PFE Options History — September 2016

In September 2016, PFE traded between $31.68 and $33.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.6%, placing in the 10.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.5% (HV 20d: 12.1%). Max pain ranged from $33.21 to $34.16. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.81.

Notable Days

  • 2016-09-29: Highest Volume — 115,269 contracts
  • 2016-09-26: Largest IV spike — 26.0% change
  • 2016-09-29: Highest IV Rank — 21.2%
  • 2016-09-14: Largest Expected Move — 4.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.42$31.68$33.02$32.88$32.15
Max Pain$33.30$33.21$34.16$34.16$33.21
ATM IV14.6%12.3%16.6%14.4%14.8%
Expected Move4.2%3.4%4.9%4.0%3.9%
HV 20d12.1%8.3%16.5%10.3%16.5%
HV 60d14.6%14.1%15.0%14.6%15.0%
IV Rank10.2%0.0%21.2%8.8%14.5%
IV Percentile14.8%0.0%32.1%7.9%16.3%
Term Structure0.8%-0.4%2.4%0.2%2.4%
VWIV14.7%12.2%17.1%13.3%14.0%
Skew 25d3.1%2.1%4.0%2.6%3.0%
Skew 10d6.6%4.3%11.6%5.1%9.0%
Call IV 25d13.5%11.5%15.3%13.4%13.1%
Put IV 25d16.5%14.3%19.1%16.1%16.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.376.0642.386.6812.37
Gamma HHI0.130.100.250.120.14
Net GEX6.2M-45.5M36.8M23.2M-2.3M
Net DEX-120.4M-285.2M142.6M-240.9M-236.7M
Net VEX-7.7M-8.1M-7.2M-7.9M-7.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.810.301.880.590.88
Total Volume45,826.38130,344115,26953,85539,228
Total OI1,696,236.1431,528,2961,830,8231,751,1821,693,396

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-09-01$32.88$34.1614.4%4.0%10.3%8.8%13.3%2.6%0.2%23.2M-240.9M-7.9M0.596.6833,76520,090816,705934,477
2016-09-02$32.98$34.1612.9%3.4%10.0%2.1%12.2%2.5%0.4%24.4M-272.1M-7.9M0.7710.2423,57518,105828,190945,016
2016-09-06$33.02$33.2113.1%4.0%8.6%3.1%14.8%2.5%0.2%23.2M-258.3M-8.0M1.426.0622,53632,005819,704947,226
2016-09-07$33.00$33.2113.0%4.0%8.3%2.7%14.2%2.1%0.5%25.5M-285.2M-7.8M0.7411.3625,50318,747827,076959,371
2016-09-08$32.91$33.2113.8%3.9%8.3%5.9%13.8%2.5%0.4%22.2M-251.9M-7.8M0.478.0728,13513,176838,704960,920
2016-09-09$32.47$33.2115.5%4.5%9.4%13.4%14.6%2.7%0.3%12.7M-11.6M-8.1M0.5310.4328,56015,168852,185960,514
2016-09-12$32.92$33.2115.1%4.2%10.7%11.6%14.5%3.6%-0.4%36.8M-261.0M-7.7M0.5911.8922,77513,377841,607954,365
2016-09-13$32.27$33.2116.6%4.9%12.6%18.2%17.1%3.5%0.4%1.3M2.1M-7.7M0.6615.1126,59917,534841,691957,053
2016-09-14$32.17$33.2116.6%4.9%12.3%18.1%17.1%4.0%0.6%-5.5M71.0M-8.0M0.759.9917,31213,032850,145962,184
2016-09-15$32.41$33.2116.2%4.7%12.1%16.6%16.4%3.2%0.2%-1.1M-66.6M-7.7M1.0820.1519,22920,842852,050964,608
2016-09-16$32.21$33.2115.5%4.4%12.2%13.3%15.8%3.4%0.1%-45.5M66.4M-7.9M0.6918.1825,37917,597858,256972,567
2016-09-19$31.94$33.2115.8%4.5%12.3%14.8%14.9%3.5%1.6%-411.3K-16.1M-7.8M0.568.8223,30512,979721,148807,148
2016-09-20$32.12$33.2114.8%4.2%12.6%10.6%15.3%2.9%0.6%3.2M-98.8M-7.5M0.5012.8625,59512,830724,670813,862
2016-09-21$32.53$33.2113.0%3.7%13.2%2.7%13.1%3.1%0.1%7.3M-223.4M-7.7M0.9223.3525,81023,621739,222819,613
2016-09-22$32.42$33.2113.4%3.8%13.0%4.4%13.4%2.9%0.0%7.7M-163.3M-7.6M0.5842.3821,37512,331750,336830,574
2016-09-23$32.52$33.2112.3%3.5%13.1%0.0%12.8%2.8%0.3%14.0M-238.8M-7.3M0.3012.3434,19810,371757,440833,015
2016-09-26$31.94$33.2115.5%4.5%14.4%14.0%15.8%3.6%1.8%5.0M-31.0M-7.3M1.6016.0619,41931,162744,508824,064
2016-09-27$32.10$33.2114.5%4.1%14.3%9.7%14.6%3.5%2.1%-2.1M-51.0M-7.4M1.8821.9712,66923,804746,686839,546
2016-09-28$32.22$33.2114.0%4.0%14.3%8.7%14.0%3.3%2.1%-8.2M-103.7M-7.2M1.156.2321,13224,215750,817856,019
2016-09-29$31.68$33.2116.0%4.5%15.4%21.2%16.3%3.0%2.0%-12.2M142.6M-7.6M0.4417.2179,95435,315762,601861,680
2016-09-30$32.15$33.2114.8%3.9%16.5%14.5%14.0%3.0%2.4%-2.3M-236.7M-7.5M0.8812.3720,86418,364830,163863,233