PFE Options History — March 2009

In March 2009, PFE traded between $11.06 and $13.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 43.1%, placing in the 37.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 12.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 7.9% (HV 20d: 51.0%). Max pain ranged from $12.33 to $14.23. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2009-03-12: Highest Volume — 125,360 contracts
  • 2009-03-12: Largest IV drop — 12.4% change
  • 2009-03-02: Highest IV Rank — 52.1%
  • 2009-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 15.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.78$11.06$13.80$11.06$12.92
Max Pain$12.68$12.33$14.23$14.23$12.33
ATM IV43.1%37.1%54.9%54.9%37.7%
Expected Move12.2%10.6%15.7%15.7%10.8%
HV 20d51.0%40.7%58.2%41.0%49.9%
HV 60d44.6%40.0%47.2%40.6%46.6%
IV Rank37.3%29.7%52.1%52.1%30.5%
IV Percentile73.3%59.9%90.9%90.9%60.7%
Term Structure-2.8%-6.1%1.4%-6.1%0.1%
VWIV42.8%36.2%53.0%53.0%39.2%
Skew 25d6.9%5.1%8.2%7.3%6.3%
Skew 10d14.0%9.9%21.3%18.5%12.0%
Call IV 25d40.6%34.1%50.3%50.3%37.2%
Put IV 25d47.5%40.8%57.6%57.6%43.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.372.095.132.093.40
Gamma HHI0.130.090.160.130.14
Net GEX2.5M-618.5K5.6M-618.5K4.3M
Net DEX259.0M111.8M429.8M429.8M198.0M
Net VEX-3.3M-3.9M-2.2M-2.2M-3.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.281.800.790.45
Total Volume51,901.68226,456125,36056,98530,397
Total OI1,540,900.4551,382,3181,691,2541,456,0301,505,099

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-03-02$11.06$14.2354.9%15.7%41.0%52.1%53.0%7.3%-6.1%-618.5K429.8M-2.2M0.792.0931,80025,185824,036631,994
2009-03-03$11.26$14.2348.9%14.0%40.7%44.5%50.6%7.2%-1.0%-449.9K415.1M-2.5M0.642.1335,20922,379834,503639,047
2009-03-04$11.86$14.2346.4%13.3%45.2%41.5%46.6%7.2%1.4%311.8K378.6M-2.7M0.742.5540,16929,802852,724646,338
2009-03-05$12.02$14.2348.4%13.9%44.2%43.9%48.1%7.1%-2.1%408.7K350.7M-3.0M0.512.7123,84712,137861,337662,902
2009-03-06$12.08$12.3347.2%13.0%44.4%42.4%45.1%7.8%-2.4%813.1K360.2M-2.8M0.513.3720,28610,364867,948661,586
2009-03-09$11.98$12.3351.1%13.5%43.0%47.3%48.0%8.1%-3.9%669.1K363.8M-2.9M0.734.1619,51214,249877,175663,089
2009-03-10$12.42$12.3347.4%12.8%45.7%42.7%44.4%7.1%-5.4%910.0K325.3M-3.1M0.362.5026,5739,461874,816666,213
2009-03-11$12.13$12.3346.1%12.6%43.9%41.0%45.9%7.3%-2.2%848.3K358.3M-2.9M1.802.3412,76823,014884,923667,118
2009-03-12$13.30$12.3340.3%11.6%55.1%33.8%40.8%5.1%-3.0%2.0M224.5M-3.6M0.282.7898,27527,085889,822677,636
2009-03-13$13.80$12.3339.3%11.3%56.3%32.5%40.8%5.1%-2.2%2.9M148.6M-3.7M0.343.3771,63924,355924,420690,691
2009-03-16$13.43$12.3341.0%11.8%57.1%34.6%40.4%5.9%-3.7%2.8M211.0M-3.6M0.433.6951,79822,475942,865700,322
2009-03-17$13.53$12.3340.5%11.6%56.6%34.0%40.6%5.9%-3.5%3.0M222.0M-3.4M1.124.0920,91723,370955,265703,150
2009-03-18$13.52$12.3340.5%11.6%56.6%34.0%40.2%6.3%-3.2%3.1M214.3M-3.7M0.885.1324,33221,296958,355704,875
2009-03-19$13.00$12.3343.0%12.3%58.2%37.2%44.0%8.2%-4.3%2.8M281.8M-3.4M0.333.4642,71714,292969,004721,179
2009-03-20$12.93$12.3342.9%12.3%57.7%37.1%43.7%8.1%-3.7%3.5M261.7M-3.4M0.493.2823,75611,538977,680713,574
2009-03-23$13.30$12.3340.0%11.5%57.2%33.4%39.5%7.3%-6.1%3.4M154.6M-3.6M0.394.4243,00316,859760,130622,188
2009-03-24$13.18$12.3340.0%11.5%56.8%33.3%39.7%7.2%-4.9%3.9M165.0M-3.6M0.493.7439,49919,252786,455630,317
2009-03-25$13.53$12.3338.0%10.9%55.5%30.9%37.1%6.8%-2.7%5.2M111.8M-3.9M0.523.3235,10818,427818,375645,407
2009-03-26$13.64$12.3337.6%10.8%54.0%30.3%36.3%6.6%-0.2%5.6M143.6M-3.7M0.523.7626,05113,436835,214653,328
2009-03-27$13.32$12.3337.1%10.6%53.4%29.7%36.2%7.7%-2.0%4.7M150.3M-3.8M1.383.8411,12015,336836,842659,701
2009-03-30$13.00$12.3340.6%11.6%49.8%34.1%40.6%7.0%-1.1%3.9M228.6M-3.4M0.854.1120,90417,845837,016665,151
2009-03-31$12.92$12.3337.7%10.8%49.9%30.5%39.2%6.3%0.1%4.3M198.0M-3.6M0.453.4020,8939,504839,863665,236