PCEF Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, PCEF traded between $23.12 and $23.51. ATM implied volatility averaged 70.4%, placing in the 35.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 65.7% (HV 20d: 4.7%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $23.00. Net GEX was positive for 6 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-19: Highest Volume — 55 contracts
  • 2017-04-10: Largest IV spike — 6485.6% change
  • 2017-04-13: Highest IV Rank — 91.9%
  • 2017-04-13: Largest Expected Move — 52.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.29$23.12$23.51$23.12$23.51
Max Pain$23.00$23.00$23.00$23.00$23.00
ATM IV70.4%1.2%183.3%84.7%151.1%
Expected Move21.1%0.7%52.5%25.3%1.8%
HV 20d4.7%3.6%7.3%7.3%4.3%
HV 60d5.6%5.5%5.8%5.5%5.6%
IV Rank35.1%0.2%91.9%42.3%75.7%
IV Percentile45.0%1.2%90.5%61.5%79.0%
Term Structure27.4%-54.5%156.4%156.4%147.1%
VWIV35.9%4.0%183.4%6.9%6.7%
Skew 25d-52.9%-144.4%179.6%176.8%-133.7%
Skew 10d-54.0%-151.2%179.5%176.9%-151.2%
Call IV 25d112.7%5.4%179.0%10.5%156.4%
Put IV 25d59.8%8.0%196.7%187.4%22.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %190.57164.24198.47190.86197.78
Gamma HHI0.390.280.610.340.46
Net GEX-121-1.3K1.5K1.5K8
Net DEX-18.0K-34.5K3.2K3.2K-33.8K
Net VEX-244-309-174-309-174
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.790.960.820.79
Total Volume52.15850555150
Total OI66.73766686766

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$23.12$23.0084.7%0.0%7.3%42.3%0.0%176.8%0.0%1.5K3.2K-3090.82190.86N/AN/A28232839
2017-04-04$23.12$23.0085.6%0.0%7.2%42.8%0.0%13.1%156.4%-339-13.7K-2040.82173.67N/AN/A28232839
2017-04-05$23.14$23.0086.6%0.0%6.8%43.2%0.0%161.0%0.0%894-9.9K-2010.82198.47N/AN/A28232839
2017-04-06$23.16$23.001.2%25.3%4.6%0.2%6.9%179.6%-38.0%58-31.6K-1860.82187.82N/AN/A28232839
2017-04-07$23.23$23.001.4%25.6%4.4%0.3%7.5%17.7%-37.0%261-30.3K-2050.82183.74N/AN/A28232839
2017-04-10$23.32$23.0091.5%26.2%4.5%45.7%8.5%-127.0%-41.0%-204-20.0K-2560.82164.24N/AN/A28232839
2017-04-11$23.33$23.0092.7%26.6%3.8%46.3%8.7%0.0%-41.9%-129-15.4K-2790.82198.03N/AN/A28232839
2017-04-12$23.36$23.00178.7%51.2%3.6%89.6%181.0%-22.9%-43.5%-1.3K-23.1K-2470.82193.17N/AN/A28232839
2017-04-13$23.22$23.00183.3%52.5%4.4%91.9%183.4%-128.4%-45.6%-273-12.8K-2870.82195.22N/AN/A28232839
2017-04-17$23.34$23.00124.2%35.6%4.6%62.2%67.4%-130.6%-41.4%-363-19.3K-2560.82194.34N/AN/A28232839
2017-04-18$23.24$23.00126.1%36.2%4.9%63.2%65.4%-133.2%-44.7%-271-12.2K-2840.93181.84N/AN/A28262840
2017-04-19$23.23$23.00104.1%29.8%4.1%52.1%10.1%-134.7%-54.5%-723-9.1K-2800.96188.61N/AN/A28272838
2017-04-20$23.28$23.002.5%0.7%4.2%0.9%4.1%-135.1%143.3%-729-12.7K-2760.96196.74N/AN/A28272839
2017-04-21$23.27$23.003.3%0.9%4.2%1.3%4.0%-136.3%145.5%-321-13.4K-2730.96193.29N/AN/A28272839
2017-04-24$23.35$23.004.9%1.4%4.3%2.1%4.9%-144.2%-50.7%-860-34.5K-1740.89191.06N/AN/A28252838
2017-04-25$23.45$23.005.8%1.7%4.4%2.6%5.8%-139.2%0.0%-188-12.4K-2690.89197.81N/AN/A28252838
2017-04-26$23.42$23.004.5%1.3%4.3%1.9%4.5%9.1%140.6%-12-11.9K-2690.89197.78N/AN/A28252838
2017-04-27$23.46$23.006.2%1.8%4.2%2.7%6.2%-144.4%143.7%697-28.4K-1980.89196.36N/AN/A28252838
2017-04-28$23.51$23.00151.1%0.0%4.3%75.7%6.7%-133.7%147.1%8-33.8K-1740.79197.78N/AN/A28222838