PFE Options History — August 2010

In August 2010, PFE traded between $14.69 and $15.72. ATM implied volatility averaged 27.7%, placing in the 45.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 30.2%). Max pain ranged from $14.23 to $15.18. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.55.

Notable Days

  • 2010-08-03: Highest Volume — 3,711,392 contracts
  • 2010-08-06: Largest IV drop — 35.4% change
  • 2010-08-02: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2010-08-02: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$15.27$14.69$15.72$14.69$15.09
Max Pain$15.01$14.23$15.18$14.23$15.18
ATM IV27.7%22.9%43.9%43.9%24.1%
Expected Move7.4%6.7%8.7%8.7%6.9%
HV 20d30.2%20.7%33.4%24.7%20.7%
HV 60d26.7%25.5%28.0%25.8%25.5%
IV Rank45.1%29.1%100.0%100.0%33.0%
IV Percentile61.3%21.0%100.0%100.0%34.1%
Term Structure1.7%-2.2%4.6%-2.2%2.6%
VWIV27.4%23.6%44.0%30.5%24.3%
Skew 25d3.0%0.1%4.7%1.9%2.4%
Skew 10d8.3%2.3%12.7%6.6%8.1%
Call IV 25d25.8%23.3%29.9%29.9%25.6%
Put IV 25d28.8%26.7%31.8%31.8%27.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.632.053.753.612.39
Gamma HHI0.220.170.330.200.24
Net GEX46.9M37.4M66.1M43.0M45.6M
Net DEX-452.7M-834.9M-176.7M-176.7M-260.3M
Net VEX-9.9M-10.4M-8.7M-8.7M-9.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.550.021.150.260.23
Total Volume240,278.81818,1573,711,392181,35441,919
Total OI3,690,148.4093,551,5593,874,2653,723,4403,648,533

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-08-02$14.69$14.2343.9%8.7%24.7%100.0%30.5%1.9%-2.2%43.0M-176.7M-8.7M0.263.61144,12837,2262,507,5791,215,861
2010-08-03$15.50$14.2332.0%7.1%30.3%59.8%44.0%2.4%0.9%56.8M-834.9M-9.8M0.023.003,635,31776,0752,537,6581,228,803
2010-08-04$15.60$14.2335.6%7.4%29.7%72.2%27.2%3.2%1.9%43.3M-671.7M-10.1M0.902.8393,07283,8582,295,9841,255,575
2010-08-05$15.36$14.2335.5%7.2%30.5%71.7%25.8%3.1%-0.2%40.0M-510.6M-10.2M0.332.57100,52532,7122,292,1361,308,076
2010-08-06$15.41$15.1822.9%7.3%30.4%29.1%25.7%4.0%1.7%40.1M-499.4M-10.1M0.802.6924,59619,7342,269,1911,322,689
2010-08-09$15.58$15.1824.5%7.3%30.4%34.3%26.7%4.7%1.6%43.3M-611.9M-10.0M0.662.4922,91115,1752,279,1141,315,511
2010-08-10$15.72$15.1826.2%7.1%29.9%40.1%25.7%4.3%1.1%42.0M-726.6M-10.3M0.203.75104,31020,6612,276,2731,319,107
2010-08-11$15.18$15.1827.4%7.9%33.2%44.1%27.4%3.5%0.9%37.4M-364.8M-9.8M0.182.45130,07523,9112,320,0241,330,890
2010-08-12$15.37$15.1827.8%8.0%33.4%45.6%27.7%4.5%0.9%48.6M-559.7M-10.4M0.392.2629,32511,3912,430,7761,341,235
2010-08-13$15.26$15.1828.0%8.0%32.3%46.3%28.6%4.0%1.6%50.9M-510.5M-10.4M0.432.7428,60012,1792,448,0691,344,629
2010-08-16$15.21$15.1827.3%7.8%32.3%43.9%27.4%4.3%1.5%51.6M-459.9M-10.1M0.902.0521,72119,6362,457,6631,350,978
2010-08-17$15.44$15.1826.5%7.6%31.9%41.2%26.5%3.1%2.4%56.8M-627.8M-10.1M0.652.9768,80044,5542,447,2731,358,035
2010-08-18$15.28$15.1826.6%7.6%32.3%41.6%27.0%3.4%2.5%54.3M-471.5M-9.9M0.792.5731,85325,0052,443,9881,371,119
2010-08-19$15.21$15.1827.0%7.7%31.9%42.8%28.2%3.0%2.6%56.1M-432.7M-10.0M0.372.2665,33724,2622,447,1171,376,307
2010-08-20$15.10$15.1825.0%7.2%31.3%36.0%26.2%0.5%4.6%66.1M-359.2M-10.0M0.872.1537,32632,4912,487,5691,386,696
2010-08-23$15.28$15.1824.0%6.9%30.0%32.8%25.1%3.4%2.4%42.9M-378.7M-9.9M0.362.6847,98917,0972,339,8891,253,142
2010-08-24$15.01$15.1825.8%7.4%30.5%38.6%27.0%2.5%1.7%39.1M-235.2M-9.5M1.072.4326,52628,3542,359,6331,253,967
2010-08-25$15.17$15.1825.2%7.2%29.7%36.7%26.9%3.1%2.0%42.6M-323.4M-9.7M1.153.0817,26319,9032,365,6261,270,852
2010-08-26$15.09$15.1825.2%7.2%29.9%36.9%25.7%2.3%2.3%42.2M-302.2M-9.7M0.642.5812,8298,1962,370,3901,276,416
2010-08-27$15.27$15.1823.2%6.7%29.9%30.0%23.6%3.3%2.8%46.2M-400.5M-9.7M0.372.1122,7258,4102,369,4931,270,248
2010-08-30$15.05$15.1824.8%7.1%28.6%35.4%25.8%0.1%2.6%41.8M-241.4M-9.3M0.492.1412,2005,9572,367,7221,271,429
2010-08-31$15.09$15.1824.1%6.9%20.7%33.0%24.3%2.4%2.6%45.6M-260.3M-9.2M0.232.3934,0037,9162,376,6481,271,885