PCH Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, PCH traded between $41.54 and $44.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.6%, placing in the 22.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 18.8% (HV 20d: 13.8%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.93.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-21: Highest Volume — 88 contracts
  • 2014-11-07: Largest IV spike — 269.8% change
  • 2014-11-07: Highest IV Rank — 40.9%
  • 2014-11-21: Largest Expected Move — 8.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.62$41.54$44.06$44.06$41.55
Max Pain$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00$45.00
ATM IV32.6%13.2%48.8%24.1%43.3%
Expected Move6.8%4.9%8.8%7.2%7.7%
HV 20d13.8%10.5%15.5%15.3%10.5%
HV 60d14.5%14.2%14.9%14.4%14.8%
IV Rank22.5%0.4%40.9%12.8%34.7%
IV Percentile46.7%0.4%87.3%16.7%80.2%
Term Structure-8.5%-27.0%7.8%-3.1%-10.3%
VWIV24.2%18.0%33.7%27.2%18.0%
Skew 25d14.0%-1.3%37.9%0.6%21.7%
Skew 10d11.9%-12.3%26.6%5.3%24.0%
Call IV 25d25.4%13.6%49.0%41.8%29.3%
Put IV 25d39.4%21.7%67.7%42.4%51.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %119.59101.08129.47116.16129.47
Gamma HHI0.610.480.870.760.59
Net GEX8.1K1.6K15.3K9.8K1.7K
Net DEX-112.5K-189.3K1.0K-189.3K-1.9K
Net VEX-400-534-240-240-452
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.930.381.180.900.38
Total Volume54.737088740
Total OI107.7375114210154

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$44.06$45.0024.1%7.2%15.3%12.8%27.2%0.6%-3.1%9.8K-189.3K-2400.90116.16N/AN/A39356338
2014-11-04$43.62$45.0039.1%7.0%15.5%29.9%27.1%5.4%-18.2%9.4K-187.7K-5290.90124.67N/AN/A39358338
2014-11-05$43.78$45.0034.4%8.0%14.9%24.6%27.6%8.2%-11.6%11.7K-180.7K-4730.90111.77N/AN/A39358338
2014-11-06$43.64$45.0013.2%7.0%15.0%0.4%27.7%22.6%7.8%14.0K-181.6K-3790.90106.17N/AN/A39358338
2014-11-07$43.78$45.0048.8%7.0%14.6%40.9%26.6%-0.4%5.2%7.4K-170.1K-5340.90127.60N/AN/A39358338
2014-11-10$43.84$45.0017.6%5.6%13.9%5.4%20.8%10.9%3.5%15.3K-188.6K-3740.90121.56N/AN/A39358338
2014-11-11$43.25$45.0022.5%5.4%14.3%11.0%19.3%-0.9%-4.8%7.1K-118.4K-2720.90119.12N/AN/A39355428
2014-11-12$42.87$45.0030.1%5.6%14.1%19.6%20.3%20.5%5.2%11.9K-143.7K-3750.90119.57N/AN/A39358338
2014-11-13$42.59$45.0021.7%5.6%14.3%10.0%20.8%37.9%2.4%10.9K-134.2K-3830.90120.76N/AN/A39358338
2014-11-14$42.04$45.0035.8%7.3%15.0%26.2%0.0%20.5%-15.5%8.9K-118.1K-3460.00115.15N/AN/A008338
2014-11-17$42.25$45.0043.1%8.0%14.1%34.4%30.6%28.5%-19.5%9.7K-118.7K-3031.15124.22N/AN/A39458338
2014-11-18$42.03$45.0018.8%5.5%13.5%6.8%18.5%8.1%0.6%7.3K-112.7K-4361.15101.08N/AN/A39459348
2014-11-19$41.54$45.0037.6%7.2%14.0%28.1%0.0%20.4%-14.4%8.3K-91.1K-4270.00127.21N/AN/A009348
2014-11-20$41.55$45.0029.5%7.8%13.2%19.0%21.2%1.4%-6.8%7.7K-90.1K-4131.18126.90N/AN/A39469348
2014-11-21$41.61$45.0044.6%8.8%13.0%36.2%33.7%27.4%-18.6%6.8K-108.6K-4511.10124.88N/AN/A42469349
2014-11-24$41.91$45.0028.6%4.9%12.9%17.9%0.0%-1.3%-24.3%1.6K1.0K-3720.00121.35N/AN/A003516
2014-11-25$42.02$45.0045.0%6.1%11.8%36.5%18.0%19.6%-27.0%2.7K-4.1K-3910.38111.80N/AN/A2493516
2014-11-26$41.80$45.0041.8%8.1%11.8%32.9%0.0%14.4%-11.3%2.1K765-4460.00122.70N/AN/A003519
2014-11-28$41.55$45.0043.3%7.7%10.5%34.7%0.0%21.7%-10.3%1.7K-1.9K-4520.00129.47N/AN/A003519