PFE Options History — April 2008

In April 2008, PFE traded between $18.78 and $20.41. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.7%, placing in the 58.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.0% (HV 20d: 22.7%). Max pain ranged from $18.98 to $18.98. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.69.

Notable Days

  • 2008-04-22: Highest Volume — 108,415 contracts
  • 2008-04-09: Largest IV spike — 28.5% change
  • 2008-04-09: Highest IV Rank — 96.5%
  • 2008-04-16: Largest Expected Move — 8.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$19.60$18.78$20.41$20.28$19.08
Max Pain$18.98$18.98$18.98$18.98$18.98
ATM IV24.7%19.8%33.4%24.7%19.8%
Expected Move7.1%5.7%8.7%7.1%5.7%
HV 20d22.7%19.9%25.0%24.0%22.2%
HV 60d21.2%20.6%22.0%21.6%21.1%
IV Rank58.5%37.0%96.5%58.3%37.0%
IV Percentile69.6%35.3%99.2%75.8%35.3%
Term Structure-1.6%-4.2%0.6%-2.4%0.6%
VWIV24.3%19.3%30.3%24.8%19.8%
Skew 25d-0.1%-10.7%3.7%2.1%0.0%
Skew 10d-1.0%-13.7%6.4%-2.7%-1.8%
Call IV 25d25.9%22.2%29.5%24.7%26.0%
Put IV 25d25.8%16.8%31.6%26.8%26.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.342.064.553.273.39
Gamma HHI0.470.330.610.330.61
Net GEX-11.8M-18.1M-6.2M-6.5M-18.1M
Net DEX929.6M694.2M1.16B735.4M1.16B
Net VEX-9.7M-10.7M-8.9M-10.5M-8.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.690.181.340.180.96
Total Volume42,493.31811,710108,41525,38242,171
Total OI2,288,772.4552,149,1492,461,9312,151,0162,461,931

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-04-01$20.28$18.9824.7%7.1%24.0%58.3%24.8%2.1%-2.4%-6.5M735.4M-10.5M0.183.2721,4603,9221,042,8251,108,191
2008-04-02$20.41$18.9822.9%6.6%24.2%50.7%22.4%3.7%-0.6%-6.4M694.2M-10.7M0.453.9922,15010,0711,041,1451,108,004
2008-04-03$20.25$18.9823.2%6.7%24.1%51.9%23.4%2.6%0.0%-6.5M736.6M-10.4M0.192.709,8031,9071,048,5071,113,232
2008-04-04$20.26$18.9823.5%7.4%23.0%53.0%24.4%2.5%-0.6%-8.9M796.6M-9.9M0.594.1213,5768,0591,042,4971,112,174
2008-04-07$20.38$18.9824.9%7.0%22.8%59.2%25.0%2.7%-0.7%-6.2M707.3M-10.3M0.234.1213,5073,1251,051,8971,117,919
2008-04-08$19.92$18.9826.0%7.8%24.0%64.0%26.6%2.6%-3.0%-8.6M821.6M-9.8M0.313.529,0322,8341,060,6911,118,932
2008-04-09$19.82$18.9833.4%8.1%21.8%96.5%26.4%3.0%-3.3%-8.5M843.5M-9.8M0.643.7556,65736,3951,063,5001,120,161
2008-04-10$19.85$18.9828.5%8.2%20.7%75.1%27.0%2.6%-3.5%-8.3M850.2M-9.9M1.344.4532,65243,9101,105,0931,137,317
2008-04-11$19.40$18.9828.0%8.0%22.1%73.1%28.4%1.6%-2.3%-12.5M959.1M-9.8M0.773.1418,90614,5061,118,4871,178,587
2008-04-14$19.51$18.9829.5%8.5%20.1%79.4%30.3%3.3%-3.4%-11.5M924.8M-9.8M0.843.5011,2429,4131,119,6721,179,757
2008-04-15$19.65$18.9829.4%8.4%20.2%79.1%29.8%1.4%-3.6%-11.3M882.8M-9.9M0.313.7416,8165,2091,126,6161,181,887
2008-04-16$20.02$18.9830.4%8.7%19.9%83.5%29.8%3.4%-4.2%-8.2M797.9M-10.4M0.343.1630,62410,5351,132,1111,181,653
2008-04-17$19.35$18.9824.0%6.9%22.4%55.4%24.1%0.8%-0.1%-16.3M977.0M-9.5M1.232.0634,01041,8631,143,2301,189,571
2008-04-18$19.42$18.9824.0%6.9%22.4%55.5%24.2%-5.8%-0.7%-15.6M972.0M-9.3M0.822.7920,91617,2331,153,8961,191,644
2008-04-21$19.17$18.9822.5%6.5%22.9%48.8%21.6%-10.7%-3.1%-14.1M1.05B-9.2M0.692.2127,28118,8791,099,8141,174,269
2008-04-22$18.78$18.9822.4%6.4%23.6%48.5%22.5%-2.1%0.0%-14.6M1.11B-8.9M0.442.1675,51932,8961,096,0511,174,269
2008-04-23$18.86$18.9821.3%6.1%23.7%43.6%21.4%0.3%0.5%-14.7M1.10B-9.2M1.022.5722,21322,5811,168,8661,201,539
2008-04-24$19.01$18.9820.8%6.0%23.9%41.4%20.9%0.4%-0.5%-15.8M1.12B-8.9M0.803.8224,22719,2851,182,2301,210,419
2008-04-25$19.38$18.9821.5%6.2%25.0%44.6%21.5%-4.8%-0.7%-14.5M1.02B-9.2M1.252.8333,27641,5751,193,9931,217,232
2008-04-28$19.19$18.9821.6%6.2%23.9%44.9%21.6%-8.3%0.1%-15.3M1.07B-9.2M0.943.6015,82114,8041,203,2701,227,421
2008-04-29$19.20$18.9821.1%6.1%22.4%42.7%19.3%-4.1%-3.4%-16.5M1.11B-9.2M0.804.5513,35210,6401,206,6811,245,813
2008-04-30$19.08$18.9819.8%5.7%22.2%37.0%19.8%0.0%0.6%-18.1M1.16B-8.9M0.963.3921,53720,6341,212,0281,249,903