PFE Options History — March 2012

In March 2012, PFE traded between $20.18 and $21.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.1%, placing in the 5.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.1% (HV 20d: 13.0%). Max pain ranged from $19.92 to $19.92. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 22 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.75.

Notable Days

  • 2012-03-27: Highest Volume — 114,911 contracts
  • 2012-03-06: Largest IV spike — 58.2% change
  • 2012-03-06: Highest IV Rank — 24.2%
  • 2012-03-06: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.72$20.18$21.49$20.39$21.49
Max Pain$19.92$19.92$19.92$19.92$19.92
ATM IV15.1%12.1%23.8%18.2%15.3%
Expected Move4.2%3.5%5.3%5.0%4.0%
HV 20d13.0%11.5%14.3%13.6%12.3%
HV 60d12.5%11.8%13.9%13.9%11.9%
IV Rank5.8%0.0%24.2%11.6%7.0%
IV Percentile8.3%0.0%60.7%15.1%8.3%
Term Structure3.1%0.2%4.7%0.2%3.1%
VWIV14.9%12.4%18.1%17.1%14.5%
Skew 25d2.4%0.6%4.1%2.7%0.6%
Skew 10d5.7%1.5%10.3%10.3%2.6%
Call IV 25d14.0%12.3%16.4%15.3%14.5%
Put IV 25d16.4%13.9%20.5%18.0%15.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.731.656.463.692.54
Gamma HHI0.250.190.480.220.19
Net GEX39.8M29.7M69.6M32.5M38.8M
Net DEX-711.9M-992.5M-519.3M-596.2M-992.5M
Net VEX-6.8M-7.0M-6.4M-6.9M-6.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.750.282.470.610.30
Total Volume36,525.22711,817114,91146,23823,118
Total OI1,769,471.3181,621,8441,946,9691,804,5751,691,720

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-03-01$20.39$19.9218.2%5.0%13.6%11.6%17.1%2.7%0.2%32.5M-596.2M-6.9M0.613.6928,75417,4841,010,857793,718
2012-03-02$20.31$19.9217.2%4.8%13.2%9.5%15.5%3.3%0.6%32.5M-566.7M-7.0M0.282.1216,3574,6611,022,972802,735
2012-03-05$20.40$19.9215.1%5.0%13.2%4.7%16.9%3.5%3.0%34.5M-615.9M-6.9M0.582.2212,1137,0451,025,586801,071
2012-03-06$20.18$19.9223.8%5.3%13.0%24.2%18.1%4.1%2.4%29.7M-519.3M-6.9M1.142.7112,93314,7241,028,041804,011
2012-03-07$20.28$19.9218.7%5.1%13.0%12.7%17.6%4.0%2.7%31.6M-617.1M-6.5M1.152.9917,12219,7681,029,482811,234
2012-03-08$20.35$19.9218.1%4.9%13.0%11.5%16.3%3.8%2.9%33.0M-593.9M-6.9M0.392.508,4923,3251,036,433825,953
2012-03-09$20.38$19.9218.8%4.7%12.9%12.9%16.0%3.6%3.3%36.7M-633.2M-6.7M1.213.3826,70932,3771,041,348827,472
2012-03-12$20.44$19.9213.7%4.1%12.7%1.8%15.9%3.4%3.2%36.4M-635.1M-6.8M1.352.179,28312,5441,048,557845,885
2012-03-13$20.88$19.9213.8%4.0%14.2%2.0%14.4%2.3%3.4%50.3M-851.1M-7.0M0.313.5732,4859,9701,049,932845,843
2012-03-14$20.81$19.9212.1%4.1%14.3%0.0%14.6%2.5%3.1%55.9M-817.2M-6.9M0.643.2233,15421,3551,060,355847,146
2012-03-15$20.79$19.9214.0%4.0%13.7%4.1%14.6%2.2%3.3%56.3M-809.3M-6.9M0.312.9835,22410,7551,070,336855,876
2012-03-16$20.82$19.9213.2%3.8%13.3%2.3%13.9%2.4%3.7%69.6M-837.2M-6.9M0.466.4630,50914,0961,086,147860,822
2012-03-19$20.76$19.9212.4%3.6%13.1%0.6%12.6%1.7%3.9%36.5M-663.2M-6.8M0.282.0642,07011,852944,673677,171
2012-03-20$20.68$19.9213.2%3.8%13.2%2.3%13.3%1.7%3.4%36.9M-635.7M-6.8M0.672.1818,17712,127946,938678,563
2012-03-21$20.65$19.9212.5%3.6%13.1%0.8%12.8%1.8%3.8%37.5M-619.7M-6.8M0.541.6515,4358,347955,699685,447
2012-03-22$20.62$19.9212.6%3.6%11.6%1.0%13.8%1.8%3.4%36.5M-602.0M-6.7M2.472.167,36618,211954,303680,873
2012-03-23$20.70$19.9212.3%3.5%11.5%0.3%12.4%1.5%3.9%36.6M-643.5M-6.7M0.642.3210,2476,584956,188676,114
2012-03-26$21.02$19.9212.4%3.5%12.5%0.5%12.5%1.2%4.7%39.3M-786.2M-6.6M0.711.8622,97016,396957,283676,676
2012-03-27$21.35$19.9214.6%4.2%13.2%5.4%14.2%1.4%4.0%39.3M-921.2M-6.7M0.562.3473,86741,044964,661682,339
2012-03-28$21.26$19.9214.8%4.2%13.2%5.8%14.8%1.7%3.6%38.3M-855.2M-6.8M0.572.6912,2976,962980,344702,337
2012-03-29$21.27$19.9215.2%4.4%12.2%6.8%15.3%1.8%3.4%37.6M-851.3M-6.9M1.272.3211,10814,138981,915703,313
2012-03-30$21.49$19.9215.3%4.0%12.3%7.0%14.5%0.6%3.1%38.8M-992.5M-6.4M0.302.5417,8205,298984,159707,561