PFE Options History — March 2014

In March 2014, PFE traded between $29.53 and $31.07. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.4%, placing in the 44.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 17.0%). Max pain ranged from $26.57 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 0.51.

Notable Days

  • 2014-03-03: Highest Volume — 151,071 contracts
  • 2014-03-12: Largest IV spike — 13.3% change
  • 2014-03-14: Highest IV Rank — 61.1%
  • 2014-03-14: Largest Expected Move — 5.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.37$29.53$31.07$30.34$30.47
Max Pain$26.57$26.57$26.57$26.57$26.57
ATM IV20.4%18.5%24.0%19.1%20.3%
Expected Move5.8%5.6%5.9%5.7%5.8%
HV 20d17.0%13.6%19.2%17.9%19.2%
HV 60d18.3%17.5%18.9%17.6%18.9%
IV Rank44.3%37.1%61.1%40.3%42.1%
IV Percentile88.1%77.4%96.0%85.7%88.1%
Term Structure0.0%-1.5%1.5%1.4%1.5%
VWIV21.0%18.9%23.1%21.3%20.9%
Skew 25d1.3%0.1%2.3%2.3%1.3%
Skew 10d2.8%-2.2%7.8%7.8%3.1%
Call IV 25d20.3%18.1%24.2%19.2%20.1%
Put IV 25d21.6%19.3%25.7%21.5%21.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.285.2220.656.636.95
Gamma HHI0.290.240.470.240.27
Net GEX68.5M46.2M94.6M62.1M64.7M
Net DEX-842.4M-1.21B-471.5M-724.4M-784.0M
Net VEX-6.0M-6.2M-4.9M-4.9M-6.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.510.101.100.101.10
Total Volume57,274.85713,226151,071151,07133,618
Total OI1,178,523.048975,5821,327,762975,5821,110,129

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-03-03$30.34$26.5719.1%5.7%17.9%40.3%21.3%2.3%1.4%62.1M-724.4M-4.9M0.106.63137,13113,940613,851361,731
2014-03-04$31.02$26.5718.5%5.7%19.1%37.5%20.6%1.2%1.0%74.0M-1.18B-5.8M0.255.3665,22916,338736,557369,316
2014-03-05$31.07$26.5718.5%5.7%17.0%37.4%20.9%1.3%1.5%73.1M-1.21B-5.9M0.335.3134,00011,358747,615377,948
2014-03-06$30.80$26.5718.9%5.7%14.2%39.3%20.9%1.6%1.1%74.9M-1.11B-5.9M0.756.3724,44818,418756,233384,939
2014-03-07$30.77$26.5718.5%5.7%14.2%37.1%21.8%1.2%0.7%77.0M-1.06B-6.0M0.325.2221,6906,896759,446395,472
2014-03-10$30.73$26.5719.2%5.8%13.8%40.7%18.9%1.9%-0.3%74.4M-1.02B-5.9M0.835.387,2106,016749,588387,094
2014-03-11$30.76$26.5719.1%5.7%13.6%40.2%19.2%2.1%-0.2%78.9M-1.04B-5.9M0.486.5550,77124,185751,988389,581
2014-03-12$30.34$26.5721.6%5.6%13.9%52.5%20.2%1.3%-0.9%67.5M-826.4M-6.0M0.6220.6562,28238,892753,399408,917
2014-03-13$29.53$26.5722.4%5.8%16.7%56.2%20.8%1.2%-1.3%46.2M-471.5M-6.0M0.5510.4389,66249,243789,937433,884
2014-03-14$29.63$26.5724.0%5.9%16.8%61.1%23.1%1.5%-1.5%54.9M-565.7M-6.2M0.857.1228,50324,127846,131442,533
2014-03-17$29.81$26.5722.0%5.8%16.7%51.1%21.1%1.6%-0.1%64.0M-644.7M-6.1M0.436.2433,90014,651839,880442,547
2014-03-18$30.29$26.5721.6%5.9%17.7%48.7%20.1%1.4%-0.1%82.3M-903.3M-6.2M0.536.5041,02921,566846,561446,115
2014-03-19$30.09$26.5721.3%5.9%17.3%47.4%23.0%1.2%-0.8%75.7M-777.4M-6.2M0.296.9526,4487,773857,672459,810
2014-03-20$30.28$26.5721.2%5.8%17.4%46.5%22.1%0.8%-0.9%94.6M-909.9M-6.0M0.226.2333,0547,243858,687456,243
2014-03-21$30.53$26.5719.5%5.8%17.6%37.7%20.3%0.1%-0.4%81.2M-892.6M-6.0M0.316.9450,45815,838867,088460,674
2014-03-24$29.88$26.5720.8%5.8%18.3%44.8%21.4%0.7%0.5%47.6M-569.5M-6.0M0.398.0733,08412,977750,514345,259
2014-03-25$30.19$26.5719.6%5.8%18.7%38.5%20.3%0.9%0.6%56.9M-673.0M-6.1M0.316.0915,8724,887764,390353,220
2014-03-26$30.53$26.5720.9%5.8%19.1%45.3%20.5%0.5%-0.7%65.4M-832.8M-6.2M0.416.1233,45913,623772,934354,848
2014-03-27$30.46$26.5720.4%5.8%18.9%42.5%22.4%1.0%-0.4%65.1M-800.2M-6.2M0.896.738,1587,296789,837360,886
2014-03-28$30.25$26.5720.8%5.8%19.1%44.5%21.4%1.3%-0.4%58.2M-686.5M-6.2M0.837.0731,33826,161791,092364,438
2014-03-31$30.47$26.5720.3%5.8%19.2%42.1%20.9%1.3%1.5%64.7M-784.0M-6.0M1.106.9515,98417,634756,949353,180