Energy

PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

PBF is PBF Energy Inc., an Energy name the model ranks every trading day. The options figures are from the close on 28 Sep 2026. The model's figures are from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind the latest, as the Free plan shows them. Every model figure is paper trading.

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At a glance

FigureValueDate
IV rank79 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV72.9%28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct16.1% down, 15.2% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall80 and 7528 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view neutral25 Sep
Last close74.3928 Sep
Next report29 Oct 202628 Sep

Options Snapshot

PBF's IV rank is 79 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank79 of 100
At the money IV72.9%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest0.74
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price22,800 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price16,800 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyTight, 10.2% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among PBF's own weekly readings, 0 the lowest and 100 the highest.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Priced Range

On 28 Sep 2026, PBF options priced a move of 16.1 percent down and 15.2 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
16 Oct 20261816.1%15.2%62.39 to 85.69
20 Nov 20265327.8%28.5%53.69 to 95.59
18 Dec 20268133.7%34.8%49.29 to 100.29
15 Jan 202710937.1%41.9%46.79 to 105.59
19 Mar 202717247.3%50.5%39.19 to 111.99

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 74.39, as the option prices imply it.

A priced move restates option prices at the close and says nothing certain about where the price goes.

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, PBF's call wall is the 80 strike and its put wall is the 75 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma80
Put wall, most open put gamma75
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts$842,125
Total dollar gamma, both sides$4.56 million
Close74.39

Dollar gamma is stated for a one percent move in the price.

Net is calls minus puts under the standard convention, not a record of who holds the contracts.

Net gamma changes sign at 5 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, PBF's at the money IV is 72.9 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 56.0 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV72.9%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days56.0%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days68.2%
IV against its own weekly recordIn the middle
Weekly readings on record688, from 1 Feb 2013
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move35.6% of 236 weeks

Realized volatility is worked out from the daily closes the desk holds, not from the option chain.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, PBF's at the money IV runs from 72.9 percent at 18 days to 71.3 percent at 172 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
1872.9%
5374.6%
8172.6%
10971.3%
17271.3%

Near expiries price more volatility than far ones, an inverted term structure.

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 53 day expiry, PBF's IV ten percent below the price sits 1.7 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price76.3%+1.7 points
At the money74.6%0.0 points
10% above the price74.4%-0.2 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, PBF's surface spans 5 expiries out to 172 days, with IV from 3.1 to 77.4 percent near the price.

FigureValue
Expiries captured5
Nearest expiry16 Oct 2026, 18 days
Farthest expiry19 Mar 2027, 172 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more24
Lowest IV among them3.1%
Highest IV among them77.4%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, PBF has 5 captured expiries, from 16 Oct 2026 to 19 Mar 2027.

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
16 Oct 20261872.9%13,22111,767
20 Nov 20265374.6%9581,270
18 Dec 20268172.6%2,4831,029
15 Jan 202710971.3%5,7242,008
19 Mar 202717271.3%440722

Open interest is summed over the strikes captured near the price on each expiry.

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, PBF's largest open interest sits at the 80 strike, with 8,493 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
807,8346598,493
752,1044,0916,195
651,1334,0115,144
605462,7493,295
77.52,092832,175
706721,0321,704

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, PBF's at the money IV moved from 72.7 percent to 72.9 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV72.7%72.9%+0.2 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price39,30939,622+313
Put/call ratio, open interest0.730.74+0.01

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 3,152 PBF option contracts traded, 0.6 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded1,720
Puts traded1,432
Against its recent average0.6 times
Busier than0 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain45,118 contracts
Volume to open interest0.07
Unusual volume flagNo

Traded volume and open interest are shown side by side and never combined. Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Positioning Replay

The replay holds 33 trading days of PBF's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 202669.35$5.08 million6560
21 Sep 202672.48$145,7988075
28 Sep 202674.39$842,1258075

Each frame restates one nightly capture. Net is calls minus puts, a convention, not who holds the contracts.

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Read-out

On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of PBF was neutral, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideNeutral at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close78.48, the swing high of 21 Sep 2026
Level below the close69.03, the swing low of 15 Sep 2026
Strategy familyIron condor (sell both sides, defined risk)
Price targetNone. The desk has no price model.

The levels are prices the shares turned at on the chart, with the date of each.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 PBF sat at the 63rd percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days77 of 100Neutral
20 trading days78 of 100Neutral
45 trading days63 of 100Neutral

100 is the top of the ranking. A name in the middle three fifths is neutral.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Timeframe Agreement

On 25 Sep 2026 PBF's near timeframes were neutral and its long timeframe was neutral, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayNeutral0 of 2
Long45 dayNeutral0 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 PBF had carried no signal for 6 trading days, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None63 of 100
24 Sep 2026None70 of 100
23 Sep 2026None81 of 100
22 Sep 2026None64 of 100
21 Sep 2026None8 of 100
18 Sep 2026None5 of 100
17 Sep 2026Bearish4 of 100
16 Sep 2026None23 of 100

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 17 of 56 Energy names were bullish and 33 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Energy5617336

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Price Chart

PBF closed at 74.39 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close74.39
Change over 5 trading days+2.6%
Change over 21 trading days+8.5%
Change over 63 trading days+60.2%
Change over 252 trading days+121.7%
52 week high82.61
52 week low25.62
20 day moving average74.58
50 day moving average70.50
200 day moving average47.29
RSI, 14 days54

Worked out from the desk's own daily bars, adjusted for share splits.

From the daily bars through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Earnings Radar

PBF reports next on 29 Oct 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

FigureValue
Next report29 Oct 2026, before the open
DateWorked out from past quarters
Move after the report of 30 Jul 2026+15.4%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2026-0.8%
Move after the report of 28 Jan 2026+1.1%
Move after the report of 1 May 2025-3.0%

Earnings calendar as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Company Events

PBF filed 3 current reports in the 14 days to 28 Sep 2026, the latest on 17 Sep 2026.

FiledReportWhat it covers
17 Sep 2026Current reportEntry into a Material Definitive Agreement; Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant; Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
15 Sep 2026Current reportOther Events
14 Sep 2026Current reportRegulation FD Disclosure; Other Events

Filings as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 13 Septembers on record, PBF's average change was plus 1.6 percent, and it rose in 61.5 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September+1.6%+2.9%61.5%13
October+5.0%+8.6%61.5%13
November+6.5%+8.4%61.5%13

Each figure is a month end to month end change in past years. A past month says nothing certain about the next one.

Monthly history through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Headlines

The desk's news feeds carried 3 headlines naming PBF in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window3
Latest28 Sep 2026

The titles are in the Headlines window, with the time each was published.

Headlines as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Questions

What is PBF's IV rank?
PBF's IV rank is 79 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are PBF options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, PBF options priced a move of 16.1 percent down and 15.2 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are PBF's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, PBF's call wall is the 80 strike and its put wall is the 75 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of PBF on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of PBF was neutral, paper trading.
When does PBF report earnings next?
PBF reports next on 29 Oct 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

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