PCEF Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, PCEF traded between $19.53 and $21.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.2%, placing in the 31.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 48.8% (HV 20d: 13.4%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-22: Highest Volume — 75 contracts
  • 2016-01-11: Largest IV spike — 6854.7% change
  • 2016-01-13: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2016-01-14: Largest Expected Move — 57.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.46$19.53$21.35$21.19$20.59
Max Pain$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00$20.00
ATM IV62.2%1.9%198.9%179.0%90.6%
Expected Move22.1%0.5%57.0%51.3%9.7%
HV 20d13.4%11.3%17.3%11.8%17.3%
HV 60d10.2%8.4%12.5%8.5%12.5%
IV Rank31.3%0.5%100.0%91.7%45.3%
IV Percentile29.0%1.6%100.0%98.0%44.4%
Term Structure-13.7%-176.9%179.9%-156.0%1.8%
VWIV17.0%4.2%30.7%21.9%30.7%
Skew 25d-2.1%-81.0%110.4%-1.8%110.4%
Skew 10d18.6%-81.0%133.7%-1.8%110.4%
Call IV 25d84.5%15.7%194.7%134.0%15.9%
Put IV 25d82.4%2.6%180.7%132.2%126.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %179.84147.20200.00198.81200.00
Gamma HHI0.870.580.980.970.82
Net GEX20.4K4.7K45.2K32.3K9.1K
Net DEX-335.3K-661.1K-15.5K-238.8K-608.9K
Net VEX-1.4K-2.0K-419-1.5K-1.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.450.960.450.60
Total Volume44.316075290
Total OI587.263571615571608

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$21.19$0.00179.0%51.3%11.8%91.7%0.0%-1.8%-156.0%32.3K-238.8K-1.5K0.45198.81N/AN/A20956011
2016-01-05$21.35$0.0021.4%5.7%12.1%10.6%0.0%-8.4%-6.2%36.5K-412.1K-2.0K0.45168.89N/AN/A20956011
2016-01-06$21.26$0.007.7%52.5%11.7%3.5%0.0%-81.0%-158.4%10.6K-538.3K-1.9K0.45197.05N/AN/A20956011
2016-01-07$21.03$0.0051.5%4.2%12.3%26.1%0.0%-81.0%0.3%45.2K-240.7K-1.6K0.95174.29N/AN/A201956011
2016-01-08$20.97$0.002.7%54.4%12.3%1.0%0.0%10.7%-167.9%25.4K-292.3K-1.7K0.95198.22N/AN/A201956021
2016-01-11$20.78$0.00190.6%54.6%12.7%97.6%0.0%-18.7%-176.9%4.7K-618.9K-2.0K0.95187.06N/AN/A201956021
2016-01-12$20.80$0.0044.3%4.4%11.3%22.4%0.0%-4.0%-3.5%40.0K-153.6K-1.2K0.83147.20N/AN/A231956021
2016-01-13$20.51$0.00196.1%56.2%11.6%100.0%21.9%36.6%-167.0%21.1K-266.1K-1.5K0.96195.96N/AN/A232256321
2016-01-14$20.51$20.00198.9%57.0%11.4%100.0%15.6%-3.8%-6.0%24.8K-41.2K-6630.96181.12N/AN/A232256324
2016-01-15$20.04$20.009.8%2.8%12.3%4.5%14.5%-18.2%160.4%4.9K-656.7K-1.8K0.96184.46N/AN/A232256324
2016-01-19$19.83$20.0020.5%5.9%12.5%9.9%4.2%-14.0%138.4%6.5K-603.9K-1.8K0.55188.55N/AN/A221256214
2016-01-20$19.53$20.0046.0%13.2%13.0%22.8%21.8%-27.9%-17.1%18.1K-41.6K-5510.82179.61N/AN/A221856214
2016-01-21$19.71$20.0021.7%6.2%13.8%10.5%13.9%-5.9%-3.2%11.7K-15.5K-4190.82158.72N/AN/A221856220
2016-01-22$20.06$20.0026.0%7.5%15.5%12.7%25.1%-25.8%-6.0%26.5K-107.5K-9010.50167.27N/AN/A502556220
2016-01-25$19.92$20.0037.5%10.7%15.1%18.5%23.4%-0.1%-33.2%27.6K-90.6K-7720.50149.11N/AN/A502558427
2016-01-26$20.22$20.001.9%0.5%16.3%0.5%6.3%-3.2%172.0%5.8K-644.8K-1.8K0.66188.63N/AN/A382558427
2016-01-27$20.15$20.002.6%0.7%16.1%0.9%9.1%107.4%179.9%5.8K-661.1K-1.8K0.60186.53N/AN/A422558827
2016-01-28$20.35$20.0033.9%9.7%16.5%16.7%30.7%-11.4%-11.1%30.6K-137.8K-1.1K0.60165.42N/AN/A422558527
2016-01-29$20.59$20.0090.6%0.0%17.3%45.3%0.0%110.4%1.8%9.1K-608.9K-1.8K0.00200.00N/AN/A0058226