PFE Options History — October 2016

In October 2016, PFE traded between $30.08 and $32.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.0%, placing in the 39.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.1% (HV 20d: 13.8%). Max pain ranged from $31.31 to $33.21. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.80.

Notable Days

  • 2016-10-31: Highest Volume — 132,821 contracts
  • 2016-10-28: Largest IV spike — 24.6% change
  • 2016-10-31: Highest IV Rank — 67.8%
  • 2016-10-31: Largest Expected Move — 8.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.15$30.08$32.10$31.97$30.08
Max Pain$31.58$31.31$33.21$33.21$31.31
ATM IV19.0%16.6%23.9%17.5%23.9%
Expected Move5.4%4.0%8.1%4.5%8.1%
HV 20d13.8%10.6%16.7%16.5%10.7%
HV 60d14.4%12.2%15.0%14.9%12.6%
IV Rank39.1%25.5%67.8%30.4%67.8%
IV Percentile60.1%38.1%92.9%47.2%92.9%
Term Structure-0.3%-2.4%1.7%0.9%-0.6%
VWIV19.4%14.7%27.9%16.0%27.9%
Skew 25d4.5%3.2%6.5%3.7%4.8%
Skew 10d9.6%4.5%15.6%10.3%4.5%
Call IV 25d17.3%15.2%21.4%16.3%21.4%
Put IV 25d21.8%19.3%26.1%20.0%26.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.275.8433.9010.6732.95
Gamma HHI0.150.130.190.130.14
Net GEX13.5M3.6M24.4M18.3M3.6M
Net DEX113.3M-274.0M431.9M-181.0M431.9M
Net VEX-7.0M-7.5M-6.3M-7.4M-6.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.800.381.200.440.67
Total Volume46,514.52419,569132,82151,348132,821
Total OI1,708,703.4761,637,5721,757,0951,672,2671,744,648

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-10-03$31.97$33.2117.5%4.5%16.5%30.4%16.0%3.7%0.9%18.3M-181.0M-7.4M0.4410.6735,59515,753828,850843,417
2016-10-04$31.96$33.2117.9%4.5%16.4%32.7%16.0%3.9%0.9%22.4M-215.1M-7.5M0.6622.1911,8047,765853,416850,863
2016-10-05$32.10$33.2117.0%4.0%16.6%27.6%14.7%3.2%0.9%24.4M-274.0M-7.5M0.7412.6911,9878,895854,919853,035
2016-10-06$31.84$31.3118.0%5.2%16.7%33.2%17.8%4.1%0.6%20.6M-158.2M-7.4M0.5122.7721,79811,133857,131855,748
2016-10-07$31.88$31.3118.0%5.1%16.1%33.4%19.0%3.6%1.7%19.9M-177.9M-7.5M1.209.1116,42619,740865,272861,774
2016-10-10$31.87$31.3118.9%5.1%15.2%38.5%18.9%4.2%-2.1%23.2M-180.2M-7.3M0.535.8455,55329,451855,648860,167
2016-10-11$31.42$31.3120.1%5.7%14.3%45.5%19.7%5.9%-0.1%14.6M45.3M-7.4M1.177.6216,85819,765831,731862,353
2016-10-12$31.42$31.3120.3%5.6%14.3%47.0%20.4%5.6%-0.6%14.9M41.7M-7.3M0.9911.8815,71515,516833,454869,659
2016-10-13$31.08$31.3120.6%5.7%14.3%48.4%19.9%6.5%-0.7%10.7M172.2M-7.1M0.7710.9417,57113,531837,543876,943
2016-10-14$31.04$31.3120.7%5.6%14.3%49.4%20.3%4.7%-2.4%10.4M192.8M-7.1M1.1510.5515,80618,226841,249883,461
2016-10-17$30.86$31.3119.9%5.6%14.1%44.8%21.1%4.8%-0.2%6.8M287.2M-7.1M0.968.0221,20620,454837,892878,974
2016-10-18$31.04$31.3119.3%5.5%14.2%40.8%19.8%5.1%0.1%10.1M193.9M-7.0M0.709.6518,69813,055843,687880,032
2016-10-19$30.99$31.3118.5%5.3%13.1%36.5%19.4%4.9%-0.2%9.7M252.4M-6.9M0.8511.9816,69414,135848,824885,491
2016-10-20$30.93$31.3117.5%5.0%13.1%30.7%19.2%4.3%-0.2%11.4M244.8M-6.6M1.0512.1518,87819,905853,923891,506
2016-10-21$30.59$31.3118.7%5.5%13.3%37.7%18.8%4.5%-1.3%5.9M390.1M-6.6M1.1914.1017,01120,221859,669897,426
2016-10-24$30.47$31.3117.6%5.3%12.0%31.2%18.0%3.7%-0.3%4.8M326.2M-6.3M0.7513.0420,82715,599780,495857,077
2016-10-25$30.65$31.3116.6%5.1%12.0%25.5%18.7%4.0%-0.3%9.7M267.6M-6.3M0.6124.7026,17816,097785,697861,761
2016-10-26$30.82$31.3117.1%5.3%12.2%28.1%18.6%4.5%-0.2%16.2M209.4M-6.5M0.3825.8448,20718,401799,659870,146
2016-10-27$30.85$31.3118.0%5.6%10.9%33.3%18.7%4.5%-0.3%20.6M162.2M-6.7M0.4131.0350,87621,103820,803874,048
2016-10-28$30.32$31.3122.4%7.2%10.6%59.3%24.4%4.2%-0.8%6.2M347.3M-7.1M1.0133.9033,59433,957851,468882,914
2016-10-31$30.08$31.3123.9%8.1%10.7%67.8%27.9%4.8%-0.6%3.6M431.9M-6.9M0.6732.9579,54653,275855,945888,703