PFE Options History — March 2011

In March 2011, PFE traded between $18.16 and $19.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.3%, placing in the 20.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.1% (HV 20d: 20.1%). Max pain ranged from $17.08 to $18.03. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 23 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2011-03-14: Highest Volume — 337,248 contracts
  • 2011-03-16: Largest IV spike — 14.4% change
  • 2011-03-16: Highest IV Rank — 36.1%
  • 2011-03-16: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.82$18.16$19.34$18.16$19.27
Max Pain$17.90$17.08$18.03$17.08$18.03
ATM IV20.3%18.1%25.0%19.9%19.0%
Expected Move5.8%5.2%7.2%5.7%5.5%
HV 20d20.1%15.9%24.8%24.8%19.1%
HV 60d18.8%17.0%20.0%17.0%19.7%
IV Rank20.0%12.7%36.1%18.8%15.6%
IV Percentile33.2%7.5%75.8%29.8%17.9%
Term Structure2.4%0.5%3.9%1.4%3.1%
VWIV20.8%18.1%25.1%20.5%18.8%
Skew 25d1.9%0.3%3.2%2.6%1.5%
Skew 10d4.8%0.6%8.6%5.6%0.9%
Call IV 25d20.1%17.9%24.4%20.2%18.4%
Put IV 25d22.0%19.0%27.0%22.8%19.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.412.226.712.676.71
Gamma HHI0.420.310.520.410.32
Net GEX54.8M43.2M71.6M51.9M47.9M
Net DEX-1.18B-1.50B-901.3M-928.0M-1.32B
Net VEX-9.4M-10.3M-8.8M-8.9M-10.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.121.730.890.43
Total Volume91,283.56523,282337,24833,54723,282
Total OI2,393,504.3912,213,1802,538,7602,293,5222,459,155

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-03-01$18.16$17.0819.9%5.7%24.8%18.8%20.5%2.6%1.4%51.9M-928.0M-8.9M0.892.6717,76715,7801,455,859837,663
2011-03-02$18.21$17.0819.3%5.5%15.9%16.8%20.4%2.6%2.0%51.4M-925.5M-8.8M0.272.8325,7096,9431,458,711845,468
2011-03-03$18.76$17.0819.4%5.6%18.2%17.1%20.4%1.3%0.5%60.5M-1.23B-9.2M0.282.22136,75837,7211,451,364846,531
2011-03-04$18.65$18.0319.0%5.8%18.1%15.8%21.2%2.6%2.4%62.7M-1.20B-9.2M0.403.3844,78618,0801,506,631865,548
2011-03-07$18.61$18.0320.1%6.0%18.0%19.3%22.0%3.0%2.1%61.0M-1.16B-8.9M1.464.3520,17529,5091,500,942869,489
2011-03-08$18.67$18.0320.6%5.9%17.2%21.2%21.3%3.2%2.1%61.3M-1.18B-8.9M0.153.2652,3078,0951,501,768886,576
2011-03-09$18.65$18.0320.3%5.9%17.2%20.1%20.9%2.4%2.1%71.6M-1.14B-8.9M0.294.1932,2979,3851,516,877888,761
2011-03-10$18.37$18.0322.2%6.4%18.0%26.5%21.9%2.9%2.5%57.5M-1.02B-9.0M0.283.1969,14819,6631,532,308891,476
2011-03-11$18.47$18.0320.9%6.0%18.1%22.1%20.2%2.2%3.1%59.3M-1.08B-8.9M0.424.1053,24822,1991,520,675897,857
2011-03-14$18.80$18.0320.3%5.8%18.4%20.0%20.7%0.5%2.7%68.6M-1.28B-9.1M0.382.77245,15592,0931,530,284904,358
2011-03-15$18.75$18.0321.9%6.3%18.2%25.4%22.3%0.7%1.8%71.3M-1.22B-9.3M0.853.1959,20050,0371,584,896947,391
2011-03-16$18.31$18.0325.0%7.2%20.3%36.1%25.1%2.6%1.1%46.8M-901.3M-9.3M1.213.5855,34966,7661,547,691952,048
2011-03-17$18.86$18.0322.9%6.6%22.4%29.0%24.9%2.9%1.6%62.9M-1.25B-9.5M0.783.2929,48822,9731,557,253979,883
2011-03-18$19.15$18.0321.2%6.1%22.9%23.1%22.2%2.5%2.9%59.6M-1.50B-9.4M0.313.46173,33553,3941,556,543982,217
2011-03-21$18.96$18.0320.2%5.8%23.0%19.7%20.4%1.5%2.0%43.2M-1.12B-9.4M1.733.2229,24450,4861,430,350782,830
2011-03-22$18.92$18.0318.9%5.4%22.0%15.2%19.0%1.2%2.4%43.3M-1.07B-9.5M0.443.2630,30613,4371,431,429812,413
2011-03-23$18.90$18.0318.5%5.3%21.8%14.1%20.2%1.7%3.2%43.4M-1.04B-9.7M1.042.8030,38431,7371,440,863826,342
2011-03-24$19.26$18.0319.6%5.6%22.5%17.7%19.7%2.5%3.0%45.0M-1.23B-9.8M0.123.15131,90215,9661,458,080855,301
2011-03-25$19.31$18.0319.7%5.7%22.4%18.2%19.6%1.1%3.0%47.1M-1.35B-10.1M0.522.9647,05324,4731,539,395859,157
2011-03-28$19.23$18.0320.1%5.8%21.7%19.5%20.1%0.3%2.7%46.3M-1.26B-10.3M0.563.5237,10420,6421,548,649868,466
2011-03-29$19.34$18.0319.2%5.5%21.5%16.4%19.1%1.4%3.0%48.5M-1.40B-9.3M0.983.0148,35547,3251,556,057875,255
2011-03-30$19.30$18.0318.1%5.2%21.6%12.7%18.1%1.1%3.9%48.7M-1.35B-10.0M1.063.3624,50725,9591,585,053904,738
2011-03-31$19.27$18.0319.0%5.5%19.1%15.6%18.8%1.5%3.1%47.9M-1.32B-10.2M0.436.7116,3226,9601,564,942894,213