PCH Options History — December 2015

In December 2015, PCH traded between $30.08 and $33.73. ATM implied volatility averaged 28.9%, placing in the 7.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.4% (HV 20d: 21.5%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $35.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.29.

Notable Days

  • 2015-12-03: Highest Volume — 85 contracts
  • 2015-12-03: Largest IV spike — 122.8% change
  • 2015-12-08: Highest IV Rank — 26.0%
  • 2015-12-16: Largest Expected Move — 10.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.37$30.08$33.73$33.73$30.40
Max Pain$34.55$30.00$35.00$30.00$35.00
ATM IV28.9%16.6%58.5%16.6%21.8%
Expected Move7.3%4.8%10.1%4.8%6.2%
HV 20d21.5%19.8%23.1%21.5%21.6%
HV 60d25.0%24.1%25.3%24.5%24.4%
IV Rank7.8%0.1%26.0%0.1%3.4%
IV Percentile33.4%0.8%83.3%0.8%18.7%
Term Structure-5.1%-26.2%6.6%-2.1%0.1%
VWIV21.1%13.0%32.1%19.6%28.4%
Skew 25d3.7%-16.0%46.2%3.2%-0.2%
Skew 10d9.6%-36.7%50.7%7.1%5.6%
Call IV 25d23.4%17.1%33.1%18.0%26.4%
Put IV 25d27.1%13.6%64.0%21.2%26.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %125.30109.23139.37109.23127.56
Gamma HHI0.800.571.001.000.93
Net GEX5.2K1.7K9.6K9.6K4.0K
Net DEX-67.1K-134.7K-27.0K-123.7K-39.0K
Net VEX-535-789-354-588-577
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.290.200.370.270.37
Total Volume64.727085081
Total OI137.318119149119149

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-12-01$33.73$30.0016.6%4.8%21.5%0.1%0.0%3.2%-2.1%9.6K-123.7K-5880.00109.23N/AN/A009425
2015-12-02$33.06$30.0021.7%6.2%22.6%3.3%19.6%-8.3%3.3%7.7K-116.6K-6010.27125.33N/AN/A59169425
2015-12-03$32.37$35.0048.4%9.1%23.1%19.8%19.8%-5.6%-25.6%7.9K-124.9K-7650.23136.34N/AN/A691610925
2015-12-04$32.69$35.0043.6%7.9%21.6%16.8%13.0%46.2%5.4%6.8K-134.7K-7890.23139.37N/AN/A691611925
2015-12-07$32.18$35.0030.2%5.5%21.6%8.5%0.0%0.0%-4.5%5.4K-81.4K-6030.00126.74N/AN/A0011925
2015-12-08$32.01$35.0058.5%6.7%21.1%26.0%15.3%3.0%6.6%6.2K-64.9K-5520.23132.16N/AN/A691611925
2015-12-09$31.68$35.0034.0%9.7%21.3%10.9%20.7%-9.5%-26.2%5.2K-69.9K-5990.23131.90N/AN/A691611925
2015-12-10$31.19$35.0024.4%7.0%21.8%5.0%16.6%2.3%-5.6%3.3K-61.1K-5930.27130.50N/AN/A601611925
2015-12-11$30.62$35.0025.1%7.2%19.8%5.4%21.1%3.3%-0.3%2.2K-38.8K-4830.36109.94N/AN/A451612021
2015-12-14$30.33$35.0023.2%6.7%19.9%4.2%27.9%20.0%0.6%1.7K-28.7K-4170.36119.58N/AN/A451612021
2015-12-15$30.58$35.0023.1%6.6%19.8%4.2%18.9%3.6%2.5%3.3K-38.4K-4450.36126.38N/AN/A451612021
2015-12-16$31.02$35.0035.3%10.1%20.5%11.7%19.0%3.7%-2.3%4.7K-64.1K-5010.36135.70N/AN/A451612021
2015-12-17$31.19$35.0034.2%9.8%20.6%11.0%16.0%4.2%-18.7%4.8K-56.0K-4640.36128.50N/AN/A451612021
2015-12-18$30.49$35.0022.3%6.4%21.8%3.7%20.4%3.1%0.6%4.6K-48.3K-4610.36116.70N/AN/A451612021
2015-12-21$30.08$35.0032.6%9.3%21.3%10.0%23.6%3.5%-4.7%3.5K-27.0K-3540.27127.61N/AN/A441210914
2015-12-22$30.50$35.0033.8%9.7%22.1%10.8%32.1%27.6%-11.9%4.6K-45.8K-4050.27132.78N/AN/A441210914
2015-12-23$30.98$35.0017.2%4.9%22.5%0.5%21.4%7.2%3.8%4.3K-47.0K-4060.21120.16N/AN/A581210914
2015-12-24$31.29$35.0018.5%5.3%22.7%1.3%19.8%4.5%5.4%6.4K-70.2K-5310.20115.92N/AN/A591212414
2015-12-28$31.28$35.0017.2%4.9%22.0%0.5%22.0%-3.3%2.7%5.8K-66.4K-5110.20112.04N/AN/A591212514
2015-12-29$31.53$35.0028.7%8.2%21.6%7.6%21.4%-10.9%-23.1%6.9K-68.9K-4880.37121.70N/AN/A592212514
2015-12-30$31.01$35.0025.9%7.4%21.6%5.9%24.6%-16.0%-18.3%5.4K-60.7K-6340.37130.47N/AN/A592212524
2015-12-31$30.40$35.0021.8%6.2%21.6%3.4%28.4%-0.2%0.1%4.0K-39.0K-5770.37127.56N/AN/A592212524