PCEF Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, PCEF traded between $21.33 and $21.88. ATM implied volatility averaged 86.8%, placing in the 43.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 26.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 79.6% (HV 20d: 7.2%). Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.17.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-05: Highest Volume — 52 contracts
  • 2016-04-05: Largest IV spike — 3311.4% change
  • 2016-04-14: Highest IV Rank — 97.9%
  • 2016-04-14: Largest Expected Move — 55.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.64$21.33$21.88$21.56$21.86
ATM IV86.8%5.3%194.7%5.7%165.4%
Expected Move26.6%1.6%55.8%1.6%1.8%
HV 20d7.2%6.2%8.2%7.5%6.2%
HV 60d10.3%8.2%12.5%12.4%8.2%
IV Rank43.4%2.3%97.9%2.5%83.1%
IV Percentile49.3%6.7%98.8%6.7%90.1%
Term Structure-30.3%-173.2%170.5%170.5%157.3%
Skew 25d71.2%-78.8%180.5%161.7%126.8%
Skew 10d89.0%-1.7%180.5%161.7%126.8%
Call IV 25d26.0%4.7%140.6%14.5%5.3%
Put IV 25d97.2%10.5%195.9%176.2%132.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %166.6433.20197.64187.27187.78
Gamma HHI0.550.380.860.530.40
Net GEX-1.8K-3.4K-535-857-666
Net DEX30.9K20.7K41.3K22.5K36.3K
Net VEX-182-237-115-161-237
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.171.243.501.243.20
Total Volume44.23838523842
Total OI49.85737603760

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$21.56$0.005.7%1.6%7.5%2.5%0.0%161.7%170.5%-85722.5K-1611.24187.27N/AN/A1721532
2016-04-04$21.42$0.005.3%51.2%7.7%2.3%0.0%-20.1%-168.1%-70220.7K-1441.24181.84N/AN/A1721532
2016-04-05$21.33$0.00180.1%51.6%8.0%90.5%0.0%159.5%-164.4%-1.8K21.8K-1542.06193.22N/AN/A1735532
2016-04-06$21.43$0.00181.7%52.1%8.1%91.3%0.0%165.8%-169.0%-2.3K37.9K-2073.50197.44N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-07$21.37$0.0040.9%29.0%8.1%20.3%0.0%140.5%-173.2%-2.4K37.2K-2053.50197.64N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-08$21.44$0.0031.6%5.0%8.2%15.6%0.0%18.9%-16.3%-3.4K41.3K-1933.50161.39N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-11$21.53$0.0026.0%2.9%7.7%12.8%0.0%4.0%16.8%-2.3K38.2K-1833.50116.34N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-12$21.61$0.0011.6%54.3%7.8%5.5%0.0%176.3%-46.3%-1.7K31.0K-2013.50189.10N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-13$21.70$0.00192.0%55.1%6.9%96.5%0.0%180.2%-47.5%-1.7K30.5K-2003.50188.64N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-14$21.70$0.00194.7%55.8%6.5%97.9%0.0%10.1%-45.4%-76632.5K-2033.50182.08N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-15$21.53$0.00190.2%54.5%7.2%95.6%0.0%180.5%-43.6%-55430.0K-2003.50190.53N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-18$21.61$0.0018.9%5.4%7.2%9.2%0.0%10.9%-1.6%-3.1K37.2K-1713.50154.84N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-19$21.73$0.00154.8%0.0%7.4%77.7%0.0%64.5%-50.5%-98828.4K-1943.50192.83N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-20$21.78$0.00152.2%0.0%7.4%76.4%0.0%15.5%-37.7%-53529.4K-1943.50196.33N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-21$21.78$0.00153.6%0.0%7.3%77.1%0.0%121.5%-39.7%-54229.4K-1933.50193.10N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-22$21.78$0.0010.1%2.9%6.6%4.8%0.0%93.9%153.6%-1.1K34.4K-1953.50157.55N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-25$21.74$0.0073.2%21.0%6.6%36.6%0.0%-37.7%-123.4%-3.2K22.4K-1193.50129.57N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-26$21.85$0.0013.1%3.7%6.5%6.2%0.0%0.0%-2.1%-3.1K21.1K-1153.50135.72N/AN/A1035546
2016-04-27$21.88$0.0015.7%4.5%6.2%7.6%0.0%-78.8%-4.8%-2.5K34.3K-1763.20132.99N/AN/A1032546
2016-04-28$21.83$0.006.3%1.8%6.2%2.8%0.0%0.5%-0.5%-3.1K31.4K-1793.2033.20N/AN/A1032555
2016-04-29$21.86$0.00165.4%0.0%6.2%83.1%0.0%126.8%157.3%-66636.3K-2373.20187.78N/AN/A1032555