PFE Options History — October 2008

In October 2008, PFE traded between $14.36 and $18.03. ATM implied volatility averaged 56.1%, placing in the 66.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 64.4%). Max pain ranged from $16.60 to $16.60. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.58.

Notable Days

  • 2008-10-10: Highest Volume — 169,191 contracts
  • 2008-10-09: Largest IV spike — 42.6% change
  • 2008-10-07: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-10-10: Largest Expected Move — 20.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.39$14.36$18.03$17.97$16.80
Max Pain$16.60$16.60$16.60$16.60$16.60
ATM IV56.1%40.3%93.0%41.6%51.9%
Expected Move15.1%11.5%20.1%11.9%14.9%
HV 20d64.4%46.2%75.3%48.7%75.1%
HV 60d44.9%34.6%52.1%34.6%52.1%
IV Rank66.5%40.1%100.0%82.4%48.4%
IV Percentile97.7%94.4%100.0%98.4%94.4%
Term Structure-3.0%-9.3%0.3%-5.5%-3.4%
VWIV53.0%41.9%68.6%42.2%50.5%
Skew 25d12.5%4.2%19.5%4.2%8.7%
Skew 10d25.6%10.7%38.5%10.7%22.0%
Call IV 25d48.9%41.0%63.2%41.9%48.8%
Put IV 25d61.4%46.0%77.1%46.1%57.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.893.1915.933.195.99
Gamma HHI0.200.190.230.190.21
Net GEX-388.4K-1.8M2.0M513.9K1.3M
Net DEX946.4M770.6M1.10B814.8M851.6M
Net VEX-7.6M-9.0M-6.1M-8.5M-7.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.580.240.990.580.92
Total Volume64,762.91331,730169,19152,96953,871
Total OI2,812,620.1742,740,3292,888,6182,740,3292,888,618

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-10-01$17.97$16.6041.6%11.9%48.7%82.4%42.2%4.2%-5.5%513.9K814.8M-8.5M0.583.1933,53019,4391,428,5211,311,808
2008-10-02$17.83$16.6046.2%13.2%47.7%95.8%46.6%4.7%-7.1%85.6K823.9M-8.7M0.374.0450,74718,6121,435,8191,326,205
2008-10-03$18.03$16.6040.3%11.5%47.7%78.5%41.9%4.8%-3.1%2.0M770.6M-8.7M0.354.0636,15512,6531,453,2841,325,013
2008-10-06$17.97$16.6043.6%12.2%46.2%88.2%43.0%10.5%-2.4%1.9M822.3M-9.0M0.887.7530,12226,4011,474,8701,331,065
2008-10-07$16.75$16.6056.6%14.4%49.8%100.0%48.4%9.4%-4.2%-846.9K939.8M-8.0M0.429.0275,92931,9361,467,9721,332,063
2008-10-08$16.25$16.6059.4%14.9%50.8%100.0%49.3%9.3%-4.7%-1.7M998.8M-7.8M0.697.4628,16819,4611,479,2251,336,249
2008-10-09$14.87$16.6084.7%19.2%58.9%100.0%61.4%13.1%-8.7%-1.6M1.02B-6.8M0.9915.9332,85832,6311,469,8011,307,314
2008-10-10$14.36$16.6093.0%20.1%59.1%100.0%68.6%13.9%-9.3%-1.8M1.10B-6.1M0.5110.06111,89157,3001,471,0651,312,035
2008-10-13$15.83$16.6055.1%15.8%69.7%52.4%58.0%14.3%-3.8%-1.7M1.03B-7.1M0.8012.9130,11523,9621,529,9671,319,937
2008-10-14$16.25$16.6055.7%14.9%70.4%53.1%51.2%11.9%-3.2%-1.8M993.6M-7.6M0.247.7640,8739,7071,503,8711,323,203
2008-10-15$15.44$16.6077.4%16.2%71.5%80.3%58.6%13.2%-1.6%-1.8M1.05B-7.0M0.608.3736,34321,7711,512,9021,320,033
2008-10-16$16.10$16.6056.9%16.3%71.1%54.6%58.1%15.6%-2.2%-698.4K965.1M-7.7M0.427.1961,60526,0641,520,8831,321,249
2008-10-17$16.04$16.6053.0%15.2%70.0%49.7%54.3%13.9%-0.8%-874.7K1.01B-7.5M0.537.9830,62716,2591,536,6491,325,855
2008-10-20$16.45$16.6050.0%14.3%70.3%45.9%49.4%13.0%-0.5%-851.3K977.9M-7.5M0.446.5044,28319,3681,454,0191,290,875
2008-10-21$16.45$16.6045.3%13.0%70.3%40.1%46.2%10.8%-0.0%-584.0K967.1M-7.5M0.674.5328,61219,0301,471,5381,299,608
2008-10-22$15.88$16.6049.8%14.3%71.3%45.7%54.0%14.4%0.3%-990.4K996.6M-7.3M0.877.5229,52025,5811,471,6241,310,890
2008-10-23$16.22$16.6051.6%14.8%70.4%47.9%53.8%17.2%-0.4%-669.4K995.7M-7.4M0.694.0621,54014,7551,486,2541,317,518
2008-10-24$15.72$16.6055.3%15.8%71.0%52.5%57.8%19.4%-1.7%-681.5K998.3M-7.1M0.704.3218,70513,0251,491,9741,319,372
2008-10-27$15.55$16.6058.0%16.6%68.6%56.0%61.3%17.1%-2.4%-654.3K1.01B-6.9M0.404.0342,43916,7651,496,3121,323,887
2008-10-28$16.91$16.6056.0%16.1%73.6%53.5%56.3%19.5%-2.3%993.6K865.5M-8.0M0.475.2477,39336,0951,510,4671,332,650
2008-10-29$16.31$16.6055.4%15.9%73.7%52.7%53.9%14.6%-1.6%356.1K931.0M-7.6M0.476.2832,46815,4111,537,5801,344,296
2008-10-30$16.94$16.6054.0%15.5%75.3%50.9%53.1%13.5%-0.2%1.1M852.9M-8.0M0.424.3246,12919,3981,517,1981,348,726
2008-10-31$16.80$16.6051.9%14.9%75.1%48.4%50.5%8.7%-3.4%1.3M851.6M-7.8M0.925.9928,05725,8141,532,5511,356,067