PFE Options History — October 2020

In October 2020, PFE traded between $33.50 and $36.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 38.7%, placing in the 38.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 18.5% (HV 20d: 20.3%). Max pain ranged from $34.16 to $35.10. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.26.

Notable Days

  • 2020-10-16: Highest Volume — 329,109 contracts
  • 2020-10-28: Largest IV spike — 11.7% change
  • 2020-10-30: Highest IV Rank — 49.4%
  • 2020-10-30: Largest Expected Move — 14.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$34.94$33.50$36.11$34.33$33.50
Max Pain$34.72$34.16$35.10$35.10$35.10
ATM IV38.7%33.0%45.5%33.0%45.5%
Expected Move10.9%8.0%14.2%8.2%14.2%
HV 20d20.3%16.0%26.9%22.3%26.4%
HV 60d21.6%19.1%24.5%24.5%21.9%
IV Rank38.7%29.5%49.4%29.5%49.4%
IV Percentile89.0%80.6%92.9%80.6%92.9%
Term Structure-1.4%-3.3%3.5%3.5%-1.3%
VWIV38.4%28.3%49.9%29.0%49.9%
Skew 25d-0.7%-3.0%0.5%-0.5%-0.6%
Skew 10d-2.2%-6.5%0.8%-1.6%-0.1%
Call IV 25d39.2%33.1%47.5%33.3%47.5%
Put IV 25d38.5%32.8%46.8%32.8%46.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.352.627.293.237.29
Gamma HHI0.110.070.310.090.07
Net GEX63.5M25.0M169.1M33.4M29.0M
Net DEX-613.3M-1.32B-141.6M-268.5M-165.9M
Net VEX-8.2M-9.0M-7.5M-7.6M-8.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.260.080.510.290.24
Total Volume145,285.59151,309329,10951,309133,237
Total OI1,966,707.1361,795,6302,194,7031,811,5522,194,703

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-10-01$34.33$35.1033.0%8.2%22.3%29.5%29.0%-0.5%3.5%33.4M-268.5M-7.6M0.293.2339,89311,4161,219,024592,528
2020-10-02$34.56$35.1033.6%8.0%20.4%30.5%28.3%0.1%3.5%33.6M-363.4M-7.8M0.363.8160,65121,9731,231,732598,553
2020-10-05$34.86$34.1636.9%9.9%20.6%35.8%34.7%0.1%-1.3%53.6M-482.2M-7.8M0.182.8479,10614,4191,207,091588,539
2020-10-06$34.44$34.1636.9%10.0%20.7%35.8%35.3%0.1%-0.4%45.2M-353.2M-7.7M0.143.2175,38210,1991,234,716592,138
2020-10-07$34.64$34.1637.1%9.9%20.5%36.1%35.0%-0.0%-1.1%56.1M-442.6M-7.8M0.313.0084,65526,5621,253,410594,441
2020-10-08$35.02$34.1637.6%10.1%19.5%36.9%35.1%-0.6%-1.8%76.2M-622.9M-7.8M0.183.11121,81621,3581,281,048605,848
2020-10-09$34.79$34.1636.3%9.6%19.5%34.8%34.0%-1.0%-1.9%54.7M-502.4M-7.6M0.342.8765,90522,5981,298,270620,623
2020-10-12$34.95$34.1635.6%9.6%16.2%33.7%34.9%-0.9%-1.5%62.4M-522.4M-7.5M0.513.2283,40842,3911,278,162620,374
2020-10-13$35.02$34.1636.5%9.9%16.1%35.2%34.7%-0.7%-1.9%63.4M-547.6M-7.5M0.082.75189,64214,7041,295,299608,508
2020-10-14$34.88$34.1636.3%9.8%16.2%34.9%35.0%-1.6%-2.0%65.9M-552.1M-7.7M0.312.86111,30034,0721,412,790614,337
2020-10-15$34.73$34.1638.5%10.4%16.0%38.4%36.6%-0.4%-2.7%62.8M-527.0M-7.9M0.422.65109,60746,0211,461,063629,429
2020-10-16$36.11$35.1038.1%10.5%21.1%37.7%36.6%-1.3%-2.0%169.1M-1.32B-8.3M0.252.62263,56765,5421,494,007645,433
2020-10-19$35.79$35.1037.1%10.4%19.3%36.2%36.6%0.1%-1.1%77.5M-943.1M-8.5M0.282.83165,10446,3951,300,315584,789
2020-10-20$35.65$35.1037.4%10.6%19.2%36.6%37.1%-0.6%-2.1%78.2M-894.3M-8.6M0.263.2483,63721,6481,339,115598,148
2020-10-21$35.26$35.1040.9%11.7%19.6%42.3%41.9%-3.0%-3.0%65.2M-774.4M-8.7M0.152.7594,15114,5211,366,627610,792
2020-10-22$35.55$35.1041.4%12.0%19.3%43.0%42.0%-2.6%-3.3%75.6M-942.8M-8.9M0.273.4884,09322,3291,403,775615,530
2020-10-23$36.05$35.1041.5%12.2%19.7%43.2%42.6%-1.3%-2.9%113.9M-1.17B-9.0M0.204.95134,98827,0321,429,135627,019
2020-10-26$35.72$35.1043.0%13.3%19.7%45.5%46.3%0.1%-2.9%64.2M-964.6M-9.0M0.463.0262,99829,0681,382,972605,221
2020-10-27$35.55$35.1040.0%12.1%19.7%40.7%42.5%-0.9%-1.2%65.0M-814.8M-8.7M0.123.21290,77235,2561,401,300623,420
2020-10-28$33.75$35.1044.7%13.9%26.9%48.2%49.3%0.4%-1.4%25.0M-181.3M-8.4M0.203.02170,81534,7731,440,960626,028
2020-10-29$33.61$35.1044.5%13.3%26.6%48.0%46.4%0.5%-1.8%26.0M-141.6M-8.4M0.273.64101,80227,4771,507,929632,416
2020-10-30$33.50$35.1045.5%14.2%26.4%49.4%49.9%-0.6%-1.3%29.0M-165.9M-8.5M0.247.29107,16526,0721,556,283638,420