N/AN/A001080
2014-04-24$24.93$25.0050.1%14.4%4.3%30.2%0.0%5.5%0.6%-4.4K98.8K-3090.00200.00N/AN/A001080
2014-04-25$24.88$25.00103.0%29.5%4.4%65.9%0.0%4.7%-39.0%-3.3K87.9K-3540.00199.56N/AN/A001080
2014-04-28$24.95$25.006.9%2.0%4.3%1.1%0.0%6.1%0.3%-6.7K117.1K-1550.00114.18N/AN/A001080
2014-04-29$24.97$25.0058.4%16.7%4.2%35.8%0.0%7.1%63.5%-3.8K89.8K-3370.00200.00N/AN/A001080
2014-04-30$25.02$25.0060.7%17.4%4.2%37.4%0.0%8.3%62.9%-3.8K88.9K-3350.00199.56N/AN/A001080