PCEF Options History — April 2022

In April 2022, PCEF traded between $20.61 and $22.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.9%, placing in the 29.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 12.9% (HV 20d: 15.0%). Max pain ranged from $21.00 to $21.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.84.

Notable Days

  • 2022-04-06: Highest Volume — 69 contracts
  • 2022-04-06: Largest IV spike — 131.9% change
  • 2022-04-11: Highest IV Rank — 62.3%
  • 2022-04-21: Largest Expected Move — 8.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.32$20.61$22.27$22.08$20.61
Max Pain$21.00$21.00$21.00$21.00$21.00
ATM IV27.9%9.7%54.6%9.7%28.0%
Expected Move7.1%4.8%8.8%6.6%8.0%
HV 20d15.0%12.3%18.4%18.4%12.5%
HV 60d16.2%15.4%16.8%16.2%15.4%
IV Rank29.6%7.4%62.3%7.4%29.7%
IV Percentile59.3%6.3%96.8%6.3%72.2%
Term Structure-4.8%-21.6%20.7%15.0%-8.2%
VWIV21.5%9.0%33.3%16.8%28.5%
Skew 25d14.5%-8.5%36.0%19.7%28.2%
Skew 10d21.6%2.4%44.0%32.7%42.3%
Call IV 25d15.8%6.3%36.1%8.7%32.3%
Put IV 25d30.3%15.7%60.5%28.4%60.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %146.25127.81164.00159.72133.88
Gamma HHI0.420.320.680.350.46
Net GEX-2.4K-4.0K-170-2.3K-2.4K
Net DEX36.5K18.8K48.3K21.5K46.9K
Net VEX-146-198-52-111-133
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.840.731.300.900.75
Total Volume57.8950695763
Total OI69.21157745774

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-04-01$22.08$0.009.7%6.6%18.4%7.4%0.0%19.7%15.0%-2.3K21.5K-1110.90159.72N/AN/A30273126
2022-04-04$22.27$0.0012.3%8.5%17.0%10.5%0.0%-8.5%-20.8%-2.6K18.8K-970.90157.82N/AN/A30273126
2022-04-05$22.01$0.0014.4%6.5%17.6%13.1%0.0%-7.3%-19.8%-4.0K20.7K-520.90155.99N/AN/A30273126
2022-04-06$21.75$0.0033.4%8.5%18.0%36.4%0.0%2.3%-21.6%-63420.5K-1531.30164.00N/AN/A30393126
2022-04-07$21.76$0.0035.7%5.9%17.7%39.2%0.0%2.9%-12.9%-2.8K36.3K-1740.90139.36N/AN/A30273138
2022-04-08$21.65$0.0054.5%7.2%17.7%62.1%0.0%14.4%-18.0%-4.0K40.0K-1540.90160.80N/AN/A30273138
2022-04-11$21.35$0.0054.6%8.0%16.4%62.3%0.0%15.1%-11.4%-2.4K39.7K-1740.90149.95N/AN/A30273138
2022-04-12$21.38$0.0053.9%8.6%15.9%61.5%0.0%17.0%-10.2%-2.2K39.6K-1680.87146.29N/AN/A31273238
2022-04-14$21.32$0.0018.8%5.4%15.0%18.5%16.8%4.9%5.6%-2.8K39.9K-1650.73144.03N/AN/A37273238
2022-04-18$21.07$21.0016.7%4.8%13.7%15.9%11.5%8.1%20.7%-17033.0K-1980.75146.07N/AN/A36273638
2022-04-19$21.25$21.0019.2%5.5%13.9%19.1%21.0%16.9%-1.8%-2.6K39.2K-1570.75137.83N/AN/A36273638
2022-04-20$21.35$21.0024.1%6.9%13.0%25.0%24.0%21.8%-3.1%-2.6K32.7K-1630.75135.11N/AN/A36273638
2022-04-21$21.19$21.0030.8%8.8%12.8%33.2%33.3%12.0%-5.4%-1.7K35.0K-1780.75140.61N/AN/A36273638
2022-04-22$20.99$21.0024.3%7.0%13.1%25.2%27.1%22.1%-6.5%-2.7K41.7K-1530.75141.27N/AN/A36273638
2022-04-25$20.91$21.0020.0%5.7%13.0%20.0%9.0%29.3%15.4%-2.6K46.0K-1370.75146.52N/AN/A36273638
2022-04-26$20.68$21.0025.6%7.3%13.4%26.9%22.3%22.7%3.3%-2.3K48.3K-1360.75148.66N/AN/A36273638
2022-04-27$20.66$21.0028.0%8.0%13.4%29.7%0.0%36.0%-8.3%-2.2K47.1K-1410.00142.94N/AN/A003638
2022-04-28$20.81$21.0025.6%7.3%12.3%26.8%21.8%17.3%-3.2%-2.3K46.1K-1380.75127.81N/AN/A36273638
2022-04-29$20.61$21.0028.0%8.0%12.5%29.7%28.5%28.2%-8.2%-2.4K46.9K-1330.75133.88N/AN/A36273638