PCH Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, PCH traded between $35.06 and $37.13. ATM implied volatility averaged 68.0%, placing in the 44.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 50.0% (HV 20d: 18.0%). Max pain ranged from $35.00 to $40.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.63.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-15: Highest Volume — 121 contracts
  • 2015-05-12: Largest IV spike — 209.0% change
  • 2015-05-06: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2015-05-27: Largest Expected Move — 21.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$36.08$35.06$37.13$37.13$36.23
Max Pain$35.25$35.00$40.00$40.00$35.00
ATM IV68.0%20.8%178.3%31.9%54.2%
Expected Move12.8%5.9%21.9%9.1%15.5%
HV 20d18.0%16.1%20.0%16.6%16.1%
HV 60d15.1%13.9%15.8%14.5%15.7%
IV Rank44.3%4.8%100.0%21.6%25.0%
IV Percentile76.8%11.9%100.0%40.5%85.3%
Term Structure-17.3%-59.4%3.7%-18.7%3.7%
VWIV42.6%21.2%60.2%21.2%48.4%
Skew 25d21.7%-5.5%65.2%-0.7%25.1%
Skew 10d16.1%-38.1%57.0%45.6%27.3%
Call IV 25d26.6%19.5%39.4%25.4%39.4%
Put IV 25d48.2%22.4%88.1%24.7%64.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %127.57115.14132.90123.32130.23
Gamma HHI0.610.430.870.870.65
Net GEX6.5K3.4K13.4K9.4K6.0K
Net DEX70.8K-23.6K181.8K165.5K-23.6K
Net VEX-692-867-477-608-819
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.630.331.020.600.33
Total Volume71.7501219672
Total OI296.6154412406177

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$37.13$40.0031.9%9.1%16.6%21.6%21.2%-0.7%-18.7%9.4K165.5K-6080.60123.32N/AN/A603633571
2015-05-04$36.68$35.0096.1%9.2%16.9%94.7%0.0%8.7%-14.6%12.8K76.8K-8580.00130.56N/AN/A0033671
2015-05-05$35.89$35.0077.2%15.9%17.9%73.3%55.5%51.1%-25.2%8.9K92.8K-8670.60125.19N/AN/A603633671
2015-05-06$35.98$35.00109.2%8.2%17.8%100.0%29.7%4.6%-13.1%11.9K93.2K-6920.60129.68N/AN/A603633671
2015-05-07$36.18$35.00111.7%10.2%17.8%100.0%36.4%12.5%-14.1%11.4K80.8K-7850.60122.53N/AN/A603633671
2015-05-08$36.54$35.00120.9%11.0%17.8%100.0%0.0%13.4%-9.7%13.4K51.8K-7870.00132.34N/AN/A0033658
2015-05-11$36.01$35.0057.7%8.9%17.8%41.5%0.0%-3.4%-15.0%7.1K130.1K-5280.00132.07N/AN/A01833658
2015-05-12$35.52$35.00178.3%17.2%18.0%100.0%60.2%56.5%-25.3%4.0K150.8K-7730.90127.78N/AN/A605433676
2015-05-13$35.06$35.0049.3%14.1%18.1%22.0%49.2%47.4%-9.3%4.1K125.7K-8440.90130.67N/AN/A605433676
2015-05-14$35.56$35.0058.3%16.7%19.4%27.5%58.3%54.3%-16.6%3.7K158.0K-7800.90126.72N/AN/A605433676
2015-05-15$35.68$35.0021.7%6.2%18.9%5.4%21.7%-1.1%-2.2%3.5K181.8K-5791.02115.14N/AN/A606133676
2015-05-18$35.56$35.0059.0%16.9%18.8%27.9%0.0%55.1%-16.4%3.7K15.0K-6860.00132.90N/AN/A0012133
2015-05-19$36.13$35.0020.8%5.9%20.0%4.8%0.0%2.9%-3.3%3.5K25.6K-5790.00128.26N/AN/A0012133
2015-05-20$36.15$35.0059.9%17.2%19.2%28.4%57.9%65.2%-17.7%4.4K17.8K-6170.69128.87N/AN/A483312133
2015-05-21$36.15$35.0021.2%6.1%19.0%5.0%21.8%17.3%-3.5%3.4K31.2K-5500.57123.28N/AN/A583312133
2015-05-22$36.10$35.0042.5%12.2%18.2%17.9%37.4%-1.3%-6.2%4.8K21.6K-6010.57129.05N/AN/A583313133
2015-05-26$36.12$35.0040.8%11.7%18.1%16.9%41.1%-5.5%-31.7%3.4K33.9K-4770.57127.41N/AN/A583313133
2015-05-27$36.48$35.0076.3%21.9%17.2%38.4%52.5%9.1%-59.4%6.0K-19.8K-8070.33129.13N/AN/A541813133
2015-05-28$36.50$35.0072.5%20.8%16.8%36.0%47.8%22.1%-46.7%5.3K6.3K-6010.33126.38N/AN/A541814136
2015-05-29$36.23$35.0054.2%15.5%16.1%25.0%48.4%25.1%3.7%6.0K-23.6K-8190.33130.23N/AN/A541814136