PCEF Options History — February 2022

In February 2022, PCEF traded between $21.42 and $23.14. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.8%, placing in the 18.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 15.9%). Max pain ranged from $22.00 to $25.00. Net GEX was positive for 1 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2022-02-25: Highest Volume — 93 contracts
  • 2022-02-23: Largest IV spike — 87.4% change
  • 2022-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 38.0%
  • 2022-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 10.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.31$21.42$23.14$23.00$21.86
Max Pain$24.47$22.00$25.00$22.00$24.00
ATM IV18.8%10.8%34.7%34.7%12.8%
Expected Move4.6%2.7%10.0%10.0%3.7%
HV 20d15.9%14.9%17.2%15.2%16.2%
HV 60d12.3%11.2%13.6%11.2%13.6%
IV Rank18.5%8.8%38.0%38.0%11.2%
IV Percentile39.1%9.5%89.3%89.3%15.9%
Term Structure1.4%-30.8%11.8%-30.8%10.3%
VWIV22.3%12.3%36.0%36.0%29.6%
Skew 25d16.4%6.1%30.5%28.8%22.5%
Skew 10d23.9%0.3%48.8%34.5%34.2%
Call IV 25d10.3%6.9%17.3%8.8%10.7%
Put IV 25d26.7%15.6%43.1%37.6%33.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %125.4983.77146.02146.02127.76
Gamma HHI0.280.210.510.260.34
Net GEX-8.1K-11.7K2.0K-10.9K2.0K
Net DEX146.4K113.4K172.7K113.4K137.6K
Net VEX-297-461-86-450-237
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.551.170.801.10
Total Volume60.94754935463
Total OI134.789126156138156

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-02-01$23.00$22.0034.7%10.0%15.2%38.0%36.0%28.8%-30.8%-10.9K113.4K-4500.80146.02N/AN/A302430108
2022-02-02$23.14$22.0031.7%9.1%15.5%34.3%12.3%7.9%-15.7%-11.7K122.6K-4510.8099.15N/AN/A302430108
2022-02-03$22.82$25.0032.3%2.7%15.7%35.0%16.1%9.1%11.0%-10.9K137.1K-3820.80136.76N/AN/A302430108
2022-02-04$22.69$25.0019.6%3.0%15.7%19.5%24.1%11.6%11.0%-10.8K123.0K-4610.80132.40N/AN/A302430108
2022-02-07$22.65$25.0020.3%2.9%15.6%20.4%22.5%11.4%8.0%-11.3K129.5K-4000.80131.38N/AN/A302430108
2022-02-08$22.69$25.0023.2%3.0%15.7%23.9%29.1%11.8%11.8%-10.7K127.2K-4250.80131.00N/AN/A302430108
2022-02-09$22.90$25.0010.8%3.1%15.9%8.8%13.2%6.1%-18.7%-10.7K136.4K-3790.8083.77N/AN/A302430108
2022-02-10$22.62$25.0011.1%3.2%16.2%9.1%25.1%11.8%2.2%-11.1K126.6K-4180.80125.34N/AN/A302430108
2022-02-11$22.35$25.0018.1%5.2%16.5%17.6%27.6%26.4%10.9%-6.5K143.5K-3840.83145.75N/AN/A302530108
2022-02-14$22.08$25.0017.0%4.9%16.8%16.4%33.6%30.5%-3.9%-10.0K172.7K-2121.17144.02N/AN/A303530110
2022-02-15$22.17$25.0012.3%3.5%16.6%10.6%19.8%13.2%-2.7%-7.0K166.7K-1961.17137.10N/AN/A30353099
2022-02-16$22.34$25.0011.2%3.2%17.0%9.2%12.3%7.0%-3.6%-9.0K164.4K-861.17133.61N/AN/A30353099
2022-02-17$22.13$25.0013.8%4.0%17.2%12.4%13.6%11.8%10.1%-8.8K167.0K-1261.17122.95N/AN/A30353099
2022-02-18$22.03$25.0013.0%3.7%14.9%11.4%13.8%20.6%10.8%-6.6K171.7K-1501.17117.51N/AN/A30353099
2022-02-22$21.57$25.0015.6%4.5%15.1%14.6%24.4%23.1%8.8%-4.9K158.2K-2581.13115.83N/AN/A30343098
2022-02-23$21.42$24.0029.2%8.4%15.2%31.3%26.1%23.8%-5.4%-4.5K159.8K-2281.10115.12N/AN/A30333097
2022-02-24$21.53$24.0015.9%4.6%15.4%15.0%28.5%18.9%8.0%-5.1K160.6K-2151.10122.78N/AN/A30333096
2022-02-25$21.86$24.0014.4%4.1%16.3%13.1%15.3%15.5%4.0%-5.6K164.1K-1880.55116.14N/AN/A60333096
2022-02-28$21.86$24.0012.8%3.7%16.2%11.2%29.6%22.5%10.3%2.0K137.6K-2371.10127.76N/AN/A30336096