PFE Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, PFE traded between $26.28 and $28.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.6%, placing in the 47.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 17.2%). Max pain ranged from $26.57 to $27.51. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.03.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-31: Highest Volume — 110,078 contracts
  • 2014-10-10: Largest IV spike — 29.4% change
  • 2014-10-16: Highest IV Rank — 95.3%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 5.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.38$26.28$28.41$27.66$28.41
Max Pain$27.43$26.57$27.51$27.51$27.51
ATM IV17.6%13.9%23.6%18.7%13.9%
Expected Move4.9%4.4%5.7%5.1%4.4%
HV 20d17.2%13.1%20.7%13.7%20.7%
HV 60d14.6%13.3%15.6%13.3%15.3%
IV Rank47.5%18.1%95.3%56.2%18.1%
IV Percentile58.7%19.4%98.8%77.0%19.4%
Term Structure-0.3%-4.0%1.5%0.7%0.5%
VWIV17.4%15.4%20.4%17.6%15.4%
Skew 25d2.8%1.1%5.0%1.1%1.8%
Skew 10d6.7%3.0%12.5%3.0%5.7%
Call IV 25d16.9%12.9%22.4%18.2%12.9%
Put IV 25d19.7%14.7%26.7%19.3%14.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.526.4413.858.479.77
Gamma HHI0.150.120.210.150.21
Net GEX2.9M-24.0M38.4M12.3M38.4M
Net DEX241.7M-258.8M725.7M99.4M-258.8M
Net VEX-5.6M-6.1M-5.0M-6.1M-5.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.030.177.910.890.32
Total Volume56,789.17421,837110,07825,741110,078
Total OI1,590,625.0431,422,3331,711,8361,523,4981,630,480

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$27.66$27.5118.7%5.1%13.7%56.2%17.6%1.1%0.7%12.3M99.4M-6.1M0.898.4713,60612,135862,761660,737
2014-10-02$27.57$27.5118.6%5.1%13.7%55.4%18.3%1.8%0.0%7.4M156.0M-6.0M0.186.4481,76114,369862,263668,515
2014-10-03$27.72$27.5118.1%5.0%13.4%52.0%17.2%1.8%-1.3%17.1M77.0M-6.0M0.178.2331,9065,268936,097675,772
2014-10-06$27.68$27.5118.1%4.9%13.1%52.0%17.2%3.0%0.0%10.3M118.6M-5.8M0.877.2420,67817,900933,755669,705
2014-10-07$27.31$27.5116.7%5.0%13.7%40.7%17.2%1.3%0.3%-974.1K277.0M-5.7M0.718.0019,08513,496938,895673,264
2014-10-08$27.86$27.5119.1%4.9%15.3%59.8%16.8%4.7%-1.1%17.6M39.7M-5.9M0.439.3142,86418,358943,181688,512
2014-10-09$27.50$27.5114.9%5.0%15.7%26.8%18.4%2.8%1.5%7.5M187.7M-5.8M0.8210.0412,0249,813956,849689,402
2014-10-10$27.64$27.5119.3%5.1%15.7%61.5%19.3%1.5%-1.7%13.3M123.1M-5.9M0.9412.6135,76433,547956,400692,972
2014-10-13$27.01$27.5121.3%5.4%16.2%76.9%20.4%1.2%1.2%-7.9M405.6M-5.6M7.9113.8510,81385,564954,241689,679
2014-10-14$27.26$27.5121.4%5.1%16.6%77.4%20.0%3.9%-4.0%-13.8M350.4M-5.7M0.999.3217,99017,774962,395724,338
2014-10-15$26.78$27.5121.6%5.7%16.8%79.3%19.9%4.0%-0.3%-13.2M562.9M-5.6M0.8713.1444,53738,614969,776733,547
2014-10-16$26.28$27.5123.6%5.6%17.1%95.3%19.9%4.4%-1.9%-15.5M725.7M-5.3M1.339.2814,40819,127958,149737,915
2014-10-17$26.40$27.5120.3%5.2%17.4%68.7%18.3%5.0%-2.1%-15.3M714.3M-5.2M0.916.9224,65622,418966,023745,813
2014-10-20$26.50$0.0017.6%4.9%17.6%47.4%16.4%4.0%0.7%-24.0M568.9M-5.0M0.449.1232,97414,535749,976672,357
2014-10-21$26.97$26.5715.8%4.6%19.2%33.3%15.7%3.1%0.6%-16.8M438.4M-5.1M0.777.5230,69923,594771,106679,828
2014-10-22$26.86$27.5115.6%4.7%18.7%32.2%16.2%3.3%-0.3%-20.1M473.0M-5.1M0.7010.2933,61923,455792,459697,447
2014-10-23$27.12$26.5715.5%4.4%19.0%31.0%16.0%3.2%0.8%-9.9M365.3M-5.3M1.579.1225,74640,419804,937704,304
2014-10-24$27.67$27.5115.5%4.6%20.5%31.0%16.4%2.7%0.8%8.1M88.8M-5.6M0.369.1359,74721,368814,582717,742
2014-10-27$27.54$27.5115.9%4.6%20.5%34.2%16.0%2.4%-0.6%6.1M157.5M-5.6M1.199.9926,17631,213826,464715,322
2014-10-28$27.60$27.5114.5%4.5%20.4%23.1%15.7%3.0%-0.1%5.2M144.9M-5.5M0.5311.1227,51014,541838,537729,669
2014-10-29$27.99$27.5114.2%4.6%20.4%20.9%15.7%2.5%0.1%22.6M-45.7M-5.6M0.3710.6452,43419,463846,418733,832
2014-10-30$28.32$27.5114.0%4.4%20.7%19.3%16.5%2.1%-0.2%37.1M-210.1M-5.7M0.449.4827,88912,216867,448740,512
2014-10-31$28.41$27.5113.9%4.4%20.7%18.1%15.4%1.8%0.5%38.4M-258.8M-5.8M0.329.7783,65426,424881,488748,992