PCH Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, PCH traded between $37.92 and $40.42. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.7%, placing in the 32.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 15.1% (HV 20d: 23.5%). Max pain ranged from $40.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-11: Highest Volume — 82 contracts
  • 2014-02-14: Largest IV spike — 121.5% change
  • 2014-02-19: Highest IV Rank — 52.6%
  • 2014-02-19: Largest Expected Move — 16.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.33$37.92$40.42$38.37$39.64
Max Pain$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00$40.00
ATM IV38.7%22.0%56.2%44.3%23.3%
Expected Move10.7%6.3%16.1%12.7%6.7%
HV 20d23.5%20.9%24.9%22.7%20.9%
HV 60d19.8%19.1%20.2%19.9%19.2%
IV Rank32.7%13.8%52.6%39.1%15.3%
IV Percentile83.9%48.8%98.8%95.2%54.0%
Term Structure-9.2%-38.2%17.0%-5.5%11.4%
VWIV34.4%23.6%53.5%53.5%29.8%
Skew 25d-3.7%-29.5%36.0%2.3%-0.5%
Skew 10d13.1%-25.8%60.9%60.9%-0.3%
Call IV 25d36.7%22.6%65.1%38.8%23.4%
Put IV 25d33.0%21.7%60.3%41.1%22.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %120.09110.16124.92120.93120.03
Gamma HHI0.420.290.780.310.47
Net GEX8.7K91628.8K8.0K4.0K
Net DEX-72.5K-171.3K83.3K-24.8K-81.6K
Net VEX-1.3K-1.7K-831-1.4K-1.4K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.003.000.000.00
Total Volume6.89508220
Total OI402.895169517451201

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$38.37$40.0044.3%12.7%22.7%39.1%53.5%2.3%-5.5%8.0K-24.8K-1.4K0.00120.93N/AN/A20262189
2014-02-04$38.39$40.0051.4%14.7%22.7%47.2%0.0%1.5%-38.2%7.4K-21.7K-1.4K0.00121.73N/AN/A00261188
2014-02-05$37.92$40.0049.6%14.2%22.5%45.1%0.0%16.5%-23.4%2.8K46.8K-1.1K0.00123.24N/AN/A00261188
2014-02-06$38.23$40.0036.4%10.4%22.9%30.1%0.0%36.0%1.1%2.7K83.3K-8310.00120.54N/AN/A00261188
2014-02-07$38.15$0.0041.0%7.1%22.8%35.3%0.0%7.2%-2.5%2.5K52.0K-9760.00116.24N/AN/A00261188
2014-02-10$38.55$0.0037.8%12.8%23.1%31.7%0.0%5.0%-15.1%4.6K50.3K-9790.00119.58N/AN/A00261188
2014-02-11$39.17$0.0048.9%10.6%23.8%44.3%34.5%-6.9%-9.6%8.1K-8.7K-9980.03116.89N/AN/A802261188
2014-02-12$39.06$40.0056.1%14.4%23.8%52.5%0.0%-29.5%-20.3%13.2K-121.1K-1.7K0.00121.98N/AN/A00316190
2014-02-13$39.76$40.0025.0%7.2%24.8%17.1%23.6%2.7%-4.1%15.3K-161.3K-1.3K0.00118.75N/AN/A07316190
2014-02-14$39.91$40.0055.3%15.8%24.9%51.6%30.6%-28.8%-19.9%16.7K-171.3K-1.6K3.00120.64N/AN/A13316197
2014-02-18$39.88$40.0025.6%7.3%24.9%17.9%0.0%1.7%-2.4%28.8K-147.8K-1.3K0.00110.16N/AN/A00317200
2014-02-19$40.03$40.0056.2%16.1%24.7%52.6%0.0%-18.9%-26.9%15.1K-168.2K-1.4K0.00123.72N/AN/A00317200
2014-02-20$40.42$40.0031.5%9.0%24.2%24.6%0.0%-9.7%0.1%10.2K-137.2K-1.3K0.00124.92N/AN/A40292200
2014-02-21$40.09$40.0031.5%9.0%24.2%24.6%0.0%-14.8%-2.2%10.0K-130.2K-1.2K0.00117.25N/AN/A00292200
2014-02-24$40.24$40.0022.0%6.3%23.8%13.8%0.0%-0.9%17.0%916-87.8K-9970.00122.48N/AN/A3007099
2014-02-25$39.88$40.0040.6%11.6%24.0%34.9%0.0%-16.1%-18.2%4.4K-112.5K-1.4K0.00124.73N/AN/A0010099
2014-02-26$40.11$40.0024.4%7.0%24.1%16.5%0.0%-15.0%-1.2%5.5K-124.5K-1.3K0.00120.04N/AN/A0010099
2014-02-27$39.52$40.0034.2%9.8%22.4%27.7%29.8%-1.1%-14.0%4.3K-110.6K-1.4K0.00117.81N/AN/A0210099
2014-02-28$39.64$40.0023.3%6.7%20.9%15.3%0.0%-0.5%11.4%4.0K-81.6K-1.4K0.00120.03N/AN/A00100101