PFE Options History — July 2008

In July 2008, PFE traded between $16.50 and $18.09. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.7%, placing in the 83.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 29.7%). Max pain ranged from $16.60 to $16.60. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2008-07-23: Highest Volume — 78,882 contracts
  • 2008-07-23: Largest IV drop — 22.3% change
  • 2008-07-22: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-07-22: Largest Expected Move — 9.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.27$16.50$18.09$16.82$17.71
Max Pain$16.60$16.60$16.60$16.60$16.60
ATM IV30.7%25.7%34.3%26.7%31.1%
Expected Move8.8%7.4%9.8%7.6%8.9%
HV 20d29.7%24.5%33.2%27.0%31.7%
HV 60d23.3%21.2%25.3%21.6%25.3%
IV Rank83.1%59.3%100.0%63.9%84.6%
IV Percentile92.2%69.0%100.0%79.8%92.9%
Term Structure-1.5%-4.6%3.3%1.9%-1.5%
VWIV30.7%25.2%34.1%26.7%30.4%
Skew 25d1.9%-0.4%7.8%3.0%3.1%
Skew 10d1.6%-7.6%8.2%8.2%0.7%
Call IV 25d31.0%23.9%35.4%29.7%29.0%
Put IV 25d32.9%28.0%37.1%32.7%32.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.641.723.831.971.74
Gamma HHI0.300.250.380.330.28
Net GEX-6.4M-8.7M-3.4M-8.5M-4.9M
Net DEX1.10B283.4M1.31B1.27B1.07B
Net VEX-8.3M-9.3M-4.9M-7.6M-8.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.201.290.921.29
Total Volume34,948.4098,63478,88219,33750,233
Total OI2,683,873.0911,179,6312,822,2632,657,0142,822,263

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-07-01$16.82$16.6026.7%7.6%27.0%63.9%26.7%3.0%1.9%-8.5M1.27B-7.6M0.921.9710,0869,2511,324,9311,332,083
2008-07-02$16.72$16.6027.0%7.7%26.9%65.5%27.0%2.8%1.7%-8.7M1.25B-7.7M0.682.247,8125,2911,326,6331,338,022
2008-07-03$16.84$16.6025.7%7.4%27.1%59.3%25.7%2.3%3.3%-8.7M1.26B-7.7M1.031.724,2634,3711,331,4841,343,395
2008-07-07$16.50$16.6029.5%8.4%24.5%77.5%28.2%1.8%-1.3%-8.7M1.31B-7.4M0.732.8423,41917,0871,332,6801,345,455
2008-07-08$17.26$16.6032.8%8.9%29.6%93.6%31.5%1.1%-2.7%-8.2M1.14B-8.6M0.262.2733,8958,9021,347,1331,352,115
2008-07-09$17.11$16.6030.8%9.2%29.7%83.6%33.2%0.3%-3.6%-8.2M1.20B-7.8M0.202.2855,95711,2031,363,3901,353,751
2008-07-10$17.11$16.6031.3%9.0%28.5%86.1%32.0%-0.1%-2.7%-7.3M1.18B-8.3M0.572.2222,57212,9661,398,8891,356,419
2008-07-11$16.90$16.6031.7%9.1%28.7%88.0%33.5%0.2%-2.0%-7.4M1.20B-8.1M0.413.1018,2837,4221,408,8721,362,351
2008-07-14$16.75$16.6032.0%9.2%28.4%89.6%34.0%-0.4%-1.8%-3.4M283.4M-4.9M0.502.4310,3725,142617,296562,335
2008-07-15$16.68$16.6031.9%9.2%28.1%89.3%32.8%-0.3%-2.0%-7.6M1.23B-8.0M0.453.2418,5488,2561,410,5991,362,118
2008-07-16$17.32$16.6033.1%9.5%31.2%94.9%34.1%1.6%-3.6%-6.1M1.10B-8.6M1.153.0819,56122,4401,415,4701,359,160
2008-07-17$17.45$16.6032.8%9.4%31.3%93.2%32.4%0.8%-3.6%-6.1M1.09B-8.8M0.662.7722,61814,8491,413,3371,365,944
2008-07-18$17.38$16.6032.3%9.3%31.3%91.1%32.9%1.0%-3.9%-6.0M1.11B-8.6M0.492.5111,0445,4241,422,2391,370,707
2008-07-21$17.16$16.6032.9%9.4%30.2%93.8%33.5%0.7%-3.8%-5.5M1.15B-8.2M0.622.6524,14815,0021,387,5201,337,460
2008-07-22$17.41$16.6034.3%9.8%30.5%100.0%33.8%4.5%-4.6%-5.6M1.13B-8.6M0.753.3441,37731,1481,401,8941,348,423
2008-07-23$18.09$16.6026.7%7.6%32.7%63.3%29.5%-0.2%-2.3%-5.1M981.0M-9.2M0.492.8353,10525,7771,413,7331,366,720
2008-07-24$17.85$16.6030.1%8.6%33.2%79.9%28.7%1.5%0.5%-4.5M984.2M-9.3M0.433.8339,59016,9941,432,7541,367,468
2008-07-25$17.92$16.6030.1%8.6%29.0%79.7%25.2%7.4%2.4%-4.8M1.03B-9.2M0.233.4310,7912,4801,437,8901,377,223
2008-07-28$17.42$16.6029.7%8.5%31.3%77.8%29.2%-0.2%-2.7%-5.9M1.11B-8.7M1.082.859,35610,0791,437,5591,370,198
2008-07-29$17.58$16.6030.8%8.8%31.2%83.1%31.6%2.9%-3.5%-5.8M1.13B-8.5M0.502.3913,1386,6231,440,0381,370,627
2008-07-30$17.91$16.6032.5%9.3%31.5%91.1%28.4%7.8%1.6%-4.7M1.03B-9.0M0.822.3515,35312,6371,442,5001,374,130
2008-07-31$17.71$16.6031.1%8.9%31.7%84.6%30.4%3.1%-1.5%-4.9M1.07B-8.9M1.291.7421,97828,2551,446,1261,376,137