PFE Options History — January 2008

In January 2008, PFE traded between $21.09 and $22.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.8%, placing in the 69.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.4% (HV 20d: 19.5%). Max pain ranged from $21.35 to $23.72. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.92.

Notable Days

  • 2008-01-18: Highest Volume — 113,539 contracts
  • 2008-01-15: Largest IV spike — 27.6% change
  • 2008-01-22: Highest IV Rank — 97.6%
  • 2008-01-22: Largest Expected Move — 9.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$22.02$21.09$22.85$21.74$22.16
Max Pain$21.57$21.35$23.72$23.72$21.35
ATM IV26.8%22.9%33.6%24.2%27.3%
Expected Move7.6%6.6%9.6%6.9%7.8%
HV 20d19.5%16.7%23.4%17.6%23.4%
HV 60d22.3%20.9%23.8%20.9%23.2%
IV Rank69.2%53.1%97.6%58.4%71.2%
IV Percentile90.9%79.0%99.6%87.3%91.7%
Term Structure-1.9%-7.0%2.6%2.6%-2.2%
VWIV26.4%19.3%34.0%26.0%27.2%
Skew 25d4.7%-5.1%14.1%-5.1%10.3%
Skew 10d9.7%-8.2%23.4%-8.2%10.9%
Call IV 25d23.9%16.1%33.6%28.4%16.6%
Put IV 25d28.6%23.3%36.2%23.3%26.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.774.638.804.828.80
Gamma HHI0.340.200.950.490.22
Net GEX-27.8M-455.7M5.5M-24.3M3.9M
Net DEX420.4M104.1M857.9M718.9M274.0M
Net VEX-11.9M-12.8M-11.0M-11.3M-11.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.920.212.441.400.71
Total Volume54,570.28621,273113,53938,12079,508
Total OI2,714,514.4291,899,2733,243,0603,080,6561,995,413

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-01-02$21.74$23.7224.2%6.9%17.6%58.4%26.0%-5.1%2.6%-24.3M718.9M-11.3M1.404.8215,90722,2131,660,2681,420,388
2008-01-03$21.99$23.7224.5%7.0%18.2%59.6%19.3%8.2%0.5%-21.0M617.0M-11.5M1.107.1226,78429,3641,667,2851,425,778
2008-01-04$21.66$21.3526.2%7.4%16.9%66.5%25.6%1.3%-1.5%-26.1M705.5M-11.6M1.927.4926,07950,0151,674,9631,423,684
2008-01-07$22.04$21.3527.5%7.6%18.0%72.0%23.1%6.0%-2.1%-20.0M498.3M-12.2M0.827.1539,53432,5181,690,6341,439,486
2008-01-08$22.27$21.3529.0%8.0%18.0%78.4%24.1%5.5%-2.4%-13.3M377.3M-12.6M0.596.5839,01123,1371,716,2501,461,907
2008-01-09$22.69$21.3524.2%6.7%19.5%58.3%24.0%6.0%0.6%-731.1K179.4M-12.6M1.106.8123,06525,4211,718,5771,457,315
2008-01-10$22.85$21.3523.3%6.7%17.9%54.4%24.1%6.3%-0.4%2.0M104.1M-12.8M0.537.9230,38416,0861,723,6171,453,631
2008-01-11$22.79$21.3523.4%6.7%18.0%55.2%24.6%5.3%0.2%2.4M145.2M-12.6M0.876.3823,29320,3411,719,7611,445,096
2008-01-14$22.74$21.3522.9%6.6%17.8%53.1%25.4%6.1%0.4%5.5M207.7M-12.4M1.526.9914,51822,0631,728,7211,452,872
2008-01-15$22.38$21.3529.3%8.4%16.7%79.6%26.1%5.8%-6.3%-9.9M320.9M-12.4M0.536.2731,40616,5781,735,9221,463,000
2008-01-16$22.20$21.3528.1%8.0%16.8%74.5%27.9%3.4%-3.4%-3.1M380.1M-12.0M0.487.1720,4789,8601,756,1661,471,030
2008-01-17$21.78$21.3529.7%8.5%17.1%81.2%28.8%2.6%-4.1%-37.5M612.7M-11.8M1.647.9316,65027,3681,768,2481,468,453
2008-01-18$21.35$21.3528.7%8.2%18.4%77.2%28.5%-2.4%-3.8%-455.7M857.9M-11.4M2.447.7433,04180,4981,768,6861,474,374
2008-01-22$21.09$21.3533.6%9.6%18.7%97.6%34.0%2.6%-7.0%-2.9M559.3M-11.0M0.517.0760,85631,011964,666934,607
2008-01-23$21.69$21.3529.4%8.4%21.6%80.1%29.9%6.1%-2.8%2.1M413.2M-11.6M0.217.3881,11916,8291,005,915942,767
2008-01-24$21.87$21.3526.1%7.5%21.8%66.3%26.8%3.6%-1.4%2.9M364.0M-11.7M0.585.3321,55112,5451,023,253953,882
2008-01-25$21.45$21.3526.9%7.7%22.7%69.6%30.1%0.9%-2.5%1.0M457.9M-11.3M0.564.6322,95312,7401,028,653945,306
2008-01-28$21.81$21.3526.5%7.6%23.2%68.0%26.7%14.1%-1.9%2.8M371.9M-11.7M0.485.4428,51213,7881,037,677949,140
2008-01-29$21.99$21.3526.5%7.6%23.3%67.8%26.4%7.3%-2.2%4.9M282.1M-11.9M1.025.1813,72113,9581,055,306959,705
2008-01-30$21.92$21.3525.7%7.4%23.2%64.6%25.9%5.2%-1.2%2.4M380.1M-11.6M0.407.9315,1816,0921,047,481974,920
2008-01-31$22.16$21.3527.3%7.8%23.4%71.2%27.2%10.3%-2.2%3.9M274.0M-11.8M0.718.8046,36033,1481,033,996961,417