PFE Options History — February 2013

In February 2013, PFE traded between $25.46 and $26.29. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.6%, placing in the 15.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.3%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 17.9%). Max pain ranged from $25.62 to $25.62. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.59.

Notable Days

  • 2013-02-01: Highest Volume — 70,601 contracts
  • 2013-02-25: Largest IV spike — 39.5% change
  • 2013-02-25: Highest IV Rank — 32.4%
  • 2013-02-25: Largest Expected Move — 5.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.85$25.46$26.29$26.21$25.97
Max Pain$25.62$25.62$25.62$25.62$25.62
ATM IV15.6%13.1%20.6%14.4%14.7%
Expected Move4.3%3.8%5.0%4.0%4.4%
HV 20d17.9%16.3%19.6%16.3%16.4%
HV 60d16.0%15.6%16.5%15.8%16.4%
IV Rank15.2%6.6%32.4%10.9%11.9%
IV Percentile43.4%7.9%90.1%29.0%34.9%
Term Structure0.1%-0.9%0.5%0.1%0.3%
VWIV15.1%14.1%18.0%14.4%14.6%
Skew 25d2.6%1.9%3.8%1.9%2.5%
Skew 10d5.4%2.7%7.8%4.5%2.7%
Call IV 25d14.0%13.0%16.4%13.8%13.6%
Put IV 25d16.7%15.4%20.2%15.8%16.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.122.749.488.805.70
Gamma HHI0.270.220.380.380.27
Net GEX23.3M15.5M29.6M28.9M29.2M
Net DEX-232.6M-324.8M-134.1M-316.2M-274.1M
Net VEX-4.0M-4.2M-3.9M-3.9M-4.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.590.221.170.260.41
Total Volume29,753.8959,21270,60170,60112,769
Total OI947,575.632903,514982,780910,399972,941

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-02-01$26.21$25.6214.4%4.0%16.3%10.9%14.4%1.9%0.1%28.9M-316.2M-3.9M0.268.8055,94214,659414,715495,684
2013-02-04$25.78$25.6218.5%4.4%17.8%24.9%14.6%2.3%0.1%24.5M-213.9M-3.9M0.315.2548,51915,044435,727487,731
2013-02-05$26.10$25.6216.9%4.0%18.1%19.6%14.6%2.4%0.3%27.6M-273.7M-3.9M0.343.076,8852,327432,148495,246
2013-02-06$25.92$25.6215.8%4.5%18.4%15.8%15.4%2.6%-0.1%23.5M-239.8M-3.9M0.714.0014,36710,201434,523496,216
2013-02-07$25.58$25.6215.4%4.4%18.4%14.6%15.6%2.5%0.0%15.5M-145.7M-3.9M0.673.5230,23320,179439,199501,941
2013-02-08$25.50$25.6214.9%4.3%18.0%12.9%14.5%2.5%0.4%15.8M-134.1M-3.9M0.364.3030,16410,794459,136506,089
2013-02-11$25.75$25.6215.1%4.3%18.0%13.5%15.8%2.6%0.2%24.5M-220.4M-3.9M0.226.8924,1405,223474,497506,427
2013-02-12$25.61$25.6215.0%4.3%17.9%13.3%15.5%2.5%0.1%17.0M-183.6M-4.0M0.553.5912,4146,824460,808508,413
2013-02-13$25.62$25.6214.5%4.2%17.8%11.4%15.0%2.6%0.5%16.1M-180.6M-3.9M0.704.7019,59413,660466,192509,578
2013-02-14$25.67$25.6214.5%4.2%17.8%11.4%14.4%2.8%0.4%15.6M-192.1M-4.0M0.602.917,6804,582463,420511,424
2013-02-15$25.89$25.6214.7%4.2%17.8%12.0%14.7%3.0%0.4%22.5M-264.1M-4.1M0.372.8617,3846,491468,187514,593
2013-02-19$26.29$25.6213.1%3.8%18.0%6.6%14.1%2.4%0.5%29.6M-324.8M-4.0M0.462.7418,0918,330440,263463,251
2013-02-20$26.16$25.6213.6%3.9%18.1%8.4%14.2%2.1%0.5%28.7M-311.0M-4.0M0.922.9310,3529,552448,683466,032
2013-02-21$26.01$25.6215.6%4.5%18.3%15.3%15.5%2.5%-0.0%27.6M-276.5M-4.1M0.589.4815,6539,098452,875471,683
2013-02-22$25.98$25.6214.8%4.4%18.2%12.4%14.9%3.7%-0.1%26.3M-258.7M-4.1M0.965.1619,29518,543456,772476,464
2013-02-25$25.46$25.6220.6%5.0%19.5%32.4%18.0%3.8%-0.9%19.0M-151.7M-4.0M1.076.2812,58913,424462,829481,876
2013-02-26$25.65$25.6218.1%4.6%19.6%23.6%16.3%3.2%0.1%21.5M-178.4M-4.1M1.178.8612,11414,138469,339489,821
2013-02-27$26.01$25.6216.4%4.4%16.6%17.8%14.3%2.5%0.1%29.4M-280.1M-4.2M0.636.308,6495,421471,747497,467
2013-02-28$25.97$25.6214.7%4.4%16.4%11.9%14.6%2.5%0.3%29.2M-274.1M-4.1M0.415.709,0853,684473,813499,128