PCH Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, PCH traded between $36.58 and $39.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.7%, placing in the 21.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.7% (HV 20d: 23.3%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 2.06.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-02: Highest Volume — 224 contracts
  • 2011-02-02: Largest IV spike — 75.4% change
  • 2011-02-24: Highest IV Rank — 42.7%
  • 2011-02-24: Largest Expected Move — 8.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$37.89$36.58$39.09$37.75$38.40
Max Pain$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV20.7%13.1%29.9%13.1%16.9%
Expected Move6.0%3.8%8.6%3.8%4.8%
HV 20d23.3%20.4%25.7%20.7%24.6%
HV 60d19.6%18.1%21.2%21.2%19.7%
IV Rank21.1%3.4%42.7%3.4%12.2%
IV Percentile18.9%0.8%57.1%0.8%6.0%
Term Structure3.5%-1.2%9.3%8.8%2.8%
VWIV24.8%12.5%34.4%34.4%30.3%
Skew 25d8.8%3.9%17.5%13.9%8.0%
Skew 10d11.6%3.9%33.2%12.2%8.5%
Call IV 25d17.8%11.3%21.1%11.3%19.6%
Put IV 25d26.6%23.7%31.4%25.1%27.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %41.4918.0059.1523.6648.00
Gamma HHI0.560.450.680.530.56
Net GEX106.3K60.4K155.5K149.2K80.1K
Net DEX-3.6M-4.8M-1.7M-4.2M-2.4M
Net VEX-10.0K-11.5K-8.1K-10.5K-10.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio2.060.0015.000.003.17
Total Volume68.526112248475
Total OI2,678.8421,6773,1262,6701,889

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$37.75$35.0013.1%3.8%20.7%3.4%34.4%13.9%8.8%149.2K-4.2M-10.5K0.0023.66N/AN/A8401,869801
2011-02-02$37.46$35.0023.0%6.6%20.4%26.6%12.5%13.6%9.3%153.8K-4.0M-10.9K15.0020.98N/AN/A142101,900801
2011-02-03$36.74$35.0026.6%7.6%22.3%35.0%26.2%10.4%0.9%130.9K-3.2M-11.5K0.0718.00N/AN/A4031,8631,011
2011-02-04$36.58$35.0028.7%7.6%22.5%39.9%19.7%7.5%0.2%135.4K-3.1M-11.5K8.0059.15N/AN/A5401,8791,014
2011-02-07$36.98$35.0028.3%7.9%22.6%39.0%0.0%6.0%0.1%127.1K-3.4M-10.9K0.0557.71N/AN/A13371,8841,033
2011-02-08$37.82$35.0015.6%4.8%23.4%9.1%22.2%8.7%4.6%81.1K-4.2M-9.4K0.2127.36N/AN/A63131,9811,030
2011-02-09$37.61$35.0016.6%5.8%23.7%11.4%26.6%8.3%5.5%82.3K-4.1M-9.8K1.7555.62N/AN/A472,0251,030
2011-02-10$38.20$35.0016.0%4.6%24.0%10.1%0.0%5.5%3.7%89.7K-4.4M-9.5K0.0027.42N/AN/A2002,0271,032
2011-02-11$38.44$35.0018.4%5.3%23.9%15.7%19.4%3.9%3.6%102.9K-4.5M-9.5K0.3323.28N/AN/A2482,0471,032
2011-02-14$38.12$35.0019.7%5.6%24.4%18.7%26.6%6.7%4.5%89.1K-4.4M-9.4K0.0544.40N/AN/A5732,0651,032
2011-02-15$38.45$35.0018.8%5.4%24.1%16.7%19.5%4.0%2.8%102.8K-4.6M-9.5K0.1040.76N/AN/A4952,0911,035
2011-02-16$38.58$35.0018.6%5.3%23.0%16.3%0.0%4.5%3.7%109.3K-4.6M-9.4K0.3739.96N/AN/A1972,0801,030
2011-02-17$39.09$35.0019.5%5.6%23.1%18.2%0.0%6.2%3.5%155.5K-4.8M-8.9K0.0039.73N/AN/A3902,0711,024
2011-02-18$39.00$35.0019.1%5.5%23.3%17.4%19.3%6.6%3.6%148.9K-4.8M-8.1K5.0057.62N/AN/A10502,0461,024
2011-02-22$37.77$35.0018.3%5.2%23.8%15.4%32.2%15.1%7.6%73.5K-2.0M-9.2K0.2753.11N/AN/A176481,118559
2011-02-23$37.00$35.0029.1%8.3%25.0%40.8%29.1%13.5%-1.2%60.4K-1.7M-10.8K2.8240.87N/AN/A11311,273565
2011-02-24$37.34$35.0029.9%8.6%23.2%42.7%30.2%17.5%-1.1%62.6K-1.8M-11.0K1.3853.13N/AN/A8111,274590
2011-02-25$38.54$35.0016.7%4.8%25.7%11.7%24.3%7.2%3.8%85.8K-2.4M-10.1K0.5657.65N/AN/A18101,282591
2011-02-28$38.40$35.0016.9%4.8%24.6%12.2%30.3%8.0%2.8%80.1K-2.4M-10.4K3.1748.00N/AN/A18571,293596