PFE Options History — January 2013

In January 2013, PFE traded between $24.53 and $26.28. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.3%, placing in the 14.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 16.9%). Max pain ranged from $22.77 to $26.57. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2013-01-29: Highest Volume — 1,820,310 contracts
  • 2013-01-28: Largest IV spike — 40.9% change
  • 2013-01-28: Highest IV Rank — 54.4%
  • 2013-01-28: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.27$24.53$26.28$24.58$25.88
Max Pain$23.99$22.77$26.57$22.77$25.62
ATM IV15.3%13.0%27.1%15.1%14.5%
Expected Move4.1%3.8%4.4%3.8%4.1%
HV 20d16.9%15.9%18.6%17.5%16.0%
HV 60d15.6%15.2%16.1%15.6%15.6%
IV Rank14.3%6.2%54.4%13.5%11.5%
IV Percentile32.7%7.1%97.2%33.3%31.0%
Term Structure0.0%-1.0%2.0%2.0%0.2%
VWIV15.6%13.9%24.8%13.9%14.2%
Skew 25d2.6%1.1%3.8%2.3%1.1%
Skew 10d5.1%2.2%8.5%5.5%4.7%
Call IV 25d13.5%12.4%15.3%13.2%14.2%
Put IV 25d16.2%15.1%17.6%15.5%15.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.394.2811.228.238.80
Gamma HHI0.320.250.400.320.32
Net GEX25.3M17.6M31.5M28.7M20.9M
Net DEX-679.5M-975.8M-252.3M-747.7M-252.3M
Net VEX-3.1M-3.8M-2.7M-2.9M-3.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.021.660.141.66
Total Volume132,617.57114,7231,820,31038,05377,021
Total OI1,191,162728,2331,447,6441,380,617873,038

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-01-02$24.58$22.7715.1%3.8%17.5%13.5%13.9%2.3%2.0%28.7M-747.7M-2.9M0.148.2333,4814,572557,704822,913
2013-01-03$24.53$22.7713.8%3.8%17.5%9.0%14.8%2.4%1.5%30.8M-736.8M-3.0M1.017.6426,09426,428568,945825,333
2013-01-04$24.63$23.7213.0%4.3%16.4%6.2%15.7%3.8%-0.0%31.5M-741.6M-3.0M0.324.7011,1753,548570,521844,533
2013-01-07$24.65$23.7214.9%4.3%16.4%12.8%16.0%2.9%-0.6%29.6M-793.4M-2.7M0.375.1715,2585,689563,712824,833
2013-01-08$24.69$23.7215.1%4.3%16.3%13.3%15.2%2.8%-0.5%31.0M-815.3M-2.7M1.626.9319,98232,312569,486825,998
2013-01-09$25.11$23.7213.3%4.4%17.1%7.2%14.9%3.0%-0.8%29.2M-913.1M-2.7M0.629.3739,51724,336572,013831,291
2013-01-10$25.39$23.7214.8%4.2%17.2%12.5%15.4%2.5%-0.2%23.4M-975.8M-2.8M0.454.5219,9818,938579,384841,032
2013-01-11$25.16$23.7214.5%4.2%17.5%11.6%15.0%2.2%-0.2%25.7M-905.5M-2.8M0.599.1629,77817,686585,266846,127
2013-01-14$25.37$23.7214.3%4.1%17.3%10.9%14.5%2.5%0.3%26.2M-958.5M-2.8M0.376.9015,8105,827585,399845,701
2013-01-15$25.26$23.7214.0%4.0%17.2%9.6%15.3%2.9%0.4%26.1M-910.5M-2.8M0.2911.2215,9044,586587,907848,497
2013-01-16$25.25$23.7213.9%4.0%17.2%9.4%16.0%2.7%0.2%23.5M-898.6M-2.8M0.7310.5016,10711,718587,865850,542
2013-01-17$25.46$23.7213.6%3.9%17.0%8.4%14.2%2.8%0.5%29.8M-959.9M-2.9M0.115.9243,5974,735591,002853,609
2013-01-18$25.18$23.7213.7%3.9%16.9%8.6%16.2%2.6%-0.0%28.6M-824.3M-3.0M0.398.6343,22816,686591,881855,763
2013-01-22$25.31$23.7213.6%3.9%17.0%8.3%14.4%3.0%-0.4%17.6M-347.1M-2.8M0.934.4823,18221,592343,324384,909
2013-01-23$25.28$23.7213.6%3.9%15.9%8.4%15.0%2.9%-0.5%17.6M-343.7M-3.0M0.688.8115,73410,663355,506396,831
2013-01-24$25.47$23.7214.2%4.1%16.0%10.3%15.0%2.9%-0.0%18.2M-393.3M-3.0M0.395.54123,03048,543364,759400,018
2013-01-25$25.62$24.6719.2%3.9%15.9%27.5%15.2%3.7%0.5%24.0M-423.6M-3.5M0.334.2819,4186,331417,919430,823
2013-01-28$25.46$24.6727.1%4.4%16.1%54.4%17.0%2.3%-1.0%21.3M-406.8M-3.6M0.7610.2334,88626,607435,333431,431
2013-01-29$26.28$24.6720.2%4.1%18.2%30.7%24.8%2.4%-0.4%22.8M-606.4M-3.7M0.024.861,780,86239,448451,812447,479
2013-01-30$26.10$26.5715.6%3.9%18.6%15.2%14.0%2.1%-0.1%25.8M-314.4M-3.7M0.389.2443,97416,705387,907466,056
2013-01-31$25.88$25.6214.5%4.1%16.0%11.5%14.2%1.1%0.2%20.9M-252.3M-3.8M1.668.8028,99248,029400,571472,467