PFE Options History — January 2010

In January 2010, PFE traded between $17.58 and $18.98. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.3%, placing in the 16.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 22.9%). Max pain ranged from $16.13 to $18.03. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2010-01-13: Highest Volume — 389,232 contracts
  • 2010-01-21: Largest IV spike — 13.0% change
  • 2010-01-22: Highest IV Rank — 26.1%
  • 2010-01-22: Largest Expected Move — 8.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.03$17.58$18.98$17.96$17.70
Max Pain$17.43$16.13$18.03$17.08$18.03
ATM IV26.3%23.7%29.6%26.1%27.5%
Expected Move7.5%6.8%8.5%7.8%7.9%
HV 20d22.9%19.0%27.4%23.2%27.3%
HV 60d22.6%21.8%23.5%23.3%22.2%
IV Rank16.3%8.9%26.1%15.9%19.9%
IV Percentile27.8%7.5%58.7%21.4%39.3%
Term Structure-0.5%-1.3%0.2%-0.9%0.2%
VWIV26.9%23.5%31.7%27.2%28.2%
Skew 25d3.9%2.9%5.0%4.5%5.0%
Skew 10d8.3%6.4%9.6%9.3%9.5%
Call IV 25d25.2%22.6%28.4%25.6%26.8%
Put IV 25d29.1%25.8%33.0%30.1%31.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.792.854.854.464.62
Gamma HHI0.390.270.480.300.43
Net GEX41.2M29.7M61.7M46.2M31.3M
Net DEX-969.3M-1.62B-620.6M-1.09B-632.3M
Net VEX-7.8M-8.9M-6.9M-7.3M-8.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.181.720.490.50
Total Volume92,651.15827,127389,23244,13141,272
Total OI2,508,930.1051,835,5713,248,4142,865,0422,128,339

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-01-04$17.96$17.0826.1%7.8%23.2%15.9%27.2%4.5%-0.9%46.2M-1.09B-7.3M0.494.4629,69014,4411,805,5971,059,445
2010-01-05$17.70$18.0326.1%7.7%23.6%15.8%28.1%4.1%-0.3%43.4M-916.5M-7.1M0.484.0720,2759,7111,812,1011,065,891
2010-01-06$17.65$18.0326.6%7.6%21.9%17.3%26.8%4.0%-0.6%43.0M-956.5M-7.0M0.384.0535,97213,5971,814,0691,067,063
2010-01-07$17.58$18.0326.3%7.5%20.9%16.6%26.3%3.6%-0.4%42.4M-923.2M-6.9M0.193.7846,9428,9741,833,7981,074,174
2010-01-08$17.72$18.0324.3%7.2%19.0%10.6%31.1%3.9%0.1%44.1M-1.01B-7.0M0.323.2226,3248,5071,853,7881,072,910
2010-01-11$17.87$16.1325.7%7.2%19.1%14.6%26.0%3.6%-0.8%48.8M-1.08B-6.9M0.673.6116,23910,8881,867,8381,075,923
2010-01-12$17.81$16.1326.8%7.2%19.1%18.0%28.9%3.8%-0.8%48.0M-1.05B-6.9M0.343.4157,40719,4411,873,3681,078,514
2010-01-13$18.23$16.1325.5%7.1%20.6%14.1%24.6%3.1%-0.9%54.7M-1.28B-7.0M0.182.85329,81559,4171,898,0261,089,340
2010-01-14$18.39$16.1324.5%7.0%20.5%11.1%23.7%3.6%-0.5%61.7M-1.62B-8.9M0.502.8684,02142,3292,116,2491,132,165
2010-01-15$18.49$16.1324.6%7.0%20.5%11.4%23.5%2.9%-0.3%52.3M-1.37B-8.1M0.183.42190,16933,7541,960,2591,158,205
2010-01-19$18.98$17.0824.2%6.9%21.4%10.2%24.4%3.1%-1.2%35.4M-1.09B-8.2M0.242.8984,80220,6231,218,598616,973
2010-01-20$18.92$18.0323.7%6.8%21.6%8.9%23.7%3.2%0.1%37.7M-1.09B-8.4M0.414.4053,63621,8261,258,546625,651
2010-01-21$18.25$18.0326.8%7.7%25.3%17.9%26.7%3.4%-0.9%35.0M-835.4M-8.3M0.703.2342,35929,5051,283,009635,371
2010-01-22$17.99$18.0329.6%8.5%25.9%26.1%31.7%4.7%-1.3%31.0M-752.4M-8.3M1.723.9833,15457,0731,301,276645,480
2010-01-25$17.88$18.0327.3%7.8%26.0%19.2%27.6%4.8%-0.6%29.7M-684.0M-8.3M0.624.2255,34734,5061,317,156695,797
2010-01-26$17.82$18.0327.8%8.0%26.1%21.0%27.3%4.2%-0.8%30.0M-639.0M-8.4M0.294.8564,85218,7011,330,688701,147
2010-01-27$18.03$18.0327.6%7.9%26.4%20.3%27.9%4.7%-0.5%36.9M-762.2M-8.5M0.563.6032,44218,3111,382,105713,661
2010-01-28$17.68$18.0328.1%8.0%27.4%21.6%27.9%4.4%0.0%30.4M-620.6M-8.2M0.494.4363,18630,8641,385,195721,957
2010-01-29$17.70$18.0327.5%7.9%27.3%19.9%28.2%5.0%0.2%31.3M-632.3M-8.3M0.504.6227,53513,7371,398,874729,465