PFE Options History — March 2017

In March 2017, PFE traded between $32.17 and $32.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.8%, placing in the 13.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.9% (HV 20d: 10.9%). Max pain ranged from $30.36 to $32.26. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.73.

Notable Days

  • 2017-03-01: Highest Volume — 75,336 contracts
  • 2017-03-15: Largest IV drop — 11.6% change
  • 2017-03-02: Highest IV Rank — 22.8%
  • 2017-03-02: Largest Expected Move — 4.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.54$32.17$32.85$32.72$32.50
Max Pain$31.39$30.36$32.26$30.36$32.26
ATM IV13.8%12.5%14.9%14.3%13.6%
Expected Move3.9%3.4%4.2%4.1%3.4%
HV 20d10.9%8.7%12.6%11.8%8.7%
HV 60d12.9%11.8%14.3%14.3%11.8%
IV Rank13.1%1.7%22.8%17.4%10.9%
IV Percentile13.1%0.8%30.6%17.1%10.7%
Term Structure0.7%-0.9%2.7%0.2%2.7%
VWIV13.6%11.7%15.3%15.3%11.7%
Skew 25d2.1%1.6%3.0%1.6%2.4%
Skew 10d4.7%2.2%8.7%5.4%4.7%
Call IV 25d13.0%11.6%14.2%13.9%11.6%
Put IV 25d15.2%13.7%16.6%15.5%13.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.919.0841.5822.8441.58
Gamma HHI0.190.160.230.160.21
Net GEX39.5M29.6M48.7M35.8M43.3M
Net DEX-753.8M-1.07B-441.8M-987.8M-515.5M
Net VEX-7.0M-7.5M-6.4M-6.9M-6.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.730.331.410.400.74
Total Volume40,365.91325,09475,33675,33630,279
Total OI1,376,440.3911,213,3521,479,0911,356,6281,332,555

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-03-01$32.72$30.3614.3%4.1%11.8%17.4%15.3%1.6%0.2%35.8M-987.8M-6.9M0.4022.8453,67121,665685,433671,195
2017-03-02$32.75$30.3614.9%4.2%11.4%22.8%14.9%2.1%0.1%37.9M-1.01B-7.4M0.3919.2643,61317,222724,110704,113
2017-03-03$32.71$30.3614.4%3.9%11.6%18.1%13.5%1.8%0.0%48.7M-990.8M-7.5M0.4122.9328,71811,828740,499709,615
2017-03-06$32.68$31.3113.9%4.2%11.2%14.1%14.2%2.1%0.1%41.3M-959.0M-7.3M0.5210.1821,35411,043732,399704,889
2017-03-07$32.27$31.3114.4%4.1%12.6%18.1%14.6%2.0%-0.1%39.1M-759.3M-7.4M0.9117.6817,90016,326734,755708,283
2017-03-08$32.17$31.3114.4%4.1%12.4%18.0%14.3%2.5%-0.1%38.6M-725.7M-7.4M1.0819.6519,64921,298739,609714,321
2017-03-09$32.38$31.3114.2%4.1%12.5%16.2%14.2%2.0%-0.2%44.5M-811.4M-7.4M1.1721.8414,47416,956745,638721,530
2017-03-10$32.45$31.3114.1%4.0%12.4%15.3%13.2%2.6%0.3%44.4M-862.8M-7.3M0.479.6918,6018,803744,928720,909
2017-03-13$32.40$31.3113.9%4.0%12.3%13.7%13.7%2.3%-0.0%43.7M-834.5M-7.2M0.5215.5921,65811,164736,309719,292
2017-03-14$32.49$31.3114.7%4.0%12.1%20.7%14.3%1.8%-0.9%46.5M-881.7M-7.0M0.9410.8916,91515,862739,040720,598
2017-03-15$32.85$31.3113.0%3.7%12.5%5.9%13.3%1.9%-0.0%44.4M-1.07B-6.9M0.3327.3337,12912,235742,651724,100
2017-03-16$32.62$31.3113.7%3.9%10.5%12.0%13.1%2.1%0.3%46.9M-975.5M-6.8M0.5520.4322,51912,353749,073724,124
2017-03-17$32.58$31.3112.9%3.7%10.5%5.2%12.3%1.6%0.5%33.7M-953.6M-6.7M0.3423.3337,41912,570752,177726,914
2017-03-20$32.64$31.3112.5%3.5%10.5%1.7%13.0%1.9%1.1%37.0M-610.1M-6.7M1.249.0814,76318,358615,516597,836
2017-03-21$32.54$31.3113.1%3.7%10.6%6.7%13.0%2.3%1.1%35.3M-582.8M-6.7M1.3535.1326,56635,895622,893605,569
2017-03-22$32.72$31.3113.8%4.0%10.7%13.0%13.9%2.5%0.4%36.6M-630.5M-6.9M1.0035.6621,88921,815636,640629,066
2017-03-23$32.52$32.2613.9%4.0%9.9%14.3%14.4%2.5%-0.3%33.7M-553.5M-6.9M0.8124.3719,90616,061648,741637,494
2017-03-24$32.31$31.7814.8%4.2%10.0%21.5%14.4%2.0%0.8%29.6M-441.8M-7.1M0.6030.1627,16616,391655,557640,415
2017-03-27$32.49$31.7814.8%4.2%10.2%21.6%14.6%3.0%1.9%31.6M-509.5M-6.9M0.3722.2429,71811,048649,230636,960
2017-03-28$32.44$31.7813.3%3.8%9.7%8.5%12.9%1.7%2.7%34.7M-488.7M-6.8M1.4113.7210,41714,677655,973638,955
2017-03-29$32.60$31.7812.5%3.5%8.7%1.8%12.5%2.2%2.2%37.9M-593.1M-6.6M0.5914.6722,28613,175657,295643,608
2017-03-30$32.58$32.2612.7%3.4%8.7%3.6%12.0%2.1%2.4%43.0M-586.3M-6.5M0.7212.6920,42314,638668,642648,680
2017-03-31$32.50$32.2613.6%3.4%8.7%10.9%11.7%2.4%2.7%43.3M-515.5M-6.4M0.7441.5817,39112,888677,296655,259