PCEF Options History — May 2014

In May 2014, PCEF traded between $25.04 and $25.37. ATM implied volatility averaged 60.0%, placing in the 36.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 55.9% (HV 20d: 4.1%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $26.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.67.

Notable Days

  • 2014-05-29: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2014-05-21: Largest IV spike — 326.1% change
  • 2014-05-08: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 35.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.16$25.04$25.37$25.07$25.37
Max Pain$25.90$25.00$26.00$25.00$26.00
ATM IV60.0%7.9%157.3%62.6%8.4%
Expected Move10.4%1.8%35.3%17.9%2.4%
HV 20d4.1%2.8%4.4%4.1%4.2%
HV 60d4.5%4.3%4.7%4.7%4.4%
IV Rank36.5%1.7%100.0%38.6%2.1%
IV Percentile74.5%19.4%100.0%91.3%25.0%
Term Structure1.6%-64.4%63.5%63.5%-1.4%
VWIV47.1%8.6%123.3%123.3%8.6%
Skew 25d31.0%-3.0%106.0%9.7%2.3%
Skew 10d48.4%0.2%119.3%9.7%5.1%
Call IV 25d24.6%9.2%144.0%139.3%10.0%
Put IV 25d55.5%10.4%153.8%149.0%12.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %168.16112.55199.56199.56122.03
Gamma HHI0.440.340.590.430.50
Net GEX-7.8K-15.2K-3.0K-3.9K-10.7K
Net DEX99.7K86.0K118.8K88.1K87.2K
Net VEX-239-332-113-332-113
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.670.008.000.000.00
Total Volume1.90501000
Total OI87.09583989088

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-05-01$25.07$25.0062.6%17.9%4.1%38.6%0.0%9.7%63.5%-3.9K88.1K-3320.00199.56N/AN/A001080
2014-05-02$25.06$25.00123.2%35.3%4.1%79.5%123.3%9.8%-53.1%-4.0K87.9K-3290.00198.81N/AN/A601080
2014-05-05$25.07$26.00139.1%20.3%4.0%90.2%0.0%86.9%-64.4%-3.1K88.9K-3110.00195.88N/AN/A00480
2014-05-06$25.05$26.00140.9%12.2%4.1%91.4%21.3%58.2%-9.2%-5.0K98.3K-3030.00195.16N/AN/A01480
2014-05-07$25.14$26.00152.8%12.7%4.2%99.4%56.4%0.4%-27.5%-8.0K118.8K-2330.00191.70N/AN/A01480
2014-05-08$25.12$26.00157.3%12.5%4.0%100.0%0.0%5.4%-9.2%-5.5K103.1K-2670.00175.94N/AN/A00479
2014-05-09$25.09$26.00131.7%12.6%4.0%83.2%0.0%60.9%-9.5%-4.9K96.1K-2910.00194.95N/AN/A00479
2014-05-12$25.19$26.0015.7%2.0%4.1%6.9%0.0%4.8%-0.3%-12.7K109.5K-1400.00118.00N/AN/A05479
2014-05-13$25.22$26.0019.6%1.8%4.1%9.4%0.0%5.1%0.4%-11.1K108.6K-1440.00118.00N/AN/A00479
2014-05-14$25.25$26.0047.8%13.7%2.8%28.0%0.0%95.3%-9.1%-3.0K86.0K-2890.00193.71N/AN/A00479
2014-05-15$25.04$26.0047.5%13.6%4.3%27.8%0.0%56.8%-10.2%-4.8K92.2K-2770.00194.95N/AN/A00479
2014-05-16$25.11$26.0048.7%14.0%4.4%28.6%0.0%98.1%-10.1%-3.1K88.3K-2800.00194.83N/AN/A00479
2014-05-19$25.12$26.007.9%2.3%4.4%1.7%25.7%0.2%-0.8%-12.8K108.7K-1328.00117.53N/AN/A18479
2014-05-20$25.09$26.0012.3%3.5%4.3%4.7%0.0%-3.0%-8.3%-12.6K109.9K-1780.00120.94N/AN/A00387
2014-05-21$25.13$26.0052.6%15.1%4.2%31.1%0.0%106.0%45.5%-3.3K99.3K-3180.00193.65N/AN/A00387
2014-05-22$25.20$26.0012.8%3.7%4.3%5.0%0.0%11.9%45.6%-13.2K115.4K-1990.00186.19N/AN/A01387
2014-05-23$25.19$26.0029.8%8.5%4.2%16.2%0.0%16.4%47.1%-6.5K103.8K-3080.00192.74N/AN/A20388
2014-05-27$25.22$26.0032.2%9.2%4.1%17.7%0.0%18.3%48.2%-6.2K100.1K-3040.00192.26N/AN/A00588
2014-05-28$25.27$26.008.2%2.4%4.2%2.0%0.0%6.0%-1.6%-15.2K103.6K-1250.00112.55N/AN/A05588
2014-05-29$25.33$26.008.3%2.4%4.2%2.0%8.6%0.5%-1.8%-13.6K99.0K-1360.00122.08N/AN/A010593
2014-05-30$25.37$26.008.4%2.4%4.2%2.1%0.0%2.3%-1.4%-10.7K87.2K-1130.00122.03N/AN/A00583