PCH Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, PCH traded between $30.70 and $32.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.5%, placing in the 13.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.9% (HV 20d: 19.6%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.17.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-13: Highest Volume — 169 contracts
  • 2010-01-20: Largest IV spike — 61.4% change
  • 2010-01-25: Highest IV Rank — 23.3%
  • 2010-01-25: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.99$30.70$32.94$32.14$30.70
Max Pain$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV30.5%21.8%37.0%28.7%34.7%
Expected Move9.3%6.3%10.6%9.8%9.9%
HV 20d19.6%15.2%23.7%23.7%23.4%
HV 60d29.5%26.8%30.8%30.3%27.0%
IV Rank13.8%1.6%23.3%10.8%20.0%
IV Percentile11.8%0.4%31.0%2.0%20.6%
Term Structure2.2%-1.5%15.0%2.2%-0.1%
VWIV32.2%21.0%37.0%35.2%34.7%
Skew 25d6.2%-3.9%14.3%0.4%7.9%
Skew 10d11.5%-3.6%37.5%2.6%9.7%
Call IV 25d26.7%17.8%33.2%33.2%25.3%
Put IV 25d32.9%19.8%35.0%33.6%33.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %60.3013.30108.3213.3044.76
Gamma HHI0.560.460.680.470.46
Net GEX60.9K52.4K69.8K62.0K60.2K
Net DEX-881.2K-1.4M-278.6K-1.0M-278.6K
Net VEX-8.7K-9.4K-8.2K-9.0K-8.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.170.008.710.830.20
Total Volume56.6841169736
Total OI2,553.6842,3042,7962,5512,584

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$32.14$30.0028.7%9.8%23.7%10.8%0.0%0.4%2.2%62.0K-1.0M-9.0K0.0013.30N/AN/A071,559992
2010-01-05$32.27$30.0022.8%10.0%17.8%3.0%35.2%4.8%2.0%57.0K-1.1M-8.3K0.8356.17N/AN/A651,559986
2010-01-06$32.68$30.0024.0%9.0%18.3%4.5%34.7%4.3%2.1%59.8K-1.4M-8.4K3.5055.94N/AN/A20701,560991
2010-01-07$32.77$30.0021.8%9.1%17.9%1.6%32.6%2.8%0.8%58.6K-1.3M-8.7K0.4755.42N/AN/A1571,5621,061
2010-01-08$32.68$30.0024.0%8.7%17.1%4.5%30.4%4.7%1.4%58.1K-1.3M-8.7K0.3088.71N/AN/A66201,5771,060
2010-01-11$32.45$30.0031.8%9.8%15.8%14.8%0.0%5.5%-1.1%55.5K-1.2M-8.7K0.0063.91N/AN/A011,5851,070
2010-01-12$32.17$30.0032.3%9.7%15.2%15.5%0.0%5.5%1.5%52.4K-980.2K-8.5K0.0065.22N/AN/A801,5851,071
2010-01-13$32.76$30.0034.0%7.8%16.4%19.0%26.5%5.6%3.0%60.5K-1.2M-8.2K0.1692.73N/AN/A146231,5921,069
2010-01-14$32.27$30.0032.3%9.3%16.9%16.7%0.0%5.1%7.1%62.2K-1.3M-9.4K1.2579.05N/AN/A451,7201,076
2010-01-15$32.10$30.0024.6%7.0%16.8%5.7%0.0%10.9%15.0%61.0K-1.3M-9.2K0.17108.32N/AN/A3561,7241,050
2010-01-19$32.94$30.0021.9%6.3%17.6%1.8%21.0%-3.9%7.6%69.8K-1.1M-8.4K0.6290.54N/AN/A50311,434870
2010-01-20$32.32$30.0035.3%10.1%19.0%20.9%30.9%3.6%2.6%66.3K-914.1K-9.2K0.0972.56N/AN/A6661,483881
2010-01-21$31.25$30.0034.6%9.9%22.8%20.0%34.6%2.9%0.0%57.8K-380.8K-8.8K1.2933.17N/AN/A28361,523887
2010-01-22$30.92$30.0035.8%10.3%22.9%21.6%35.2%9.5%-0.9%56.1K-293.1K-8.7K0.2941.49N/AN/A82241,549856
2010-01-25$31.21$30.0037.0%10.6%22.7%23.3%37.0%12.6%-1.5%60.2K-328.4K-8.7K0.2725.91N/AN/A93251,578878
2010-01-26$31.23$30.0033.7%9.7%22.3%18.6%0.0%9.9%0.6%65.5K-386.1K-8.7K0.0064.46N/AN/A4501,609903
2010-01-27$31.67$30.0035.1%10.1%22.5%20.6%30.5%14.3%-0.6%69.1K-564.7K-8.5K1.6950.66N/AN/A16271,609903
2010-01-28$31.22$30.0034.8%10.0%22.9%20.2%34.8%11.0%-0.5%65.4K-414.2K-8.6K8.7143.37N/AN/A7611,619905
2010-01-29$30.70$30.0034.7%9.9%23.4%20.0%34.7%7.9%-0.1%60.2K-278.6K-8.6K0.2044.76N/AN/A3061,618966