PCH Options History — September 2007

In September 2007, PCH traded between $41.21 and $45.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.4%, placing in the 56.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.4% (HV 20d: 40.8%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.51.

Notable Days

  • 2007-09-21: Highest Volume — 91 contracts
  • 2007-09-24: Largest IV spike — 142.1% change
  • 2007-09-25: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2007-09-25: Largest Expected Move — 14.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$43.52$41.21$45.62$44.95$45.03
Max Pain$38.95$35.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV32.4%17.6%49.1%25.1%38.3%
Expected Move9.5%5.0%14.1%7.2%11.0%
HV 20d40.8%30.6%55.2%54.8%31.8%
HV 60d40.2%39.2%40.9%40.3%40.6%
IV Rank56.8%14.7%100.0%36.8%70.5%
IV Percentile75.3%7.2%100.0%71.4%96.2%
Term Structure0.9%-8.2%16.0%1.1%0.5%
VWIV33.7%19.2%49.0%29.4%35.5%
Skew 25d6.8%-0.1%25.0%5.5%6.7%
Skew 10d4.5%-9.0%29.7%-4.3%11.1%
Call IV 25d28.8%17.2%43.7%25.2%30.0%
Put IV 25d35.6%29.3%44.6%30.7%36.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %88.1859.41147.9496.3578.23
Gamma HHI0.390.330.510.380.41
Net GEX139.8K103.4K196.1K136.5K147.4K
Net DEX-3.1M-4.1M-2.1M-3.9M-3.9M
Net VEX-11.7K-12.4K-10.9K-12.4K-11.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.510.0026.000.000.63
Total Volume27.5790911078
Total OI1,942.3681,8951,9731,9191,973

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-09-04$44.95$40.0025.1%7.2%54.8%36.8%0.0%5.5%1.1%136.5K-3.9M-12.4K0.0096.35N/AN/A1001,576343
2007-09-05$44.26$40.0025.1%7.2%55.1%36.7%0.0%5.9%0.4%141.0K-3.4M-12.2K0.0076.41N/AN/A1101,576343
2007-09-06$43.69$40.0021.4%6.1%55.2%25.9%0.0%4.5%2.5%137.2K-3.2M-12.0K0.0098.93N/AN/A001,573343
2007-09-07$42.11$40.0023.6%8.9%48.4%32.3%0.0%8.9%4.8%129.5K-2.5M-12.2K26.0059.41N/AN/A1261,573343
2007-09-10$41.35$40.0030.0%8.8%44.2%51.2%29.4%3.8%4.8%119.4K-2.2M-11.5K12.5068.72N/AN/A2251,574357
2007-09-11$41.50$40.0032.4%9.5%44.3%58.1%31.1%2.3%0.1%125.1K-2.1M-11.6K0.2469.97N/AN/A41101,576332
2007-09-12$42.00$40.0034.2%10.5%42.8%63.3%0.0%2.6%-2.0%134.3K-2.4M-11.9K0.0064.65N/AN/A601,614342
2007-09-13$42.32$40.0040.9%11.7%41.2%82.9%0.0%2.6%-8.2%141.0K-2.6M-11.6K0.0079.01N/AN/A0311,614342
2007-09-14$41.81$40.0044.4%12.7%31.9%93.1%0.0%-0.1%-6.7%103.4K-2.4M-12.2K0.00147.94N/AN/A011,614348
2007-09-17$41.21$40.0037.5%10.8%30.6%73.1%34.5%14.4%-1.3%130.4K-2.2M-11.2K0.0081.80N/AN/A201,614348
2007-09-18$43.37$35.0031.7%9.1%36.5%56.0%0.0%14.4%-2.5%151.9K-3.0M-11.2K0.0876.86N/AN/A1211,614348
2007-09-19$44.22$35.0017.8%5.1%37.2%15.5%0.0%4.8%16.0%156.4K-3.6M-11.4K0.00121.23N/AN/A1201,621348
2007-09-20$43.34$35.0017.6%5.0%37.5%14.7%19.2%6.7%9.9%154.4K-3.2M-10.9K0.00114.01N/AN/A201,619348
2007-09-21$44.86$35.0018.7%5.4%39.5%18.1%22.7%3.5%11.1%196.1K-3.7M-11.0K0.12105.97N/AN/A81101,619348
2007-09-24$44.78$40.0045.3%13.0%39.5%95.8%36.0%25.0%-5.5%128.6K-3.5M-11.8K0.0095.26N/AN/A6201,568327
2007-09-25$44.91$40.0049.1%14.1%38.5%100.0%49.0%5.0%-7.7%132.4K-3.5M-11.6K0.0082.65N/AN/A3501,597327
2007-09-26$45.53$40.0040.0%11.5%34.8%75.2%36.8%6.5%4.5%142.1K-3.9M-12.2K0.5175.04N/AN/A39201,608327
2007-09-27$45.62$40.0042.1%12.1%31.6%80.9%42.5%6.3%-5.1%149.9K-4.1M-11.8K0.0083.02N/AN/A601,631337
2007-09-28$45.03$40.0038.3%11.0%31.8%70.5%35.5%6.7%0.5%147.4K-3.9M-11.8K0.6378.23N/AN/A48301,636337