PCH Options History — November 2008

In November 2008, PCH traded between $21.13 and $33.78. ATM implied volatility averaged 90.3%, placing in the 42.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 25.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 40.2% (HV 20d: 130.5%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 9 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 4.42.

Notable Days

  • 2008-11-14: Highest Volume — 550 contracts
  • 2008-11-14: Largest IV spike — 18.5% change
  • 2008-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 57.1%
  • 2008-11-20: Largest Expected Move — 32.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.73$21.13$33.78$32.53$26.68
Max Pain$38.16$25.00$45.00$45.00$30.00
ATM IV90.3%74.7%113.0%82.3%88.5%
Expected Move25.5%21.4%32.4%23.6%25.4%
HV 20d130.5%121.6%139.4%133.5%121.6%
HV 60d103.9%94.5%114.9%94.5%114.5%
IV Rank42.7%32.8%57.1%37.6%41.5%
IV Percentile94.6%89.3%99.2%93.7%91.7%
Term Structure-10.3%-39.2%8.9%-12.3%-4.3%
VWIV77.5%49.8%120.9%82.7%59.8%
Skew 25d14.4%-45.6%41.4%9.6%30.4%
Skew 10d30.4%-17.8%62.4%27.2%60.2%
Call IV 25d77.3%66.3%104.6%78.6%66.3%
Put IV 25d91.7%59.0%116.2%88.1%96.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.4343.62112.8970.1468.55
Gamma HHI0.280.180.330.300.30
Net GEX-844-11.7K8.2K-3.8K7.3K
Net DEX2.1M713.6K2.8M2.2M859.2K
Net VEX-6.6K-8.4K-4.7K-7.9K-7.8K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio4.420.0027.008.4010.50
Total Volume99.947175504723
Total OI3,2362,6663,9862,9612,810

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-11-03$32.53$45.0082.3%23.6%133.5%37.6%82.7%9.6%-12.3%-3.8K2.2M-7.9K8.4070.14N/AN/A5421,7861,175
2008-11-04$33.78$45.0080.3%23.0%134.5%36.3%77.5%10.8%-11.0%-5.1K2.2M-8.2K0.0073.33N/AN/A6701,7891,193
2008-11-05$30.71$45.0083.9%24.1%137.7%38.6%49.8%4.9%-8.8%-3.6K2.4M-6.4K0.8378.28N/AN/A12101,8021,193
2008-11-06$30.26$45.0084.1%24.1%136.4%38.8%87.7%6.9%-5.8%-3.4K2.5M-6.2K27.0072.06N/AN/A1271,8131,203
2008-11-07$31.79$25.0083.9%21.6%125.3%38.6%0.0%8.5%-6.2%-3.6K2.5M-6.5K2.8572.09N/AN/A27771,8131,226
2008-11-10$28.68$25.0084.8%23.0%128.6%39.2%61.6%0.2%-20.6%-6.0K2.7M-5.4K4.1488.30N/AN/A7291,8361,302
2008-11-11$28.10$35.0085.8%22.1%127.9%39.8%0.0%9.9%-8.1%-5.3K2.8M-5.0K1.5571.30N/AN/A781211,8371,321
2008-11-12$27.47$35.0090.1%23.7%123.1%42.5%52.3%7.5%-10.1%-7.3K2.6M-5.6K0.0666.25N/AN/A6241,8911,346
2008-11-13$30.42$35.0074.7%21.4%126.5%32.8%74.6%26.5%8.9%-5.0K2.6M-6.4K8.6497.58N/AN/A221901,8421,346
2008-11-14$26.27$35.0088.4%25.4%133.9%41.5%56.7%-45.6%-39.2%-11.7K2.6M-5.8K0.1093.62N/AN/A500501,8641,455
2008-11-17$25.94$45.00100.2%28.7%133.1%48.9%112.6%24.5%-8.0%5.2K2.2M-7.4K0.01103.76N/AN/A8112,3641,457
2008-11-18$25.07$45.0086.0%24.7%133.1%39.9%66.9%12.4%-6.7%4.8K2.2M-6.6K3.2077.50N/AN/A5162,4451,429
2008-11-19$23.42$45.0098.5%28.2%130.8%47.9%87.2%23.2%-13.8%1.7K2.3M-5.6K1.6683.13N/AN/A38632,4441,436
2008-11-20$21.13$40.00113.0%32.4%134.2%57.1%120.9%27.0%-23.9%9302.4M-4.7K4.55112.89N/AN/A11502,4601,470
2008-11-21$22.92$40.00109.8%31.5%134.6%55.0%75.8%41.4%-4.3%2.8K2.4M-5.9K8.1597.43N/AN/A131062,4691,517
2008-11-24$27.25$40.0098.1%28.1%139.4%47.6%94.1%27.2%-9.6%4.0K844.7K-8.0K0.9143.62N/AN/A22201,6031,063
2008-11-25$26.97$40.0090.6%26.0%122.7%42.9%87.7%21.9%-4.8%3.7K938.6K-7.8K0.0058.67N/AN/A10201,6081,083
2008-11-26$27.44$30.0093.3%26.8%122.9%44.6%69.1%25.9%-7.2%8.2K713.6K-8.4K1.4361.70N/AN/A7101,7101,083
2008-11-28$26.68$30.0088.5%25.4%121.6%41.5%59.8%30.4%-4.3%7.3K859.2K-7.8K10.5068.55N/AN/A2211,7171,093