PCH Options History — February 2018

In February 2018, PCH traded between $49.30 and $54.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.1%, placing in the 16.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 30.5%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 18 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 0 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.45.

Notable Days

  • 2018-02-08: Highest Volume — 272 contracts
  • 2018-02-02: Largest IV spike — 43.5% change
  • 2018-02-05: Highest IV Rank — 39.4%
  • 2018-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 9.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.88$49.30$54.80$52.80$51.20
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV27.1%18.9%42.8%22.3%26.0%
Expected Move7.5%5.4%9.2%6.5%7.5%
HV 20d30.5%24.3%37.0%28.1%36.5%
HV 60d24.0%20.7%27.9%20.7%27.9%
IV Rank16.5%4.6%39.4%9.6%14.9%
IV Percentile67.3%11.9%96.4%38.5%72.6%
Term Structure-2.0%-4.7%-0.2%-0.2%-2.1%
VWIV27.7%23.7%33.1%25.9%27.2%
Skew 25d4.3%0.7%9.7%4.4%2.5%
Skew 10d11.0%3.2%23.0%9.0%7.2%
Call IV 25d24.7%20.7%29.0%22.6%27.1%
Put IV 25d29.1%23.7%38.1%26.9%29.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %78.0237.29107.2445.95107.24
Gamma HHI0.440.240.810.670.30
Net GEX53.7K-4.3K238.1K106.5K11.2K
Net DEX-739.8K-1.9M-160.7K-1.4M-246.0K
Net VEX-3.1K-4.2K-2.5K-4.0K-2.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.450.290.720.320.71
Total Volume232.368172272265219
Total OI989.3165321,2671,212636

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-02-01$52.80$50.0022.3%6.5%28.1%9.6%25.9%4.4%-0.2%106.5K-1.4M-4.0K0.3245.95N/AN/A20164823389
2018-02-02$52.13$50.0032.0%8.0%25.7%23.7%27.6%6.6%-2.6%72.0K-1.1M-4.2K0.2965.27N/AN/A19957804393
2018-02-05$50.75$50.0042.8%9.2%27.6%39.4%33.1%9.7%-4.7%39.5K-656.0K-3.9K0.3067.73N/AN/A20161804395
2018-02-06$50.75$50.0029.9%8.4%26.0%20.6%29.9%5.4%-2.6%26.2K-600.8K-3.5K0.34102.34N/AN/A20169806414
2018-02-07$50.13$50.0028.1%8.1%25.1%18.0%28.5%7.0%-2.1%18.9K-415.7K-3.5K0.3487.87N/AN/A20169806417
2018-02-08$49.30$50.0028.9%8.3%25.5%19.2%29.5%6.0%-0.5%13.1K-338.3K-3.4K0.3375.51N/AN/A20567806417
2018-02-09$49.40$50.0031.5%9.0%24.3%22.9%31.1%4.6%-0.2%-4.3K-160.7K-3.3K0.34102.18N/AN/A20067811420
2018-02-12$50.70$50.0030.0%8.6%26.3%20.8%30.5%6.3%-3.0%22.0K-563.0K-3.0K0.3988.40N/AN/A17267808420
2018-02-13$52.05$50.0029.3%8.4%28.0%19.8%31.3%6.2%-3.9%51.9K-986.0K-2.7K0.4057.83N/AN/A17268810420
2018-02-14$54.28$50.0024.5%7.0%30.9%12.7%25.9%2.2%-1.0%235.8K-1.9M-3.0K0.4037.29N/AN/A18975807420
2018-02-15$53.95$50.0023.4%6.7%30.6%11.1%27.1%0.7%-0.4%238.1K-1.6M-2.8K0.5249.89N/AN/A14776799428
2018-02-16$54.80$50.0023.8%6.8%31.0%11.7%26.4%1.5%-0.5%42.8K-1.4M-3.0K0.4549.68N/AN/A16172836431
2018-02-20$51.90$50.0027.0%7.7%37.0%16.4%27.3%3.7%-3.1%23.7K-437.6K-2.5K0.4667.31N/AN/A11854429103
2018-02-21$52.10$50.0026.5%7.6%36.8%15.6%26.5%3.5%-4.5%24.0K-405.9K-2.7K0.4796.38N/AN/A13664443124
2018-02-22$51.23$50.0025.0%7.2%34.2%13.5%25.7%5.0%-2.5%19.1K-317.2K-2.6K0.5392.74N/AN/A11460453128
2018-02-23$52.23$50.0024.1%6.9%34.7%12.2%23.7%2.9%-1.7%23.8K-396.6K-2.6K0.5896.32N/AN/A11265452128
2018-02-26$53.33$50.0020.1%5.8%35.6%6.3%24.9%3.4%-0.8%33.8K-560.0K-2.8K0.7297.71N/AN/A12086453128
2018-02-27$52.65$50.0018.9%5.4%35.8%4.6%24.8%1.1%-0.9%23.2K-462.8K-3.1K0.7294.76N/AN/A12086469167
2018-02-28$51.20$50.0026.0%7.5%36.5%14.9%27.2%2.5%-2.1%11.2K-246.0K-2.9K0.71107.24N/AN/A12891469167