PFE Options History — September 2012

In September 2012, PFE traded between $22.56 and $23.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.2%, placing in the 8.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 11.9%). Max pain ranged from $21.82 to $21.82. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2012-09-14: Highest Volume — 161,136 contracts
  • 2012-09-12: Largest IV drop — 20.5% change
  • 2012-09-04: Highest IV Rank — 19.7%
  • 2012-09-04: Largest Expected Move — 4.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.07$22.56$23.68$22.56$23.58
Max Pain$21.82$21.82$21.82$21.82$21.82
ATM IV14.2%12.6%18.0%18.0%13.6%
Expected Move3.9%3.6%4.3%4.3%3.7%
HV 20d11.9%9.6%12.8%12.1%12.3%
HV 60d13.6%13.2%14.1%13.2%13.3%
IV Rank8.8%4.0%19.7%19.7%6.9%
IV Percentile13.2%2.8%38.1%38.1%11.5%
Term Structure2.4%1.0%2.9%1.1%2.9%
VWIV14.1%12.9%16.2%16.2%13.8%
Skew 25d1.9%0.9%2.7%1.4%1.4%
Skew 10d5.4%1.9%7.5%5.7%4.5%
Call IV 25d13.6%12.3%15.7%15.7%13.4%
Put IV 25d15.5%14.5%17.5%17.1%14.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.632.059.324.668.38
Gamma HHI0.300.230.360.230.33
Net GEX64.2M49.3M76.8M53.0M59.8M
Net DEX-1.10B-1.28B-845.0M-871.0M-1.18B
Net VEX-5.3M-6.1M-4.8M-6.1M-5.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.112.701.200.25
Total Volume43,454.2119,125161,1369,12529,992
Total OI1,864,871.1581,673,6231,953,4411,907,8611,718,895

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-09-04$22.56$21.8218.0%4.3%12.1%19.7%16.2%1.4%1.1%53.0M-871.0M-6.1M1.204.664,1554,9701,015,707892,154
2012-09-05$22.69$21.8216.7%4.3%9.6%16.1%15.2%2.5%1.2%55.7M-951.8M-6.0M0.333.4236,41012,0461,016,519893,900
2012-09-06$23.09$21.8214.1%4.1%11.3%8.5%13.7%2.0%1.0%65.1M-1.18B-5.8M0.386.6641,87315,7151,021,128892,158
2012-09-07$23.00$21.8214.0%4.1%11.4%8.1%14.2%2.7%2.7%66.7M-1.14B-5.6M0.653.2617,35511,2071,023,974892,509
2012-09-10$22.87$21.8215.7%3.9%11.6%13.2%14.0%2.3%2.9%68.4M-1.09B-5.5M0.703.5112,5178,7701,023,064889,392
2012-09-11$22.93$21.8216.3%4.0%11.1%15.0%14.1%2.1%2.7%70.7M-1.12B-5.4M0.674.1113,3228,9051,020,713892,129
2012-09-12$22.84$21.8213.0%3.9%10.6%5.3%15.5%2.1%2.5%68.8M-1.02B-5.6M2.703.084,07911,0081,016,942898,196
2012-09-13$23.01$21.8213.1%3.8%10.8%5.7%13.5%2.7%2.7%71.2M-1.15B-5.2M0.383.1325,0819,4821,016,037903,791
2012-09-14$22.58$21.8214.6%4.2%12.8%9.9%15.4%2.3%1.9%67.6M-845.0M-5.3M0.165.54139,38021,7561,023,769906,495
2012-09-17$22.79$21.8214.0%4.0%12.8%8.1%15.2%1.6%2.5%71.7M-967.2M-5.4M0.534.6214,5267,7621,009,140911,893
2012-09-18$22.78$21.8213.5%3.9%12.6%6.6%13.5%1.9%2.7%76.3M-1.01B-5.1M0.439.3234,29714,6441,014,834916,976
2012-09-19$22.92$21.8213.5%3.9%12.3%6.8%13.2%1.8%2.8%76.8M-1.09B-5.3M0.633.1623,06614,5651,011,539924,898
2012-09-20$23.16$21.8214.1%4.0%12.7%8.5%13.6%2.3%2.7%62.0M-1.23B-5.0M0.114.5153,5596,0721,013,005934,026
2012-09-21$23.26$21.8212.6%3.6%12.8%4.0%12.9%1.9%2.6%49.3M-1.28B-4.9M0.213.1956,27211,8721,020,975932,466
2012-09-24$23.48$21.8213.3%3.8%12.6%6.1%13.6%0.9%2.4%57.9M-1.14B-5.1M0.427.7820,3068,510898,917774,706
2012-09-25$23.57$21.8213.1%3.8%12.4%5.7%13.3%1.1%2.7%58.3M-1.18B-5.1M0.332.0556,67018,972904,555777,945
2012-09-26$23.56$21.8213.8%3.9%12.3%7.6%14.4%1.4%2.5%59.9M-1.21B-5.1M0.562.2224,35513,701928,528784,134
2012-09-27$23.68$21.8213.1%3.8%12.4%5.7%13.4%1.8%2.9%60.5M-1.27B-4.8M0.585.3311,6776,781927,398789,145
2012-09-28$23.58$21.8213.6%3.7%12.3%6.9%13.8%1.4%2.9%59.8M-1.18B-5.1M0.258.3824,0415,951924,669794,226