PCEF Options History — January 2022

In January 2022, PCEF traded between $22.24 and $24.19. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.2%, placing in the 20.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.0% (HV 20d: 11.2%). Max pain ranged from $22.00 to $23.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.09.

Notable Days

  • 2022-01-18: Highest Volume — 91 contracts
  • 2022-01-12: Largest IV spike — 187.5% change
  • 2022-01-26: Highest IV Rank — 64.3%
  • 2022-01-26: Largest Expected Move — 16.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.35$22.24$24.19$24.19$22.81
Max Pain$22.50$22.00$23.00$23.00$22.00
ATM IV21.2%4.4%56.3%4.4%29.6%
Expected Move6.5%1.3%16.1%1.3%8.5%
HV 20d11.2%9.5%14.7%9.6%14.7%
HV 60d8.7%7.4%11.1%7.4%11.1%
IV Rank20.0%0.5%64.3%0.5%31.7%
IV Percentile44.9%0.4%96.4%0.4%79.8%
Term Structure-10.8%-43.4%17.0%17.0%-21.1%
VWIV30.4%7.3%57.5%36.4%17.1%
Skew 25d4.0%-7.4%39.3%1.2%15.2%
Skew 10d14.1%-0.7%51.7%14.4%36.2%
Call IV 25d26.4%6.6%44.8%6.6%11.5%
Put IV 25d30.4%7.8%72.7%7.8%26.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %151.88136.07176.72141.17136.07
Gamma HHI0.280.230.540.540.25
Net GEX-6.8K-15.2K6.9K6.9K-10.3K
Net DEX92.9K38.2K163.1K38.2K113.0K
Net VEX-468-638-333-333-451
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.090.326.254.170.80
Total Volume65.6529913154
Total OI156.9117194117137

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-01-03$24.19$23.004.4%1.3%9.6%0.5%36.4%1.2%17.0%6.9K38.2K-3334.17141.17N/AN/A62515102
2022-01-04$24.12$23.004.6%1.3%9.5%0.7%48.1%12.1%15.8%1.7K56.3K-3526.25146.60N/AN/A42517108
2022-01-05$23.85$23.007.5%2.2%10.0%2.9%7.3%39.3%13.8%-8.3K76.4K-3830.79148.45N/AN/A342718108
2022-01-06$23.89$0.0011.3%6.1%10.0%5.7%0.0%2.3%-14.3%-12.4K57.0K-5400.74162.58N/AN/A342548110
2022-01-07$23.92$0.0010.7%4.2%9.9%5.2%0.0%-7.4%-3.2%-4.0K44.1K-4660.74148.63N/AN/A342548110
2022-01-10$23.85$0.008.9%3.9%10.0%3.9%0.0%-5.3%-3.4%-3.9K57.1K-6380.74150.36N/AN/A342548110
2022-01-11$24.01$0.0010.8%5.7%10.1%5.3%0.0%1.2%-13.2%-3.9K42.1K-5750.62156.01N/AN/A342148110
2022-01-12$24.07$0.0031.2%8.9%10.1%20.4%0.0%1.5%-18.9%-12.7K44.4K-5940.32176.72N/AN/A652148112
2022-01-13$23.93$0.0015.3%4.4%10.3%14.2%0.0%1.9%-3.3%-5.3K56.2K-4650.35156.24N/AN/A652377112
2022-01-14$23.82$0.0021.0%6.0%10.4%21.3%0.0%1.1%-19.0%-4.6K53.6K-5470.38154.62N/AN/A652577114
2022-01-18$23.51$0.0025.4%7.3%11.4%26.6%0.0%0.9%-21.2%-4.8K75.8K-5960.40154.58N/AN/A652677116
2022-01-19$23.38$0.0020.0%5.7%9.8%20.0%0.0%-4.2%-15.7%-15.2K115.4K-4190.40141.60N/AN/A652677117
2022-01-20$23.27$0.0019.8%5.7%9.5%19.7%0.0%-4.0%-14.2%-13.1K124.8K-4790.40142.86N/AN/A652677117
2022-01-21$22.68$0.0035.1%10.1%12.8%38.5%0.0%2.1%-20.8%-9.7K163.1K-4360.40157.57N/AN/A652677117
2022-01-24$22.24$0.0021.9%6.3%13.2%22.4%0.0%0.1%2.5%-8.0K156.9K-4241.13149.71N/AN/A303430112
2022-01-25$22.30$0.0032.1%9.2%13.1%34.8%0.0%-5.8%-6.9%-6.6K127.8K-4910.73148.07N/AN/A302230105
2022-01-26$22.28$0.0056.3%16.1%13.1%64.3%57.5%27.9%-43.4%-5.5K150.3K-4090.80170.42N/AN/A302430105
2022-01-27$22.41$22.0030.8%8.8%13.4%33.2%30.9%1.7%-19.7%-7.7K153.4K-3800.80146.86N/AN/A302430107
2022-01-28$22.47$22.0026.6%7.6%13.4%28.0%15.5%-2.4%-27.0%-8.1K151.8K-3860.80148.50N/AN/A302430107
2022-01-31$22.81$22.0029.6%8.5%14.7%31.7%17.1%15.2%-21.1%-10.3K113.0K-4510.80136.07N/AN/A302430107