PFE Options History — September 2008

In September 2008, PFE traded between $16.29 and $18.22. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.9%, placing in the 87.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 32.0%). Max pain ranged from $16.60 to $18.98. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.62.

Notable Days

  • 2008-09-18: Highest Volume — 106,299 contracts
  • 2008-09-17: Largest IV spike — 21.5% change
  • 2008-09-12: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-09-29: Largest Expected Move — 13.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$17.40$16.29$18.22$18.19$17.50
Max Pain$17.85$16.60$18.98$18.98$16.60
ATM IV36.9%26.5%47.6%26.5%43.1%
Expected Move10.5%7.6%13.7%7.6%12.4%
HV 20d32.0%20.2%47.6%24.5%47.6%
HV 60d30.5%26.7%35.4%26.7%35.4%
IV Rank87.2%62.6%100.0%62.6%86.8%
IV Percentile95.2%68.7%100.0%68.7%98.8%
Term Structure-2.0%-8.1%0.9%0.7%-2.8%
VWIV35.7%26.7%48.1%26.8%42.2%
Skew 25d3.9%1.4%6.5%4.6%4.6%
Skew 10d7.6%-2.7%13.4%11.3%10.5%
Call IV 25d34.8%26.1%47.0%26.1%40.7%
Put IV 25d38.8%30.5%51.4%30.6%45.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.861.919.281.914.82
Gamma HHI0.280.180.390.260.21
Net GEX-3.5M-8.2M-297.7K-1.2M-1.0M
Net DEX1.04B895.6M1.22B895.6M965.9M
Net VEX-8.2M-9.2M-7.6M-9.2M-8.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.620.151.300.680.64
Total Volume36,971.1913,432106,29919,81428,681
Total OI2,865,792.4292,665,7333,008,1752,927,4052,732,012

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-09-02$18.19$18.9826.5%7.6%24.5%62.6%26.8%4.6%0.7%-1.2M895.6M-9.2M0.681.9111,7728,0421,521,3461,406,059
2008-09-03$18.22$18.9826.6%7.6%20.2%63.1%26.7%4.4%0.9%-890.7K914.5M-9.2M0.282.2510,9713,0411,523,7671,400,260
2008-09-04$17.71$18.9831.0%8.9%21.9%84.1%28.9%1.4%0.5%-3.5M1.02B-8.8M0.402.1716,2326,4371,529,3811,392,848
2008-09-05$17.56$18.9831.3%8.9%21.7%85.8%29.9%2.7%-0.5%-4.5M1.08B-8.3M0.493.069,0004,4321,531,1001,393,975
2008-09-08$18.16$18.9831.2%8.0%22.0%85.1%28.0%3.6%0.1%-1.1M932.5M-9.1M0.363.6119,7607,2111,530,0291,394,292
2008-09-09$17.31$18.9834.2%9.2%27.4%99.2%30.5%3.8%-0.6%-6.1M1.14B-8.1M0.363.1510,6533,8081,536,9381,394,937
2008-09-10$17.27$18.9832.7%9.1%27.4%92.1%31.2%3.9%-0.3%-7.5M1.20B-7.7M1.303.236,7138,7491,530,4721,393,758
2008-09-11$17.45$18.9832.1%9.2%27.8%89.5%30.4%4.1%-0.4%-5.8M1.12B-8.2M0.703.1114,0039,8721,532,2101,394,859
2008-09-12$17.67$18.9834.9%10.0%28.2%100.0%34.0%1.6%-1.4%-4.2M1.05B-8.6M0.153.1645,6416,7511,534,4511,399,300
2008-09-15$17.13$18.9835.9%10.3%29.4%100.0%36.1%1.9%-2.0%-7.0M1.15B-8.0M0.853.1020,04217,0801,556,0831,400,480
2008-09-16$16.90$18.9838.0%10.9%29.3%100.0%38.3%1.6%-3.3%-8.2M1.19B-7.9M0.753.4534,33025,7521,564,9231,405,953
2008-09-17$16.29$16.6046.2%13.2%31.2%100.0%46.6%2.0%-8.0%-6.6M1.22B-7.6M0.444.1358,29725,4331,572,4011,403,601
2008-09-18$17.07$16.6045.0%12.9%36.4%96.5%43.6%5.2%-8.1%-6.4M1.09B-8.0M0.939.2655,12251,1771,594,3301,405,013
2008-09-19$17.60$16.6038.1%10.9%38.2%75.2%35.9%4.4%-3.0%-1.8M1.03B-8.3M0.295.6729,9008,6281,602,1981,405,977
2008-09-22$17.14$16.6039.4%11.3%38.3%79.3%38.5%4.7%-2.6%-2.1M999.9M-7.8M0.463.7721,0079,5781,376,9031,288,830
2008-09-23$17.09$16.6040.5%11.6%38.2%82.8%39.9%4.9%-2.5%-1.5M970.7M-8.0M0.662.6219,92613,1621,393,3621,285,778
2008-09-24$17.07$16.6041.0%11.7%38.0%84.1%40.8%5.9%-1.8%-1.7M1.01B-7.7M0.912.9114,13812,9031,400,5091,291,590
2008-09-25$17.69$16.6040.0%11.5%40.4%81.2%35.5%6.5%-2.3%-848.7K899.3M-8.3M0.922.8735,52432,5211,403,6481,299,920
2008-09-26$17.70$16.6040.5%11.6%40.2%82.6%37.1%5.7%-1.7%-297.7K895.8M-8.2M1.103.5614,90816,4221,417,1811,302,947
2008-09-29$16.75$16.6047.6%13.7%44.5%100.0%48.1%5.1%-3.3%-1.7M987.2M-7.6M0.329.2821,7437,0331,423,6731,314,347
2008-09-30$17.50$16.6043.1%12.4%47.6%86.8%42.2%4.6%-2.8%-1.0M965.9M-8.0M0.644.8217,45811,2231,423,5911,308,421