PFE Options History — August 2016

In August 2016, PFE traded between $32.98 and $35.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.9%, placing in the 4.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 16.9%). Max pain ranged from $34.16 to $35.10. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.70.

Notable Days

  • 2016-08-02: Highest Volume — 216,799 contracts
  • 2016-08-02: Largest IV drop — 14.8% change
  • 2016-08-01: Highest IV Rank — 17.0%
  • 2016-08-01: Largest Expected Move — 5.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.39$32.98$35.44$35.44$33.02
Max Pain$34.20$34.16$35.10$34.16$34.16
ATM IV13.9%12.4%17.5%17.5%13.6%
Expected Move4.0%3.5%5.7%5.7%3.9%
HV 20d16.9%9.0%18.5%9.0%10.2%
HV 60d14.5%11.8%14.8%11.8%14.7%
IV Rank4.5%0.0%17.0%17.0%5.0%
IV Percentile4.9%0.0%36.1%36.1%4.0%
Term Structure0.2%-0.6%0.7%-0.6%0.4%
VWIV14.3%12.4%20.8%20.8%13.6%
Skew 25d2.7%2.1%4.2%3.0%3.3%
Skew 10d5.7%0.5%12.6%12.6%8.2%
Call IV 25d13.0%11.5%16.7%16.7%12.7%
Put IV 25d15.8%13.8%19.7%19.7%15.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.486.8956.5525.4313.22
Gamma HHI0.120.100.210.160.12
Net GEX28.2M-28.9M53.6M53.6M27.7M
Net DEX-414.4M-1.65B-194.0M-1.65B-301.2M
Net VEX-8.3M-9.3M-7.8M-7.8M-7.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.700.271.490.470.92
Total Volume52,245.43512,523216,799167,47733,494
Total OI1,770,872.1741,682,6651,888,0911,806,8981,740,022

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-08-01$35.44$34.1617.5%5.7%9.0%17.0%20.8%3.0%-0.6%53.6M-1.65B-7.8M0.4725.43114,23753,240890,482916,416
2016-08-02$34.64$34.1614.9%4.2%12.5%4.9%20.3%3.3%-0.0%53.1M-1.18B-9.3M0.2756.55171,09445,705945,106942,985
2016-08-03$33.43$35.1016.2%4.6%18.0%10.5%15.9%2.6%-0.3%23.4M-302.8M-8.8M0.7413.3563,15446,981814,648959,312
2016-08-04$33.40$34.1615.4%4.4%17.9%7.2%15.1%2.4%-0.2%24.7M-298.6M-8.6M0.4219.7529,01812,223821,892962,458
2016-08-05$33.62$34.1613.6%4.1%17.7%0.0%13.3%2.2%-0.2%35.1M-368.6M-8.5M0.4513.9046,71320,819830,448964,976
2016-08-08$33.13$34.1614.4%4.1%18.4%3.8%14.3%2.9%0.0%23.4M-246.1M-8.5M0.578.8626,05314,778825,597950,851
2016-08-09$33.32$34.1613.9%4.0%18.5%1.5%13.9%2.5%0.2%29.2M-319.2M-8.4M0.5714.3223,36513,345829,517952,296
2016-08-10$33.30$34.1613.4%3.9%18.5%0.0%13.4%3.1%-0.1%29.6M-317.1M-8.4M0.6713.3118,96012,701834,503954,306
2016-08-11$33.39$34.1612.8%3.8%17.1%0.0%12.9%2.1%0.3%34.4M-360.7M-8.4M0.767.7017,92113,593838,085956,800
2016-08-12$33.18$34.1612.6%3.7%17.2%0.0%12.6%2.5%0.6%25.0M-265.4M-8.2M0.6711.9517,14011,437841,165958,425
2016-08-15$33.34$34.1613.0%3.7%17.4%1.7%12.7%2.3%0.1%29.0M-310.7M-8.5M0.3611.1226,0399,435830,886954,583
2016-08-16$33.05$34.1613.4%3.9%17.5%3.6%14.1%2.5%0.0%19.4M-194.0M-8.6M1.4916.6517,34525,855830,658956,742
2016-08-17$33.34$34.1613.3%3.8%17.9%3.3%13.1%2.4%0.3%26.0M-353.6M-8.2M0.6824.1011,2027,582834,650963,936
2016-08-18$33.39$34.1613.4%3.8%17.9%3.5%13.4%2.8%0.2%23.4M-347.9M-8.5M1.129.255,9076,616838,384966,049
2016-08-19$33.19$34.1612.4%3.5%18.0%0.0%12.4%2.3%0.7%-28.9M-233.3M-8.3M1.0615.0417,18918,277841,303966,777
2016-08-22$33.06$34.1613.3%3.9%17.9%4.0%13.7%2.8%0.5%29.8M-311.2M-8.3M0.8019.7524,11119,374788,591894,074
2016-08-23$33.30$34.1613.5%3.9%18.2%4.8%14.1%2.4%0.3%37.7M-440.7M-8.0M0.546.9423,61912,776797,832903,247
2016-08-24$33.04$34.1614.2%4.0%18.3%7.6%13.7%2.7%0.1%29.3M-330.8M-8.2M0.6912.9719,83213,671802,588907,026
2016-08-25$32.98$34.1614.2%4.1%18.2%7.7%15.4%2.3%0.2%27.1M-306.1M-8.2M1.0210.4216,48016,780810,572913,237
2016-08-26$33.06$34.1613.9%3.9%18.0%6.5%14.0%3.4%0.0%30.0M-318.9M-8.1M0.8312.7124,89520,615814,606918,370
2016-08-29$33.30$34.1613.6%3.9%17.6%5.1%13.4%3.3%0.4%33.8M-411.8M-7.9M0.466.8919,5449,055805,472923,403
2016-08-30$33.13$34.1613.7%3.9%16.0%5.4%13.4%4.2%0.4%32.5M-360.6M-8.0M0.4811.7619,8929,583811,445925,339
2016-08-31$33.02$34.1613.6%3.9%10.2%5.0%13.6%3.3%0.4%27.7M-301.2M-7.8M0.9213.2217,46616,028811,740928,282