PFE Options History — December 2012

In December 2012, PFE traded between $23.61 and $24.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.6%, placing in the 15.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 13.2%). Max pain ranged from $21.35 to $22.77. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2012-12-05: Highest Volume — 73,512 contracts
  • 2012-12-10: Largest IV spike — 14.5% change
  • 2012-12-31: Highest IV Rank — 23.9%
  • 2012-12-28: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$24.02$23.61$24.33$23.80$23.80
Max Pain$22.56$21.35$22.77$22.77$22.77
ATM IV15.6%13.7%18.2%15.6%18.2%
Expected Move4.3%3.9%4.9%4.0%4.8%
HV 20d13.2%12.3%15.1%13.9%13.2%
HV 60d13.9%13.5%14.2%14.0%14.2%
IV Rank15.1%8.8%23.9%15.3%23.9%
IV Percentile35.8%16.3%63.9%33.3%63.9%
Term Structure1.4%0.3%2.1%0.3%0.7%
VWIV15.3%14.2%17.5%14.2%17.5%
Skew 25d2.7%1.6%3.9%1.6%3.9%
Skew 10d7.6%4.6%11.4%4.9%11.4%
Call IV 25d14.4%13.7%15.9%14.0%15.4%
Put IV 25d17.1%15.6%19.6%15.6%19.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.831.5212.583.945.51
Gamma HHI0.330.250.440.380.28
Net GEX34.7M23.7M44.1M39.2M26.0M
Net DEX-610.0M-760.3M-336.9M-566.5M-435.1M
Net VEX-3.2M-3.4M-3.0M-3.2M-3.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.291.740.570.50
Total Volume34,551.2514,66673,51229,42426,062
Total OI1,484,340.851,324,5811,587,7691,469,6941,378,015

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-12-03$23.80$22.7715.6%4.0%13.9%15.3%14.2%1.6%0.3%39.2M-566.5M-3.2M0.573.9418,78010,644595,872873,822
2012-12-04$23.88$22.7716.5%4.1%13.9%18.1%14.5%2.2%0.3%36.5M-583.4M-3.2M1.096.8225,82228,050595,953879,663
2012-12-05$24.33$22.7715.6%3.9%15.1%15.3%14.3%2.3%0.3%37.7M-758.9M-3.3M0.339.7355,40818,104607,799891,162
2012-12-06$24.30$22.7714.2%3.9%12.3%10.3%14.3%2.0%0.7%35.5M-746.0M-3.3M0.8412.589,8858,259622,576899,690
2012-12-07$24.25$21.3514.1%4.0%12.4%9.9%15.2%2.8%1.8%31.2M-733.3M-3.1M0.8310.0912,08310,038610,147903,402
2012-12-10$24.11$21.3516.1%4.4%12.7%16.9%14.9%2.4%1.8%36.9M-672.6M-3.1M0.296.9724,6327,143607,804895,722
2012-12-11$24.33$21.3516.8%4.1%12.8%19.3%15.3%2.6%1.5%36.1M-747.6M-3.1M0.946.3210,77210,138605,578901,344
2012-12-12$24.20$22.7714.4%4.1%13.0%11.1%15.1%2.3%1.5%36.3M-693.6M-3.0M0.557.5818,81010,322603,901905,108
2012-12-13$24.03$22.7715.6%4.5%12.6%15.0%14.9%2.3%1.7%38.6M-650.1M-3.1M0.508.1017,2798,647616,819909,617
2012-12-14$23.89$22.7715.5%4.5%12.6%15.0%15.3%2.5%1.6%36.2M-572.8M-3.2M0.997.0024,08223,733623,930914,755
2012-12-17$24.06$22.7715.4%4.4%12.5%14.3%16.4%2.7%1.5%39.1M-659.8M-3.1M1.659.3612,65920,918633,275927,467
2012-12-18$24.33$22.7713.7%3.9%12.5%8.8%15.0%2.3%1.6%41.7M-760.3M-3.1M0.551.7212,0746,640640,214935,068
2012-12-19$24.05$22.7715.4%4.4%13.4%14.5%14.6%2.5%1.6%38.9M-665.3M-3.1M0.333.1229,9269,963640,825935,858
2012-12-20$24.13$22.7715.1%4.3%13.4%13.4%15.7%2.8%2.1%35.9M-697.7M-3.1M0.587.3318,82111,004644,491926,720
2012-12-21$23.80$22.7715.1%4.3%14.4%13.5%15.0%3.0%1.9%44.1M-554.0M-3.3M0.729.7730,33121,966654,305933,464
2012-12-24$23.80$22.7715.3%4.4%14.4%14.2%15.4%2.8%2.0%27.9M-420.1M-3.1M0.841.527,9916,675537,388787,193
2012-12-26$23.95$22.7715.6%4.5%13.9%15.1%14.8%3.0%1.9%28.6M-495.3M-3.0M0.836.4016,63413,802541,405787,831
2012-12-27$23.85$22.7715.7%4.5%12.8%15.4%17.0%3.6%1.5%24.0M-449.8M-3.2M1.746.3217,43930,346548,764794,798
2012-12-28$23.61$22.7717.9%4.9%13.1%22.9%16.7%3.7%0.9%23.7M-336.9M-3.4M0.546.5129,30915,834556,265818,807
2012-12-31$23.80$22.7718.2%4.8%13.2%23.9%17.5%3.9%0.7%26.0M-435.1M-3.2M0.505.5117,3848,678558,031819,984