PFE Options History — March 2010

In March 2010, PFE traded between $16.04 and $16.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.2%, placing in the 4.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 16.1%). Max pain ranged from $16.13 to $17.08. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2010-03-03: Highest Volume — 158,594 contracts
  • 2010-03-11: Largest IV spike — 10.2% change
  • 2010-03-12: Highest IV Rank — 13.4%
  • 2010-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.42$16.04$16.84$16.84$16.27
Max Pain$16.29$16.13$17.08$17.08$16.13
ATM IV21.2%17.6%23.9%21.7%17.6%
Expected Move6.1%5.0%6.9%6.2%5.0%
HV 20d16.1%13.4%21.8%21.8%16.6%
HV 60d21.6%20.4%22.4%22.2%20.4%
IV Rank4.6%0.0%13.4%3.1%0.0%
IV Percentile2.9%0.0%11.9%1.6%0.0%
Term Structure2.0%0.3%4.5%1.0%4.5%
VWIV21.8%18.4%24.2%22.2%18.4%
Skew 25d1.6%-0.5%3.8%1.7%-0.2%
Skew 10d3.9%-1.1%8.3%5.7%0.2%
Call IV 25d21.7%19.6%24.5%22.4%19.6%
Put IV 25d23.3%19.4%26.6%24.1%19.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.932.7412.274.246.83
Gamma HHI0.180.170.200.200.19
Net GEX16.5M4.7M25.4M25.4M18.2M
Net DEX-111.1M-309.4M100.4M-258.7M-107.5M
Net VEX-8.1M-8.6M-7.7M-8.5M-8.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.181.220.310.71
Total Volume67,156.60921,695158,59425,14228,268
Total OI2,462,531.4782,221,1952,684,9422,366,6562,443,012

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-03-01$16.84$17.0821.7%6.2%21.8%3.1%22.2%1.7%1.0%25.4M-258.7M-8.5M0.314.2419,1635,9791,461,084905,572
2010-03-02$16.70$17.0823.9%6.9%21.6%9.4%24.0%1.1%0.3%22.6M-197.9M-8.3M0.274.9493,12324,9651,462,214908,036
2010-03-03$16.43$17.0823.4%6.7%19.6%8.9%24.2%2.5%1.1%18.5M-74.3M-8.0M0.377.70115,95542,6391,526,934926,155
2010-03-04$16.44$17.0822.6%6.5%16.7%6.4%22.4%2.4%0.9%16.4M-65.1M-8.0M0.2612.2751,07313,4621,516,544935,663
2010-03-05$16.58$16.1321.7%6.6%13.4%3.5%22.1%3.8%1.4%21.5M-160.6M-8.2M0.524.6521,62411,2201,537,554929,974
2010-03-08$16.46$16.1322.1%6.5%13.5%4.7%22.8%3.1%1.2%16.8M-92.7M-8.1M0.483.9514,6447,0511,537,076931,952
2010-03-09$16.35$16.1320.9%6.5%13.6%0.7%23.7%2.6%1.1%15.5M-44.2M-7.8M1.222.9222,55127,4061,545,659934,806
2010-03-10$16.27$16.1320.0%6.4%13.5%0.0%22.3%2.7%1.4%9.5M-3.1M-7.7M0.713.5212,6889,0431,554,829957,040
2010-03-11$16.40$16.1322.1%6.3%13.8%7.9%21.8%2.6%1.9%12.9M-57.4M-7.9M1.163.7221,99425,4781,559,501957,642
2010-03-12$16.20$16.1323.1%6.6%13.9%13.4%23.3%2.1%1.2%7.5M28.3M-7.8M0.403.6481,26432,3291,569,229970,137
2010-03-15$16.38$16.1322.9%6.6%14.6%12.7%22.8%1.9%1.2%13.6M-58.5M-7.9M0.303.4134,11110,2121,625,641974,702
2010-03-16$16.38$16.1322.4%6.4%14.6%10.5%22.4%2.5%1.4%13.7M-75.5M-7.9M0.584.4554,53131,5271,634,017977,578
2010-03-17$16.33$16.1322.4%6.4%14.6%10.2%22.7%2.0%1.1%9.8M-49.7M-8.0M0.592.7436,63221,6461,651,468996,595
2010-03-18$16.35$16.1321.4%6.1%14.5%6.1%21.5%1.6%1.8%10.1M-50.5M-8.0M0.653.5822,38914,5981,664,9101,004,776
2010-03-19$16.04$16.1320.1%5.8%14.5%0.4%20.9%0.4%2.8%4.7M100.4M-7.8M0.942.8669,89465,4171,676,0181,008,924
2010-03-22$16.27$16.1319.7%5.7%15.7%0.0%20.2%-0.5%3.4%15.4M-135.5M-8.1M0.202.75107,73121,5011,342,205878,990
2010-03-23$16.64$16.1320.0%5.7%17.1%1.4%20.6%1.5%1.2%22.1M-261.1M-8.4M0.356.9671,64525,3461,398,818891,408
2010-03-24$16.71$16.1320.3%5.8%17.0%2.4%20.4%0.4%1.6%22.7M-309.4M-8.6M0.186.5066,04611,6921,408,736902,379
2010-03-25$16.50$16.1320.2%5.8%17.4%1.9%20.4%1.4%3.4%22.1M-218.3M-8.4M0.486.7428,89313,9341,440,276905,465
2010-03-26$16.26$16.1320.0%5.7%17.9%1.2%21.5%0.3%3.8%18.3M-130.2M-8.4M0.346.4356,77219,0981,449,507911,952
2010-03-29$16.39$16.1319.7%5.7%17.6%0.0%20.4%1.1%3.4%21.7M-185.6M-8.4M0.423.0430,50712,7171,479,285925,011
2010-03-30$16.38$16.1318.8%5.4%17.4%0.0%19.6%0.4%3.8%20.6M-147.4M-8.4M0.755.6320,50915,3351,485,801933,149
2010-03-31$16.27$16.1317.6%5.0%16.6%0.0%18.4%-0.2%4.5%18.2M-107.5M-8.4M0.716.8316,57111,6971,496,563946,449