PCEF Options History — April 2020

In April 2020, PCEF traded between $16.45 and $18.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 59.2%, placing in the 28.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 14.7% (HV 20d: 73.8%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $16.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.75.

Notable Days

  • 2020-04-02: Highest Volume — 25 contracts
  • 2020-04-07: Largest IV spike — 192.8% change
  • 2020-04-07: Highest IV Rank — 55.8%
  • 2020-04-21: Largest Expected Move — 23.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.21$16.45$18.95$16.65$18.86
Max Pain$16.00$16.00$16.00$16.00$16.00
ATM IV59.2%34.8%112.7%38.3%53.1%
Expected Move16.9%11.0%23.1%11.0%15.2%
HV 20d73.8%32.5%107.0%104.9%32.5%
HV 60d64.6%62.3%65.6%62.3%65.5%
IV Rank28.6%16.3%55.8%18.0%25.6%
IV Percentile70.5%65.5%78.6%66.3%67.5%
Term Structure-12.7%-30.8%9.5%5.9%-14.7%
VWIV36.3%36.3%36.3%36.3%36.3%
Skew 25d10.3%-14.2%35.5%12.8%1.8%
Skew 10d40.2%-25.2%74.6%44.1%53.7%
Call IV 25d64.8%40.6%100.1%47.7%89.4%
Put IV 25d75.0%45.7%103.9%60.5%91.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %155.17128.55164.14128.55160.30
Gamma HHI0.240.190.340.260.26
Net GEX-1.2K-3.1K197197-2.9K
Net DEX60.8K47.3K86.6K59.4K86.6K
Net VEX-159-280-85-85-237
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.750.0010.000.0010.00
Total Volume3.905025511
Total OI85.619611037793

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-04-01$16.65$16.0038.3%11.0%104.9%18.0%36.3%12.8%5.9%19759.4K-850.00128.55N/AN/A501958
2020-04-02$16.88$0.0038.0%15.4%105.4%17.9%0.0%6.8%-11.9%-4055.8K-1300.00150.11N/AN/A0251958
2020-04-03$16.45$0.0034.8%15.6%105.5%16.3%0.0%6.5%-10.5%-1.8K73.3K-1450.00152.09N/AN/A001983
2020-04-06$17.23$0.0038.5%13.2%106.3%18.2%0.0%6.6%-11.3%-1.6K58.5K-1580.00135.73N/AN/A001983
2020-04-07$17.73$0.00112.7%18.4%107.0%55.8%0.0%6.0%-14.5%-1.2K57.4K-1510.00164.14N/AN/A001983
2020-04-08$18.30$0.0053.4%15.3%106.9%25.7%0.0%6.2%5.2%-1.3K57.5K-1901.00163.60N/AN/A111983
2020-04-09$18.91$0.0061.5%17.6%101.1%29.8%0.0%35.0%-15.2%-1.5K51.7K-2110.00162.78N/AN/A601984
2020-04-13$18.50$0.0067.1%19.2%100.7%32.7%0.0%21.9%-19.1%-1.5K58.3K-1750.00163.17N/AN/A001784
2020-04-14$18.90$0.0065.7%18.8%96.0%32.0%0.0%35.5%-17.9%-1.5K53.1K-1830.00162.82N/AN/A001784
2020-04-15$18.69$0.0067.6%19.4%96.2%32.9%0.0%28.4%-18.4%-1.1K50.5K-1200.00162.89N/AN/A001784
2020-04-16$18.58$0.0049.0%14.0%65.6%23.5%0.0%1.8%-14.2%-73948.4K-1240.00150.83N/AN/A001784
2020-04-17$18.87$0.0048.5%13.9%62.6%23.2%0.0%1.8%-12.8%-85347.3K-1360.00149.76N/AN/A001784
2020-04-20$18.45$0.0054.2%15.5%63.4%26.1%0.0%2.2%-15.2%-79563.3K-1240.00148.78N/AN/A00755
2020-04-21$18.16$0.0080.4%23.1%53.3%39.4%0.0%32.0%-22.3%-85161.6K-1480.00161.15N/AN/A00755
2020-04-22$18.43$0.0077.0%22.1%47.8%37.7%0.0%7.3%-27.0%-91960.1K-1540.00161.49N/AN/A00755
2020-04-23$18.40$0.0042.6%12.2%40.1%20.2%0.0%5.0%-11.6%-59466.4K-950.00142.15N/AN/A00755
2020-04-24$18.47$0.0078.3%22.4%38.8%38.3%0.0%5.1%-26.5%-92259.9K-1510.00163.75N/AN/A00755
2020-04-27$18.50$0.0057.0%16.3%38.7%27.5%0.0%3.2%-30.8%-90363.3K-1380.00162.21N/AN/A015655
2020-04-28$18.54$0.0063.3%18.2%38.7%30.7%0.0%3.8%6.0%-1.3K74.9K-2030.00157.85N/AN/A014669
2020-04-29$18.95$0.0061.7%17.7%39.2%29.9%0.0%-14.2%9.5%-3.1K68.9K-2800.00154.51N/AN/A04683
2020-04-30$18.86$0.0053.1%15.2%32.5%25.6%0.0%1.8%-14.7%-2.9K86.6K-23710.00160.30N/AN/A110687