PFE Options History — April 2009

In April 2009, PFE traded between $12.37 and $13.43. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.0%, placing in the 27.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 36.1%). Max pain ranged from $12.33 to $13.28. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.53.

Notable Days

  • 2009-04-30: Highest Volume — 123,597 contracts
  • 2009-04-13: Largest IV spike — 34.5% change
  • 2009-04-27: Highest IV Rank — 35.0%
  • 2009-04-27: Largest Expected Move — 11.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$12.86$12.37$13.43$13.27$12.68
Max Pain$12.97$12.33$13.28$12.33$12.33
ATM IV35.0%23.6%41.3%36.9%33.5%
Expected Move10.0%6.8%11.8%10.6%9.6%
HV 20d36.1%28.4%48.7%47.7%30.1%
HV 60d45.8%42.2%48.1%47.0%42.2%
IV Rank27.1%12.7%35.0%29.5%25.2%
IV Percentile50.9%12.3%71.4%58.7%42.9%
Term Structure-1.1%-13.4%12.9%1.5%-0.4%
VWIV36.2%29.2%40.9%36.9%33.6%
Skew 25d7.7%-1.8%14.9%5.3%3.6%
Skew 10d12.1%-0.8%20.4%10.5%4.0%
Call IV 25d34.0%29.5%40.0%35.3%32.3%
Put IV 25d41.7%35.9%47.2%40.7%35.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.732.545.963.794.03
Gamma HHI0.180.120.420.150.14
Net GEX3.6M4.4K11.0M5.3M2.8M
Net DEX254.5M83.3M351.0M145.0M311.4M
Net VEX-3.4M-3.7M-2.9M-3.6M-3.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.530.191.090.510.50
Total Volume48,154.14313,324123,59753,877123,597
Total OI1,557,335.2861,432,1851,730,2781,509,3391,730,278

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-04-01$13.27$12.3336.9%10.6%47.7%29.5%36.9%5.3%1.5%5.3M145.0M-3.6M0.513.7935,64518,232840,760668,579
2009-04-02$13.06$12.3336.8%10.6%48.2%29.4%38.3%4.7%0.1%4.4M191.6M-3.7M0.503.2417,3718,618847,438674,559
2009-04-03$12.86$13.2835.6%10.2%48.7%27.8%37.4%11.9%0.4%3.5M235.8M-3.5M0.713.5311,1897,939846,573677,618
2009-04-06$13.01$13.2835.4%10.6%48.6%27.6%38.0%11.1%-0.7%4.3M206.3M-3.6M0.373.8020,0417,491849,380679,866
2009-04-07$12.82$13.2835.4%7.7%47.6%27.6%38.0%12.5%2.0%3.7M231.5M-3.5M1.003.736,6496,675857,569682,910
2009-04-08$12.79$13.2836.9%11.5%46.7%29.5%38.4%11.8%-1.4%3.5M243.5M-3.5M0.723.6110,4587,538858,585683,574
2009-04-09$12.86$13.2830.0%8.6%32.8%20.8%34.7%14.9%4.7%3.6M298.5M-3.3M0.333.8916,3565,359859,682684,809
2009-04-13$12.79$13.2840.3%11.6%29.5%33.8%39.1%8.9%-3.4%3.7M243.4M-3.4M0.392.5423,1199,056861,216685,737
2009-04-14$12.66$13.2840.5%11.6%28.4%34.0%38.9%6.8%-6.8%2.2M290.2M-3.3M1.024.5419,32719,638866,379690,805
2009-04-15$13.15$13.2832.6%9.4%31.7%24.1%33.6%11.2%1.1%6.4M184.1M-3.6M0.674.3031,11320,772871,144697,244
2009-04-16$13.19$13.2823.6%6.8%31.8%12.7%31.1%10.6%0.6%9.4M172.4M-3.3M0.474.0526,18812,239865,625696,624
2009-04-17$13.43$13.2831.6%9.1%29.1%22.9%31.5%7.3%-1.4%11.0M83.3M-3.5M0.433.4846,07619,636876,106702,467
2009-04-20$12.89$13.2833.9%9.7%32.8%25.7%34.3%8.3%-1.9%891.7K295.0M-3.2M0.283.0533,8029,373772,326659,859
2009-04-21$12.83$13.2834.9%10.0%31.1%27.0%36.3%5.1%-4.0%1.0M337.2M-2.9M1.093.9837,48140,775792,893663,647
2009-04-22$12.37$13.2828.3%8.1%33.3%18.7%29.2%14.4%12.9%4.4K351.0M-3.1M0.193.1937,1906,892815,635697,890
2009-04-23$12.60$13.2837.2%10.7%32.5%29.9%40.7%-1.8%-13.4%1.6M271.8M-3.2M0.933.5027,39025,476838,198694,390
2009-04-24$12.50$12.3338.6%11.1%32.2%31.6%37.4%4.3%-0.1%596.2K327.8M-3.4M0.274.0943,10811,478851,040709,414
2009-04-27$12.80$12.3341.3%11.8%32.8%35.0%40.9%2.5%-6.4%2.1M277.4M-3.6M0.323.0264,91320,736884,126715,958
2009-04-28$12.70$12.3337.3%10.7%31.8%30.0%36.8%3.4%-4.3%2.1M335.2M-3.3M0.213.0954,96311,592924,932729,634
2009-04-29$12.74$12.3334.7%9.9%31.8%26.7%34.0%4.7%-1.6%2.8M311.8M-3.6M0.325.9642,38513,361962,381736,191
2009-04-30$12.68$12.3333.5%9.6%30.1%25.2%33.6%3.6%-0.4%2.8M311.4M-3.6M0.504.0382,57741,020987,826742,452