PCEF Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, PCEF traded between $22.82 and $23.67. ATM implied volatility averaged 64.4%, placing in the 32.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 21.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 51.5% (HV 20d: 12.9%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $24.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.19.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-23: Highest Volume — 70 contracts
  • 2018-02-07: Largest IV spike — 3193.8% change
  • 2018-02-13: Highest IV Rank — 99.3%
  • 2018-02-13: Largest Expected Move — 56.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.17$22.82$23.67$23.67$23.12
Max Pain$23.89$23.00$24.00$24.00$23.00
ATM IV64.4%0.7%198.3%5.8%1.4%
Expected Move21.1%0.2%56.8%27.4%0.4%
HV 20d12.9%6.4%14.2%6.4%13.7%
HV 60d8.4%5.8%9.0%5.8%8.8%
IV Rank32.0%0.0%99.3%2.6%0.3%
IV Percentile34.6%0.0%98.4%9.1%2.4%
Term Structure39.2%-93.0%152.8%63.2%152.8%
VWIV39.5%12.7%62.5%33.4%12.7%
Skew 25d-4.6%-181.0%52.2%-164.2%17.4%
Skew 10d-4.6%-181.0%52.2%-164.2%17.4%
Call IV 25d125.5%57.2%198.4%174.6%162.5%
Put IV 25d120.9%10.4%190.1%10.4%179.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %190.43180.24198.42191.14183.38
Gamma HHI0.410.340.480.420.45
Net GEX1.5K6473.1K1.1K2.9K
Net DEX-47.3K-63.0K-23.7K-60.4K-28.2K
Net VEX-237-275-178-275-178
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.190.170.210.190.17
Total Volume68.89568706968
Total OI70.73768756871

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$23.67$24.005.8%27.4%6.4%2.6%33.4%-164.2%63.2%1.1K-60.4K-2750.19191.14N/AN/A58115612
2018-02-02$23.44$24.0086.8%24.9%7.0%43.3%35.0%-168.9%-70.1%1.1K-58.0K-2730.19197.44N/AN/A58115612
2018-02-05$22.82$24.0010.3%51.6%11.4%4.8%53.7%-8.3%-87.5%647-62.8K-2540.19196.07N/AN/A58115612
2018-02-06$23.15$24.005.5%0.3%12.9%2.4%30.6%0.0%19.5%2.5K-36.8K-2260.19191.73N/AN/A58115612
2018-02-07$23.27$24.00180.8%51.8%13.1%90.5%57.1%-181.0%-81.6%743-63.0K-2560.19195.76N/AN/A58115612
2018-02-08$22.99$24.00184.4%52.9%13.6%92.3%60.6%43.2%-82.6%1.5K-46.8K-2490.19193.83N/AN/A58115612
2018-02-09$22.94$24.00186.4%53.4%13.4%93.3%59.8%41.6%-83.3%958-49.8K-2590.19198.22N/AN/A58115615
2018-02-12$23.10$24.00194.3%55.7%13.7%97.3%61.8%47.4%-93.0%972-52.6K-2540.19198.42N/AN/A58115615
2018-02-13$23.14$24.00198.3%56.8%13.8%99.3%62.5%42.7%-90.8%692-58.5K-2470.19196.09N/AN/A58115615
2018-02-14$23.20$24.001.2%0.3%13.9%0.2%44.0%43.7%105.7%1.0K-51.1K-2460.19195.69N/AN/A58115615
2018-02-15$23.25$24.001.8%0.5%13.8%0.5%44.2%51.2%98.8%1.1K-52.5K-2470.19182.40N/AN/A58115615
2018-02-16$23.29$24.001.8%0.5%13.8%0.5%44.7%52.2%54.4%1.1K-52.9K-2440.19180.24N/AN/A58115615
2018-02-20$23.07$24.001.5%0.4%14.0%0.3%35.7%15.6%141.8%1.1K-50.3K-2340.19180.75N/AN/A58115615
2018-02-21$23.08$24.001.5%0.4%13.9%0.3%36.3%15.8%143.1%1.0K-46.4K-2390.19180.93N/AN/A58115618
2018-02-22$23.08$24.000.7%0.2%13.9%0.0%27.6%16.2%146.2%896-49.7K-2340.19191.17N/AN/A58115618
2018-02-23$23.16$24.007.5%2.1%14.0%3.4%25.0%17.1%116.9%2.4K-24.6K-2010.21189.75N/AN/A58125618
2018-02-26$23.27$24.00151.1%0.0%14.2%75.6%12.9%16.9%140.9%2.8K-23.7K-2000.17188.46N/AN/A58105619
2018-02-27$23.17$23.002.0%0.6%14.1%0.6%13.7%18.1%149.6%3.1K-30.0K-1840.17186.70N/AN/A58105615
2018-02-28$23.12$23.001.4%0.4%13.7%0.3%12.7%17.4%152.8%2.9K-28.2K-1780.17183.38N/AN/A58105615