PFE Options History — May 2009

In May 2009, PFE traded between $12.88 and $14.55. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.3%, placing in the 20.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.4% (HV 20d: 33.7%). Max pain ranged from $12.33 to $14.23. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.40.

Notable Days

  • 2009-05-05: Highest Volume — 269,490 contracts
  • 2009-05-04: Largest IV spike — 28.6% change
  • 2009-05-12: Highest IV Rank — 30.4%
  • 2009-05-13: Largest Expected Move — 10.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$13.94$12.88$14.55$12.88$14.41
Max Pain$14.14$12.33$14.23$12.33$14.23
ATM IV31.3%23.9%37.6%23.9%29.0%
Expected Move8.9%6.9%10.0%6.9%8.3%
HV 20d33.7%30.3%38.7%30.3%33.7%
HV 60d41.3%37.8%42.9%41.6%37.8%
IV Rank20.6%13.2%30.4%13.2%15.2%
IV Percentile32.1%9.5%58.7%9.5%21.4%
Term Structure1.6%-0.2%3.0%1.3%1.5%
VWIV32.2%29.2%44.2%31.9%29.2%
Skew 25d4.3%2.7%5.9%4.1%5.2%
Skew 10d9.0%5.7%11.3%5.7%9.8%
Call IV 25d30.2%27.3%33.2%31.3%27.3%
Put IV 25d34.5%32.0%37.1%35.5%32.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.731.904.884.882.85
Gamma HHI0.220.140.700.140.20
Net GEX11.5M4.5M45.6M4.5M12.3M
Net DEX-31.1M-240.2M251.0M251.0M-169.2M
Net VEX-5.7M-6.6M-4.1M-4.1M-6.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.400.050.920.300.82
Total Volume71,333.9512,629269,49037,44625,496
Total OI2,008,843.71,830,8932,151,4181,830,8932,151,418

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-05-01$12.88$12.3323.9%6.9%30.3%13.2%31.9%4.1%1.3%4.5M251.0M-4.1M0.304.8828,7468,7001,057,331773,562
2009-05-04$13.26$14.2330.8%9.4%31.5%21.8%33.1%5.9%0.7%8.2M112.4M-4.4M0.222.3239,6218,7901,067,495777,651
2009-05-05$13.55$14.2333.9%9.5%32.1%25.7%44.2%5.2%-0.2%9.6M51.8M-4.5M0.052.92257,29512,1951,087,819781,106
2009-05-06$13.20$14.2332.4%9.5%33.1%23.8%32.9%4.5%1.8%6.4M196.2M-4.6M0.312.4037,71711,6301,076,861784,258
2009-05-07$13.43$14.2332.5%9.5%33.6%23.9%32.8%4.8%2.1%7.9M140.8M-4.9M0.523.7729,56815,2571,088,630788,312
2009-05-08$13.66$14.2332.8%9.4%34.0%24.4%31.5%4.7%2.2%9.1M96.2M-5.0M0.193.4567,33612,6711,096,761795,169
2009-05-11$13.43$14.2335.0%9.4%34.7%27.0%32.0%4.4%3.0%9.4M113.8M-5.0M0.172.4273,17212,7931,135,287792,277
2009-05-12$14.17$14.2337.6%9.4%38.7%30.4%33.2%3.9%1.8%12.0M-110.2M-5.7M0.472.31124,03158,0141,196,375797,670
2009-05-13$14.49$14.2333.6%10.0%37.3%25.4%34.8%3.7%0.9%13.3M-210.5M-6.1M0.371.9084,89731,3611,234,112826,327
2009-05-14$14.55$14.2333.7%9.7%37.3%25.5%33.2%2.7%1.3%14.2M-240.2M-6.3M0.372.1766,04524,7321,267,546836,121
2009-05-15$14.24$14.2332.5%9.3%38.1%20.7%34.3%4.3%2.3%45.6M-155.2M-6.2M0.491.9388,68043,8031,294,143842,339
2009-05-18$14.41$14.2331.5%9.0%34.5%19.5%32.3%4.9%0.7%9.3M-132.3M-6.4M0.652.0217,82911,5941,235,388794,749
2009-05-19$14.33$14.2330.0%8.6%34.5%17.5%30.0%4.0%1.2%9.6M-114.1M-6.3M0.272.3434,2899,4011,243,898793,979
2009-05-20$14.34$14.2329.3%8.4%30.9%16.6%29.3%4.1%1.5%10.2M-113.6M-6.3M0.332.8219,4916,4021,264,969796,025
2009-05-21$14.07$14.2330.1%8.6%31.9%17.6%30.8%3.7%1.6%9.4M-55.3M-6.1M0.922.6421,57419,9391,267,548798,134
2009-05-22$14.19$14.2329.5%8.5%31.5%16.8%29.9%3.6%2.2%9.9M-80.0M-6.3M0.593.217,9644,6651,275,355806,408
2009-05-26$14.25$14.2329.2%8.4%30.8%15.8%29.4%3.8%2.0%10.4M-98.5M-6.3M0.342.6544,09714,8851,275,479805,353
2009-05-27$13.91$14.2329.3%8.4%32.3%15.6%29.6%4.3%1.8%9.3M-36.6M-6.3M0.253.2327,1446,6751,311,579816,621
2009-05-28$13.94$14.2328.8%8.2%32.3%14.9%29.7%3.6%2.2%10.2M-68.1M-6.3M0.362.3913,3364,8441,329,591813,228
2009-05-29$14.41$14.2329.0%8.3%33.7%15.2%29.2%5.2%1.5%12.3M-169.2M-6.6M0.822.8513,97611,5201,336,277815,141