PCEF Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, PCEF traded between $23.72 and $24.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 63.3%, placing in the 34.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 59.2% (HV 20d: 4.1%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.45.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-26: Highest Volume — 56 contracts
  • 2015-05-20: Largest IV spike — 464.0% change
  • 2015-05-08: Highest IV Rank — 60.9%
  • 2015-05-01: Largest Expected Move — 22.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.88$23.72$24.10$24.10$23.77
Max Pain$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00$25.00
ATM IV63.3%9.7%109.5%79.0%66.2%
Expected Move14.9%2.8%22.6%22.6%19.0%
HV 20d4.1%3.3%4.5%3.5%4.3%
HV 60d5.1%5.0%5.3%5.3%5.1%
IV Rank34.6%4.0%60.9%43.5%36.2%
IV Percentile31.9%2.8%77.0%38.5%28.6%
Term Structure-34.4%-99.2%65.0%-60.1%-37.9%
VWIV69.9%41.8%91.0%64.0%91.0%
Skew 25d19.1%-63.8%115.0%98.2%26.7%
Skew 10d19.6%-63.8%126.3%25.0%28.0%
Call IV 25d85.0%9.3%117.0%9.3%117.0%
Put IV 25d104.1%26.7%143.7%107.5%143.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %187.07168.60197.24176.59193.03
Gamma HHI0.340.290.500.310.50
Net GEX-1.3K-3.6K-693-1.2K-3.6K
Net DEX34.4K24.7K58.0K26.7K58.0K
Net VEX-192-281-163-190-234
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.453.004.603.003.80
Total Volume33.60564048
Total OI46.743614361

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$24.10$0.0079.0%22.6%3.5%43.5%0.0%98.2%-60.1%-1.2K26.7K-1903.00176.59N/AN/A10301033
2015-05-04$24.07$25.0087.2%12.6%3.3%48.2%0.0%17.8%-29.9%-1.0K32.4K-1880.00195.34N/AN/A001033
2015-05-05$23.94$25.0092.0%12.8%3.8%51.0%64.0%20.2%-32.0%-1.2K26.2K-1823.00190.50N/AN/A10301033
2015-05-06$23.85$25.0096.8%12.8%3.9%53.7%44.3%-58.7%-35.3%-69328.6K-1853.00168.60N/AN/A10301033
2015-05-07$23.87$25.00102.7%13.1%3.9%57.0%64.8%19.7%-35.6%-1.4K27.8K-1753.00193.28N/AN/A10301033
2015-05-08$23.98$25.00109.5%13.2%4.3%60.9%0.0%18.3%-46.6%-1.2K33.7K-1790.00196.67N/AN/A001033
2015-05-11$23.90$25.0028.6%13.7%4.4%14.8%0.0%-63.8%-36.0%-1.1K34.2K-1710.00196.61N/AN/A001033
2015-05-12$23.87$25.0033.0%13.9%4.4%17.3%41.8%11.3%-42.3%-1.7K29.5K-1633.00184.54N/AN/A10301033
2015-05-13$23.91$25.0049.2%14.1%4.3%26.5%69.0%18.4%-42.9%-1.2K28.0K-1683.00192.26N/AN/A10301033
2015-05-14$23.96$25.0050.6%14.5%4.3%27.3%71.0%24.8%-39.8%-77024.7K-1773.00173.84N/AN/A10301033
2015-05-15$23.85$25.0050.8%14.6%4.5%27.4%71.8%21.5%-42.7%-1.2K27.0K-1693.00192.24N/AN/A10301033
2015-05-18$23.82$25.0053.6%15.4%4.2%29.0%0.0%22.4%-26.2%-96930.5K-1690.00197.24N/AN/A041033
2015-05-19$23.82$25.009.7%2.8%4.2%4.0%0.0%-30.8%65.0%-1.4K41.7K-1900.00196.94N/AN/A001037
2015-05-20$23.84$25.0054.9%15.7%4.2%29.7%77.6%23.1%-25.3%-1.2K28.3K-1883.40190.49N/AN/A10341037
2015-05-21$23.83$25.0055.8%16.0%4.1%30.3%78.9%23.4%-26.3%-1.1K35.1K-1933.40190.71N/AN/A10341037
2015-05-22$23.79$25.0056.9%16.3%4.1%30.9%80.3%23.5%-27.5%-96934.2K-1913.40173.27N/AN/A10341037
2015-05-26$23.72$25.0062.0%17.8%4.1%33.8%86.9%24.8%-33.0%-1.7K34.4K-1794.60191.98N/AN/A10461037
2015-05-27$23.82$25.0063.2%18.1%4.4%34.5%88.8%25.9%-34.1%-1.4K50.0K-2814.60175.75N/AN/A10461051
2015-05-28$23.81$25.0064.6%18.5%4.4%35.3%48.0%115.0%-99.2%-1.4K56.2K-2694.60171.55N/AN/A10461051
2015-05-29$23.77$25.0066.2%19.0%4.3%36.2%91.0%26.7%-37.9%-3.6K58.0K-2343.80193.03N/AN/A10381051