PFE Options History — March 2008

In March 2008, PFE traded between $19.45 and $21.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.3%, placing in the 65.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.4% (HV 20d: 18.9%). Max pain ranged from $18.98 to $21.35. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2008-03-07: Highest Volume — 71,674 contracts
  • 2008-03-12: Largest IV spike — 47.0% change
  • 2008-03-17: Highest IV Rank — 92.4%
  • 2008-03-17: Largest Expected Move — 9.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$20.03$19.45$21.11$21.11$19.86
Max Pain$20.99$18.98$21.35$21.35$18.98
ATM IV26.3%20.3%32.4%22.9%27.2%
Expected Move7.6%5.8%9.3%6.6%7.8%
HV 20d18.9%14.9%22.4%17.6%22.4%
HV 60d20.2%19.0%21.2%19.7%21.2%
IV Rank65.3%39.2%92.4%50.5%69.6%
IV Percentile82.3%55.2%98.8%71.0%87.3%
Term Structure0.5%-3.5%4.1%2.3%1.3%
VWIV25.9%20.3%31.3%22.9%28.5%
Skew 25d2.1%-5.7%10.5%10.4%-1.1%
Skew 10d4.8%-8.1%16.9%16.3%-5.8%
Call IV 25d25.6%19.8%29.7%20.0%28.4%
Put IV 25d27.6%16.4%34.5%30.4%27.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.022.689.074.532.68
Gamma HHI0.280.220.340.250.33
Net GEX-7.2M-10.0M-3.4M-5.8M-9.0M
Net DEX799.7M530.0M940.9M546.3M826.3M
Net VEX-10.3M-11.5M-9.5M-11.2M-10.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.182.880.180.23
Total Volume35,078.38,10571,67438,37753,437
Total OI2,174,968.12,027,9602,282,5362,117,9692,127,459

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-03-03$21.11$21.3522.9%6.6%17.6%50.5%22.9%10.4%2.3%-5.8M546.3M-11.2M0.184.5332,5205,8571,084,2431,033,726
2008-03-04$21.10$21.3524.1%6.9%17.5%55.8%24.2%10.5%1.4%-3.4M530.0M-11.5M0.445.1135,07115,4181,099,2441,033,600
2008-03-05$20.92$21.3520.3%5.8%14.9%39.2%20.3%-2.1%3.5%-3.6M579.1M-11.2M0.854.2221,72218,5691,119,4841,045,199
2008-03-06$20.48$21.3522.4%6.4%15.6%48.3%22.3%-5.7%2.3%-5.9M710.8M-10.7M1.096.6114,25615,6041,120,6891,057,266
2008-03-07$20.26$21.3521.6%7.6%15.7%45.0%26.9%0.8%-1.1%-5.4M752.4M-10.6M1.855.6525,11546,5591,127,2081,055,356
2008-03-10$20.07$21.3530.7%8.4%15.1%84.6%27.6%1.3%-0.3%-6.9M823.9M-10.3M0.555.698,5274,6771,137,4161,090,913
2008-03-11$20.61$21.3520.8%7.1%18.3%41.4%25.3%2.9%-0.1%-4.2M701.3M-10.9M0.646.0911,5877,3841,141,4841,084,264
2008-03-12$20.19$21.3530.6%7.2%17.5%84.5%25.4%2.3%-0.7%-5.7M788.2M-10.4M0.376.2218,6156,8881,142,5621,074,046
2008-03-13$20.12$21.3527.9%8.0%17.3%72.4%25.7%3.2%0.1%-6.0M804.9M-10.4M0.867.1022,82419,5651,145,0001,078,453
2008-03-14$19.58$21.3530.1%8.6%19.0%82.1%28.8%4.3%-1.3%-7.4M897.7M-10.0M1.937.9713,30125,7181,155,7071,087,057
2008-03-17$19.52$21.3532.4%9.3%19.0%92.4%31.3%4.8%-3.5%-9.3M932.5M-9.7M1.437.398,10211,5631,161,4471,097,340
2008-03-18$19.92$21.3529.1%8.4%20.9%77.9%27.3%3.3%-1.3%-7.2M864.2M-10.1M0.689.0710,6317,1971,163,4841,098,242
2008-03-19$19.55$21.3528.3%8.1%21.4%74.3%27.7%3.7%-0.6%-8.3M916.3M-9.9M0.967.755,4765,2331,173,0031,109,533
2008-03-20$19.54$21.3527.3%7.8%21.4%69.8%26.8%3.5%0.7%-8.1M940.9M-9.8M1.738.3619,06133,0661,172,0021,108,714
2008-03-24$19.55$21.3526.6%7.6%21.3%66.9%26.3%-1.3%1.1%-9.5M895.6M-9.5M0.354.3934,63212,161974,2881,053,672
2008-03-25$19.72$21.3527.7%8.0%20.9%71.8%27.1%1.8%-0.6%-8.4M832.1M-10.1M2.885.7610,21929,442996,3231,060,769
2008-03-26$19.63$21.3524.3%7.0%20.7%56.7%24.3%-1.4%4.1%-9.7M867.8M-10.1M0.976.7427,08726,306989,6391,086,326
2008-03-27$19.51$18.9826.0%7.5%20.7%64.2%25.4%-2.0%1.1%-9.8M877.4M-9.9M0.596.395,0953,0101,011,0121,096,937
2008-03-28$19.45$18.9824.6%7.0%20.7%57.9%24.4%1.7%2.5%-10.0M906.8M-9.7M0.632.7418,45911,6121,012,1241,094,131
2008-03-31$19.86$18.9827.2%7.8%22.4%69.6%28.5%-1.1%1.3%-9.0M826.3M-10.2M0.232.6843,4449,9931,023,6951,103,764