PFE Options History — August 2011

In August 2011, PFE traded between $15.81 and $18.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 34.0%, placing in the 53.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 37.6%). Max pain ranged from $18.03 to $18.98. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.94.

Notable Days

  • 2011-08-02: Highest Volume — 450,646 contracts
  • 2011-08-08: Largest IV spike — 59.8% change
  • 2011-08-08: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2011-08-08: Largest Expected Move — 11.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.11$15.81$18.04$18.04$18.01
Max Pain$18.19$18.03$18.98$18.98$18.03
ATM IV34.0%27.4%58.0%40.0%33.2%
Expected Move8.7%7.1%11.5%7.7%7.4%
HV 20d37.6%14.5%48.6%14.5%45.3%
HV 60d27.0%17.9%31.4%17.9%31.4%
IV Rank53.6%32.1%100.0%87.5%44.9%
IV Percentile96.4%92.9%100.0%99.6%96.0%
Term Structure-1.0%-3.8%1.0%-2.2%1.0%
VWIV31.4%25.4%41.2%27.9%27.7%
Skew 25d7.2%2.3%11.5%4.2%5.5%
Skew 10d15.2%2.3%23.7%6.4%15.9%
Call IV 25d28.4%24.2%37.8%26.2%24.7%
Put IV 25d35.6%27.5%47.3%30.5%30.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.322.476.823.994.72
Gamma HHI0.160.130.200.160.20
Net GEX8.8M-2.1M24.6M9.1M24.2M
Net DEX111.3M-378.6M497.7M-8.4M-378.6M
Net VEX-8.4M-9.4M-7.7M-8.3M-9.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.940.082.490.671.81
Total Volume104,081.73926,778450,646102,62156,464
Total OI2,725,495.6522,465,3502,854,7792,465,3502,844,352

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-08-01$18.04$18.9840.0%7.7%14.5%87.5%27.9%4.2%-2.2%9.1M-8.4M-8.3M0.673.9961,63240,9891,386,2281,079,122
2011-08-02$17.21$18.9835.5%7.4%20.7%83.5%27.2%2.3%0.2%364.7K279.2M-7.9M0.085.38417,62433,0221,409,7611,087,098
2011-08-03$17.11$18.9829.8%7.1%20.6%62.3%25.4%3.3%0.3%-1.4M315.6M-7.9M0.892.8153,16947,3351,436,3011,097,366
2011-08-04$16.47$18.9839.7%10.0%22.3%99.0%33.8%4.9%-3.3%-2.1M450.5M-7.7M0.576.4887,83350,3071,455,8091,108,784
2011-08-05$16.59$18.0336.3%9.3%22.9%86.3%33.0%7.0%-1.3%1.2M401.8M-7.9M0.433.79109,42047,0901,499,8541,112,438
2011-08-08$15.81$18.0358.0%11.5%27.2%100.0%41.2%9.6%-3.8%782.0K497.7M-7.7M0.634.7482,29152,0891,557,4281,115,088
2011-08-09$16.70$18.0330.0%9.1%35.4%38.0%35.5%7.4%-2.1%4.0M327.5M-8.1M1.476.8267,979100,0361,573,4991,120,829
2011-08-10$16.18$18.0346.6%10.9%36.5%74.7%39.7%9.1%-3.5%2.2M432.1M-8.1M0.724.2962,25145,0861,629,7991,164,982
2011-08-11$16.90$18.0334.5%9.9%40.8%47.9%36.3%8.4%-2.9%8.0M190.2M-8.7M0.803.3054,74443,5201,646,0791,164,899
2011-08-12$16.94$18.0331.3%9.0%40.9%40.7%32.4%7.3%-1.6%7.2M182.9M-8.6M0.674.0239,97626,9141,648,8401,181,495
2011-08-15$17.40$18.0328.9%8.3%42.4%35.5%28.1%5.9%-0.5%12.7M-10.4M-8.9M0.534.4733,61517,7301,648,8601,175,285
2011-08-16$17.37$18.0329.0%8.3%41.8%35.7%29.4%6.3%-0.6%11.1M10.1M-8.7M2.493.617,67519,1031,654,5661,179,125
2011-08-17$17.54$18.0327.4%7.9%42.1%32.1%26.5%5.4%0.2%13.5M-62.1M-8.8M0.832.8617,39114,3491,647,1961,185,452
2011-08-18$16.80$18.0332.7%9.4%44.0%43.9%36.1%10.0%-1.6%5.6M247.9M-8.3M1.875.1038,17471,2571,646,9451,182,972
2011-08-19$16.76$18.0332.7%9.4%44.0%44.0%35.3%10.9%-1.1%4.7M258.2M-8.4M0.965.1142,91641,0191,657,1851,197,594
2011-08-22$16.77$18.0330.9%8.9%44.0%40.0%31.9%11.5%-0.4%5.8M179.4M-8.1M0.844.3331,19526,3201,558,1631,108,598
2011-08-23$17.31$18.0328.9%8.3%45.9%35.5%28.4%9.1%0.3%10.8M-4.5M-8.6M0.984.1321,18920,8681,568,4131,118,300
2011-08-24$17.45$18.0329.1%8.3%45.8%35.9%28.3%8.7%-0.3%13.8M-69.9M-8.7M0.954.9320,75119,7141,576,9261,129,782
2011-08-25$17.04$18.0331.9%9.1%46.3%42.1%34.3%9.2%-1.9%9.9M78.8M-8.4M1.003.4483,02582,7801,582,1051,139,024
2011-08-26$17.28$18.0334.1%8.4%46.7%46.9%30.5%7.8%-0.2%13.6M-46.4M-8.8M0.415.0250,41520,6851,624,6121,177,988
2011-08-29$17.91$18.0330.3%7.3%48.6%38.6%27.5%5.5%0.2%24.6M-364.7M-9.2M0.682.4735,82924,4031,630,2431,167,478
2011-08-30$17.91$18.0330.1%7.2%45.3%38.0%26.6%5.8%1.0%22.4M-347.4M-9.1M1.383.4630,95942,7471,639,0541,170,483
2011-08-31$18.01$18.0333.2%7.4%45.3%44.9%27.7%5.5%1.0%24.2M-378.6M-9.4M1.814.7220,10336,3611,648,1181,196,234