PFE Options History — May 2013

In May 2013, PFE traded between $25.83 and $28.05. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.8%, placing in the 23.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.2% (HV 20d: 23.0%). Max pain ranged from $25.62 to $33.21. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2013-05-07: Highest Volume — 729,249 contracts
  • 2013-05-31: Largest IV spike — 30.0% change
  • 2013-05-31: Highest IV Rank — 46.3%
  • 2013-05-31: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.39$25.83$28.05$27.42$25.83
Max Pain$28.76$25.62$33.21$27.51$33.21
ATM IV17.8%14.8%24.5%22.3%24.5%
Expected Move4.9%4.4%6.3%5.3%6.3%
HV 20d23.0%18.0%26.0%24.9%21.2%
HV 60d18.3%17.8%20.1%17.9%20.1%
IV Rank23.7%13.6%46.3%38.9%46.3%
IV Percentile68.7%39.3%97.6%92.9%97.6%
Term Structure-0.0%-3.0%0.7%-0.2%-0.8%
VWIV18.2%15.6%27.1%19.6%22.6%
Skew 25d1.2%-1.2%2.7%2.4%-0.2%
Skew 10d2.5%-3.0%4.8%3.6%-1.9%
Call IV 25d17.3%15.4%23.3%18.4%23.3%
Put IV 25d18.5%17.0%23.1%20.8%23.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.912.2610.115.885.53
Gamma HHI0.190.130.570.150.13
Net GEX25.4M5.8M95.0M17.2M5.8M
Net DEX-28.9M-473.2M1.30B-309.5M1.30B
Net VEX-4.9M-5.5M-4.4M-4.4M-5.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.021.050.690.56
Total Volume126,622.45523,968729,24980,785113,573
Total OI1,358,433.2271,106,7582,115,5991,138,4052,115,599

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-05-01$27.42$27.5122.3%5.3%24.9%38.9%19.6%2.4%-0.2%17.2M-309.5M-4.4M0.695.8847,77133,014603,313535,092
2013-05-02$27.77$27.5119.6%5.0%25.3%29.6%17.8%2.4%-0.5%21.4M-406.8M-4.6M0.605.5015,0038,965620,748547,518
2013-05-03$27.48$27.5118.6%4.8%25.5%26.4%17.6%2.2%0.5%8.5M-317.7M-4.5M0.862.9739,79534,332623,711551,515
2013-05-06$27.25$25.6221.0%4.8%25.7%34.3%19.2%1.8%0.1%19.3M-264.0M-4.5M0.712.2623,68016,706629,217558,859
2013-05-07$27.54$25.6220.0%4.6%26.0%31.1%27.1%2.7%0.4%24.1M-348.6M-4.6M0.022.44714,58714,662640,601565,718
2013-05-08$27.26$27.5115.9%4.6%24.1%17.1%16.5%2.0%0.4%16.5M-168.5M-4.6M0.592.6421,60312,788585,979571,599
2013-05-09$27.13$27.5115.9%4.6%22.1%17.2%16.5%2.0%0.4%13.0M-118.6M-4.7M0.583.0719,41711,238595,444577,583
2013-05-10$27.25$27.5114.8%4.5%22.2%13.6%16.1%2.0%0.5%19.7M-170.0M-4.6M1.035.0719,50120,024602,469576,859
2013-05-13$27.87$27.5115.5%4.6%23.9%15.9%16.1%1.4%0.3%33.7M-380.5M-4.7M0.3310.1130,95010,127605,535576,167
2013-05-14$27.89$27.5115.3%4.7%23.0%15.1%16.1%1.4%0.4%35.2M-407.8M-4.7M0.445.5030,88713,466616,852579,458
2013-05-15$28.05$27.5115.7%4.6%23.2%16.6%16.6%1.5%0.2%36.8M-473.2M-4.9M0.354.2926,6119,421626,873587,183
2013-05-16$27.75$27.5116.2%4.7%23.2%18.3%16.4%1.4%0.6%35.3M-365.7M-4.9M0.324.9232,99210,510621,480586,734
2013-05-17$27.48$27.5115.9%4.6%22.4%17.1%16.4%1.7%0.6%95.0M-273.3M-4.8M0.855.1031,38626,724638,075592,305
2013-05-20$27.23$27.5115.3%4.4%22.5%15.0%15.6%1.6%0.7%20.6M-215.2M-4.7M0.704.6820,95714,747567,989538,769
2013-05-21$27.31$27.5115.9%4.6%22.4%17.1%16.1%1.8%0.6%20.7M-221.7M-5.0M0.536.6253,71428,708580,810548,030
2013-05-22$27.80$27.5118.5%5.3%23.2%26.0%18.4%0.2%-3.0%29.0M-346.9M-5.2M0.858.36232,720198,368603,422561,623
2013-05-23$27.62$30.3618.3%5.2%23.1%25.3%18.8%-0.1%-0.5%28.6M114.0M-5.5M0.934.51129,585120,353775,300726,666
2013-05-24$27.55$33.2118.1%5.2%23.0%24.4%18.8%-0.2%-0.2%29.6M362.2M-5.5M1.054.04107,084112,685867,222820,672
2013-05-28$27.52$33.2117.2%4.9%22.5%21.7%18.7%-0.0%0.0%24.2M535.6M-5.5M0.754.2364,66448,658935,643889,253
2013-05-29$26.83$33.2118.6%5.3%18.0%26.2%19.3%-1.2%-0.6%13.4M832.7M-5.3M0.956.0695,07590,782961,346928,305
2013-05-30$26.80$33.2118.9%5.4%18.0%27.2%19.8%-0.3%-0.3%11.2M1.01B-5.5M0.904.2740,95436,9071,042,2491,005,746
2013-05-31$25.83$33.2124.5%6.3%21.2%46.3%22.6%-0.2%-0.8%5.8M1.30B-5.1M0.565.5372,63740,9361,073,3441,042,255