PFE Options History — April 2011

In April 2011, PFE traded between $18.78 and $19.90. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.8%, placing in the 21.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 15.9%). Max pain ranged from $18.03 to $18.98. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.62.

Notable Days

  • 2011-04-21: Highest Volume — 363,964 contracts
  • 2011-04-14: Largest IV spike — 45.7% change
  • 2011-04-29: Highest IV Rank — 52.5%
  • 2011-04-21: Largest Expected Move — 7.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.40$18.78$19.90$19.34$19.90
Max Pain$18.41$18.03$18.98$18.03$18.98
ATM IV20.8%14.5%29.9%17.8%29.9%
Expected Move6.2%5.2%7.2%5.2%6.8%
HV 20d15.9%10.6%19.5%19.0%17.5%
HV 60d19.8%18.0%21.1%19.6%18.0%
IV Rank21.4%0.0%52.5%11.7%52.5%
IV Percentile37.1%0.0%92.9%5.6%92.9%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.9%3.6%3.6%-2.9%
VWIV22.2%17.7%26.1%17.7%26.1%
Skew 25d3.3%1.8%4.2%1.8%3.4%
Skew 10d7.1%4.6%10.6%8.1%10.6%
Call IV 25d20.4%17.3%24.6%17.3%22.7%
Put IV 25d23.7%19.1%28.1%19.1%26.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.452.586.613.373.06
Gamma HHI0.310.270.340.340.28
Net GEX46.9M30.8M57.4M50.9M50.4M
Net DEX-1.29B-1.57B-773.0M-1.39B-1.45B
Net VEX-9.4M-10.0M-8.8M-9.3M-9.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.620.101.010.670.27
Total Volume75,110.515,256363,96415,25671,179
Total OI2,436,780.12,244,1742,529,4972,464,0952,476,316

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-04-01$19.34$18.0317.8%5.2%19.0%11.7%17.7%1.8%3.6%50.9M-1.39B-9.3M0.673.379,1236,1331,569,248894,847
2011-04-04$19.49$18.0317.4%5.9%19.0%10.4%20.5%3.7%0.3%52.3M-1.47B-9.2M0.324.1230,3749,8581,572,625896,901
2011-04-05$19.40$18.0317.6%6.2%19.2%10.9%21.6%3.3%0.2%53.1M-1.35B-10.0M0.963.2912,54312,1031,575,722902,576
2011-04-06$19.25$18.0318.8%6.1%19.5%15.0%22.1%3.5%-0.2%50.8M-1.34B-9.0M1.012.5817,01517,2681,571,870904,741
2011-04-07$19.29$18.0318.6%6.2%18.4%14.5%22.6%3.5%-0.1%49.7M-1.28B-9.9M0.363.1328,12210,1021,575,035912,563
2011-04-08$19.41$18.0319.5%6.3%18.4%16.3%22.7%3.4%-0.1%52.8M-1.36B-9.8M0.703.3635,43124,9801,583,183916,257
2011-04-11$19.61$18.0320.7%5.9%17.8%20.4%21.3%4.1%0.5%57.4M-1.57B-9.1M0.403.3533,00913,2451,601,027926,822
2011-04-12$19.41$18.0319.7%6.2%18.3%16.9%22.4%3.7%-0.0%52.5M-1.43B-8.9M0.433.0962,08226,5301,590,196927,494
2011-04-13$19.41$18.0314.5%6.1%15.7%0.0%20.8%3.7%0.3%54.7M-1.36B-9.8M0.523.1535,07818,3191,601,362921,394
2011-04-14$19.44$18.0321.1%6.1%12.1%22.6%20.8%3.5%-0.1%53.3M-1.45B-8.9M0.893.3622,07819,6311,594,820925,534
2011-04-15$19.48$18.0319.9%5.7%11.0%18.4%20.3%2.6%0.4%40.7M-1.45B-8.8M0.102.98104,82910,4041,590,547938,950
2011-04-18$19.35$18.0320.5%5.9%10.6%20.4%21.1%3.3%0.2%40.0M-1.17B-8.9M0.952.7031,65730,2041,441,347802,827
2011-04-19$19.48$18.9819.5%5.6%10.7%16.9%21.1%3.3%-0.1%40.1M-1.21B-8.9M0.922.8418,81017,2741,433,238818,530
2011-04-20$19.35$18.9821.9%6.3%11.1%25.2%21.9%3.5%-1.4%38.2M-1.16B-8.9M0.663.5044,51329,2531,438,467825,792
2011-04-21$18.78$18.9825.2%7.2%13.9%36.4%25.6%3.5%-2.1%30.8M-773.0M-9.7M0.896.61192,332171,6321,457,189837,079
2011-04-25$19.11$18.9824.2%6.9%15.4%33.0%24.5%3.3%-1.7%40.0M-975.3M-9.8M0.603.4836,90222,3161,526,912898,951
2011-04-26$19.16$18.9822.5%6.4%15.4%27.2%22.4%2.6%-1.6%39.3M-997.2M-9.6M0.783.6637,34728,9481,497,707900,430
2011-04-27$19.57$18.9823.6%6.8%17.1%31.0%24.7%3.0%-2.3%42.8M-1.21B-10.0M0.554.4153,96829,6031,517,108916,153
2011-04-28$19.76$18.9822.9%6.6%17.4%28.7%23.4%4.2%-1.8%47.2M-1.32B-10.0M0.333.0196,51631,4991,524,310929,532
2011-04-29$19.90$18.9829.9%6.8%17.5%52.5%26.1%3.4%-2.9%50.4M-1.45B-9.1M0.273.0656,07415,1051,531,758944,558