PL Options History — December 2021

In December 2021, PL traded between $6.00 and $7.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 125.1%, placing in the 76.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 34.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 691.5% (HV 20d: 816.5%). Max pain ranged from $7.50 to $10.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 13 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 13 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2021-12-15: Highest Volume — 16,160 contracts
  • 2021-12-15: Largest IV drop — 15.6% change
  • 2021-12-14: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2021-12-15: Largest Expected Move — 39.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$6.44$6.00$7.17$7.03$6.18
Max Pain$7.88$7.50$10.00$10.00$7.50
ATM IV125.1%108.1%162.4%162.4%108.1%
Expected Move34.7%31.0%39.3%32.0%31.0%
HV 20d816.5%813.2%819.7%815.6%818.0%
HV 60d472.1%470.7%473.2%470.9%473.2%
IV Rank76.9%66.5%100.0%100.0%66.5%
IV Percentile98.1%95.2%100.0%100.0%95.2%
Term Structure-1.5%-13.7%14.6%2.0%0.5%
VWIV130.2%118.7%147.8%123.3%125.8%
Skew 25d-21.0%-34.5%16.8%-21.9%-18.5%
Skew 10d-47.3%-68.5%-27.8%-44.2%-27.8%
Call IV 25d138.4%124.0%159.7%131.9%130.5%
Put IV 25d117.4%106.4%140.8%110.0%112.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.6112.0927.5521.7518.56
Gamma HHI0.260.230.340.340.28
Net GEX47.6K-21284.4K-21258.7K
Net DEX-2.1M-5.9M1.3M1.3M-2.5M
Net VEX-34.1K-43.4K-18.8K-18.8K-41.5K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.141.170.380.69
Total Volume6,536.8462,88816,16013,5403,400
Total OI41,728.23132,01150,49932,01150,499

Daily Data (13 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-12-14$7.03$10.00162.4%32.0%815.6%100.0%123.3%-21.9%2.0%-2121.3M-18.8K0.3821.75N/AN/A9,8013,73923,9698,042
2021-12-15$6.59$10.00137.0%39.3%814.7%84.3%147.8%-34.5%-13.7%29.4K-60.3K-24.0K0.4527.55N/AN/A11,1605,00028,0888,433
2021-12-16$6.59$7.50131.9%37.8%814.7%81.2%141.7%-24.9%-6.2%44.5K-943.3K-31.3K0.9624.49N/AN/A2,9962,87734,85810,741
2021-12-17$6.20$7.50117.2%33.6%813.8%72.1%134.8%-26.0%-0.5%37.6K-342.6K-29.9K0.8112.95N/AN/A2,5922,09635,32611,298
2021-12-20$6.00$7.50114.6%32.9%813.2%70.5%129.6%-24.7%0.0%32.1K-1.4M-30.2K0.9113.12N/AN/A1,5851,44123,03110,228
2021-12-21$6.85$7.50117.6%33.7%817.2%72.3%124.5%-17.6%5.6%45.3K-2.9M-33.8K0.3212.09N/AN/A4,4601,40723,30510,427
2021-12-22$6.36$7.50136.0%39.0%816.3%83.7%134.2%-27.4%-10.2%44.2K-2.6M-34.2K0.3116.11N/AN/A5,9291,84925,53510,876
2021-12-23$7.17$7.50126.8%36.4%819.7%78.0%133.0%-27.6%-5.1%84.4K-5.9M-43.4K0.1414.52N/AN/A6,73191629,55712,175
2021-12-27$6.44$7.50126.5%36.3%818.6%77.8%126.2%-22.1%-2.7%71.8K-4.1M-39.1K0.3214.14N/AN/A4,3081,36232,10012,595
2021-12-28$6.19$7.50113.0%32.4%818.0%69.5%125.5%-26.0%-7.2%55.2K-2.4M-37.7K0.3112.62N/AN/A2,21067831,65013,702
2021-12-29$6.03$7.50110.0%31.5%817.5%67.6%127.9%-18.7%2.7%52.6K-1.9M-37.2K1.1712.55N/AN/A2,5282,96132,39714,126
2021-12-30$6.13$7.50124.7%35.8%817.8%76.7%118.7%16.8%14.6%63.4K-3.5M-42.7K0.1815.49N/AN/A2,50145233,55615,953
2021-12-31$6.18$7.50108.1%31.0%818.0%66.5%125.8%-18.5%0.5%58.7K-2.5M-41.5K0.6918.56N/AN/A2,0091,39134,56915,930