PFE Options History — November 2018

In November 2018, PFE traded between $40.66 and $43.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.2%, placing in the 51.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.7% (HV 20d: 23.9%). Max pain ranged from $37.00 to $41.75. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2018-11-07: Highest Volume — 98,129 contracts
  • 2018-11-07: Largest IV drop — 19.0% change
  • 2018-11-20: Highest IV Rank — 65.8%
  • 2018-11-23: Largest Expected Move — 6.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.62$40.66$43.81$41.38$43.81
Max Pain$38.72$37.00$41.75$41.75$38.90
ATM IV19.2%17.0%21.3%18.4%18.4%
Expected Move5.6%4.9%6.2%5.8%5.6%
HV 20d23.9%21.5%27.4%23.7%23.7%
HV 60d18.7%16.4%20.1%16.4%20.1%
IV Rank51.6%36.8%65.8%46.5%46.1%
IV Percentile80.8%67.1%90.1%80.2%75.0%
Term Structure-0.2%-0.9%0.4%-0.0%-0.2%
VWIV20.4%17.2%27.4%22.0%20.4%
Skew 25d4.2%3.2%5.0%4.5%4.1%
Skew 10d9.4%6.7%11.5%8.2%6.7%
Call IV 25d17.6%15.8%19.7%17.0%16.8%
Put IV 25d21.9%19.3%24.3%21.5%20.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.893.0622.8322.836.71
Gamma HHI0.220.150.290.200.26
Net GEX49.0M25.2M69.9M47.8M57.6M
Net DEX-765.1M-1.37B-489.6M-768.8M-1.37B
Net VEX-4.8M-5.0M-4.4M-4.9M-4.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.161.681.130.16
Total Volume41,967.33324,34698,12931,13296,200
Total OI878,325.048831,591912,074892,746888,040

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-11-01$41.38$41.7518.4%5.8%23.7%46.5%22.0%4.5%-0.0%47.8M-768.8M-4.9M1.1322.8314,59116,541503,452389,294
2018-11-02$40.80$41.7519.0%6.0%24.0%50.4%21.3%3.9%-0.2%35.5M-586.4M-5.0M0.6220.7221,84813,483507,607395,977
2018-11-05$41.29$37.0019.3%5.4%24.2%52.3%21.4%4.5%-0.0%45.6M-749.3M-4.9M1.687.4012,73421,369496,320382,395
2018-11-06$40.66$37.0020.9%5.6%24.4%63.5%22.4%4.7%-0.2%34.2M-579.7M-4.9M1.3310.5517,54423,271499,526393,470
2018-11-07$42.22$37.0017.0%5.0%27.4%36.8%27.4%3.9%-0.0%62.5M-1.01B-4.8M0.2610.4678,11220,017504,998407,076
2018-11-08$41.49$37.9518.1%4.9%25.0%44.1%18.1%3.7%-0.5%44.9M-671.1M-4.7M0.6014.2916,98910,165461,194415,209
2018-11-09$42.04$37.9518.0%5.4%24.7%43.6%18.7%4.2%-0.1%61.9M-830.9M-4.8M0.7015.6431,97822,288465,618416,637
2018-11-12$41.89$37.9519.5%5.6%24.3%53.8%19.6%4.4%0.4%54.2M-801.9M-4.8M0.6111.5819,63211,904466,160412,921
2018-11-13$41.28$37.9520.1%5.6%24.4%57.5%20.2%4.3%-0.4%40.0M-611.5M-4.8M1.0814.7615,18916,354470,825415,992
2018-11-14$40.84$38.9020.8%5.9%24.0%62.7%20.4%4.3%-0.2%29.3M-489.6M-4.8M0.689.8523,73616,235474,213415,428
2018-11-15$40.93$38.9020.5%5.9%23.8%60.5%19.9%4.1%-0.1%25.2M-500.4M-4.9M0.887.1522,04319,401483,818417,400
2018-11-16$41.38$38.9018.3%5.1%23.7%46.0%17.2%4.0%-0.7%44.3M-629.1M-4.8M0.4015.5739,96116,162487,117417,962
2018-11-19$41.86$38.9019.5%5.6%24.0%53.9%20.4%4.7%-0.3%53.7M-817.9M-5.0M1.047.7516,13416,786454,172377,419
2018-11-20$41.38$38.9021.3%6.1%24.3%65.8%20.9%5.0%-0.9%49.3M-691.8M-5.0M1.584.0113,51321,316459,422381,117
2018-11-21$40.98$38.9020.7%5.9%23.1%61.7%19.7%4.8%-0.6%46.8M-588.1M-4.9M0.604.3618,54711,114465,308386,632
2018-11-23$40.93$38.9021.3%6.2%22.9%65.7%20.6%4.9%-0.6%46.6M-591.1M-4.9M0.649.7115,94510,271475,801388,976
2018-11-26$41.22$38.9019.3%5.7%21.5%52.4%19.7%4.2%0.0%52.4M-658.1M-4.8M0.813.0913,44310,903471,839385,885
2018-11-27$41.68$38.9018.3%5.5%21.8%45.6%19.6%4.0%-0.0%61.3M-796.6M-4.7M0.963.0614,63814,108474,428388,961
2018-11-28$42.50$38.9017.1%5.0%22.7%37.4%18.9%3.9%-0.0%69.9M-1.04B-4.6M0.854.5621,88618,576476,490393,324
2018-11-29$43.42$38.9017.1%5.0%23.7%37.8%18.8%3.2%0.1%66.3M-1.29B-4.4M0.573.6229,56616,821480,040396,363
2018-11-30$43.81$38.9018.4%5.6%23.7%46.1%20.4%4.1%-0.2%57.6M-1.37B-4.4M0.166.7182,96013,240483,894404,146