PFE Options History — October 2012

In October 2012, PFE traded between $23.60 and $24.71. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.5%, placing in the 23.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 11.3%). Max pain ranged from $21.82 to $22.77. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2012-10-31: Highest Volume — 97,300 contracts
  • 2012-10-31: Largest IV spike — 78.7% change
  • 2012-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2012-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.10$23.60$24.71$23.76$23.60
Max Pain$22.59$21.82$22.77$21.82$22.77
ATM IV17.5%12.4%40.5%15.2%40.5%
Expected Move4.7%3.7%6.4%3.8%6.4%
HV 20d11.3%8.2%15.3%12.5%15.3%
HV 60d12.7%12.0%13.3%13.2%13.3%
IV Rank23.6%4.7%100.0%11.7%100.0%
IV Percentile38.9%1.6%100.0%25.4%100.0%
Term Structure-0.5%-3.3%3.3%3.2%-3.3%
VWIV16.8%11.1%22.3%13.5%22.3%
Skew 25d1.9%0.9%2.6%1.8%0.9%
Skew 10d4.5%1.4%6.9%5.9%1.4%
Call IV 25d15.8%12.9%21.7%13.5%21.7%
Put IV 25d17.7%13.8%22.5%15.3%22.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.682.0612.469.4010.82
Gamma HHI0.290.230.400.340.23
Net GEX50.2M37.9M62.2M61.3M44.9M
Net DEX-1.35B-1.69B-904.0M-1.32B-904.0M
Net VEX-4.4M-4.8M-3.9M-4.7M-4.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.241.540.390.32
Total Volume40,433.4298,36697,30015,97397,300
Total OI1,771,123.5241,668,8301,850,2881,717,5091,740,221

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-10-01$23.76$21.8215.2%3.8%12.5%11.7%13.5%1.8%3.2%61.3M-1.32B-4.7M0.399.4011,4724,501926,030791,479
2012-10-02$23.83$21.8216.0%3.9%12.3%14.0%13.7%1.8%3.2%61.6M-1.33B-4.7M1.505.0625,65938,614927,636792,947
2012-10-03$24.02$21.8218.1%3.8%12.4%26.5%13.7%1.3%3.2%59.1M-1.41B-4.7M0.622.0610,5726,517938,942826,676
2012-10-04$24.05$21.8212.9%3.7%11.1%6.6%11.1%0.9%3.3%60.9M-1.43B-4.4M1.543.2423,06735,452937,528830,672
2012-10-05$24.21$22.7712.4%4.3%11.0%4.7%16.5%2.4%0.1%54.3M-1.52B-4.2M0.403.2641,82516,690940,245856,901
2012-10-08$24.10$22.7714.4%4.7%10.9%12.5%16.2%2.5%-0.9%54.4M-1.41B-4.7M0.722.754,8653,501942,048862,367
2012-10-09$24.01$22.7715.0%4.7%11.1%14.8%16.8%2.5%-0.9%54.7M-1.39B-4.4M0.374.639,8783,624933,777863,246
2012-10-10$23.87$22.7713.7%4.7%11.2%9.8%17.1%2.4%-1.0%59.1M-1.32B-4.5M0.759.729,8467,343933,239864,929
2012-10-11$23.83$22.7716.2%4.6%11.1%19.6%16.5%2.0%-0.7%60.8M-1.31B-4.5M0.537.796,5313,436935,697869,126
2012-10-12$23.83$22.7716.0%4.6%8.2%18.6%16.6%2.6%-0.8%62.2M-1.32B-4.4M1.186.8210,04511,876936,609870,174
2012-10-15$24.26$22.7715.4%4.4%9.5%16.4%16.9%2.4%-0.3%49.7M-1.54B-4.0M1.077.8014,68315,730934,957875,167
2012-10-16$24.48$22.7715.9%4.6%9.6%18.3%16.4%1.8%-0.9%43.2M-1.57B-4.2M0.386.5838,60814,753933,532880,747
2012-10-17$24.52$22.7716.5%4.7%9.6%20.8%16.6%1.0%-1.6%39.0M-1.60B-4.2M0.275.3641,86111,091944,305893,574
2012-10-18$24.71$22.7716.4%4.7%9.4%20.4%16.6%1.6%-1.3%39.8M-1.69B-3.9M0.316.7939,57812,233947,648897,488
2012-10-19$24.44$22.7716.9%4.9%10.6%22.3%18.5%2.0%-1.5%37.9M-1.56B-4.0M0.247.2147,22211,561947,342902,946
2012-10-22$24.29$22.7716.9%4.8%10.7%22.1%17.1%2.1%-1.6%41.7M-1.19B-4.5M0.716.0222,63315,987846,988821,842
2012-10-23$23.90$22.7718.6%5.3%12.4%28.7%18.5%2.3%-1.9%41.5M-1.03B-4.7M0.658.6640,14926,260854,849825,355
2012-10-24$24.01$22.7719.2%5.5%12.5%31.1%18.4%2.3%-2.3%41.8M-1.08B-4.8M0.737.7619,37614,187876,647833,305
2012-10-25$24.30$22.7719.3%5.5%13.0%31.6%19.5%1.9%-2.2%42.3M-1.20B-4.7M0.526.0728,73314,892881,901840,089
2012-10-26$24.13$22.7722.6%5.7%13.2%44.5%20.1%1.6%-3.2%45.2M-1.18B-4.4M0.7612.4620,96315,988886,849847,574
2012-10-31$23.60$22.7740.5%6.4%15.3%100.0%22.3%0.9%-3.3%44.9M-904.0M-4.8M0.3210.8273,59323,707891,821848,400