PCH Options History — January 2016

In January 2016, PCH traded between $24.58 and $29.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.5%, placing in the 17.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.3% (HV 20d: 30.2%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2016-01-25: Highest Volume — 133 contracts
  • 2016-01-12: Largest IV spike — 124.3% change
  • 2016-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 74.6%
  • 2016-01-27: Largest Expected Move — 17.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$26.88$24.58$29.70$29.42$28.84
Max Pain$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00$30.00
ATM IV44.5%21.5%137.1%48.9%32.6%
Expected Move10.2%6.6%17.3%8.5%9.3%
HV 20d30.2%23.1%48.9%23.1%48.9%
HV 60d28.2%24.9%33.0%24.9%33.0%
IV Rank17.4%3.2%74.6%20.1%10.0%
IV Percentile60.3%17.1%99.6%75.8%48.0%
Term Structure-4.8%-30.6%32.8%-5.0%-0.1%
VWIV33.1%23.1%48.2%29.3%38.4%
Skew 25d7.6%-15.6%40.9%5.1%27.0%
Skew 10d11.0%-9.0%80.2%8.1%17.4%
Call IV 25d27.6%18.0%40.5%25.6%18.0%
Put IV 25d35.1%20.6%72.2%30.7%45.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %117.55102.88134.82121.10127.70
Gamma HHI0.600.270.960.960.63
Net GEX-178-3.2K4.1K4.1K-2.8K
Net DEX36.0K-31.5K96.2K-31.5K-20.7K
Net VEX-372-582-175-554-338
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.001.460.370.00
Total Volume100.684811338190
Total OI172.158140211149211

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-01-04$29.42$30.0048.9%8.5%23.1%20.1%29.3%5.1%-5.0%4.1K-31.5K-5540.37121.10N/AN/A592212524
2016-01-05$29.70$30.0021.5%6.6%23.1%3.2%23.1%2.1%-1.4%2.8K-13.7K-4760.37111.20N/AN/A592212524
2016-01-06$29.09$30.0027.0%8.0%23.5%6.6%27.7%-1.1%-7.3%2.4K-3.9K-4300.37118.50N/AN/A592212524
2016-01-07$27.88$30.0034.5%7.0%27.0%11.2%24.5%-6.6%-5.6%1.4K21.2K-3350.37106.88N/AN/A592212524
2016-01-08$27.18$30.0048.9%9.0%27.8%20.1%25.8%6.5%-2.0%1.5K18.9K-3480.37117.82N/AN/A592212524
2016-01-11$26.87$30.0061.1%7.6%27.7%27.7%29.1%1.7%1.0%66439.6K-1980.37111.32N/AN/A592212524
2016-01-12$26.48$30.00137.1%13.6%27.5%74.6%35.2%16.0%-30.6%30840.0K-1750.56124.81N/AN/A593312524
2016-01-13$26.00$30.0031.9%9.1%27.8%9.6%29.8%7.2%-10.4%-55958.6K-2030.56114.74N/AN/A593312535
2016-01-14$26.24$30.0029.1%8.4%27.8%7.9%27.2%5.3%-2.4%-1354.7K-2420.67108.58N/AN/A493312535
2016-01-15$25.70$30.0037.7%10.8%26.9%13.2%40.7%40.9%-2.7%1.0K37.6K-3560.67133.32N/AN/A493311935
2016-01-19$25.35$30.0037.4%10.7%26.4%13.0%38.0%11.7%32.8%-7650.8K-2371.26125.33N/AN/A394910535
2016-01-20$25.19$30.0055.9%16.0%26.0%24.4%26.8%-15.6%-14.3%-1.8K96.2K-3361.46128.54N/AN/A507310562
2016-01-21$25.51$30.0034.4%9.9%27.1%11.1%39.6%9.0%-3.9%-3.0K78.1K-4511.46102.88N/AN/A507311685
2016-01-22$25.86$30.0031.8%9.1%27.1%9.5%43.0%7.0%-0.1%-3.2K78.6K-4321.46107.69N/AN/A507311685
2016-01-25$24.58$30.0037.5%10.8%29.5%13.1%33.2%-5.0%-8.3%-2.6K78.7K-4931.22104.76N/AN/A607311685
2016-01-26$26.23$30.0039.8%11.4%39.5%14.5%36.2%10.5%0.6%-45645.5K-4751.22115.45N/AN/A607312685
2016-01-27$27.38$30.0060.2%17.3%43.6%27.1%48.2%27.3%-12.1%-1.1K15.8K-5821.22134.82N/AN/A607312685
2016-01-28$27.21$30.0038.7%11.1%43.2%13.8%38.4%-5.1%-18.8%-2.0K39.0K-4121.22118.05N/AN/A607312685
2016-01-29$28.84$30.0032.6%9.3%48.9%10.0%0.0%27.0%-0.1%-2.8K-20.7K-3380.00127.70N/AN/A90012685