PCEF Options History — April 2024

In April 2024, PCEF traded between $17.84 and $18.66. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.3%, placing in the 20.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 27.5% (HV 20d: 8.7%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $21.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2024-04-18: Highest Volume — 5 contracts
  • 2024-04-10: Largest IV drop — 23.3% change
  • 2024-04-09: Highest IV Rank — 26.4%
  • 2024-04-30: Largest Expected Move — 11.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.20$17.84$18.66$18.66$17.96
Max Pain$19.27$16.00$21.00$18.00$16.00
ATM IV36.3%30.9%43.9%31.3%40.4%
Expected Move9.9%8.5%11.6%9.0%11.6%
HV 20d8.7%6.7%10.7%7.3%10.6%
HV 60d8.1%7.2%9.0%7.4%8.8%
IV Rank20.7%16.7%26.4%17.2%23.6%
IV Percentile73.7%51.6%91.3%57.1%83.7%
Term Structure-8.6%-24.6%3.0%3.0%-18.3%
VWIV52.3%25.2%83.7%47.9%25.2%
Skew 25d12.0%-5.7%38.5%-5.7%38.5%
Skew 10d10.7%0.1%16.9%12.7%11.4%
Call IV 25d33.1%10.2%50.2%46.9%17.3%
Put IV 25d45.1%21.2%55.8%41.2%55.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %169.69164.53173.24169.77166.92
Gamma HHI0.360.280.420.400.30
Net GEX-686-884-451-856-470
Net DEX29.4K24.7K40.7K24.7K26.6K
Net VEX-50-59-39-55-44
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume0.7270500
Total OI32.86431393131

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-04-01$18.66$18.0031.3%9.0%7.3%17.2%0.0%-5.7%3.0%-85624.7K-550.00169.77N/AN/A00427
2024-04-02$18.61$18.0033.7%9.7%7.4%19.0%0.0%-0.4%2.5%-81025.3K-550.00170.32N/AN/A00427
2024-04-03$18.63$18.0035.5%10.2%7.0%20.3%0.0%-4.7%2.2%-84624.8K-540.00170.09N/AN/A00427
2024-04-04$18.52$0.0036.5%8.5%7.0%21.1%0.0%6.2%-1.4%-79925.7K-590.00172.15N/AN/A01427
2024-04-05$18.55$0.0038.7%8.6%6.7%22.7%0.0%6.7%-1.5%-81827.6K-580.00173.24N/AN/A00428
2024-04-08$18.55$0.0041.7%8.8%6.7%24.8%0.0%5.2%-2.0%-85727.2K-580.00172.15N/AN/A00428
2024-04-09$18.61$0.0043.9%9.0%6.7%26.4%0.0%5.0%-2.0%-88326.8K-570.00172.01N/AN/A00428
2024-04-10$18.39$0.0033.6%9.6%7.7%18.9%0.0%6.4%-7.9%-74228.7K-500.00171.72N/AN/A10428
2024-04-11$18.41$0.0034.6%9.9%7.7%19.7%0.0%6.5%-8.5%-68829.2K-470.00172.43N/AN/A00428
2024-04-12$18.13$0.0030.9%8.9%9.0%16.7%0.0%7.9%-6.9%-54530.9K-410.00171.50N/AN/A00428
2024-04-15$17.88$0.0034.9%10.0%10.0%19.6%0.0%7.6%-24.6%-80831.5K-390.00169.90N/AN/A20428
2024-04-16$17.88$0.0035.5%10.2%9.7%20.0%0.0%7.1%-21.4%-53328.9K-480.00171.11N/AN/A00628
2024-04-17$17.92$0.0034.8%10.0%9.6%19.5%0.0%7.1%-7.4%-83729.1K-490.00170.93N/AN/A00628
2024-04-18$17.93$0.0036.0%10.3%9.2%20.4%47.9%11.1%-7.7%-88428.6K-500.00165.45N/AN/A05628
2024-04-19$17.86$21.0036.7%10.5%9.1%20.9%0.0%7.8%-9.2%-52240.7K-520.00169.94N/AN/A04633
2024-04-22$17.84$21.0035.4%10.1%9.1%19.9%0.0%34.6%-8.7%-52633.2K-510.00168.57N/AN/A00529
2024-04-23$18.05$21.0036.6%10.5%10.3%20.8%0.0%22.1%-14.5%-59732.4K-510.00164.53N/AN/A00529
2024-04-24$17.96$21.0035.4%10.2%10.3%19.9%83.7%29.4%-11.3%-53133.1K-480.00168.00N/AN/A10529
2024-04-25$17.89$21.0035.5%10.2%10.2%20.0%25.2%25.8%-13.6%-45132.0K-460.00168.06N/AN/A01629
2024-04-26$18.04$21.0036.3%10.4%10.7%20.5%0.0%27.8%-13.0%-57933.1K-480.00165.99N/AN/A01530
2024-04-29$18.05$16.0039.9%11.4%10.6%23.2%0.0%12.5%-17.3%-51026.0K-460.00168.29N/AN/A00526
2024-04-30$17.96$16.0040.4%11.6%10.6%23.6%0.0%38.5%-18.3%-47026.6K-440.00166.92N/AN/A00526