PFE Options History — December 2011

In December 2011, PFE traded between $18.82 and $20.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.2%, placing in the 18.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.1% (HV 20d: 25.4%). Max pain ranged from $16.60 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 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2011-12-15: Highest Volume — 174,354 contracts
  • 2011-12-28: Largest IV spike — 28.3% change
  • 2011-12-08: Highest IV Rank — 28.3%
  • 2011-12-08: Largest Expected Move — 7.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.87$18.82$20.71$19.00$20.53
Max Pain$17.21$16.60$18.03$18.03$18.03
ATM IV21.2%16.6%25.7%22.1%16.6%
Expected Move6.1%4.7%7.0%6.3%6.1%
HV 20d25.4%16.5%31.2%31.2%16.6%
HV 60d26.4%24.9%27.2%27.2%24.9%
IV Rank18.4%8.1%28.3%20.3%8.1%
IV Percentile42.3%3.2%68.3%52.8%3.6%
Term Structure2.1%0.3%4.4%0.6%0.6%
VWIV22.6%19.1%29.0%25.1%20.6%
Skew 25d4.7%3.3%6.2%5.1%4.1%
Skew 10d11.6%7.3%15.0%10.9%12.9%
Call IV 25d19.4%16.7%22.3%21.1%18.7%
Put IV 25d24.1%21.0%27.8%26.2%22.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.621.815.254.364.55
Gamma HHI0.250.210.370.230.25
Net GEX46.8M32.5M76.8M32.5M49.7M
Net DEX-1.17B-1.45B-697.4M-766.0M-1.33B
Net VEX-7.1M-7.5M-6.6M-7.5M-6.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.183.190.900.36
Total Volume70,544.61919,463174,35469,26535,632
Total OI2,696,853.2382,451,1372,872,8552,730,1622,559,192

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-12-01$19.00$18.0322.1%6.3%31.2%20.3%25.1%5.1%0.6%32.5M-766.0M-7.5M0.904.3636,45732,8081,472,8301,257,332
2011-12-02$18.87$18.0321.4%6.1%30.7%18.7%22.3%3.3%1.1%35.5M-735.4M-7.5M0.615.1627,92016,9951,503,1471,276,414
2011-12-05$18.82$16.6021.9%6.4%30.4%19.9%24.5%6.2%2.2%34.4M-697.4M-7.3M0.544.1853,59928,8521,505,1521,278,352
2011-12-06$19.19$16.6022.9%6.5%30.3%22.0%24.0%5.5%2.3%41.9M-937.7M-7.3M0.922.6937,06734,0081,495,9961,282,837
2011-12-07$19.42$16.6024.9%6.9%30.6%26.7%23.8%5.6%2.2%43.4M-1.07B-7.3M0.932.7929,16127,0341,504,4681,289,604
2011-12-08$19.16$16.6025.7%7.0%27.6%28.3%29.0%5.5%2.2%36.4M-865.0M-7.5M3.193.6712,35839,4401,515,3861,304,546
2011-12-09$19.51$16.6020.2%5.9%27.1%16.0%24.2%6.0%2.2%43.7M-1.11B-7.4M1.012.8635,12735,3131,513,0491,332,109
2011-12-12$19.35$16.6024.4%6.7%27.2%25.5%23.1%5.1%2.5%45.1M-1.05B-7.2M0.455.2583,28437,4291,526,3451,328,399
2011-12-13$19.70$16.6022.1%6.0%27.5%20.4%22.1%5.1%2.4%49.2M-1.21B-7.3M0.384.1567,77326,0441,515,7361,342,490
2011-12-14$19.79$16.6022.9%6.2%27.5%22.2%24.0%4.7%2.6%49.3M-1.25B-7.3M0.283.3772,14720,2001,515,7521,349,064
2011-12-15$20.06$16.6021.8%6.2%26.9%19.6%23.8%4.4%3.0%55.2M-1.40B-7.3M0.374.08127,22647,1281,521,3651,351,490
2011-12-16$19.95$16.6020.6%5.9%26.9%17.1%21.2%4.4%3.3%76.8M-1.31B-6.9M0.183.1657,14110,1901,471,4431,371,152
2011-12-19$20.06$16.6020.9%6.0%26.9%17.8%22.0%3.9%2.9%36.2M-1.10B-6.8M0.643.3952,56033,6031,325,3031,125,834
2011-12-20$20.36$16.6020.8%6.0%24.1%17.4%21.6%4.2%3.5%47.4M-1.33B-6.7M0.913.6924,27322,1401,353,1331,144,817
2011-12-21$20.57$18.0320.3%5.8%23.8%16.4%20.5%3.5%1.3%49.3M-1.43B-6.8M1.223.2764,58178,7441,356,0851,156,137
2011-12-22$20.52$18.0320.9%6.0%21.2%17.6%21.3%4.5%0.3%50.0M-1.38B-6.8M0.373.6929,09010,6571,369,5051,191,871
2011-12-23$20.71$18.0316.6%4.8%21.0%8.1%20.4%3.9%3.8%54.4M-1.45B-6.7M0.442.4713,5435,9201,367,4041,188,964
2011-12-27$20.65$18.0316.6%4.7%19.0%8.1%19.1%4.6%4.4%52.0M-1.43B-6.7M0.594.2126,33215,5761,361,5931,187,361
2011-12-28$20.43$18.0321.2%6.1%19.6%18.4%21.7%4.3%0.5%49.2M-1.31B-6.6M0.571.8133,13118,8491,373,4951,190,409
2011-12-29$20.60$18.0321.1%6.0%16.5%18.1%20.8%4.2%0.3%51.9M-1.36B-6.6M0.603.2713,7898,3161,363,2491,195,108
2011-12-30$20.53$18.0316.6%6.1%16.6%8.1%20.6%4.1%0.6%49.7M-1.33B-6.7M0.364.5526,1109,5221,363,7331,195,459