PFE Options History — August 2017

In August 2017, PFE traded between $31.03 and $32.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 12.1%, placing in the 6.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 11.2%). Max pain ranged from $31.31 to $31.31. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.74.

Notable Days

  • 2017-08-01: Highest Volume — 82,003 contracts
  • 2017-08-18: Largest IV drop — 11.3% change
  • 2017-08-11: Highest IV Rank — 23.0%
  • 2017-08-10: Largest Expected Move — 4.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$31.58$31.03$32.23$31.41$32.23
Max Pain$31.31$31.31$31.31$31.31$31.31
ATM IV12.1%11.2%14.1%11.2%11.6%
Expected Move3.5%3.0%4.1%3.2%3.3%
HV 20d11.2%10.2%11.9%10.3%10.2%
HV 60d11.8%11.5%12.3%11.5%12.0%
IV Rank6.9%0.0%23.0%0.0%3.1%
IV Percentile9.4%0.0%43.3%0.0%4.0%
Term Structure0.2%-1.1%1.4%0.2%0.2%
VWIV12.4%10.2%14.7%12.4%11.9%
Skew 25d2.3%1.5%3.3%1.9%2.2%
Skew 10d5.2%2.6%8.4%4.4%4.2%
Call IV 25d11.4%10.4%12.8%10.7%10.9%
Put IV 25d13.7%12.6%16.1%12.6%13.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.624.6627.6227.6219.90
Gamma HHI0.200.120.290.160.29
Net GEX30.3M868.1K62.4M14.9M55.0M
Net DEX-181.5M-448.2M71.6M-59.8M-448.2M
Net VEX-5.1M-5.4M-5.0M-5.1M-5.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.740.331.640.360.46
Total Volume31,896.21719,79082,00382,00345,775
Total OI1,054,238.7391,004,9421,085,9841,048,6081,065,684

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-08-01$31.41$31.3111.2%3.2%10.3%0.0%12.4%1.9%0.2%14.9M-59.8M-5.1M0.3627.6260,36421,639526,952521,656
2017-08-02$31.14$31.3111.5%3.3%10.5%2.6%11.9%1.9%-0.4%4.6M-1.2M-5.1M0.375.1423,6238,786519,044527,746
2017-08-03$31.74$31.3111.7%3.5%11.7%3.5%11.4%1.5%0.1%36.4M-253.6M-5.2M0.4620.3845,52120,907525,205528,434
2017-08-04$31.83$31.3111.5%3.1%11.6%2.2%11.2%1.5%-0.4%62.4M-308.4M-5.2M0.3314.0136,16311,835539,577533,772
2017-08-07$31.57$31.3111.6%3.5%11.9%3.2%11.7%1.6%0.5%29.5M-203.3M-5.3M0.7013.7112,6678,844535,427523,347
2017-08-08$31.61$31.3112.1%3.7%11.5%7.4%13.3%1.5%0.6%29.7M-210.9M-5.2M1.2818.6010,16912,969536,294524,701
2017-08-09$31.74$31.3112.0%3.8%11.5%6.7%13.7%2.3%1.2%34.2M-238.3M-5.4M0.9810.3411,88811,632538,022524,136
2017-08-10$31.66$31.3113.2%4.1%11.5%15.8%14.7%2.8%1.4%31.3M-221.8M-5.2M1.4516.8712,57618,271539,533525,886
2017-08-11$31.55$31.3114.1%4.1%11.2%23.0%13.8%2.9%0.3%24.2M-164.5M-5.3M1.069.8411,61312,342541,989535,162
2017-08-14$31.62$31.3113.0%3.8%10.8%14.0%13.3%3.2%-0.7%26.3M-189.9M-5.1M1.2110.1110,96613,281536,089531,288
2017-08-15$31.71$31.3113.1%3.8%10.7%14.8%14.4%3.1%-0.9%28.9M-229.9M-5.1M1.645.628,60714,154539,389531,514
2017-08-16$31.59$31.3112.6%3.6%10.5%11.0%12.1%2.7%-1.1%26.5M-183.8M-5.1M0.956.9811,39410,795541,856536,989
2017-08-17$31.32$31.3113.5%3.8%10.9%18.4%14.7%3.3%0.2%13.1M-57.6M-5.3M1.2013.0810,83213,015544,463537,736
2017-08-18$31.03$31.3112.0%3.4%11.2%6.3%11.9%2.6%0.7%868.1K71.6M-5.0M0.6327.0520,35412,803545,594540,390
2017-08-21$31.09$31.3111.7%3.3%11.2%3.5%11.9%1.9%0.5%11.1M-3.4M-5.0M0.374.6621,9898,197497,262507,680
2017-08-22$31.47$31.3112.0%3.4%11.5%6.3%13.0%2.5%0.0%26.3M-133.6M-5.1M0.8010.2415,85112,705507,720508,517
2017-08-23$31.60$31.3111.4%3.1%11.5%1.2%11.0%2.5%0.4%34.4M-190.8M-5.1M0.3516.7021,2207,418510,718510,754
2017-08-24$31.54$31.3112.2%3.5%11.5%7.5%11.8%2.0%-0.1%33.0M-164.9M-5.1M0.6011.2914,3398,544521,969512,153
2017-08-25$31.74$31.3111.3%3.0%11.5%0.8%10.2%2.2%0.4%52.7M-250.5M-5.2M0.3510.6219,9316,972525,619514,898
2017-08-28$31.77$31.3111.5%3.2%11.4%2.1%11.9%2.5%0.3%39.9M-258.4M-5.1M0.5510.3012,7677,023521,237515,362
2017-08-29$31.77$31.3111.4%3.1%11.2%1.6%10.7%2.2%0.5%41.1M-250.2M-5.0M0.5812.1313,8728,083525,715518,044
2017-08-30$31.69$31.3111.8%3.3%10.7%4.5%11.6%2.4%-0.1%40.4M-224.3M-5.1M0.3918.1622,1898,728530,090521,878
2017-08-31$32.23$31.3111.6%3.3%10.2%3.1%11.9%2.2%0.2%55.0M-448.2M-5.1M0.4619.9031,32614,449541,630524,054