PFE Options History — September 2011

In September 2011, PFE traded between $16.56 and $18.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.6%, placing in the 39.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 30.0%). Max pain ranged from $18.03 to $18.03. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 21 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.03.

Notable Days

  • 2011-09-22: Highest Volume — 145,776 contracts
  • 2011-09-09: Largest IV spike — 30.8% change
  • 2011-09-12: Highest IV Rank — 53.6%
  • 2011-09-22: Largest Expected Move — 10.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.24$16.56$18.04$17.94$16.77
Max Pain$18.03$18.03$18.03$18.03$18.03
ATM IV30.6%27.0%37.1%27.0%33.1%
Expected Move8.7%7.2%10.1%7.2%9.1%
HV 20d30.0%21.8%43.9%42.8%24.4%
HV 60d31.5%31.1%31.9%31.4%31.7%
IV Rank39.2%31.1%53.6%31.3%44.7%
IV Percentile90.6%84.1%98.0%88.1%94.0%
Term Structure1.8%0.8%3.2%0.9%2.4%
VWIV30.1%25.4%34.7%26.3%31.7%
Skew 25d8.5%5.0%10.2%5.0%9.6%
Skew 10d18.4%11.9%21.9%11.9%19.0%
Call IV 25d26.8%23.2%29.8%24.7%29.2%
Put IV 25d35.3%29.7%39.1%29.7%38.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.883.605.923.604.81
Gamma HHI0.160.140.190.190.15
Net GEX11.0M4.3M23.4M23.3M6.8M
Net DEX-20.0M-371.3M229.6M-371.3M145.5M
Net VEX-8.6M-9.3M-7.9M-9.2M-8.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.030.414.520.980.41
Total Volume54,389.28618,605145,77650,27229,288
Total OI2,792,837.2862,556,9673,019,8132,856,3452,693,395

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-09-01$17.94$18.0327.0%7.2%42.8%31.3%26.3%5.0%0.9%23.3M-371.3M-9.2M0.983.6025,36524,9071,658,7611,197,584
2011-09-02$17.51$18.0329.8%8.3%43.9%37.4%26.0%5.8%1.1%15.1M-154.2M-9.0M4.524.2711,61252,5101,662,7241,209,342
2011-09-06$17.69$18.0330.6%8.4%39.5%39.3%32.3%9.2%1.0%16.4M-205.9M-9.2M0.745.8234,03625,3381,643,0341,231,176
2011-09-07$18.04$18.0328.0%8.1%35.4%33.5%29.0%8.3%1.3%23.4M-357.3M-9.3M0.614.6822,01913,4791,656,3141,237,564
2011-09-08$17.86$18.0327.6%8.2%33.3%32.5%30.3%8.3%1.2%19.6M-270.8M-9.1M0.774.3120,47215,8581,662,3221,241,027
2011-09-09$17.34$18.0336.1%9.7%32.1%51.4%32.6%10.2%0.8%9.9M-17.0M-8.8M1.125.1842,24347,3981,672,2791,247,595
2011-09-12$17.31$18.0337.1%9.8%32.1%53.6%34.7%9.3%1.1%8.3M-12.1M-8.8M0.914.7246,56242,3341,680,7121,259,981
2011-09-13$17.39$18.0331.7%9.2%30.7%41.7%31.6%8.6%1.6%8.5M-39.5M-8.9M1.224.3028,34634,4411,704,7091,278,089
2011-09-14$17.47$18.0331.1%9.1%30.8%40.4%30.5%8.2%1.9%9.8M-80.1M-8.9M1.354.8825,94234,9291,714,6981,299,111
2011-09-15$17.54$18.0330.2%8.7%30.6%38.4%28.8%8.9%1.9%11.2M-115.6M-8.8M1.164.0615,71918,2411,716,3001,299,562
2011-09-16$17.22$18.0327.0%7.7%27.0%31.1%25.4%7.9%3.2%4.3M32.1M-8.3M1.264.8840,01650,6111,716,4631,303,350
2011-09-19$17.13$18.0327.3%7.8%27.1%32.0%27.7%7.7%3.2%10.1M23.6M-8.3M0.464.6231,66314,6081,444,9961,111,971
2011-09-20$17.31$18.0327.1%7.8%27.3%31.4%26.0%7.8%2.9%12.4M-49.9M-8.4M0.675.6928,46519,0151,456,8111,117,653
2011-09-21$16.93$18.0328.4%8.1%26.2%34.3%28.1%7.5%2.5%7.7M110.7M-8.2M0.644.5721,65013,7771,467,3401,129,753
2011-09-22$16.59$18.0335.3%10.1%26.7%49.5%32.5%9.2%0.9%4.8M200.9M-8.0M0.994.9673,16472,6121,465,4511,136,699
2011-09-23$16.56$18.0334.9%10.0%25.5%48.8%33.2%9.5%1.2%4.9M222.3M-8.1M1.185.6815,06817,8421,497,6921,160,890
2011-09-26$16.86$18.0329.8%8.5%25.9%37.3%29.9%9.8%2.5%7.5M119.2M-8.1M0.445.3920,8319,1681,495,6991,154,127
2011-09-27$16.84$18.0329.4%8.4%21.8%36.7%29.6%9.4%2.4%8.4M113.7M-8.1M0.465.9231,17014,2031,505,4571,162,739
2011-09-28$16.66$18.0330.2%8.7%22.0%38.4%32.9%9.5%2.2%5.8M229.6M-7.9M0.745.0710,7137,8921,508,8371,166,058
2011-09-29$17.06$18.0330.2%8.7%23.8%38.4%31.9%9.0%2.4%11.9M56.1M-8.2M0.984.9919,49319,1751,512,1451,169,173
2011-09-30$16.77$18.0333.1%9.1%24.4%44.7%31.7%9.6%2.4%6.8M145.5M-8.1M0.414.8120,8308,4581,514,7521,178,643