PFE Options History — September 2020

In September 2020, PFE traded between $33.87 and $35.31. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.8%, placing in the 24.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.9% (HV 20d: 21.0%). Max pain ranged from $35.10 to $36.05. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.33.

Notable Days

  • 2020-09-03: Highest Volume — 224,541 contracts
  • 2020-09-09: Largest IV drop — 11.9% change
  • 2020-09-04: Highest IV Rank — 30.3%
  • 2020-09-04: Largest Expected Move — 9.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.53$33.87$35.31$34.88$34.79
Max Pain$35.29$35.10$36.05$35.10$35.10
ATM IV29.8%27.3%33.5%27.7%31.7%
Expected Move8.3%7.4%9.8%7.4%7.6%
HV 20d21.0%16.1%23.9%16.1%22.3%
HV 60d25.7%24.3%29.1%28.5%24.3%
IV Rank24.5%20.5%30.3%21.2%27.5%
IV Percentile70.0%58.7%82.1%65.5%75.0%
Term Structure1.5%-0.4%3.7%0.4%3.2%
VWIV29.9%26.5%34.8%26.5%27.7%
Skew 25d-0.7%-3.4%0.9%-1.1%-0.1%
Skew 10d-1.6%-7.0%2.0%-2.6%-1.1%
Call IV 25d30.7%28.6%34.5%28.6%32.3%
Put IV 25d30.1%27.3%33.9%27.6%32.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.832.6810.473.003.93
Gamma HHI0.090.080.120.110.10
Net GEX39.9M21.6M71.0M38.2M46.4M
Net DEX-282.7M-586.9M14.9M-301.4M-440.9M
Net VEX-7.9M-8.3M-7.3M-7.3M-7.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.330.180.520.360.18
Total Volume110,028.23842,895224,541162,58579,000
Total OI1,833,276.2381,623,1822,048,9711,623,1821,790,119

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-09-01$34.88$35.1027.7%7.4%16.1%21.2%26.5%-1.1%0.4%38.2M-301.4M-7.3M0.363.00119,67942,9061,066,786556,396
2020-09-02$35.31$35.1028.0%7.8%16.8%21.6%28.6%-0.3%0.6%49.8M-473.0M-7.8M0.333.2765,50421,8991,114,360572,993
2020-09-03$34.39$36.0531.2%9.5%19.0%26.6%33.7%0.9%1.7%34.6M-179.9M-7.6M0.393.42161,98062,5611,133,891589,603
2020-09-04$34.49$36.0533.5%9.8%18.8%30.3%34.8%-1.0%0.5%38.2M-240.8M-8.3M0.5210.4792,18047,6251,215,821624,302
2020-09-08$34.16$36.0532.6%9.5%19.0%28.9%33.9%-0.6%0.2%31.6M-128.5M-8.0M0.423.0978,74433,4491,225,229626,068
2020-09-09$34.52$36.0528.7%8.5%19.0%22.7%31.3%-0.6%0.7%40.7M-243.0M-8.1M0.323.4969,27221,8321,256,618637,358
2020-09-10$33.87$35.1028.9%8.3%18.5%23.0%30.3%-1.5%-0.4%23.2M14.9M-7.7M0.363.6164,70923,6211,287,223650,396
2020-09-11$34.17$35.1029.2%8.6%18.9%23.5%30.7%-1.8%1.7%29.7M-114.3M-7.9M0.443.3988,87139,3411,304,829656,191
2020-09-14$35.24$35.1029.3%8.5%22.3%23.6%30.8%-1.5%0.8%62.3M-586.9M-8.3M0.203.59173,58635,4571,298,855658,514
2020-09-15$35.08$35.1028.1%8.1%22.1%21.8%30.1%-3.4%1.6%65.1M-536.2M-8.2M0.193.7574,45614,4041,343,054664,821
2020-09-16$35.06$35.1028.4%8.1%22.0%22.2%28.9%-0.5%0.9%71.0M-507.7M-8.1M0.283.0363,51117,4871,360,551670,917
2020-09-17$34.78$35.1029.1%8.3%22.1%23.4%29.8%-0.5%0.2%64.3M-373.0M-8.1M0.383.3789,62733,8451,374,908674,063
2020-09-18$34.80$35.1027.3%7.8%21.4%20.5%28.0%-1.3%0.6%42.1M-341.2M-7.8M0.273.42103,13728,2771,367,925666,004
2020-09-21$33.98$35.1030.0%8.1%22.5%24.9%29.7%-1.3%0.8%22.5M-133.3M-7.5M0.294.8987,88325,7181,097,234531,541
2020-09-22$34.38$35.1028.5%7.8%23.2%22.4%27.9%-0.5%3.7%31.1M-260.3M-7.9M0.393.2089,32434,8981,127,572546,112
2020-09-23$34.24$35.1029.1%8.0%22.8%23.3%29.1%-0.5%2.2%29.1M-219.8M-8.0M0.233.9051,69611,8941,163,718575,438
2020-09-24$33.91$35.1031.2%8.5%22.9%26.7%30.4%0.5%1.8%21.6M-112.7M-7.8M0.384.2256,82521,3131,182,201580,375
2020-09-25$34.10$35.1030.8%8.2%23.1%26.0%29.6%0.1%3.1%24.7M-174.1M-7.8M0.323.5964,92320,5341,197,366586,919
2020-09-28$34.55$35.1031.7%7.9%23.8%27.4%28.1%0.6%3.0%37.5M-336.4M-7.8M0.272.6843,89011,8401,170,119581,601
2020-09-29$34.34$35.1031.7%7.8%23.9%27.5%27.1%0.2%3.3%33.1M-248.9M-7.7M0.383.2130,98311,9121,184,086586,724
2020-09-30$34.79$35.1031.7%7.6%22.3%27.5%27.7%-0.1%3.2%46.4M-440.9M-7.7M0.183.9367,01811,9821,199,425590,694