PFE Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, PFE traded between $28.61 and $31.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.2%, placing in the 28.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.7% (HV 20d: 23.9%). Max pain ranged from $27.51 to $28.46. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.18.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-05: Highest Volume — 366,838 contracts
  • 2016-04-05: Largest IV spike — 16.4% change
  • 2016-04-05: Highest IV Rank — 43.5%
  • 2016-04-05: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$30.82$28.61$31.62$28.61$31.03
Max Pain$28.37$27.51$28.46$28.46$28.46
ATM IV18.2%16.7%21.7%17.5%18.6%
Expected Move5.1%4.6%6.1%4.6%5.6%
HV 20d23.9%20.6%27.5%20.6%21.7%
HV 60d20.6%18.8%21.4%18.8%20.4%
IV Rank28.9%22.6%43.5%26.2%30.6%
IV Percentile41.7%28.6%65.5%36.5%47.2%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.7%1.8%1.8%-0.2%
VWIV18.4%16.0%21.6%16.3%19.2%
Skew 25d3.4%2.8%4.1%2.8%3.5%
Skew 10d6.5%2.8%11.0%10.7%5.0%
Call IV 25d16.6%15.3%20.3%15.5%17.2%
Put IV 25d19.9%18.3%23.6%18.3%20.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.407.4325.4823.5519.99
Gamma HHI0.160.110.190.160.11
Net GEX54.5M19.3M72.9M19.3M54.2M
Net DEX-1.37B-2.01B241.4M241.4M-1.37B
Net VEX-13.0M-14.3M-12.2M-12.3M-13.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.180.293.440.830.29
Total Volume146,149.76253,775366,838225,256189,625
Total OI2,566,519.9522,331,9642,831,3192,331,9642,546,513

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$28.61$28.4617.5%4.6%20.6%26.2%16.3%2.8%1.8%19.3M241.4M-12.3M0.8323.55122,998102,2581,133,8061,198,158
2016-04-04$29.12$27.5118.6%5.4%21.3%30.7%19.6%3.7%1.0%30.8M-117.2M-13.0M1.0314.1182,34185,1241,209,5501,248,272
2016-04-05$29.89$27.5121.7%6.1%23.0%43.5%21.6%3.3%-0.3%29.1M-626.7M-14.2M0.5221.60241,875124,9631,238,8741,308,193
2016-04-06$31.23$28.4620.2%5.5%26.7%37.4%21.0%4.1%0.2%37.8M-1.60B-13.6M0.7918.98191,537151,3981,288,5931,375,041
2016-04-07$31.10$28.4619.8%5.4%26.9%35.5%19.7%3.7%-0.2%44.7M-1.56B-14.3M0.3611.40118,92343,0171,366,9281,371,946
2016-04-08$30.74$28.4618.2%5.1%27.5%28.8%17.3%2.9%0.4%49.3M-1.37B-14.0M0.4011.95127,22751,4701,400,2311,383,693
2016-04-11$30.37$28.4618.6%5.1%26.7%30.6%17.8%3.9%-0.8%53.8M-1.13B-14.1M0.9911.9858,39757,9341,438,6951,373,075
2016-04-12$30.31$28.4618.4%5.1%26.4%29.7%19.1%3.8%-0.5%52.2M-1.09B-14.1M3.4411.0835,508122,1291,452,2551,379,064
2016-04-13$30.85$28.4619.2%4.7%24.9%33.1%17.6%3.1%-2.1%58.1M-1.58B-13.8M1.2217.39123,001150,0671,458,6031,356,411
2016-04-14$30.99$28.4618.6%4.6%23.9%30.7%16.0%3.2%-2.7%72.9M-2.01B-12.6M0.4414.0045,25819,9551,540,0541,251,372
2016-04-15$30.79$28.4617.4%5.0%24.2%25.6%17.1%3.6%0.6%57.2M-1.82B-12.7M1.0316.3826,47227,3031,551,8421,251,795
2016-04-18$31.00$28.4617.5%5.0%24.2%26.3%19.1%3.5%-0.2%65.2M-1.42B-12.4M0.589.9146,71426,9671,310,6581,052,691
2016-04-19$31.19$28.4616.9%4.8%23.7%23.7%17.0%3.3%-0.4%65.7M-1.55B-12.6M0.6910.0932,68022,6081,325,9581,063,284
2016-04-20$31.52$28.4617.1%4.9%23.5%24.2%18.1%3.2%-0.7%67.1M-1.78B-12.3M1.3814.3823,39032,1631,337,2341,067,448
2016-04-21$31.50$28.4617.0%4.9%23.2%24.0%17.5%3.0%-0.1%66.6M-1.75B-12.5M1.4915.0633,05749,1421,344,3381,077,824
2016-04-22$31.62$28.4617.3%4.9%22.8%25.2%17.9%3.3%0.2%60.6M-1.82B-12.9M2.818.3129,85583,9761,347,7011,094,284
2016-04-25$31.48$28.4617.7%5.2%22.5%26.9%18.5%3.4%0.0%64.6M-1.73B-12.3M1.3115.7340,69753,4741,344,7441,063,787
2016-04-26$31.36$28.4617.5%5.1%22.6%25.9%19.7%3.4%-0.2%63.1M-1.62B-12.6M2.987.4314,17942,2351,347,8971,078,329
2016-04-27$31.31$28.4616.7%5.0%22.6%22.6%17.6%3.2%-0.4%66.2M-1.62B-12.2M1.3225.4837,76349,6791,360,5741,084,781
2016-04-28$31.19$28.4617.6%5.2%21.9%26.5%18.4%3.3%0.0%66.2M-1.55B-12.4M0.8624.7181,68270,1041,375,1891,097,234
2016-04-29$31.03$28.4618.6%5.6%21.7%30.6%19.2%3.5%-0.2%54.2M-1.37B-13.0M0.2919.99147,05742,5681,401,9281,144,585