PCEF Options History — December 2017

In December 2017, PCEF traded between $23.64 and $23.86. ATM implied volatility averaged 122.0%, placing in the 61.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 42.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 117.1% (HV 20d: 4.9%). Max pain ranged from $24.00 to $24.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 3.11.

Notable Days

  • 2017-12-01: Highest Volume — 76 contracts
  • 2017-12-26: Largest IV spike — 231.5% change
  • 2017-12-21: Highest IV Rank — 97.9%
  • 2017-12-21: Largest Expected Move — 56.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.74$23.64$23.86$23.64$23.86
Max Pain$24.00$24.00$24.00$24.00$24.00
ATM IV122.0%41.9%195.5%67.9%150.4%
Expected Move42.8%12.7%56.0%19.5%12.7%
HV 20d4.9%2.5%7.1%7.0%2.5%
HV 60d5.2%5.2%5.3%5.3%5.2%
IV Rank61.0%20.7%97.9%33.8%75.3%
IV Percentile65.5%37.7%97.6%42.5%73.4%
Term Structure-97.4%-157.9%19.7%-136.5%-49.4%
VWIV79.9%79.9%79.9%79.9%79.9%
Skew 25d-16.3%-115.3%26.9%23.9%12.1%
Skew 10d-16.3%-115.3%26.9%23.9%12.1%
Call IV 25d149.7%119.5%172.4%160.2%161.1%
Put IV 25d133.4%6.9%199.3%184.2%173.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %188.14179.29198.25181.86192.04
Gamma HHI0.480.410.550.480.48
Net GEX-5.2K-15.2K226-10.8K202
Net DEX20.6K-8.8K58.2K49.8K-8.0K
Net VEX-156-245-111-242-117
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio3.110.614.854.850.61
Total Volume52.0521767629
Total OI71.82511011026

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-12-01$23.64$24.0067.9%19.5%7.0%33.8%79.9%23.9%0.0%-10.8K49.8K-2424.85181.86N/AN/A13631892
2017-12-04$23.66$0.0041.9%44.6%7.0%20.7%0.0%24.9%-136.5%-7.4K58.1K-2454.85196.29N/AN/A13631892
2017-12-05$23.68$0.0043.9%45.1%7.0%21.7%0.0%25.5%-137.6%-7.3K57.6K-2384.85188.76N/AN/A13631892
2017-12-06$23.73$0.0086.0%45.5%7.1%42.9%0.0%26.7%-139.3%-12.1K41.5K-2064.85180.70N/AN/A13631892
2017-12-07$23.72$0.0091.0%46.1%7.0%45.4%0.0%26.8%-140.7%-12.6K41.0K-1984.85183.78N/AN/A13631892
2017-12-08$23.71$0.0097.1%46.6%6.5%48.5%0.0%26.9%-143.6%-13.1K42.5K-1944.85179.29N/AN/A13631892
2017-12-11$23.75$0.0068.2%48.4%6.5%33.9%0.0%-113.5%-148.3%-7.3K55.7K-1924.85188.50N/AN/A13631892
2017-12-12$23.75$0.0078.7%24.5%6.1%39.2%0.0%-111.9%19.7%-7.1K58.2K-1834.85192.57N/AN/A13631892
2017-12-13$23.78$0.00173.2%49.7%4.8%86.7%0.0%-115.0%-152.2%-15.2K27.0K-1424.85188.80N/AN/A13631892
2017-12-14$23.76$0.00175.7%50.4%4.8%88.0%0.0%-115.3%-154.9%-13.7K25.1K-1264.85192.58N/AN/A13631892
2017-12-15$23.82$0.00178.0%51.0%4.0%89.1%0.0%-113.1%-157.9%21231.8K-1194.85188.99N/AN/A13631892
2017-12-18$23.73$0.00124.3%35.6%4.1%62.2%0.0%8.9%-51.0%226-8.3K-1161.10198.25N/AN/A10111510
2017-12-19$23.69$0.00189.4%54.3%3.7%94.9%0.0%6.7%-53.4%213-8.4K-1151.10190.10N/AN/A10111510
2017-12-20$23.73$0.00192.2%55.1%3.7%96.3%0.0%9.2%-54.9%202-8.6K-1161.10184.70N/AN/A10111510
2017-12-21$23.71$0.00195.5%56.0%3.7%97.9%0.0%9.0%-57.0%202-8.6K-1161.10182.97N/AN/A10111510
2017-12-22$23.78$0.0044.1%12.7%3.6%21.8%0.0%10.2%-52.4%204-8.7K-1151.10193.15N/AN/A10111510
2017-12-26$23.77$0.00146.3%0.0%3.1%73.2%0.0%10.3%-46.9%203-8.7K-1131.10189.04N/AN/A10111510
2017-12-27$23.80$0.00147.6%0.0%2.9%73.9%0.0%10.9%-49.4%205-8.8K-1121.10181.49N/AN/A10111510
2017-12-28$23.82$0.00149.0%0.0%2.5%74.6%0.0%11.3%0.0%205-8.8K-1110.61188.91N/AN/A18111510
2017-12-29$23.86$0.00150.4%0.0%2.5%75.3%0.0%12.1%0.0%202-8.0K-1170.61192.04N/AN/A18111511