PFE Options History — March 2016

In March 2016, PFE traded between $27.54 and $28.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.7%, placing in the 27.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 19.4%). Max pain ranged from $28.46 to $29.41. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.88.

Notable Days

  • 2016-03-16: Highest Volume — 194,355 contracts
  • 2016-03-31: Largest IV spike — 11.5% change
  • 2016-03-15: Highest IV Rank — 31.1%
  • 2016-03-08: Largest Expected Move — 5.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.29$27.54$28.89$28.45$28.14
Max Pain$28.55$28.46$29.41$29.41$28.46
ATM IV17.7%16.0%18.7%18.6%17.8%
Expected Move5.0%4.4%5.5%5.4%4.8%
HV 20d19.4%16.1%21.4%20.1%19.7%
HV 60d17.5%16.3%18.6%16.7%18.5%
IV Rank27.0%19.7%31.1%30.5%27.4%
IV Percentile40.5%23.4%49.6%48.4%39.7%
Term Structure0.4%-1.2%1.8%0.3%1.0%
VWIV17.3%15.0%19.0%19.0%16.9%
Skew 25d3.0%1.7%3.9%3.1%2.6%
Skew 10d6.5%1.5%12.3%12.1%5.3%
Call IV 25d16.5%14.6%18.2%17.2%16.3%
Put IV 25d19.5%17.9%21.2%20.3%18.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.019.0440.4512.5820.50
Gamma HHI0.160.140.190.190.15
Net GEX105.0K-31.5M18.9M-2.3M11.5M
Net DEX659.3M132.6M1.18B652.3M593.5M
Net VEX-10.6M-11.7M-9.6M-10.3M-11.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.880.462.020.550.97
Total Volume81,600.36429,149194,35553,294174,587
Total OI2,098,333.6361,914,7242,353,9931,914,7242,230,883

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-03-01$28.45$29.4118.6%5.4%20.1%30.5%19.0%3.1%0.3%-2.3M652.3M-10.3M0.5512.5834,45518,839835,9821,078,742
2016-03-02$28.40$29.4118.3%5.2%20.1%29.6%18.4%3.9%0.2%-345.5K673.4M-10.3M0.7012.9624,22316,957853,0351,085,463
2016-03-03$28.37$28.4617.7%5.1%19.2%27.0%18.8%3.6%0.1%-2.3M719.1M-10.1M0.5623.8764,07135,884853,4071,090,950
2016-03-04$28.23$28.4618.2%5.1%17.7%29.1%18.1%3.1%0.3%-4.9M770.9M-10.3M0.5112.4544,83422,933894,1951,115,955
2016-03-07$28.17$28.4618.4%5.2%17.6%29.7%18.3%2.8%-0.5%-5.0M802.3M-10.3M2.0210.039,68119,559905,5961,123,813
2016-03-08$27.89$28.4618.1%5.5%17.6%28.4%18.4%3.5%1.4%-13.7M955.2M-10.1M1.4519.7511,88617,263914,8851,134,598
2016-03-09$28.06$28.4618.0%4.9%17.1%28.2%17.4%3.5%-1.2%-12.7M887.0M-9.9M1.9522.2825,65450,100918,8321,142,002
2016-03-10$28.08$28.4617.5%4.8%16.1%26.0%16.9%2.9%-1.0%-16.7M892.7M-10.1M0.659.3928,76318,621928,4241,168,281
2016-03-11$28.86$28.4616.0%4.8%18.2%19.7%16.5%3.4%1.4%12.3M377.1M-10.6M0.729.0451,35337,118940,8261,178,485
2016-03-14$28.61$28.4617.3%4.9%18.6%25.1%17.5%2.8%0.6%17.1M581.6M-10.3M1.7511.9614,75325,878941,9371,158,804
2016-03-15$27.92$28.4618.7%5.4%20.1%31.1%18.0%2.9%-0.4%-14.7M1.02B-9.8M0.7011.9642,21429,364945,9781,178,082
2016-03-16$27.54$28.4618.6%5.3%20.6%30.5%18.3%1.7%-0.1%-31.5M1.18B-9.6M0.7140.45113,36280,993959,8231,179,755
2016-03-17$27.80$28.4618.5%5.3%20.9%30.2%18.3%2.3%-1.0%-30.4M1.09B-10.3M0.7910.2125,83720,3191,032,7391,236,804
2016-03-18$27.95$28.4618.3%5.3%20.9%29.2%17.7%2.8%-0.6%-9.6M989.4M-10.6M1.1121.6651,57557,0831,088,9831,265,010
2016-03-21$28.50$28.4617.7%5.0%20.7%26.7%17.2%3.5%1.5%7.8M353.7M-11.2M0.6119.2773,33644,412913,5311,059,706
2016-03-22$28.89$28.4617.1%4.7%21.2%24.4%17.5%2.6%0.9%16.4M132.6M-11.7M0.5935.7867,26139,507953,2211,094,213
2016-03-23$28.69$28.4617.7%4.7%21.4%27.0%15.9%2.7%0.5%17.4M253.2M-11.5M0.4618.9082,32638,202984,4761,115,423
2016-03-24$28.47$28.4617.1%4.5%20.3%24.5%15.9%3.3%0.6%12.7M387.0M-11.5M0.5713.7956,31232,2811,010,6351,123,223
2016-03-28$28.23$28.4618.0%4.8%19.9%28.0%15.4%2.8%1.2%14.1M517.6M-11.2M0.8517.2229,30325,0551,039,3441,125,139
2016-03-29$28.54$28.4616.8%4.4%19.4%23.0%15.6%2.9%1.5%18.4M333.6M-11.4M0.679.9736,10724,1951,043,8171,131,642
2016-03-30$28.51$28.4616.0%4.4%19.1%19.7%15.0%2.8%1.8%18.9M349.0M-11.3M0.5510.1450,78027,9721,052,7981,133,903
2016-03-31$28.14$28.4617.8%4.8%19.7%27.4%16.9%2.6%1.0%11.5M593.5M-11.2M0.9720.5088,74985,8381,085,7921,145,091