PCEF Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, PCEF traded between $23.84 and $24.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 74.6%, placing in the 41.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 19.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 70.2% (HV 20d: 4.4%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.91.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-16: Highest Volume — 40 contracts
  • 2015-04-15: Largest IV spike — 266.9% change
  • 2015-04-07: Highest IV Rank — 89.4%
  • 2015-04-01: Largest Expected Move — 35.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.04$23.84$24.14$23.84$24.04
ATM IV74.6%14.6%159.3%124.9%76.5%
Expected Move19.7%4.2%35.8%35.8%21.9%
HV 20d4.4%3.2%6.9%6.9%3.5%
HV 60d5.8%5.3%6.4%6.4%5.3%
IV Rank41.0%6.8%89.4%69.7%42.1%
IV Percentile37.3%7.1%96.8%85.7%35.7%
Term Structure-34.1%-107.4%43.7%-47.9%-60.1%
Skew 25d17.0%-57.9%80.1%-2.6%14.9%
Skew 10d16.7%-2.6%92.4%-2.6%14.9%
Call IV 25d88.1%8.3%148.4%32.6%148.4%
Put IV 25d105.1%30.0%163.4%30.0%163.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %178.00160.66194.59187.50194.59
Gamma HHI0.320.300.430.320.31
Net GEX-1.2K-1.8K-643-1.6K-1.2K
Net DEX27.0K15.4K34.2K29.3K26.6K
Net VEX-200-217-147-199-189
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.912.803.002.803.00
Total Volume37.3332403840
Total OI4343434343

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$23.84$0.00124.9%35.8%6.9%69.7%0.0%-2.6%-47.9%-1.6K29.3K-1992.80187.50N/AN/A10281033
2015-04-02$23.86$0.00130.3%22.1%6.9%72.8%0.0%1.3%-17.4%-1.4K27.9K-2082.80181.33N/AN/A10281033
2015-04-06$23.96$0.0077.2%23.1%6.3%42.5%0.0%2.9%-25.8%-1.7K30.0K-2032.80185.22N/AN/A10281033
2015-04-07$24.02$0.00159.3%23.6%6.3%89.4%0.0%8.6%-23.1%-1.2K26.2K-2122.80182.14N/AN/A10281033
2015-04-08$24.04$0.0083.4%23.9%6.0%46.0%0.0%8.7%-19.3%-64329.2K-2150.00191.58N/AN/A021033
2015-04-09$24.07$0.0084.8%24.3%6.0%46.8%0.0%9.2%-24.6%-79126.0K-2172.80160.66N/AN/A10281033
2015-04-10$24.08$0.0078.8%22.6%5.8%43.4%0.0%8.7%-27.2%-1.4K25.2K-2082.80177.51N/AN/A10281033
2015-04-13$24.06$0.0051.2%14.7%3.3%27.7%0.0%16.5%-24.8%-1.4K27.4K-2052.80176.85N/AN/A10281033
2015-04-14$24.10$0.0014.6%4.2%3.4%6.8%0.0%66.1%43.7%-1.8K27.3K-1922.80169.57N/AN/A10281033
2015-04-15$24.01$0.0053.8%15.4%3.7%29.1%0.0%9.7%-25.7%-71827.1K-2122.80186.02N/AN/A10281033
2015-04-16$24.02$0.0055.6%15.9%3.4%30.1%0.0%-57.9%-24.8%-1.4K24.1K-2033.00185.20N/AN/A10301033
2015-04-17$23.93$0.0054.8%15.7%3.5%29.7%0.0%20.4%-35.7%-1.3K15.4K-1953.00184.48N/AN/A10301033
2015-04-20$24.02$0.0058.8%16.9%3.5%32.0%0.0%10.8%-32.7%-77828.3K-2073.00162.79N/AN/A10301033
2015-04-21$24.03$0.0060.6%17.4%3.5%33.0%0.0%10.9%-37.4%-1.1K24.1K-2003.00181.12N/AN/A10301033
2015-04-22$24.07$0.0062.0%17.8%3.5%33.8%0.0%78.8%-39.1%-1.2K25.4K-1993.00174.25N/AN/A10301033
2015-04-23$24.12$0.0062.6%17.9%3.4%34.1%0.0%67.8%-39.8%-1.3K29.5K-1973.00173.49N/AN/A10301033
2015-04-24$24.13$0.0063.0%18.1%3.4%34.4%0.0%18.4%-45.3%-74629.3K-2013.00166.84N/AN/A10301033
2015-04-27$24.10$0.0069.2%19.8%3.5%37.9%0.0%14.4%-45.6%-72827.7K-1983.00162.11N/AN/A10301033
2015-04-28$24.14$0.0071.7%20.5%3.3%39.3%0.0%-30.9%-107.4%-1.6K34.2K-1473.00176.44N/AN/A10301033
2015-04-29$24.11$0.0073.4%21.0%3.2%40.3%0.0%80.1%-55.8%-1.2K26.0K-1913.00178.31N/AN/A10301033
2015-04-30$24.04$0.0076.5%21.9%3.5%42.1%0.0%14.9%-60.1%-1.2K26.6K-1893.00194.59N/AN/A10301033