PPL Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, PPL traded between $30.29 and $33.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.7%, placing in the 46.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.0% (HV 20d: 19.6%). Max pain ranged from $30.00 to $32.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.35.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-18: Highest Volume — 28,420 contracts
  • 2019-10-04: Largest IV drop — 14.6% change
  • 2019-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 53.9%
  • 2019-10-03: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.95$30.29$33.43$31.35$33.43
Max Pain$31.13$30.00$32.00$30.00$32.00
ATM IV19.7%17.5%21.1%17.7%19.3%
Expected Move5.7%5.1%6.1%5.1%5.5%
HV 20d19.6%15.7%21.6%17.7%18.1%
HV 60d17.0%15.2%18.1%15.2%16.9%
IV Rank46.3%34.4%53.9%35.5%44.2%
IV Percentile71.2%39.7%83.3%44.8%68.3%
Term Structure-0.0%-1.1%1.2%1.2%1.0%
VWIV19.9%16.4%23.1%16.4%19.3%
Skew 25d2.8%-1.0%5.0%3.4%2.9%
Skew 10d7.9%-4.6%16.8%6.6%9.2%
Call IV 25d18.9%15.1%20.4%15.1%18.5%
Put IV 25d21.6%17.6%23.8%18.4%21.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %21.2312.2239.2116.7617.63
Gamma HHI0.350.270.510.310.39
Net GEX10.4M7.3M18.1M9.2M12.7M
Net DEX-85.0M-131.0M-22.8M-65.8M-131.0M
Net VEX-406.4K-466.3K-349.2K-374.3K-448.9K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.350.022.900.180.34
Total Volume5,756.08757128,4206,220738
Total OI105,835.78390,216116,60890,216115,023

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$31.35$30.0017.7%5.1%17.7%35.5%16.4%3.4%1.2%9.2M-65.8M-374.3K0.1816.76N/AN/A5,28893262,21228,004
2019-10-02$30.66$30.0018.8%5.4%19.8%41.5%19.0%-1.0%0.6%8.1M-39.1M-381.6K0.3915.59N/AN/A1,57761367,25928,665
2019-10-03$30.45$31.0020.5%6.1%19.4%50.8%19.8%2.8%-0.3%7.3M-30.2M-371.6K0.0412.62N/AN/A5,51923568,10528,932
2019-10-04$30.90$31.0017.5%5.6%19.8%34.4%19.3%3.4%-0.8%9.6M-49.7M-386.6K0.0918.22N/AN/A8377870,79328,988
2019-10-07$30.85$31.0019.6%5.7%18.2%46.1%19.7%3.3%-0.3%9.8M-46.1M-372.1K0.0914.43N/AN/A1,65614871,30429,013
2019-10-08$30.29$31.0020.9%5.9%18.4%53.0%21.3%0.9%-0.8%7.6M-22.8M-351.6K0.4521.83N/AN/A71331872,39129,079
2019-10-09$30.32$31.0021.1%6.0%15.7%53.9%20.4%2.0%-0.9%8.0M-23.5M-350.4K0.1020.67N/AN/A2,16421772,55129,199
2019-10-10$30.55$31.0019.6%5.6%15.7%45.8%19.3%2.7%-0.3%9.4M-30.1M-349.2K0.0615.54N/AN/A1,1827274,05729,277
2019-10-11$31.55$31.0019.3%5.5%19.6%44.0%19.6%1.4%-0.1%13.5M-87.4M-373.2K0.1139.21N/AN/A5,78362375,12729,297
2019-10-14$32.16$31.0020.2%5.8%20.4%49.0%20.1%2.6%-1.0%13.1M-129.1M-368.7K0.0527.68N/AN/A15,78480377,83429,469
2019-10-15$31.90$31.0019.4%5.6%20.6%45.2%21.3%3.7%-0.3%12.1M-104.5M-369.1K0.9932.68N/AN/A2,0732,06074,65029,792
2019-10-16$32.31$31.0020.7%5.9%20.9%52.1%23.1%3.0%-0.7%9.8M-124.2M-377.9K0.7031.28N/AN/A2,4701,72274,95034,651
2019-10-17$32.08$31.0020.4%5.8%21.0%50.3%18.7%2.4%-1.1%12.2M-113.9M-369.5K0.0217.55N/AN/A19,83142675,38435,832
2019-10-18$32.09$31.0020.3%5.8%21.0%49.8%20.7%2.4%-0.3%18.1M-108.9M-425.1K0.1528.10N/AN/A24,6733,74780,50236,106
2019-10-21$32.59$31.0020.3%5.8%21.6%49.8%21.3%3.6%-0.3%7.7M-85.2M-466.2K0.2512.22N/AN/A2,59163968,82034,741
2019-10-22$32.75$31.0020.2%5.8%21.5%49.3%20.5%3.2%-0.1%8.7M-94.4M-466.3K0.0428.46N/AN/A7,17426071,26735,143
2019-10-23$33.20$31.0019.4%5.6%21.2%44.9%19.2%2.0%0.8%9.0M-112.6M-459.3K0.1715.83N/AN/A1,87631871,06835,275
2019-10-24$33.12$31.0018.7%5.4%20.8%41.3%18.7%2.9%1.0%9.4M-110.4M-456.1K0.0519.97N/AN/A11,42257771,33135,562
2019-10-25$33.16$32.0018.8%5.4%20.6%41.6%18.9%4.0%0.8%10.6M-115.0M-464.6K0.4218.18N/AN/A47019775,89035,964
2019-10-28$32.99$32.0019.6%5.6%20.8%46.2%19.8%3.0%0.7%10.8M-106.2M-452.5K0.1121.24N/AN/A2,43926076,02536,088
2019-10-29$32.95$32.0020.2%5.8%20.6%49.0%20.2%3.8%0.3%11.0M-104.9M-460.5K2.9016.38N/AN/A33797777,55936,260
2019-10-30$33.26$32.0019.9%5.7%18.5%47.3%21.0%5.0%0.7%11.6M-120.9M-452.4K0.3426.18N/AN/A42714477,73537,049
2019-10-31$33.43$32.0019.3%5.5%18.1%44.2%19.3%2.9%1.0%12.7M-131.0M-448.9K0.3417.63N/AN/A55118777,99137,032