PFE Options History — November 2012

In November 2012, PFE traded between $22.45 and $23.74. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.2%, placing in the 20.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 15.8%). Max pain ranged from $22.77 to $23.72. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.87.

Notable Days

  • 2012-11-06: Highest Volume — 4,274,661 contracts
  • 2012-11-26: Largest IV spike — 22.1% change
  • 2012-11-05: Highest IV Rank — 43.3%
  • 2012-11-07: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.08$22.45$23.74$23.29$23.74
Max Pain$23.09$22.77$23.72$22.77$22.77
ATM IV17.2%11.8%23.8%21.3%13.5%
Expected Move4.5%3.4%5.3%5.2%3.8%
HV 20d15.8%13.9%17.1%15.9%13.9%
HV 60d13.5%12.8%14.1%13.6%14.1%
IV Rank20.7%2.1%43.3%34.5%8.1%
IV Percentile44.8%0.8%88.9%79.4%13.1%
Term Structure0.2%-1.4%1.3%-1.0%0.6%
VWIV16.3%12.3%23.7%18.6%13.5%
Skew 25d2.5%1.7%3.4%2.4%2.1%
Skew 10d5.4%0.7%8.6%1.9%4.9%
Call IV 25d15.0%11.9%17.9%17.3%13.1%
Put IV 25d17.5%14.1%20.4%19.7%15.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.792.1810.072.195.10
Gamma HHI0.270.180.360.240.36
Net GEX27.0M7.3M46.8M42.8M35.7M
Net DEX-337.2M-845.7M-10.1M-789.4M-542.7M
Net VEX-3.7M-4.6M-3.1M-4.4M-3.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.870.013.200.690.55
Total Volume240,755.818,4674,274,66177,75731,139
Total OI1,537,9911,377,2231,816,1421,786,7071,460,246

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-11-01$23.29$22.7721.3%5.2%15.9%34.5%18.6%2.4%-1.0%42.8M-789.4M-4.4M0.692.1945,88931,868929,529857,178
2012-11-02$23.29$22.7721.2%5.2%15.5%34.3%18.8%1.7%-1.4%44.4M-771.3M-4.6M0.563.2527,25915,366944,342871,800
2012-11-05$23.32$22.7723.8%4.8%15.5%43.3%17.9%2.3%-0.1%44.4M-761.1M-4.6M0.903.1824,72622,245908,738874,002
2012-11-06$23.44$22.7723.8%4.7%15.4%43.3%23.7%2.7%0.0%46.8M-845.7M-4.4M0.0110.074,249,00925,652911,625876,191
2012-11-07$22.93$23.7219.8%5.3%17.1%29.3%19.1%2.4%-0.2%20.3M-173.4M-3.9M0.592.4252,54530,852642,605880,817
2012-11-08$22.92$23.7219.7%5.3%17.1%29.1%18.4%3.1%0.0%19.6M-152.5M-3.9M0.552.3631,86617,496666,616895,710
2012-11-09$22.93$23.7218.8%5.2%17.0%26.2%18.0%2.7%0.1%18.2M-144.2M-3.9M0.543.5823,92912,815672,947899,895
2012-11-12$22.87$23.7219.4%4.9%17.0%28.1%17.3%3.1%0.2%15.7M-117.4M-3.8M0.622.1813,4638,361649,350889,351
2012-11-13$22.82$23.7219.5%4.9%17.0%28.5%18.1%3.4%0.2%13.3M-93.5M-3.7M0.932.9715,47614,408652,095891,421
2012-11-14$22.59$23.7219.1%5.0%15.5%27.2%17.2%2.8%-0.3%8.1M-14.7M-3.6M3.204.3214,83147,441656,564891,632
2012-11-15$22.45$23.7217.3%4.9%14.8%20.8%18.2%2.6%0.2%7.3M-10.1M-3.6M0.784.9315,92212,396656,045884,348
2012-11-16$22.64$22.7716.2%4.7%15.3%17.3%16.7%2.4%0.2%10.6M-54.5M-3.5M0.792.7821,75417,150657,121862,880
2012-11-19$22.90$22.7714.1%4.1%15.8%10.2%13.7%2.4%1.0%22.3M-201.4M-3.4M0.763.2131,70624,148553,717823,506
2012-11-20$23.04$22.7714.1%4.0%15.9%10.0%13.4%2.7%0.5%26.8M-248.4M-3.4M1.534.1311,24217,172565,706833,728
2012-11-21$23.10$22.7714.0%4.0%16.0%9.6%12.5%2.8%0.6%26.4M-284.6M-3.4M0.412.7515,9646,478563,401841,560
2012-11-23$23.27$22.7711.8%3.4%15.5%2.1%12.3%2.2%1.3%32.8M-378.0M-3.4M0.453.395,8252,642572,990843,336
2012-11-26$23.24$22.7714.4%4.1%15.3%11.0%13.5%3.1%0.1%33.0M-340.4M-3.2M1.045.9514,78915,362571,323840,111
2012-11-27$23.01$22.7714.1%4.0%14.7%10.0%13.9%1.7%0.8%29.0M-231.3M-3.3M1.123.698,4089,436573,598848,416
2012-11-28$23.41$22.7713.0%3.7%16.2%6.1%14.4%1.9%0.6%35.1M-407.7M-3.2M1.393.7018,18325,316575,306855,414
2012-11-29$23.58$22.7712.7%3.6%14.5%5.3%13.1%1.8%0.7%35.1M-519.5M-3.1M0.963.3812,92412,419583,103869,548
2012-11-30$23.74$22.7713.5%3.8%13.9%8.1%13.5%2.1%0.6%35.7M-542.7M-3.2M0.555.1020,04711,092586,992873,254