PCEF Options History — July 2024

In July 2024, PCEF traded between $18.74 and $19.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.5%, placing in the 17.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 25.4% (HV 20d: 6.1%). Max pain ranged from $19.00 to $22.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.25.

Notable Days

  • 2024-07-15: Highest Volume — 10 contracts
  • 2024-07-10: Largest IV drop — 47.9% change
  • 2024-07-09: Highest IV Rank — 27.6%
  • 2024-07-01: Largest Expected Move — 11.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.97$18.74$19.28$18.80$19.04
Max Pain$21.71$19.00$22.00$19.00$22.00
ATM IV31.5%21.1%45.9%39.5%33.0%
Expected Move8.3%6.0%11.3%11.3%9.5%
HV 20d6.1%4.8%8.3%4.9%8.3%
HV 60d7.2%6.6%8.3%8.3%6.8%
IV Rank17.1%9.5%27.6%22.9%18.2%
IV Percentile53.2%18.3%90.9%79.4%58.7%
Term Structure-0.1%-17.1%8.1%-16.2%-1.6%
VWIV32.4%22.4%48.3%35.1%32.9%
Skew 25d8.4%-2.4%34.4%3.2%-1.7%
Skew 10d4.9%-6.1%11.4%11.1%-6.1%
Call IV 25d32.2%11.6%52.8%51.0%21.8%
Put IV 25d40.6%13.3%56.1%54.1%20.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %172.72165.84176.88169.62170.16
Gamma HHI0.580.521.001.000.54
Net GEX340-2603.1K-260160
Net DEX10.5K4.2K17.3K17.3K13.1K
Net VEX-31-46-10-10-34
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.250.001.000.001.00
Total Volume1.18201060
Total OI18.09110211019

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2024-07-01$18.80$0.0039.5%11.3%4.9%22.9%35.1%3.2%-16.2%-26017.3K-100.00169.62N/AN/A60010
2024-07-02$18.82$19.0032.2%9.2%4.8%17.6%0.0%3.2%-1.5%17911.7K-200.00169.98N/AN/A00610
2024-07-03$18.91$19.0038.5%11.0%5.0%22.2%0.0%3.3%-17.1%13311.4K-210.00169.89N/AN/A00610
2024-07-05$18.95$22.0040.5%7.2%4.8%23.6%0.0%2.6%4.3%14511.4K-200.00176.88N/AN/A40610
2024-07-08$18.95$22.0043.8%7.3%4.8%26.0%0.0%1.6%4.0%3868.0K-370.00176.02N/AN/A001010
2024-07-09$18.95$22.0045.9%7.2%4.8%27.6%0.0%2.5%3.9%2948.9K-350.00172.45N/AN/A00910
2024-07-10$19.07$22.0023.9%6.9%5.1%11.5%0.0%4.5%-3.3%3674.5K-460.00165.84N/AN/A00910
2024-07-11$19.12$22.0023.6%6.8%5.2%11.4%0.0%3.0%5.7%2794.2K-460.00172.20N/AN/A00910
2024-07-12$19.21$22.0022.8%6.5%5.1%10.8%0.0%-0.0%7.4%2817.9K-350.00176.13N/AN/A00910
2024-07-15$19.23$22.0021.1%6.0%5.1%9.5%48.3%-0.3%7.3%3588.3K-310.00174.26N/AN/A010910
2024-07-16$19.28$22.0024.1%6.9%5.0%11.7%0.0%0.8%8.1%2617.4K-330.00176.08N/AN/A00910
2024-07-17$19.16$22.0021.8%6.3%5.7%10.0%0.0%-0.6%4.4%3488.4K-300.00174.71N/AN/A00910
2024-07-18$18.95$22.0026.4%7.6%7.1%13.4%22.4%1.7%1.9%3919.1K-290.00174.45N/AN/A20910
2024-07-19$18.92$22.0029.9%8.6%7.0%15.9%23.2%2.0%2.3%3.1K11.5K-311.00176.01N/AN/A111110
2024-07-22$18.94$22.0027.8%8.0%7.0%14.4%32.9%-2.4%0.7%26411.4K-290.00169.75N/AN/A01710
2024-07-23$18.96$22.0028.3%8.1%6.3%14.8%0.0%21.6%1.3%11912.0K-320.00172.61N/AN/A00711
2024-07-24$18.74$22.0032.4%9.3%7.8%17.7%0.0%34.4%-1.7%13212.6K-310.00173.57N/AN/A00711
2024-07-25$18.77$22.0033.1%9.5%7.8%18.2%0.0%30.1%-2.0%12912.5K-310.00172.32N/AN/A01711
2024-07-26$18.81$22.0033.1%9.5%7.5%18.3%0.0%29.7%-2.2%11213.3K-360.00173.04N/AN/A00712
2024-07-29$18.84$22.0035.0%10.0%7.4%19.6%0.0%32.5%-3.5%11913.3K-350.00173.13N/AN/A00712
2024-07-30$18.84$22.0036.8%10.5%7.4%20.9%0.0%13.6%-4.1%17613.6K-330.00170.77N/AN/A00712
2024-07-31$19.04$22.0033.0%9.5%8.3%18.2%0.0%-1.7%-1.6%16013.1K-340.00170.16N/AN/A00712