PCEF Options History — March 2023

In March 2023, PCEF traded between $17.61 and $18.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.2%, placing in the 21.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.7% (HV 20d: 13.5%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2023-03-07: Highest Volume — 6 contracts
  • 2023-03-15: Largest IV drop — 76.1% change
  • 2023-03-14: Highest IV Rank — 64.7%
  • 2023-03-03: Largest Expected Move — 12.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.19$17.61$18.98$18.88$18.23
Max Pain$17.68$16.00$18.00$16.00$18.00
ATM IV29.2%10.5%74.2%40.3%14.8%
Expected Move6.0%3.0%12.3%11.6%4.2%
HV 20d13.5%11.8%15.6%13.1%14.9%
HV 60d12.8%12.2%13.2%12.5%13.0%
IV Rank21.0%2.8%64.7%31.8%6.9%
IV Percentile41.5%1.6%98.8%71.0%14.3%
Term Structure11.7%-15.3%71.6%-13.8%16.5%
VWIV25.3%20.8%31.5%20.8%31.5%
Skew 25d-3.1%-26.9%33.8%4.3%-26.9%
Skew 10d-0.4%-41.4%46.7%46.5%-19.1%
Call IV 25d29.4%12.2%40.9%14.2%40.9%
Put IV 25d26.3%8.4%47.7%18.5%14.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %151.16129.24166.65129.24155.08
Gamma HHI0.680.320.890.830.67
Net GEX280-1.0K2.3K1.9K-604
Net DEX-282-12.1K6.9K-11.0K3.6K
Net VEX-26-42-17-41-21
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.5650600
Total OI279423712

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-03-01$18.88$16.0040.3%11.6%13.1%31.8%0.0%4.3%-13.8%1.9K-11.0K-410.00129.24N/AN/A002710
2023-03-02$18.87$16.0041.7%11.9%12.4%33.1%0.0%33.8%-14.2%1.8K-10.9K-420.00130.08N/AN/A002710
2023-03-03$18.98$16.0043.1%12.3%12.5%34.5%0.0%0.0%-15.3%2.1K-12.1K-410.00141.42N/AN/A002710
2023-03-06$18.98$0.0038.1%6.4%12.3%29.6%0.0%-19.4%4.7%2.3K-10.4K-340.00158.15N/AN/A002710
2023-03-07$18.86$0.0044.0%8.6%12.2%35.4%0.0%-23.4%-8.1%1.9K-10.7K-340.00158.20N/AN/A062710
2023-03-08$18.84$0.0050.6%8.2%11.8%41.8%0.0%-8.6%-6.5%1.9K-9.8K-320.00163.58N/AN/A002710
2023-03-09$18.57$0.0053.7%8.8%12.5%44.8%0.0%-4.9%-6.6%1.5K-7.4K-280.00159.37N/AN/A002710
2023-03-10$18.28$18.0049.6%4.9%13.4%40.8%0.0%1.6%13.6%504-867-370.00161.70N/AN/A002715
2023-03-13$18.03$18.0042.4%4.9%13.8%33.8%0.0%15.9%16.8%-3543.1K-230.00164.33N/AN/A002715
2023-03-14$18.16$18.0074.2%4.8%14.1%64.7%0.0%-0.9%15.2%279198-310.00166.65N/AN/A002715
2023-03-15$17.93$18.0017.7%5.1%14.4%9.8%0.0%8.2%14.8%-2273.9K-240.00157.09N/AN/A002715
2023-03-16$18.08$18.0013.4%3.8%15.0%5.6%0.0%3.0%71.6%-5523.3K-210.00158.83N/AN/A022715
2023-03-17$17.85$18.0017.4%5.0%15.3%9.5%0.0%4.5%16.3%-2993.8K-190.00153.87N/AN/A012715
2023-03-20$17.61$18.0016.3%4.7%15.6%8.4%20.8%-1.4%18.0%-3604.2K-170.00141.84N/AN/A0245
2023-03-21$17.76$18.0016.1%4.6%13.5%8.2%0.0%7.7%17.9%-5235.6K-220.00149.30N/AN/A0047
2023-03-22$17.75$18.0013.3%3.8%13.5%5.5%0.0%-11.0%17.9%-1334.9K-220.00144.26N/AN/A0047
2023-03-23$17.69$18.0017.2%4.9%12.9%9.3%23.5%3.9%17.9%-5535.9K-210.00138.79N/AN/A1047
2023-03-24$17.64$18.0011.6%3.3%12.9%3.9%0.0%-14.2%19.5%-8205.0K-200.00144.32N/AN/A0057
2023-03-27$17.75$18.0015.9%4.6%13.1%8.0%0.0%9.7%18.5%-6175.9K-200.00151.02N/AN/A0047
2023-03-28$17.70$18.0010.5%3.0%13.0%2.8%0.0%-11.5%18.8%-1.0K6.9K-180.00150.01N/AN/A0047
2023-03-29$17.89$18.0014.5%4.2%13.9%6.7%0.0%-20.7%18.0%-8415.6K-190.00152.61N/AN/A0047
2023-03-30$18.02$18.0014.8%4.3%14.3%7.0%31.5%-20.2%18.6%-8204.8K-200.00146.90N/AN/A1047
2023-03-31$18.23$18.0014.8%4.2%14.9%6.9%0.0%-26.9%16.5%-6043.6K-210.00155.08N/AN/A0057