PCEF Options History — January 2019

In January 2019, PCEF traded between $20.41 and $21.69. ATM implied volatility averaged 117.7%, placing in the 58.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 30.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 102.7% (HV 20d: 15.0%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $22.00. Net GEX was positive for 3 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.00.

Notable Days

  • 2019-01-22: Highest Volume — 152 contracts
  • 2019-01-18: Largest IV spike — 1692.7% change
  • 2019-01-09: Highest IV Rank — 99.3%
  • 2019-01-09: Largest Expected Move — 57.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.19$20.41$21.69$20.45$21.69
Max Pain$21.00$20.00$22.00$20.00$22.00
ATM IV117.7%9.0%199.0%192.3%18.1%
Expected Move30.0%2.6%57.0%55.8%3.5%
HV 20d15.0%9.3%18.6%16.8%9.3%
HV 60d12.6%12.2%12.8%12.2%12.6%
IV Rank58.7%4.2%99.3%96.0%8.8%
IV Percentile55.8%17.5%98.4%91.3%22.2%
Term Structure15.9%-47.8%160.0%146.3%2.5%
Skew 25d-26.0%-181.5%17.3%0.0%1.3%
Skew 10d-25.7%-181.5%17.3%0.0%2.0%
Call IV 25d130.3%10.4%199.3%166.5%11.2%
Put IV 25d104.3%11.0%193.4%166.5%12.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %187.89126.94200.00200.00152.95
Gamma HHI0.430.340.600.480.60
Net GEX402-7478.5K-6478.5K
Net DEX10.0K-21.6K27.1K19.7K-17.5K
Net VEX-180-511-49-73-287
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.001.001.001.001.00
Total Volume29.19015200
Total OI70.191816921169

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-01-02$20.45$20.00192.3%0.0%16.8%96.0%0.0%0.0%146.3%-64719.7K-730.00200.00N/AN/A00021
2019-01-03$20.41$0.00194.7%55.8%16.7%97.2%0.0%-0.7%-41.3%-66519.8K-730.00200.00N/AN/A00021
2019-01-04$20.70$0.00189.9%54.5%17.7%94.8%0.0%-181.5%-42.8%-63219.5K-730.00200.00N/AN/A00021
2019-01-07$21.01$0.00195.6%56.1%18.4%97.6%0.0%9.1%-45.6%-58519.0K-710.00200.00N/AN/A01021
2019-01-08$21.18$0.0019.6%56.5%18.6%9.6%0.0%11.9%-46.3%-52318.5K-700.00200.00N/AN/A01021
2019-01-09$21.16$0.00199.0%57.0%18.4%99.3%0.0%11.7%-47.8%-52718.4K-690.00200.00N/AN/A01021
2019-01-10$21.20$0.00152.0%0.0%18.3%75.8%0.0%12.4%-42.6%-51918.3K-690.00200.00N/AN/A01021
2019-01-11$21.23$0.00153.1%0.0%18.3%76.4%0.0%12.9%-44.0%-50718.2K-680.00200.00N/AN/A01021
2019-01-14$21.17$0.00157.2%0.0%18.3%78.4%0.0%12.2%-42.4%-47717.9K-660.00200.00N/AN/A00021
2019-01-15$21.29$0.00158.0%0.0%18.0%78.8%0.0%-159.7%-35.0%-42618.4K-650.00200.00N/AN/A00021
2019-01-16$21.35$0.0013.7%0.0%16.1%6.6%0.0%-161.5%-36.5%-34518.1K-650.00200.00N/AN/A00021
2019-01-17$21.38$0.009.0%2.6%16.1%4.2%0.0%-2.2%152.0%-74727.1K-490.00136.68N/AN/A00021
2019-01-18$21.45$0.00161.5%0.0%15.6%80.6%0.0%17.3%-39.9%-27017.4K-630.00200.00N/AN/A00021
2019-01-22$21.20$0.00168.3%0.0%13.7%84.0%0.0%8.8%157.3%-31518.6K-621.00200.00N/AN/A7676018
2019-01-23$21.24$0.0011.5%3.3%13.0%5.5%0.0%0.6%-1.9%4.2K18.2K-2591.00126.94N/AN/A76767693
2019-01-24$21.24$0.00171.4%0.0%12.7%85.6%0.0%8.7%160.0%-206-21.6K-5111.00200.00N/AN/A76767693
2019-01-25$21.32$0.00172.8%0.0%10.3%86.2%0.0%-176.0%0.0%-237-16.2K-5111.00200.00N/AN/A76767693
2019-01-28$21.31$0.0017.6%5.1%10.3%8.6%0.0%7.1%-6.2%3.9K12.0K-3030.00129.07N/AN/A007693
2019-01-29$21.38$0.0021.4%6.1%9.5%10.5%0.0%10.3%155.5%-246-16.1K-4910.00200.00N/AN/A007693
2019-01-30$21.55$0.0095.5%0.0%9.6%47.5%0.0%12.2%0.0%-245-18.4K-4880.00200.00N/AN/A007693
2019-01-31$21.69$22.0018.1%3.5%9.3%8.8%0.0%1.3%2.5%8.5K-17.5K-2870.00152.95N/AN/A007693