Bear Put Spreads Below the 200-Day
Bear Put Spread52 trades pass on PCG
- Return on risk
- 4.7% to 412.8%
- Probability of profit
- 35.6% to 71.2%
PG&E Corp · Utilities
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PCG last closed at $13.25 with 30-day implied volatility of 59.6%. That is in the upper half of its one-year range (IV rank 66), so premiums are somewhat richer than usual for PCG. Measured by IV percentile, IV is higher than 97% of the past year's readings. Options expiring Dec 11 (28 days out) price a one standard deviation move of about $2.16, or 16.3%.
The price is above its 50-day moving average (+1.2%) but still below its 200-day (-18.0%). It is 30.7% below its 52-week high and 10.9% above its 52-week low. The 14-day RSI of 51.6 is between 30 and 70, neither overbought nor oversold. The 14-day average true range is $0.37, about 2.8% of the price, a measure of a typical day's range.
Option volume at the close (146K contracts) was 1.1x its average, close to normal. A beta of 0.17 means PCG has tended to move about 0.2 times as much as the broad market. 5 of our preset screens found trades on PCG at the close, led by Bear Put Spreads Below the 200-Day with 52 trades.
Expected move = price x at-the-money IV x the square root of (days to expiration / 365), a one standard deviation range. The straddle is the at-the-money call plus put, the market's own price for a move. Compare expected moves across stocks.
| Expiration | IV | Expected move | 1 SD range | Straddle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 20267 days | 54.7% | ±$1.00 (7.6%) | $12.25 to $14.25 | $0.82 |
| Dec 11, 202628 days | 58.9% | ±$2.16 (16.3%) | $11.09 to $15.41 | $1.72 |
| Jan 15, 202763 days | 55.2% | ±$3.04 (22.9%) | $10.21 to $16.29 | $2.41 |
Each expiration has its own implied volatility, and short-dated IV reacts more to near-term events, so the nearest expiration can differ a lot from the 30-day figure.
Counts and ranges for PCG from our preset scans at the last close. Open a preset in the app to see each trade with its strikes, prices, and risk, refreshed intraday. Income strategies show annualized return; the rest show return on risk.
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