PFE Options History — July 2010

In July 2010, PFE traded between $13.42 and $14.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.4%, placing in the 48.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.3% (HV 20d: 22.0%). Max pain ranged from $13.28 to $14.23. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.57.

Notable Days

  • 2010-07-27: Highest Volume — 299,439 contracts
  • 2010-07-07: Largest IV drop — 21.9% change
  • 2010-07-30: Highest IV Rank — 79.9%
  • 2010-07-06: Largest Expected Move — 9.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.98$13.42$14.49$13.50$14.23
Max Pain$14.05$13.28$14.23$14.23$14.23
ATM IV26.4%22.4%34.0%29.5%34.0%
Expected Move7.8%6.8%9.0%8.5%8.4%
HV 20d22.0%19.3%25.9%25.9%22.8%
HV 60d24.9%23.9%25.7%23.9%25.4%
IV Rank48.9%32.7%79.9%61.8%79.9%
IV Percentile57.4%15.9%98.0%89.3%98.0%
Term Structure0.7%-0.6%4.7%4.7%-0.5%
VWIV27.6%24.4%30.1%29.3%29.4%
Skew 25d4.8%0.8%7.3%7.3%0.8%
Skew 10d11.3%6.8%15.3%15.3%6.8%
Call IV 25d26.2%23.0%30.5%27.8%30.5%
Put IV 25d31.1%28.1%35.1%35.1%31.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.061.784.632.764.63
Gamma HHI0.160.130.230.130.17
Net GEX19.0M9.9M33.2M10.9M32.8M
Net DEX266.4M7.8M448.1M408.0M48.1M
Net VEX-7.7M-8.5M-7.0M-7.4M-8.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.570.051.460.360.23
Total Volume82,955.09527,143299,439113,15297,985
Total OI3,323,784.5713,155,8703,686,7593,161,1603,686,759

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-07-01$13.50$14.2329.5%8.5%25.9%61.8%29.3%7.3%4.7%10.9M408.0M-7.4M0.362.7683,20629,9462,045,5711,115,589
2010-07-02$13.42$14.2328.0%8.0%23.8%55.5%28.1%6.4%4.6%11.1M398.5M-7.5M1.313.1238,48650,5672,074,9951,126,011
2010-07-06$13.56$14.2329.8%9.0%23.6%63.0%30.1%6.6%-0.5%11.6M413.0M-7.5M0.472.4052,96224,7042,086,4851,168,811
2010-07-07$13.87$13.2823.3%8.0%25.0%36.4%28.7%7.3%0.9%15.7M314.4M-7.6M0.302.4129,3198,7342,088,1291,181,634
2010-07-08$14.06$13.2823.8%8.0%25.5%38.3%29.7%5.4%-0.1%18.4M244.2M-7.9M0.263.5533,7198,7502,095,7931,178,231
2010-07-09$14.01$13.2822.4%7.7%23.6%32.7%27.4%5.6%0.6%19.7M253.9M-7.9M0.564.0617,4479,6962,107,9361,180,020
2010-07-12$14.17$13.2824.0%7.6%19.8%39.1%27.9%5.3%0.3%21.7M179.3M-8.0M1.463.5216,46124,0412,101,1021,183,882
2010-07-13$14.03$14.2323.5%7.5%19.9%37.4%28.2%5.7%0.6%20.5M263.5M-7.8M0.353.0532,50411,4802,104,0591,195,089
2010-07-14$14.08$14.2324.2%7.5%19.3%40.2%27.9%4.9%0.1%23.2M237.4M-7.7M1.311.7834,14544,5752,108,1001,197,790
2010-07-15$14.11$14.2325.4%7.3%19.3%44.9%26.1%4.8%0.4%26.8M249.7M-7.8M1.092.5019,02920,8232,110,7321,220,447
2010-07-16$13.81$14.2325.9%7.4%20.4%47.1%26.6%4.5%0.3%10.5M389.6M-7.4M1.043.5528,73229,8092,116,2171,218,789
2010-07-19$13.98$14.2324.0%6.9%20.4%39.2%24.4%5.3%1.3%12.2M346.0M-7.3M0.502.7925,80612,8691,991,9901,163,880
2010-07-20$13.80$14.2323.6%6.8%20.6%37.5%24.8%5.2%0.7%9.9M436.0M-7.0M0.512.2335,97318,3762,002,3881,171,007
2010-07-21$13.76$14.2326.8%7.7%20.5%50.5%26.4%5.0%-0.6%10.2M448.1M-7.1M0.963.3833,31331,9562,026,5701,181,557
2010-07-22$14.05$14.2324.7%7.1%21.9%42.0%24.5%4.3%0.8%14.2M341.7M-7.3M0.452.7755,62725,2122,041,9841,199,758
2010-07-23$13.83$14.2327.4%7.8%20.1%52.9%26.9%3.0%0.4%12.6M367.1M-7.3M0.142.85169,95123,8282,056,9371,202,699
2010-07-26$14.25$14.2327.8%8.0%22.3%54.7%27.8%3.7%0.1%24.4M120.5M-8.0M0.162.4778,03712,5772,180,4441,197,330
2010-07-27$14.49$14.2327.7%8.0%22.7%54.5%26.4%5.0%-0.2%27.8M7.8M-8.2M0.052.88286,06413,3752,189,2111,202,571
2010-07-28$14.23$14.2328.9%8.3%22.7%59.2%29.1%2.8%0.3%31.2M79.3M-8.4M0.233.6971,88016,3612,437,1031,202,413
2010-07-29$14.32$14.2329.0%8.3%22.7%59.7%29.1%2.8%-0.3%33.2M48.5M-8.5M0.263.8866,66617,0662,449,4731,209,990
2010-07-30$14.23$14.2334.0%8.4%22.8%79.9%29.4%0.8%-0.5%32.8M48.1M-8.5M0.234.6379,87718,1082,471,2751,215,484