PCH Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, PCH traded between $39.67 and $40.57. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.8%, placing in the 25.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.5% (HV 20d: 24.3%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.30.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-03: Highest Volume — 185 contracts
  • 2015-02-27: Largest IV spike — 89.9% change
  • 2015-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 47.2%
  • 2015-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 15.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.94$39.67$40.57$39.93$40.00
Max Pain$43.42$35.00$45.00$35.00$45.00
ATM IV34.8%19.8%54.3%34.3%43.8%
Expected Move9.9%5.7%15.6%9.8%12.5%
HV 20d24.3%12.3%27.6%26.5%12.3%
HV 60d18.3%18.0%18.7%18.1%18.3%
IV Rank25.0%7.9%47.2%24.4%35.2%
IV Percentile44.4%6.0%89.7%41.7%75.0%
Term Structure-1.5%-28.7%31.3%2.9%-6.5%
VWIV40.6%15.7%71.9%42.8%55.7%
Skew 25d8.8%-15.0%37.1%10.7%4.3%
Skew 10d17.6%-12.7%57.2%26.1%12.3%
Call IV 25d39.7%19.2%70.7%35.6%52.1%
Put IV 25d48.5%21.4%83.5%46.3%56.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %122.99113.88132.53130.04130.09
Gamma HHI0.730.550.980.760.61
Net GEX13.8K7.8K21.2K12.5K21.2K
Net DEX-39.4K-160.6K37.5K-11.8K-133.4K
Net VEX-1.8K-2.3K-1.5K-1.8K-2.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.300.000.690.170.69
Total Volume123.0530185059
Total OI318.737305356305356

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$39.93$35.0034.3%9.8%26.5%24.4%0.0%10.7%2.9%12.5K-11.8K-1.8K0.00130.04N/AN/A0024164
2015-02-03$39.94$35.0037.8%10.8%26.5%28.4%42.8%3.9%10.9%14.7K-31.0K-1.9K0.17126.89N/AN/A1582724164
2015-02-04$39.77$35.0054.3%15.6%26.5%47.2%66.3%5.3%-2.7%13.5K-118.3K-2.3K0.17125.22N/AN/A1582724164
2015-02-05$40.57$45.0050.7%14.1%27.3%43.1%63.3%15.9%-3.4%14.0K-89.8K-2.2K0.17125.70N/AN/A1582724164
2015-02-06$40.02$45.0024.8%6.7%27.6%13.6%15.7%30.8%2.1%11.6K24.0K-1.6K0.17116.16N/AN/A1582724164
2015-02-09$39.86$45.0027.4%6.9%27.5%16.6%16.9%0.9%-2.1%10.7K19.9K-1.6K0.18115.00N/AN/A1492724164
2015-02-10$39.83$45.0023.2%7.6%27.5%11.8%18.1%3.7%-2.5%10.2K3.6K-1.7K0.18116.61N/AN/A1492724364
2015-02-11$39.67$45.0023.9%6.8%27.5%12.5%63.5%-15.0%2.5%11.6K29.5K-1.5K0.18113.88N/AN/A1492724364
2015-02-12$40.01$45.0029.8%8.6%27.6%19.3%23.1%34.4%-5.5%11.5K-9.0K-1.7K0.18126.05N/AN/A1492724364
2015-02-13$39.97$45.0041.5%11.9%26.5%32.6%16.8%37.1%-28.7%10.3K21.6K-1.6K0.18121.53N/AN/A1492724364
2015-02-17$39.71$45.0053.5%15.3%24.0%46.2%71.0%7.2%-21.9%13.1K-45.7K-1.8K0.18131.02N/AN/A1492724364
2015-02-18$39.89$45.0047.8%13.7%23.9%39.7%71.9%3.3%-16.1%12.7K-38.8K-1.8K0.18129.55N/AN/A1492724364
2015-02-19$39.82$45.0039.8%11.4%23.8%30.7%0.0%14.3%-9.6%7.8K37.5K-1.5K0.00132.53N/AN/A32024364
2015-02-20$40.02$45.0032.8%9.4%21.7%22.7%0.0%-5.4%-5.0%15.4K-83.3K-1.9K0.00122.54N/AN/A0027564
2015-02-23$40.18$45.0019.8%5.7%21.4%7.9%50.9%12.9%29.3%13.4K3.9K-1.5K0.32115.03N/AN/A742425461
2015-02-24$39.83$45.0030.0%8.6%20.9%19.5%23.0%1.7%31.3%18.9K-160.6K-2.2K0.69126.89N/AN/A352429461
2015-02-25$39.87$45.0022.9%6.6%21.0%11.5%28.8%0.1%0.7%18.1K-76.1K-1.9K0.69115.47N/AN/A352429561
2015-02-26$40.05$45.0023.0%6.6%21.2%11.6%22.5%0.4%-4.1%20.8K-90.8K-1.8K0.69116.64N/AN/A352429561
2015-02-27$40.00$45.0043.8%12.5%12.3%35.2%55.7%4.3%-6.5%21.2K-133.4K-2.1K0.69130.09N/AN/A352429561