PCH Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, PCH traded between $30.31 and $33.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.2%, placing in the 13.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 25.5%). 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 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.35.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-16: Highest Volume — 395 contracts
  • 2010-02-23: Largest IV spike — 50.4% change
  • 2010-02-08: Highest IV Rank — 26.9%
  • 2010-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 10.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.87$30.31$33.13$31.42$33.02
Max Pain$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV29.2%14.1%39.5%36.3%14.1%
Expected Move8.2%4.0%10.4%10.4%4.0%
HV 20d25.5%22.4%28.0%24.5%22.4%
HV 60d25.6%23.4%27.4%27.3%23.4%
IV Rank13.1%0.0%26.9%22.3%0.0%
IV Percentile13.6%0.0%46.4%29.4%0.0%
Term Structure1.0%-3.2%10.5%-1.8%10.5%
VWIV30.9%17.6%41.9%17.6%41.9%
Skew 25d11.5%3.3%19.0%19.0%16.2%
Skew 10d22.7%5.5%60.5%60.5%9.3%
Call IV 25d21.0%13.1%26.8%24.0%13.1%
Put IV 25d32.5%26.8%43.0%43.0%29.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %31.6310.5858.8144.6010.58
Gamma HHI0.630.390.920.490.83
Net GEX69.6K56.8K83.2K65.0K78.6K
Net DEX-834.4K-1.9M-37.5K-442.5K-1.1M
Net VEX-8.5K-9.4K-7.3K-8.4K-9.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.350.006.675.000.80
Total Volume91.5796395627
Total OI2,601.1581,8413,2002,6031,985

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$31.42$30.0036.3%10.4%24.5%22.3%0.0%19.0%-1.8%65.0K-442.5K-8.4K5.0044.60N/AN/A151,631972
2010-02-02$31.94$30.0034.8%10.0%25.1%20.2%17.6%12.3%-0.3%70.7K-692.5K-8.2K0.0144.64N/AN/A9811,632977
2010-02-03$31.55$30.0035.0%10.0%25.4%20.5%35.1%11.2%-1.5%66.0K-665.7K-8.8K6.6745.59N/AN/A3201,622978
2010-02-04$30.61$30.0035.0%10.0%26.8%20.5%0.0%7.1%-1.9%56.8K-101.9K-8.4K1.1551.98N/AN/A1001151,623982
2010-02-05$30.64$30.0035.9%9.5%26.8%21.7%0.0%14.8%-2.3%59.5K-42.5K-8.4K1.0741.80N/AN/A14151,7231,086
2010-02-08$30.31$30.0039.5%9.5%26.9%26.9%33.1%4.0%-3.2%64.4K-37.5K-8.4K0.0458.81N/AN/A2611,7161,071
2010-02-09$30.52$30.0035.6%9.3%27.1%21.4%32.5%14.3%-1.6%73.7K-99.3K-8.0K2.5627.49N/AN/A18461,7421,072
2010-02-10$30.85$30.0032.5%9.4%27.5%16.9%0.0%16.0%-2.0%74.3K-349.3K-8.0K1.0017.90N/AN/A551,7521,096
2010-02-11$31.35$30.0032.3%9.3%27.3%16.7%32.5%17.0%-2.1%78.1K-782.4K-7.3K3.5618.70N/AN/A16571,7521,101
2010-02-12$31.66$30.0032.3%9.3%27.2%16.7%32.3%17.0%-2.1%71.9K-959.8K-7.9K0.5720.37N/AN/A23131,7681,107
2010-02-16$32.26$30.0032.7%9.4%28.0%17.1%22.7%9.3%-2.2%76.2K-1.3M-7.6K0.3444.32N/AN/A2951001,7671,107
2010-02-17$32.54$30.0025.7%7.4%26.5%7.3%0.0%8.8%3.6%59.1K-1.5M-7.7K0.4623.92N/AN/A134621,8491,197
2010-02-18$33.13$30.0020.7%5.9%26.4%0.2%31.9%4.8%2.3%83.2K-1.9M-8.8K1.4318.23N/AN/A14201,9671,233
2010-02-19$33.03$30.0019.7%5.6%23.0%0.0%23.2%3.3%3.6%64.8K-1.7M-9.3K0.8523.31N/AN/A41351,9691,222
2010-02-22$32.87$30.0021.0%6.0%22.7%1.9%26.8%3.8%0.5%65.8K-1.1M-8.8K0.0129.85N/AN/A8311,141700
2010-02-23$32.38$30.0031.6%9.1%23.4%16.8%31.8%16.3%-1.7%65.4K-918.2K-9.2K0.1232.43N/AN/A157191,221701
2010-02-24$32.65$30.0020.5%5.9%23.5%1.1%39.8%11.7%10.1%72.7K-1.0M-9.0K0.0023.89N/AN/A1001,264711
2010-02-25$32.87$30.0019.3%5.5%23.2%0.0%41.9%12.2%10.4%76.8K-1.1M-9.0K0.0022.47N/AN/A16001,274711
2010-02-26$33.02$30.0014.1%4.0%22.4%0.0%0.0%16.2%10.5%78.6K-1.1M-9.4K0.8010.58N/AN/A15121,274711