PFE Options History — December 2014

In December 2014, PFE traded between $29.11 and $30.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.4%, placing in the 46.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.1% (HV 20d: 13.4%). Max pain ranged from $29.41 to $29.41. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2014-12-05: Highest Volume — 115,537 contracts
  • 2014-12-10: Largest IV spike — 9.9% change
  • 2014-12-16: Highest IV Rank — 70.2%
  • 2014-12-16: Largest Expected Move — 6.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$29.92$29.11$30.44$29.72$29.55
Max Pain$29.41$29.41$29.41$29.41$29.41
ATM IV17.4%15.4%20.4%15.5%19.6%
Expected Move5.5%5.0%6.3%5.1%5.6%
HV 20d13.4%9.5%18.0%10.3%16.9%
HV 60d15.6%14.7%16.6%15.3%16.4%
IV Rank46.4%30.8%70.2%31.4%63.6%
IV Percentile59.1%31.7%86.5%34.9%82.1%
Term Structure0.9%-0.6%2.5%1.1%0.8%
VWIV19.3%17.4%22.4%17.8%20.1%
Skew 25d1.5%-1.0%2.5%1.4%1.6%
Skew 10d3.9%-1.1%7.2%3.7%4.2%
Call IV 25d17.5%14.9%20.5%15.8%19.3%
Put IV 25d19.0%16.2%22.9%17.2%20.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.427.4912.479.477.49
Gamma HHI0.210.160.580.190.21
Net GEX71.2M44.9M158.9M71.4M44.9M
Net DEX-868.0M-1.21B-414.6M-869.2M-524.7M
Net VEX-5.6M-5.9M-5.3M-5.6M-5.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.181.620.621.37
Total Volume64,276.515,797115,53758,27028,990
Total OI1,608,341.51,452,9071,700,1441,581,7141,533,077

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-12-01$29.72$29.4115.5%5.1%10.3%31.4%17.8%1.4%1.1%71.4M-869.2M-5.6M0.629.4735,96822,302875,130706,584
2014-12-02$29.93$29.4116.0%5.1%10.2%35.1%17.8%1.2%0.6%71.9M-967.3M-5.6M0.278.4971,58319,503884,579713,233
2014-12-03$30.12$29.4116.2%5.1%10.3%36.4%17.7%1.6%-0.0%77.2M-1.11B-5.5M0.699.3335,52824,393906,388715,631
2014-12-04$30.05$29.4115.4%5.0%9.8%30.8%17.7%1.4%0.7%80.7M-1.09B-5.5M0.4110.2723,6079,681922,624718,940
2014-12-05$30.29$29.4116.0%5.4%10.0%34.9%18.5%1.3%0.1%74.6M-1.21B-5.5M0.209.4496,66618,871916,190722,656
2014-12-08$30.33$29.4116.6%5.5%9.6%39.8%19.4%0.6%0.8%77.4M-1.18B-5.6M0.717.8634,16124,281934,090717,526
2014-12-09$30.30$29.4116.4%5.5%9.5%38.5%19.7%2.4%0.7%84.2M-1.18B-5.6M0.749.5422,30416,617937,932719,135
2014-12-10$30.26$29.4118.1%5.7%9.6%51.3%19.9%-0.4%0.9%80.6M-1.16B-5.6M0.388.9251,02119,428939,812720,760
2014-12-11$29.91$29.4117.8%5.7%10.8%49.6%19.7%-1.0%1.3%82.6M-959.5M-5.6M0.3210.7256,30518,178941,733725,537
2014-12-12$29.42$29.4118.6%6.1%12.6%55.7%21.5%1.3%2.1%61.7M-629.3M-5.9M1.2110.5930,57937,035952,301729,917
2014-12-15$29.36$29.4119.5%6.1%12.6%62.4%21.4%1.9%-0.6%62.7M-553.1M-5.8M0.6910.2356,75439,074932,045732,468
2014-12-16$29.11$29.4120.4%6.3%13.0%70.2%22.4%2.4%-0.3%60.1M-414.6M-5.9M0.8710.6320,60717,983936,991739,606
2014-12-17$29.54$29.4118.9%5.8%13.7%57.6%20.3%2.0%1.1%67.5M-659.2M-5.6M0.2712.4781,33122,015943,122743,223
2014-12-18$30.35$29.4117.3%5.5%16.3%45.1%19.3%2.2%1.4%77.5M-1.13B-5.6M0.429.9060,32425,454948,504738,989
2014-12-19$30.30$29.4115.6%5.2%16.3%31.9%17.4%1.7%0.2%158.9M-1.13B-5.4M0.189.0272,29712,834951,598748,546
2014-12-22$30.44$29.4115.9%5.3%16.3%34.0%18.4%2.0%2.5%66.2M-941.9M-5.3M0.938.8742,50739,502821,240631,667
2014-12-23$29.83$29.4117.3%5.5%18.0%45.6%19.2%2.0%1.7%55.0M-668.1M-5.6M1.1612.1541,89248,680840,257643,431
2014-12-24$29.81$29.4117.4%5.5%17.8%46.1%19.9%1.7%0.7%51.9M-671.2M-5.6M0.998.3519,08618,990850,216673,289
2014-12-26$30.06$29.4117.9%5.3%16.7%50.2%18.4%1.3%1.3%56.6M-772.4M-5.5M0.707.6122,33815,676850,659674,451
2014-12-29$29.82$29.4118.5%5.6%17.0%55.0%19.1%2.3%0.9%52.5M-648.7M-5.4M1.628.2316,78327,158846,426670,934
2014-12-30$29.77$29.4118.6%5.5%16.9%55.4%19.8%2.5%0.9%50.8M-622.1M-5.3M0.787.718,8806,917847,647684,429
2014-12-31$29.55$29.4119.6%5.6%16.9%63.6%20.1%1.6%0.8%44.9M-524.7M-5.3M1.377.4912,22016,770851,795681,282