PFE Options History — December 2010

In December 2010, PFE traded between $15.83 and $16.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.1%, placing in the 16.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.5% (HV 20d: 15.6%). Max pain ranged from $16.13 to $16.60. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2010-12-28: Highest Volume — 173,762 contracts
  • 2010-12-06: Largest IV spike — 22.6% change
  • 2010-12-13: Highest IV Rank — 27.3%
  • 2010-12-13: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.27$15.83$16.71$15.84$16.61
Max Pain$16.54$16.13$16.60$16.13$16.60
ATM IV19.1%17.2%22.4%18.9%19.5%
Expected Move5.5%4.9%6.0%5.4%5.6%
HV 20d15.6%11.1%17.6%17.6%11.1%
HV 60d16.7%15.4%17.6%17.6%15.4%
IV Rank16.2%9.5%27.3%15.5%17.4%
IV Percentile12.7%3.2%36.5%9.5%16.7%
Term Structure2.4%0.8%4.0%3.5%0.9%
VWIV19.7%17.2%21.6%19.4%19.6%
Skew 25d2.1%0.4%4.1%3.7%3.0%
Skew 10d4.5%0.9%10.0%10.0%5.1%
Call IV 25d20.0%17.5%22.2%19.5%20.8%
Put IV 25d22.2%20.6%24.0%23.2%23.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.141.422.902.451.59
Gamma HHI0.280.180.630.180.30
Net GEX39.8M18.1M137.9M18.1M41.8M
Net DEX-287.6M-529.1M55.9M55.9M-487.5M
Net VEX-6.3M-6.7M-5.9M-6.4M-6.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.121.770.380.37
Total Volume77,570.36421,349173,762108,91729,289
Total OI2,972,340.8182,722,7863,182,8812,989,1742,922,234

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-12-01$15.84$16.1318.9%5.4%17.6%15.5%19.4%3.7%3.5%18.1M55.9M-6.4M0.382.4579,17029,7471,681,9161,307,258
2010-12-02$15.83$16.1318.2%5.2%17.2%13.1%19.1%2.3%3.6%21.4M-38.3M-6.2M0.212.5563,10013,5531,703,7491,303,794
2010-12-03$15.86$16.1317.2%4.9%16.9%9.5%17.2%2.3%4.0%24.0M-60.3M-6.2M1.272.319,39011,9591,728,6441,303,742
2010-12-06$15.95$16.6021.0%5.9%16.6%22.6%21.3%1.6%2.1%24.9M-59.8M-6.3M0.622.4858,14336,2691,703,3851,302,671
2010-12-07$15.91$16.6019.4%5.8%16.5%16.9%20.7%1.4%2.0%26.5M-43.5M-6.3M0.392.4055,84921,5441,724,7501,304,417
2010-12-08$15.86$16.6019.9%6.0%16.5%18.7%20.9%1.4%1.3%25.0M591.3K-6.1M0.532.1539,00520,7691,741,8191,306,374
2010-12-09$15.90$16.6018.2%5.7%16.2%13.0%20.3%0.4%1.9%30.0M-81.9M-6.1M0.682.6626,99618,3721,765,3401,308,189
2010-12-10$16.15$16.6020.1%6.0%16.8%19.5%21.6%0.4%2.3%39.1M-255.3M-6.5M0.202.90108,28721,6721,775,5451,312,190
2010-12-13$16.31$16.6022.4%6.0%16.9%27.3%21.3%0.7%2.1%48.6M-420.1M-6.5M0.232.3374,99417,4171,835,3381,312,070
2010-12-14$16.23$16.6019.9%5.6%16.8%18.8%20.8%1.3%2.6%52.8M-362.0M-6.3M0.682.3180,08554,0611,843,3291,311,639
2010-12-15$16.20$16.6019.7%5.7%16.4%18.1%19.9%1.5%2.4%52.4M-322.1M-6.4M0.252.1646,67611,4691,853,4831,329,398
2010-12-16$16.34$16.6019.2%5.5%16.3%16.4%19.9%1.0%2.6%49.3M-399.1M-6.3M0.391.8841,05516,0641,835,3521,328,991
2010-12-17$16.16$16.6018.6%5.3%15.3%14.2%18.9%1.0%2.6%137.9M-334.9M-5.9M0.512.9071,72236,4351,833,7511,332,225
2010-12-20$16.29$16.6017.7%5.1%15.5%11.2%18.0%1.7%3.4%27.7M-243.1M-6.2M0.191.8579,16715,2891,550,7961,171,990
2010-12-21$16.49$16.6017.6%5.0%15.4%10.9%18.2%3.5%3.9%33.2M-362.8M-6.2M0.702.0540,35628,1861,569,0221,178,135
2010-12-22$16.66$16.6018.1%5.2%15.5%12.8%19.4%3.3%0.9%35.0M-463.0M-6.5M0.211.6269,86014,5571,590,0331,187,695
2010-12-23$16.71$16.6017.8%5.1%15.4%11.6%17.9%3.0%1.6%40.6M-529.1M-6.5M0.361.5634,86512,6751,603,3771,183,031
2010-12-27$16.59$16.6019.1%5.5%14.8%16.2%19.4%4.1%3.5%34.0M-429.8M-6.4M0.291.8144,22212,8511,597,2311,183,940
2010-12-28$16.69$16.6019.3%5.5%14.9%16.8%19.4%3.2%1.6%33.1M-486.9M-6.4M0.121.87154,66419,0981,567,5061,191,774
2010-12-29$16.70$16.6019.7%5.7%13.2%18.2%19.8%3.3%0.8%39.1M-525.7M-6.7M1.771.4216,41629,0371,689,5621,200,837
2010-12-30$16.59$16.6019.4%5.6%11.2%17.0%19.4%2.8%3.4%41.5M-477.5M-6.7M1.411.7717,52824,6851,694,7141,220,262
2010-12-31$16.61$16.6019.5%5.6%11.1%17.4%19.6%3.0%0.9%41.8M-487.5M-6.7M0.371.5921,3417,9481,693,9851,228,249