PFE Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, PFE traded between $17.80 and $18.38. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.0%, placing in the 15.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.5% (HV 20d: 23.5%). Max pain ranged from $17.08 to $18.03. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.55.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-01: Highest Volume — 2,665,061 contracts
  • 2011-02-22: Largest IV spike — 9.1% change
  • 2011-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 21.0%
  • 2011-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.09$17.80$18.38$18.24$18.25
Max Pain$17.18$17.08$18.03$17.08$17.08
ATM IV19.0%17.9%20.6%20.6%19.2%
Expected Move5.5%5.1%5.9%5.9%5.5%
HV 20d23.5%22.1%24.9%22.1%24.6%
HV 60d17.5%16.9%17.7%17.5%16.9%
IV Rank15.8%12.0%21.0%21.0%16.5%
IV Percentile15.2%6.3%29.0%29.0%20.2%
Term Structure1.5%-0.2%3.6%3.6%1.4%
VWIV20.0%18.3%21.4%21.2%20.5%
Skew 25d2.8%1.7%7.0%7.0%3.0%
Skew 10d7.6%6.0%9.3%7.5%6.7%
Call IV 25d19.0%18.0%20.6%18.4%19.4%
Put IV 25d21.9%20.3%25.4%25.4%22.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.862.023.612.022.49
Gamma HHI0.370.330.430.330.43
Net GEX52.6M40.6M64.3M57.9M53.0M
Net DEX-871.6M-1.17B-709.4M-1.17B-960.5M
Net VEX-8.7M-8.9M-8.0M-8.0M-8.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.550.041.250.040.40
Total Volume193,292.26315,1392,665,0612,665,06162,557
Total OI2,242,831.7892,170,2992,328,7492,269,7182,267,143

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$18.24$17.0820.6%5.9%22.1%21.0%21.2%7.0%3.6%57.9M-1.17B-8.0M0.042.022,570,38194,6801,471,039798,679
2011-02-02$17.99$18.0319.7%5.6%22.3%18.0%20.6%3.0%-0.2%48.3M-825.5M-8.4M0.452.3063,80528,8761,357,058827,408
2011-02-03$18.19$18.0319.0%5.4%22.5%15.6%19.4%3.0%0.9%50.1M-885.8M-8.6M0.302.6259,91017,9391,341,581828,718
2011-02-04$18.31$17.0818.5%5.6%22.5%14.0%20.0%3.4%0.6%53.9M-947.9M-8.6M1.172.8219,70623,0551,353,361834,671
2011-02-07$18.06$17.0819.4%5.6%23.2%17.0%20.6%2.3%0.9%49.9M-821.7M-8.6M1.252.5518,60423,2001,356,729846,231
2011-02-08$18.18$17.0818.8%5.6%23.1%15.0%20.2%2.6%0.5%52.7M-875.6M-8.6M0.593.009,5015,6381,362,521852,355
2011-02-09$18.07$17.0818.4%5.6%23.2%13.8%19.9%2.1%0.9%53.8M-818.2M-8.6M0.893.509,3048,2491,364,841851,036
2011-02-10$18.06$17.0818.9%5.4%23.1%15.4%19.2%2.4%0.8%55.9M-794.8M-8.5M0.233.3060,04013,6831,367,052852,658
2011-02-11$17.87$17.0818.5%5.3%23.3%14.1%20.1%2.3%1.3%53.7M-709.4M-8.6M0.222.2843,4489,6481,406,194855,948
2011-02-14$18.07$17.0819.0%5.5%23.5%15.8%21.4%2.6%1.1%59.3M-837.1M-8.6M0.253.2737,1609,1921,401,340857,257
2011-02-15$18.07$17.0818.9%5.4%23.5%15.3%19.0%2.7%1.6%61.1M-853.9M-8.7M0.223.6158,91113,2491,425,394859,333
2011-02-16$18.29$17.0818.6%5.3%23.7%14.5%18.8%2.5%1.8%64.3M-1.01B-8.8M0.142.5963,0829,0091,441,761866,855
2011-02-17$18.38$17.0819.4%5.6%23.6%17.1%19.7%3.1%1.5%61.6M-1.08B-8.9M0.342.4546,84816,0641,460,262868,487
2011-02-18$18.21$17.0818.2%5.2%23.9%12.9%18.3%2.3%2.2%54.2M-971.1M-8.9M0.343.2053,02717,8011,447,196876,081
2011-02-22$17.92$17.0819.8%5.7%24.7%18.5%20.6%1.7%1.7%42.4M-777.5M-8.7M0.402.8660,45524,3721,397,665790,701
2011-02-23$17.80$17.0819.7%5.7%24.9%18.2%21.4%2.4%1.9%40.6M-722.6M-8.8M1.243.2025,79932,0851,417,080802,267
2011-02-24$17.93$17.0818.7%5.4%24.8%14.7%19.7%2.4%2.7%44.5M-787.0M-8.8M0.843.4323,38519,7161,433,564814,558
2011-02-25$17.89$17.0817.9%5.1%24.8%12.0%19.7%2.6%2.4%42.5M-713.2M-8.9M1.152.939,40010,7741,433,227825,553
2011-02-28$18.25$17.0819.2%5.5%24.6%16.5%20.5%3.0%1.4%53.0M-960.5M-8.8M0.402.4944,65817,8991,436,452830,691