Information Technology

Paylocity Holding Corporation (PCTY) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

PCTY is Paylocity Holding Corporation, an Information Technology 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

Figure	Value	Date
IV rank	84 of 100	28 Sep
At the money IV	55.7%	28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct	13.5% down, 11.6% up	28 Sep
Call wall and put wall	165 and 120	28 Sep
Signal and the desk's view	No signal, view neutral	25 Sep
Last close	142.72	28 Sep
Next report	3 Nov 2026	28 Sep

Options Snapshot

PCTY's IV rank is 84 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
IV rank	84 of 100
At the money IV	55.7%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.08
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price	1,680 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price	141 contracts
Cost to trade at the money	Wide, 67.0% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among PCTY'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, PCTY options priced a move of 13.5 percent down and 11.6 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

Expiry	Days	Down	Up	Range
16 Oct 2026	18	13.5%	11.6%	123.52 to 159.22
20 Nov 2026	53	22.0%	21.6%	111.32 to 173.52
19 Feb 2027	144	28.8%	34.2%	101.62 to 191.52

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 142.72, as the option prices imply it.

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

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

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, PCTY's call wall is the 165 strike and its put wall is the 120 strike.

Figure	Value
Call wall, most open call gamma	165
Put wall, most open put gamma	120
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts	$356,197
Total dollar gamma, both sides	$404,606
Close	142.72

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.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, PCTY's at the money IV is 55.7 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 30.4 percent.

Figure	Value
At the money IV	55.7%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days	30.4%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days	39.6%
IV against its own weekly record	High, in the top fifth
Weekly readings on record	621, from 16 May 2014
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move	23.3% 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, PCTY's at the money IV runs from 55.7 percent at 18 days to 45.8 percent at 144 days.

Days to expiry	At the money IV
18	55.7%
53	55.2%
144	45.8%

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, PCTY's IV ten percent below the price sits 0.3 points above at the money IV.

Strike area	Implied volatility	Against at the money
10% below the price	55.5%	+0.3 points
At the money	55.2%	0.0 points
10% above the price	56.7%	+1.5 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, PCTY's surface spans 3 expiries out to 144 days, with IV from 3.1 to 63.0 percent near the price.

Figure	Value
Expiries captured	3
Nearest expiry	16 Oct 2026, 18 days
Farthest expiry	19 Feb 2027, 144 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more	17
Lowest IV among them	3.1%
Highest IV among them	63.0%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, PCTY has 3 captured expiries, from 16 Oct 2026 to 19 Feb 2027.

Expiry	Days	At the money IV	Call open interest	Put open interest
16 Oct 2026	18	55.7%	163	13
20 Nov 2026	53	55.2%	1,364	112
19 Feb 2027	144	45.8%	154	16

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

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, PCTY's largest open interest sits at the 165 strike, with 1,075 contracts across the captured expiries.

Strike	Call open interest	Put open interest	Total
165	1,075	0	1,075
170	130	0	130
125	99	9	108
175	72	0	72
155	67	1	68
130	47	16	63

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, PCTY's at the money IV moved from 49.9 percent to 55.7 percent.

Figure	25 Sep	28 Sep	Change
At the money IV	49.9%	55.7%	+5.8 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price	1,789	1,822	+33
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.08	0.08	+0.00

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 192 PCTY option contracts traded, 1.2 times its own recent average.

Figure	Value
Calls traded	127
Puts traded	65
Against its recent average	1.2 times
Busier than	9 of its last 9 trading days
Open interest, whole chain	1,851 contracts
Volume to open interest	0.10
Unusual volume flag	No

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 10 trading days of PCTY's option positioning, from 1 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

Date	Close	Net dollar gamma	Top call strike	Top put strike
1 Sep 2026	156.02	$442,457	165	145
8 Sep 2026	143.53	$319,199	165	145
28 Sep 2026	142.72	$356,197	165	120

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 PCTY was neutral, paper trading.

Figure	Value
Side	Neutral at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close	147.13, the swing high of 22 Sep 2026
Level below the close	141.65, the swing low of 23 Sep 2026
Strategy family	Iron condor (sell both sides, defined risk)
Price target	None. 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 PCTY sat at the 23rd percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

Timeframe	Percentile	Side
10 trading days	86 of 100	Bullish
20 trading days	62 of 100	Neutral
45 trading days	23 of 100	Neutral

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 PCTY's near timeframes were bullish and its long timeframe was neutral, paper trading.

Group	Timeframes	Side	On that side
Near	10 day, 20 day	Bullish	1 of 2
Long	45 day	Neutral	0 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 PCTY had carried no signal for at least 5 trading days, paper trading.

Trading day	Signal	45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026	None	23 of 100
24 Sep 2026	None	19 of 100
23 Sep 2026	None	28 of 100
22 Sep 2026	None	45 of 100
21 Sep 2026	None	35 of 100
4 Sep 2026	None	73 of 100
3 Sep 2026	None	79 of 100
2 Sep 2026	None	87 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, 80 of 187 Information Technology names were bullish and 61 were bearish, paper trading.

Sector	Names	Bullish	Bearish	Neutral
Information Technology	187	80	61	46

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Price Chart

PCTY closed at 142.72 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Last close	142.72
Change over 5 trading days	-1.2%
Change over 21 trading days	-9.8%
Change over 63 trading days	+35.0%
Change over 252 trading days	-12.9%
52 week high	164.94
52 week low	92.99
20 day moving average	147.18
50 day moving average	144.81
200 day moving average	125.16
RSI, 14 days	44

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

PCTY reports next on 3 Nov 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

Figure	Value
Next report	3 Nov 2026, after the close
Date	Confirmed by the company
Move after the report of 29 Jul 2026	-5.6%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2026	+3.9%
Move after the report of 28 Jan 2026	-6.1%
Move after the report of 1 May 2025	-3.5%

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

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Company Events

PCTY filed 1 current report in the 14 days to 28 Sep 2026, the latest on 17 Sep 2026.

Filed	Report	What it covers
17 Sep 2026	Current report	Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement; Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

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

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Seasonality

In the 12 Septembers on record, PCTY's average change was minus 3.2 percent, and it rose in 41.7 percent of them.

Month	Average change	Middle change	Share of years up	Years
September	-3.2%	-1.0%	41.7%	12
October	+4.2%	+7.0%	58.3%	12
November	+1.7%	+3.1%	58.3%	12

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 2 headlines naming PCTY in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Headlines in the window	2
Latest	28 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 PCTY's IV rank?: PCTY's IV rank is 84 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are PCTY options pricing?: On 28 Sep 2026, PCTY options priced a move of 13.5 percent down and 11.6 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are PCTY's call wall and put wall?: On 28 Sep 2026, PCTY's call wall is the 165 strike and its put wall is the 120 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of PCTY on the Free plan?: On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of PCTY was neutral, paper trading.
When does PCTY report earnings next?: PCTY reports next on 3 Nov 2026, a date confirmed by the company.

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