PFE Options History — December 2008

In December 2008, PFE traded between $14.50 and $16.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 44.5%, placing in the 39.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 12.6% (HV 20d: 57.1%). Max pain ranged from $16.60 to $21.35. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.54.

Notable Days

  • 2008-12-03: Highest Volume — 96,562 contracts
  • 2008-12-16: Largest IV drop — 12.1% change
  • 2008-12-01: Highest IV Rank — 61.6%
  • 2008-12-01: Largest Expected Move — 17.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$16.00$14.50$16.84$14.50$16.80
Max Pain$19.95$16.60$21.35$16.60$18.98
ATM IV44.5%33.8%62.5%62.5%34.2%
Expected Move12.9%9.7%17.9%17.9%9.8%
HV 20d57.1%29.8%73.5%70.9%29.8%
HV 60d64.1%62.1%65.3%64.8%62.4%
IV Rank39.0%25.6%61.6%61.6%26.0%
IV Percentile80.4%69.8%97.2%97.2%69.8%
Term Structure1.6%-1.5%4.1%0.2%3.5%
VWIV44.3%34.0%61.6%61.6%34.0%
Skew 25d5.7%2.5%9.7%5.1%4.0%
Skew 10d10.4%4.6%19.0%6.6%4.6%
Call IV 25d42.7%33.6%61.2%61.2%33.6%
Put IV 25d48.4%37.4%66.2%66.2%37.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.181.914.634.001.91
Gamma HHI0.240.170.310.250.17
Net GEX888.7K-1.1M4.7M-997.4K2.1M
Net DEX856.2M603.1M998.5M998.5M603.1M
Net VEX-5.5M-6.2M-5.0M-5.3M-5.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.540.221.250.390.29
Total Volume43,072.63611,40396,56243,93722,744
Total OI2,754,251.8642,538,6912,864,9882,833,1872,541,956

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-12-01$14.50$16.6062.5%17.9%70.9%61.6%61.6%5.1%0.2%-997.4K998.5M-5.3M0.394.0031,50912,4281,573,2261,259,961
2008-12-02$15.20$16.6055.2%15.8%73.5%52.4%53.1%9.3%0.4%-111.2K964.3M-5.6M1.253.2520,19325,3131,583,1541,256,714
2008-12-03$15.77$16.6053.8%15.4%73.5%50.7%49.8%9.7%2.5%1.1M862.8M-6.2M1.013.5748,09448,4681,588,7921,265,189
2008-12-04$15.44$16.6055.4%15.9%68.4%52.7%52.6%8.6%1.7%-246.0K908.6M-5.8M0.413.5528,25811,5541,583,4411,266,407
2008-12-05$15.70$21.3552.0%15.6%67.4%48.5%52.1%9.0%-1.5%670.1K821.2M-6.0M0.223.2321,7954,7261,584,0701,250,526
2008-12-08$16.06$21.3546.0%13.6%67.1%40.9%47.2%7.9%-0.9%760.6K848.1M-5.9M0.234.6333,9817,8521,582,9081,244,893
2008-12-09$15.63$21.3549.9%14.7%67.6%45.8%50.7%6.2%-0.3%-319.7K917.7M-5.5M0.613.5731,16518,9271,584,7671,246,214
2008-12-10$15.72$21.3546.4%14.2%67.5%41.4%48.0%5.5%0.7%-127.7K917.0M-5.6M0.244.4926,2836,1891,586,7181,254,513
2008-12-11$15.71$21.3549.6%14.2%64.0%45.4%47.5%5.8%0.8%-96.3K896.5M-5.5M0.283.8124,3156,8461,582,1241,240,863
2008-12-12$16.05$21.3545.1%12.9%61.4%39.7%45.3%6.6%1.3%1.0M861.9M-5.6M0.803.0434,64927,5531,590,0091,245,569
2008-12-15$15.78$21.3550.2%14.4%60.9%46.1%46.8%7.3%0.4%-4.3K928.2M-5.4M1.152.7211,85113,6601,597,9591,259,708
2008-12-16$16.47$21.3544.1%12.6%62.0%38.5%43.3%6.0%1.2%3.3M783.8M-5.8M0.503.0028,99814,4031,598,4331,259,848
2008-12-17$16.37$21.3542.9%12.3%61.7%37.0%43.7%4.6%0.9%3.6M840.4M-5.6M0.763.2015,30111,5881,595,2881,255,306
2008-12-18$16.24$21.3541.2%11.8%59.1%34.8%41.4%5.1%1.8%3.6M900.3M-5.4M0.502.7728,17814,2071,597,7481,257,030
2008-12-19$16.41$21.3538.6%11.1%51.3%31.7%39.4%3.9%2.0%4.7M904.7M-5.5M0.452.7259,30226,6871,607,8731,257,115
2008-12-22$16.30$21.3537.4%10.7%43.8%30.1%38.6%3.4%3.4%-1.1M869.1M-5.3M0.462.6148,09322,3461,430,4531,134,577
2008-12-23$16.16$21.3536.0%10.3%43.5%28.3%38.0%2.5%3.8%-428.1K889.6M-5.0M0.643.6727,21217,5471,448,5421,134,415
2008-12-24$16.14$18.9834.8%10.0%43.4%26.8%35.7%3.3%4.0%-265.5K844.3M-5.1M0.353.1718,2886,4631,459,4421,106,240
2008-12-26$16.22$18.9833.8%9.7%43.4%25.6%34.5%3.1%4.1%16.7K833.1M-5.0M0.412.438,1033,3001,463,1771,106,428
2008-12-29$16.40$18.9834.6%9.9%42.9%26.6%35.1%4.3%2.6%648.0K812.9M-5.1M0.272.0621,2915,8081,466,0051,107,249
2008-12-30$16.84$18.9835.3%10.1%33.2%27.5%35.1%4.5%1.9%1.9M630.1M-5.3M0.602.6332,49019,6401,473,7911,064,900
2008-12-31$16.80$18.9834.2%9.8%29.8%26.0%34.0%4.0%3.5%2.1M603.1M-5.3M0.291.9117,6785,0661,474,5381,067,418