PFE Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, PFE traded between $26.79 and $29.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.0%, placing in the 21.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.8% (HV 20d: 15.2%). Max pain ranged from $26.57 to $28.46. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-18: Highest Volume — 79,582 contracts
  • 2013-10-16: Largest IV drop — 16.0% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 38.2%
  • 2013-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.21$26.79$29.65$27.41$29.12
Max Pain$27.51$26.57$28.46$27.04$28.46
ATM IV17.0%13.5%22.1%17.2%13.8%
Expected Move4.9%3.9%6.3%5.0%3.9%
HV 20d15.2%11.1%17.7%11.9%17.6%
HV 60d13.0%11.7%13.9%11.7%13.9%
IV Rank21.0%9.2%38.2%21.6%10.0%
IV Percentile56.8%11.5%92.9%65.1%16.3%
Term Structure-0.6%-2.2%1.0%-0.4%0.4%
VWIV17.4%13.9%21.9%17.3%13.9%
Skew 25d3.3%2.2%4.9%2.6%2.5%
Skew 10d7.3%3.9%11.7%5.5%5.1%
Call IV 25d15.8%12.7%20.5%16.7%13.2%
Put IV 25d19.1%15.0%24.6%19.2%15.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.103.0711.927.056.27
Gamma HHI0.250.200.390.250.24
Net GEX35.8M17.5M51.2M30.1M40.8M
Net DEX-504.0M-936.2M-41.5M-256.6M-723.2M
Net VEX-4.9M-5.3M-4.4M-5.1M-4.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.301.520.300.65
Total Volume38,003.34816,43779,58224,19335,164
Total OI1,301,930.4351,245,6191,351,3581,245,6191,332,837

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$27.41$27.0417.2%5.0%11.9%21.6%17.3%2.6%-0.4%30.1M-256.6M-5.1M0.307.0518,5415,652649,076596,543
2013-10-02$27.52$27.0418.1%5.2%11.1%24.5%18.3%2.4%-0.3%33.6M-301.1M-5.3M0.696.3915,32810,537658,050597,417
2013-10-03$27.30$27.0418.3%5.3%11.5%25.3%19.4%3.3%-0.7%34.7M-237.9M-5.1M0.918.1622,01420,005664,316601,884
2013-10-04$27.51$27.0418.2%5.2%11.8%24.8%19.1%2.9%-0.6%33.4M-314.9M-5.1M0.557.1916,3298,921674,412611,051
2013-10-07$27.15$27.0420.0%5.7%12.9%31.1%21.4%4.2%-2.0%27.3M-176.6M-5.1M0.896.5618,06316,055669,684608,418
2013-10-08$26.79$27.5122.1%6.3%13.6%38.2%21.9%4.3%-1.5%18.4M-41.5M-5.1M1.219.2413,58716,439675,996619,579
2013-10-09$26.84$27.0421.4%6.1%13.3%35.8%21.9%4.1%-0.4%17.5M-46.5M-5.1M1.006.0817,08417,018679,318626,755
2013-10-10$27.30$0.0019.2%5.6%13.9%28.2%20.1%3.2%-1.6%31.0M-212.9M-5.1M0.323.0720,3596,522684,541635,798
2013-10-11$27.25$27.0418.8%5.6%13.7%27.0%19.2%3.9%-2.2%26.9M-193.2M-5.0M0.6111.9219,37011,882687,373638,287
2013-10-14$27.85$26.5718.7%5.3%15.6%26.8%17.6%3.3%-1.7%37.7M-433.0M-5.0M0.393.8526,78110,354676,539632,588
2013-10-15$27.67$26.5719.5%5.5%15.7%29.2%19.9%4.4%-1.8%36.2M-371.0M-5.1M1.413.4511,94316,830684,156635,627
2013-10-16$28.27$26.5716.4%4.6%16.8%18.7%16.3%4.9%-0.0%49.6M-595.3M-5.0M0.354.2330,75510,635686,717647,901
2013-10-17$28.71$27.5115.6%4.5%17.2%16.2%16.1%3.8%-1.1%51.2M-782.4M-4.8M0.684.1332,29122,043691,347641,454
2013-10-18$28.95$27.5114.9%4.3%17.3%14.0%15.9%3.2%1.0%43.2M-856.5M-4.8M0.365.1058,44021,142698,918652,440
2013-10-21$28.84$27.9915.3%4.3%17.2%15.0%15.8%3.0%0.5%36.2M-651.1M-4.9M0.856.3218,49815,715642,451621,241
2013-10-22$29.11$27.9915.2%4.4%17.2%14.8%15.0%2.9%-0.6%37.9M-756.2M-4.7M0.405.0537,89815,259649,630630,081
2013-10-23$29.03$28.4615.5%4.4%16.9%15.9%16.0%3.2%-0.8%38.4M-708.8M-4.9M0.956.028,4298,008660,314636,471
2013-10-24$29.04$28.4615.1%4.4%16.9%14.6%15.8%2.9%-0.5%39.4M-718.3M-4.8M0.876.4711,52410,046661,817640,563
2013-10-25$29.04$28.4615.1%4.4%16.6%14.4%15.4%2.9%-0.5%37.3M-715.8M-4.9M1.525.6212,36318,780664,452644,778
2013-10-28$29.17$27.5115.9%4.5%16.3%17.3%15.8%2.6%-0.6%37.1M-739.1M-4.8M0.667.5246,66130,998652,332638,100
2013-10-29$29.65$27.9913.9%4.0%16.9%10.3%14.8%2.3%0.5%43.0M-936.2M-4.4M0.365.5942,77015,557666,415649,273
2013-10-30$29.35$28.4613.5%3.9%17.7%9.2%14.4%2.2%0.4%42.2M-824.9M-4.5M0.474.9621,47610,011672,511654,949
2013-10-31$29.12$28.4613.8%3.9%17.6%10.0%13.9%2.5%0.4%40.8M-723.2M-4.6M0.656.2721,32513,839675,893656,944