PFFA Options History — December 2023

In December 2023, PFFA traded between $19.73 and $20.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.8%, placing in the 14.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 11.7%). Max pain ranged from $19.00 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2023-12-19: Highest Volume — 48 contracts
  • 2023-12-27: Largest IV spike — 410.8% change
  • 2023-12-29: Highest IV Rank — 66.9%
  • 2023-12-29: Largest Expected Move — 18.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.18$19.73$20.71$19.73$20.71
Max Pain$19.95$19.00$20.00$19.00$20.00
ATM IV17.8%6.6%65.0%7.3%65.0%
Expected Move6.1%2.1%18.6%2.1%18.6%
HV 20d11.7%10.7%13.9%13.9%11.3%
HV 60d14.0%12.6%14.7%14.1%12.7%
IV Rank14.5%2.0%66.9%2.7%66.9%
IV Percentile37.6%2.0%99.2%5.2%99.2%
Term Structure4.1%-5.6%12.6%1.3%-0.2%
VWIV13.5%7.4%34.0%8.0%11.0%
Skew 25d16.1%-5.8%104.2%5.1%26.9%
Skew 10d42.4%-3.5%215.1%-0.7%-2.6%
Call IV 25d8.5%4.5%25.3%4.5%10.6%
Put IV 25d24.6%8.4%113.3%9.6%37.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %120.7998.87130.0098.87117.17
Gamma HHI0.830.740.940.770.78
Net GEX30.7K20.8K43.3K34.0K23.8K
Net DEX-343.9K-529.7K-204.6K-375.8K-282.4K
Net VEX-928-1.1K-713-713-880
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.006.001.106.00
Total Volume13.050482135
Total OI437.45265587529288

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2023-12-01$19.73$19.007.3%2.1%13.9%2.7%8.0%5.1%1.3%34.0K-375.8K-7131.1098.87N/AN/A1011360169
2023-12-04$19.75$20.008.3%3.9%12.6%3.9%11.6%4.6%3.8%33.4K-396.7K-8920.50123.41N/AN/A42381179
2023-12-05$19.76$20.007.8%3.8%12.2%3.2%34.0%1.0%3.4%34.1K-402.2K-8650.33124.51N/AN/A31384180
2023-12-06$19.79$20.008.4%3.5%11.8%3.9%0.0%62.2%-1.4%33.3K-409.3K-9260.50116.79N/AN/A126384181
2023-12-07$19.84$20.007.0%3.8%11.7%2.3%0.0%6.9%2.1%36.5K-438.0K-9090.00119.90N/AN/A10394187
2023-12-08$19.91$20.006.6%4.8%10.9%2.0%13.7%8.1%-5.6%43.3K-462.4K-8760.14120.31N/AN/A213394187
2023-12-11$19.79$20.0012.4%14.4%10.7%8.5%0.0%104.2%0.6%32.5K-425.6K-8670.00130.00N/AN/A80397190
2023-12-12$19.81$20.0010.9%3.7%10.7%6.7%0.0%12.3%-1.0%32.5K-350.9K-9070.00129.99N/AN/A00363190
2023-12-13$20.12$20.0022.0%6.3%10.9%19.1%0.0%-5.8%1.0%41.1K-455.4K-8310.38123.00N/AN/A135363190
2023-12-14$20.46$20.0015.3%4.4%12.0%11.6%7.9%15.8%11.2%32.7K-529.7K-9740.08122.42N/AN/A131369197
2023-12-15$20.38$20.0013.8%4.0%12.3%10.0%0.0%9.9%1.7%42.0K-504.1K-8630.15126.87N/AN/A203356198
2023-12-18$20.41$20.007.2%2.1%12.1%2.6%18.9%9.9%12.6%21.5K-223.3K-1.0K0.75119.92N/AN/A8621649
2023-12-19$20.50$20.008.7%2.5%11.3%4.3%14.1%8.6%10.5%20.8K-244.7K-1.0K0.14122.86N/AN/A42622254
2023-12-20$20.27$20.008.6%2.5%11.8%4.2%7.4%4.1%12.4%31.3K-204.6K-9520.00124.66N/AN/A9021269
2023-12-21$20.34$20.009.1%2.6%11.6%4.7%0.0%4.4%12.5%23.3K-214.2K-1.1K2.00120.04N/AN/A1222069
2023-12-22$20.43$20.008.9%2.5%11.5%4.5%8.7%2.8%11.5%20.8K-216.8K-1.1K0.00122.53N/AN/A1022169
2023-12-26$20.49$20.0011.5%3.3%11.5%7.4%0.0%13.2%8.6%23.8K-238.4K-1.0K0.08116.83N/AN/A13122069
2023-12-27$20.52$20.0058.9%16.9%11.5%60.1%0.0%11.0%-1.3%24.9K-246.3K-9650.00118.35N/AN/A0022069
2023-12-28$20.57$20.0059.3%17.0%11.4%60.6%0.0%16.8%-1.1%27.7K-257.2K-9490.00117.34N/AN/A0022069
2023-12-29$20.71$20.0065.0%18.6%11.3%66.9%11.0%26.9%-0.2%23.8K-282.4K-8806.00117.17N/AN/A53021969