PFE Options History — May 2016

In May 2016, PFE traded between $31.13 and $32.94. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.7%, placing in the 18.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.1% (HV 20d: 14.6%). Max pain ranged from $28.46 to $31.31. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.40.

Notable Days

  • 2016-05-10: Highest Volume — 628,922 contracts
  • 2016-05-20: Largest IV drop — 10.3% change
  • 2016-05-02: Highest IV Rank — 24.8%
  • 2016-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 5.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.95$31.13$32.94$31.13$32.94
Max Pain$30.54$28.46$31.31$28.46$31.31
ATM IV15.7%14.2%17.2%17.2%15.4%
Expected Move4.4%3.8%5.2%5.2%4.3%
HV 20d14.6%13.0%21.2%21.2%14.0%
HV 60d19.7%18.8%20.4%19.8%18.8%
IV Rank18.4%12.2%24.8%24.8%17.4%
IV Percentile20.0%7.5%32.5%32.5%15.9%
Term Structure0.4%-0.4%2.4%-0.4%0.4%
VWIV16.8%13.8%27.0%19.5%15.6%
Skew 25d2.9%2.3%3.4%3.4%3.0%
Skew 10d6.2%3.6%8.2%6.6%5.8%
Call IV 25d14.5%13.2%15.9%15.9%14.3%
Put IV 25d17.4%15.7%19.3%19.3%17.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.885.8621.149.629.50
Gamma HHI0.170.110.220.110.17
Net GEX40.5M7.4M75.8M57.9M37.6M
Net DEX-1.06B-2.07B-337.7M-1.44B-1.21B
Net VEX-11.2M-12.7M-10.2M-12.7M-10.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.400.073.991.223.99
Total Volume116,240.04835,521628,922164,78161,975
Total OI2,205,119.811,924,2592,609,8992,557,3312,003,994

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-05-02$31.13$28.4617.2%5.2%21.2%24.8%19.5%3.4%-0.4%57.9M-1.44B-12.7M1.229.6274,39190,3901,409,6121,147,719
2016-05-03$31.96$28.4616.7%5.1%21.2%22.8%23.6%3.2%0.0%58.7M-2.07B-12.3M0.2611.76236,89261,8221,418,5891,191,310
2016-05-04$31.75$28.4616.8%4.9%15.1%22.9%18.9%3.2%0.2%60.8M-1.82B-11.9M2.6414.9525,16766,4011,375,3581,186,908
2016-05-05$31.77$29.4116.2%4.8%14.9%20.5%17.3%3.1%-0.0%63.3M-1.63B-11.8M0.8310.1137,17830,6821,310,4151,197,343
2016-05-06$31.83$29.4116.4%4.4%14.2%21.4%16.6%2.5%0.2%75.8M-1.64B-11.7M0.6911.3352,21536,2401,308,7341,201,957
2016-05-09$32.12$29.4115.7%4.4%13.4%18.7%16.4%3.0%-0.4%62.6M-1.80B-11.5M0.9815.0528,73528,1411,293,9141,163,555
2016-05-10$32.05$29.4115.0%4.3%13.4%15.6%27.0%2.4%0.0%63.4M-1.77B-11.3M0.0713.48590,35838,5641,297,6391,166,916
2016-05-11$31.51$31.3116.1%4.6%13.9%20.3%17.3%3.1%-0.1%11.9M-439.7M-11.2M0.557.1369,38738,169902,7721,171,300
2016-05-12$31.51$31.3115.6%4.5%13.9%17.9%15.5%2.9%0.1%9.5M-402.2M-11.1M1.207.8826,89332,146910,2121,175,329
2016-05-13$31.51$31.3115.8%4.5%13.6%19.1%15.2%3.0%0.1%12.9M-397.1M-11.1M0.786.7726,48720,600912,9941,178,952
2016-05-16$31.66$31.3116.0%4.6%13.5%19.6%15.1%3.0%0.5%19.1M-521.4M-10.8M1.619.6919,12030,724912,7851,165,167
2016-05-17$31.50$31.3116.1%4.6%13.5%20.3%16.3%2.4%1.7%20.1M-423.8M-11.0M1.918.6014,33827,365917,9281,173,045
2016-05-18$31.43$31.3115.5%4.4%13.0%17.6%15.5%3.0%2.4%7.4M-337.7M-11.1M1.3211.0215,29720,224916,0131,192,959
2016-05-19$31.68$31.3116.2%4.6%13.3%20.8%16.1%2.8%0.4%27.1M-522.4M-10.8M0.8410.5368,36957,378920,9331,195,145
2016-05-20$32.07$31.3114.6%4.0%13.9%13.7%14.8%3.1%1.2%34.5M-840.2M-11.0M1.159.1950,17457,777946,9921,215,280
2016-05-23$31.99$31.3115.6%4.2%13.9%18.0%14.7%3.3%0.7%40.9M-721.1M-10.7M1.215.8640,58249,240899,1031,025,156
2016-05-24$32.40$31.3114.8%4.0%14.3%14.6%14.3%2.5%0.4%46.4M-968.4M-10.6M1.9917.0927,76255,121917,2601,034,226
2016-05-25$32.58$31.3114.7%3.8%14.4%14.3%13.8%2.5%0.4%49.3M-1.08B-10.6M1.478.3132,82948,327928,8061,044,385
2016-05-26$32.72$31.3114.2%3.9%14.2%12.2%14.1%2.3%0.2%43.6M-1.12B-10.6M3.329.5115,50551,451929,8031,053,441
2016-05-27$32.81$31.3114.6%4.1%13.9%14.1%15.0%2.8%0.6%47.1M-1.19B-10.4M1.3521.1436,80349,822929,1361,064,431
2016-05-31$32.94$31.3115.4%4.3%14.0%17.4%15.6%3.0%0.4%37.6M-1.21B-10.2M3.999.5012,43149,544937,5561,066,438