PFE Options History — October 2015

In October 2015, PFE traded between $29.87 and $33.64. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.9%, placing in the 56.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.2% (HV 20d: 29.0%). Max pain ranged from $30.36 to $31.31. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.94.

Notable Days

  • 2015-10-29: Highest Volume — 372,238 contracts
  • 2015-10-29: Largest IV spike — 48.3% change
  • 2015-10-01: Highest IV Rank — 77.4%
  • 2015-10-01: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.92$29.87$33.64$29.87$32.25
Max Pain$30.71$30.36$31.31$31.31$31.31
ATM IV24.9%18.6%29.8%29.8%26.0%
Expected Move7.0%5.3%8.2%8.2%7.7%
HV 20d29.0%25.0%32.1%27.3%25.0%
HV 60d26.8%24.3%28.1%24.3%28.1%
IV Rank56.9%30.5%77.4%77.4%61.6%
IV Percentile90.2%72.6%98.0%98.0%91.7%
Term Structure-0.5%-1.1%0.6%0.3%-0.2%
VWIV25.1%19.8%29.5%29.5%26.6%
Skew 25d4.7%2.7%6.5%6.0%2.7%
Skew 10d9.4%2.3%12.5%11.4%2.3%
Call IV 25d23.1%17.4%28.1%28.1%25.4%
Put IV 25d27.8%21.0%34.1%34.1%28.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.529.4637.8612.3217.83
Gamma HHI0.130.090.190.090.13
Net GEX42.0M10.7M87.5M12.5M55.3M
Net DEX-516.9M-1.28B218.1M218.1M-627.1M
Net VEX-6.6M-7.1M-6.0M-6.2M-7.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.940.302.170.610.42
Total Volume84,951.63630,793372,23847,237199,520
Total OI1,618,740.4091,459,7991,738,1961,647,5511,719,652

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-10-01$29.87$31.3129.8%8.2%27.3%77.4%29.5%6.0%0.3%12.5M218.1M-6.2M0.6112.3229,40117,836966,011681,540
2015-10-02$31.30$31.3129.0%7.3%32.1%74.3%25.7%4.7%-0.5%44.5M-349.2M-7.0M0.5622.4642,07023,685982,083686,248
2015-10-05$31.76$30.3626.8%7.6%31.8%65.0%25.4%4.8%-1.1%42.1M-535.5M-6.7M0.4312.4622,6489,755960,289681,593
2015-10-06$31.13$30.3628.0%7.7%30.8%70.0%27.5%5.2%-1.1%26.9M-222.4M-6.7M1.1714.7129,52934,665961,266683,474
2015-10-07$31.52$30.3628.6%7.9%30.1%72.5%27.5%5.9%-0.8%33.2M-386.4M-6.8M1.0112.8726,54526,784964,358698,135
2015-10-08$31.34$30.3628.0%7.8%29.3%70.0%26.2%5.4%-0.6%28.1M-277.2M-6.7M0.9212.2231,36928,873965,580710,089
2015-10-09$31.49$30.3627.0%7.4%29.2%66.0%28.0%6.5%-0.8%31.0M-338.1M-6.8M1.3910.3823,04031,934981,743725,598
2015-10-12$31.50$30.3626.1%7.3%29.0%62.0%26.2%5.2%0.3%26.0M-322.5M-6.7M2.179.5112,76827,698973,572725,998
2015-10-13$31.26$30.3626.0%7.4%28.6%61.8%26.6%5.9%-0.6%14.5M-170.1M-6.6M1.6012.0818,38229,330976,266738,823
2015-10-14$31.31$30.3625.9%7.4%28.6%61.5%27.8%5.5%-0.4%10.7M-190.3M-6.7M1.0411.0415,09215,701977,839746,077
2015-10-15$32.34$30.3623.1%6.6%30.8%49.5%25.8%4.4%-0.3%62.2M-740.8M-6.5M1.4714.1279,858117,278979,155749,940
2015-10-16$32.65$30.3621.5%6.1%30.4%42.8%20.4%4.2%0.5%48.6M-841.6M-6.5M0.409.8443,29717,213978,143760,053
2015-10-19$32.70$30.3620.3%5.8%29.5%37.6%20.0%4.5%-0.5%53.8M-792.4M-6.4M0.449.4640,15117,657799,818659,981
2015-10-20$32.11$30.3621.3%6.1%30.0%42.2%21.5%4.1%-1.1%44.9M-550.5M-6.6M1.2911.8113,78717,816819,824666,612
2015-10-21$31.73$30.8323.4%6.7%29.7%50.8%24.8%5.0%-1.0%37.0M-396.5M-6.5M1.1517.5819,85322,844822,968678,056
2015-10-22$31.56$30.8323.2%6.7%29.8%50.1%25.7%4.3%-0.8%33.6M-318.7M-6.6M1.5113.6531,00746,721829,563685,867
2015-10-23$32.33$30.8322.4%6.5%29.4%46.5%23.2%4.0%-1.0%45.6M-666.3M-6.6M1.0413.2429,62030,676834,337680,344
2015-10-26$32.44$30.8323.4%6.9%25.9%50.7%23.7%4.2%-0.1%46.5M-681.0M-6.6M0.4114.0867,28627,818824,386677,886
2015-10-27$33.16$31.3121.2%6.1%26.5%41.6%22.5%4.6%0.0%77.9M-1.05B-6.6M0.3014.7170,45921,128869,151686,625
2015-10-28$33.64$31.3118.6%5.3%26.5%30.5%19.8%3.5%0.6%87.5M-1.28B-6.0M0.9337.8644,44341,161851,970688,859
2015-10-29$32.91$31.3127.5%7.8%28.3%68.0%28.2%3.3%-0.9%60.9M-855.1M-6.6M0.4237.22262,331109,907862,025700,492
2015-10-30$32.25$31.3126.0%7.7%25.0%61.6%26.6%2.7%-0.2%55.3M-627.1M-7.1M0.4217.83140,17659,344998,348721,304