PCEF Options History — January 2018

In January 2018, PCEF traded between $23.55 and $24.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 77.7%, placing in the 38.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 29.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 73.5% (HV 20d: 4.2%). Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.46.

Notable Days

  • 2018-01-30: Highest Volume — 69 contracts
  • 2018-01-05: Largest IV spike — 15947.5% change
  • 2018-01-19: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2018-01-19: Largest Expected Move — 57.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.99$23.55$24.15$23.98$23.66
ATM IV77.7%0.9%199.7%2.9%5.7%
Expected Move29.0%0.3%57.2%0.8%1.6%
HV 20d4.2%3.0%6.5%3.0%6.5%
HV 60d5.4%5.2%5.8%5.3%5.8%
IV Rank38.7%0.1%100.0%1.1%2.5%
IV Percentile41.0%0.4%100.0%3.2%8.3%
Term Structure-118.2%-173.5%7.8%-145.5%-1.7%
Skew 25d-18.1%-162.3%138.2%14.6%-162.3%
Skew 10d-60.4%-170.0%18.1%14.6%-162.3%
Call IV 25d123.3%16.1%179.9%166.8%172.6%
Put IV 25d105.2%1.2%198.1%181.3%10.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %190.56181.40197.83193.48187.03
Gamma HHI0.410.350.560.420.42
Net GEX403-1241.4K1401.1K
Net DEX-15.1K-60.1K3.2K-8.1K-60.1K
Net VEX-129-277-65-115-277
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.460.190.610.610.19
Total Volume39.23829692969
Total OI35.28626682668

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-01-02$23.98$0.002.9%0.8%3.0%1.1%0.0%14.6%0.0%140-8.1K-1150.61193.48N/AN/A18111511
2018-01-03$24.03$0.0025.9%7.4%3.0%12.6%0.0%15.6%0.0%139-8.2K-1140.61184.85N/AN/A18111511
2018-01-04$24.10$0.001.0%46.1%3.1%0.1%0.0%16.9%-145.5%120-7.5K-1200.61190.34N/AN/A18111512
2018-01-05$24.10$0.00162.1%46.5%3.1%81.1%0.0%17.1%-147.3%121-7.5K-1190.61197.45N/AN/A18111512
2018-01-08$24.11$0.0022.3%48.2%3.1%10.9%0.0%17.9%-153.0%126-7.7K-1160.58190.73N/AN/A19111512
2018-01-09$24.11$0.001.7%48.8%3.1%0.5%0.0%18.1%-139.3%297-2.1K-650.58189.70N/AN/A19111612
2018-01-10$24.02$0.00172.7%49.5%3.4%86.5%0.0%9.2%-158.0%117-9.2K-1210.58186.92N/AN/A19111612
2018-01-11$24.14$0.00175.2%50.2%3.8%87.7%0.0%11.1%-159.3%119-9.6K-1200.58191.55N/AN/A19111612
2018-01-12$24.15$0.00177.1%50.8%3.8%88.7%0.0%87.3%-161.7%972-3.2K-980.58181.40N/AN/A19111612
2018-01-16$24.10$0.00189.3%54.3%3.9%94.9%0.0%128.8%-165.5%471-731-880.58195.86N/AN/A19111612
2018-01-17$24.14$0.00190.8%54.7%3.8%95.6%0.0%125.7%-168.0%298-2.3K-790.58196.47N/AN/A19111612
2018-01-18$23.98$0.00195.3%56.0%4.4%97.8%0.0%114.0%-164.4%-124-221-730.58197.83N/AN/A19111612
2018-01-19$24.03$0.00199.7%57.2%4.3%100.0%0.0%-24.3%-167.0%1413.2K-850.58194.65N/AN/A19111612
2018-01-22$23.90$0.003.1%0.9%4.8%1.2%0.0%138.2%-173.5%311-72-850.28187.24N/AN/A39111612
2018-01-23$23.98$0.003.0%0.9%4.9%1.2%0.0%-145.8%7.8%426-30.8K-1780.28188.13N/AN/A39113612
2018-01-24$23.97$0.004.9%1.4%4.8%2.1%0.0%-147.4%7.8%1.4K-24.8K-1740.28190.23N/AN/A39113612
2018-01-25$23.98$0.005.2%1.5%4.8%2.3%0.0%-147.3%0.0%20-37.0K-1730.28186.99N/AN/A39113612
2018-01-26$23.97$0.000.9%0.3%4.8%0.1%0.0%-149.0%0.0%776-35.3K-1760.28194.33N/AN/A39113612
2018-01-29$23.78$0.0085.2%0.0%5.6%42.5%0.0%-156.9%0.0%761-33.8K-1710.28190.66N/AN/A39113612
2018-01-30$23.55$0.007.8%2.2%6.5%3.6%0.0%-161.2%-3.3%760-32.0K-1680.19185.91N/AN/A58113612
2018-01-31$23.66$0.005.7%1.6%6.5%2.5%0.0%-162.3%-1.7%1.1K-60.1K-2770.19187.03N/AN/A58115612