PCH Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, PCH traded between $38.12 and $39.15. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.2%, placing in the 13.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.9% (HV 20d: 14.3%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-28: Highest Volume — 148 contracts
  • 2012-12-05: Largest IV spike — 103.1% change
  • 2012-12-12: Highest IV Rank — 34.9%
  • 2012-12-21: Largest Expected Move — 8.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.72$38.12$39.15$39.01$39.15
Max Pain$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00$35.00
ATM IV23.2%10.8%40.4%20.1%18.1%
Expected Move5.9%3.1%8.5%5.8%5.2%
HV 20d14.3%13.4%15.7%14.0%15.7%
HV 60d13.1%12.6%13.8%12.6%13.8%
IV Rank13.9%0.0%34.9%9.7%8.9%
IV Percentile37.1%0.0%94.8%21.4%13.1%
Term Structure2.9%-4.1%8.3%4.1%0.3%
VWIV11.2%9.1%13.3%9.1%13.3%
Skew 25d8.0%-1.6%36.7%11.8%5.7%
Skew 10d4.9%-2.5%52.2%0.9%1.9%
Call IV 25d14.7%9.7%30.2%9.7%14.3%
Put IV 25d22.7%13.5%66.9%21.5%20.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %83.9827.68123.0968.9556.28
Gamma HHI0.720.650.840.740.84
Net GEX50.2K36.2K83.9K53.9K83.9K
Net DEX-631.6K-995.1K-326.8K-969.0K-665.7K
Net VEX-3.9K-4.6K-3.4K-4.4K-4.6K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.005.000.000.00
Total Volume12.95014864
Total OI627.9544720686709

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$39.01$35.0020.1%5.8%14.0%9.7%9.1%11.8%4.1%53.9K-969.0K-4.4K0.0068.95N/AN/A60534152
2012-12-04$38.83$35.0014.5%4.1%13.8%2.6%0.0%5.6%4.5%58.2K-952.7K-4.3K0.0027.68N/AN/A00540152
2012-12-05$38.26$35.0029.4%8.4%14.7%21.2%0.0%8.1%3.3%50.1K-889.5K-4.5K0.0060.03N/AN/A00540152
2012-12-06$38.40$35.0017.4%5.0%13.9%6.3%0.0%7.0%2.6%55.0K-841.1K-4.1K0.0064.26N/AN/A80540152
2012-12-07$38.94$35.0034.1%5.9%14.5%27.1%0.0%8.3%7.0%54.1K-991.1K-4.3K0.0086.86N/AN/A00548152
2012-12-10$39.00$35.0038.6%6.2%14.5%32.6%0.0%26.1%2.0%63.1K-973.7K-4.0K0.0061.00N/AN/A00548152
2012-12-11$38.99$35.0030.1%6.6%14.4%22.0%0.0%4.0%2.0%61.1K-995.1K-4.1K0.0066.63N/AN/A021548152
2012-12-12$38.95$35.0040.4%7.6%14.4%34.9%0.0%5.4%1.5%61.1K-982.7K-4.1K3.6766.56N/AN/A311548172
2012-12-13$38.41$35.0023.3%6.7%13.6%13.6%0.0%1.8%2.1%36.9K-387.4K-3.7K0.00121.97N/AN/A010386183
2012-12-14$38.12$35.0013.5%3.9%14.0%1.4%0.0%0.0%3.2%36.7K-326.8K-3.6K0.0081.85N/AN/A100386193
2012-12-17$38.47$35.0015.5%4.5%14.3%4.0%13.3%-1.6%2.2%40.1K-339.8K-3.5K0.0076.46N/AN/A60386193
2012-12-18$38.99$35.0021.0%6.0%14.3%10.7%0.0%5.3%3.0%46.9K-430.2K-3.5K0.00106.38N/AN/A00392193
2012-12-19$38.55$35.0021.5%6.2%13.4%11.3%0.0%1.7%0.4%47.8K-411.6K-3.6K0.00113.16N/AN/A00392193
2012-12-20$39.07$35.0020.5%5.9%14.3%10.1%0.0%5.5%2.3%50.8K-454.0K-3.4K0.00117.66N/AN/A00387183
2012-12-21$38.75$35.0029.8%8.5%14.5%21.6%0.0%36.7%-4.1%44.8K-435.2K-3.5K0.00122.46N/AN/A00387183
2012-12-24$38.72$35.0026.7%7.7%14.2%17.9%0.0%6.9%2.6%40.3K-432.0K-3.5K5.00123.09N/AN/A210371173
2012-12-26$38.41$35.0010.8%3.1%14.3%0.0%0.0%2.7%8.3%36.2K-369.1K-3.5K0.00122.74N/AN/A00373183
2012-12-27$38.84$35.0020.0%5.7%14.4%11.2%0.0%10.8%6.1%41.9K-385.3K-3.4K0.0068.41N/AN/A200373183
2012-12-28$38.52$35.0019.2%5.5%14.6%10.2%0.0%9.2%4.9%41.7K-400.4K-3.6K0.0067.11N/AN/A1480391183
2012-12-31$39.15$35.0018.1%5.2%15.7%8.9%0.0%5.7%0.3%83.9K-665.7K-4.6K0.0056.28N/AN/A40526183