PFE Options History — December 2020

In December 2020, PFE traded between $36.66 and $42.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.8%, placing in the 36.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 41.0%). Max pain ranged from $37.00 to $38.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 17 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.21.

Notable Days

  • 2020-12-08: Highest Volume — 269,965 contracts
  • 2020-12-14: Largest IV drop — 39.6% change
  • 2020-12-09: Highest IV Rank — 74.2%
  • 2020-12-02: Largest Expected Move — 15.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$38.92$36.66$42.50$39.33$36.66
Max Pain$37.91$37.00$38.00$37.00$38.00
ATM IV37.8%25.1%61.1%39.7%28.2%
Expected Move10.4%6.4%15.3%15.2%6.9%
HV 20d41.0%29.7%51.3%49.9%29.7%
HV 60d36.8%34.8%37.9%34.8%37.8%
IV Rank36.2%16.4%74.2%39.8%18.7%
IV Percentile66.5%30.2%97.2%87.3%38.5%
Term Structure3.6%-17.4%29.4%12.0%2.8%
VWIV36.9%26.3%62.2%62.2%32.4%
Skew 25d-4.7%-18.7%8.0%0.0%-2.2%
Skew 10d-7.5%-28.1%9.8%-2.7%-5.8%
Call IV 25d41.1%30.0%70.2%45.3%30.0%
Put IV 25d36.4%14.3%55.3%45.3%27.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.945.9719.698.279.04
Gamma HHI0.080.060.090.080.06
Net GEX47.1M24.6M71.3M53.7M24.6M
Net DEX-1.13B-2.23B-220.6M-1.45B-220.6M
Net VEX-7.1M-8.6M-5.7M-8.1M-5.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.210.030.500.030.50
Total Volume118,027.59126,564269,965178,68969,065
Total OI1,614,522.9091,442,5751,848,3571,552,8981,549,763

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-12-01$39.33$37.0039.7%15.2%49.9%39.8%62.2%0.0%12.0%53.7M-1.45B-8.1M0.038.27173,3365,3531,030,368522,530
2020-12-02$40.66$37.0044.7%15.3%50.7%47.9%57.9%2.8%8.8%58.0M-1.82B-8.1M0.075.97150,25310,705992,285523,537
2020-12-03$39.70$38.0042.0%11.1%51.3%43.5%38.2%6.6%9.3%58.4M-1.59B-7.9M0.1115.5094,58610,8431,012,304528,445
2020-12-04$40.33$38.0044.7%11.5%50.2%48.0%39.3%8.0%8.6%56.4M-1.73B-8.0M0.0913.0968,5966,3211,038,591533,829
2020-12-07$41.11$38.0045.8%10.8%50.4%49.6%32.7%-7.8%-17.4%59.9M-1.94B-7.8M0.1111.91157,76617,8081,027,081532,661
2020-12-08$42.50$38.0057.8%14.5%44.5%69.0%51.8%-12.9%-9.8%59.8M-2.23B-8.3M0.0410.96260,0989,8671,061,998534,995
2020-12-09$42.01$38.0061.1%14.8%44.0%74.2%47.1%-11.5%-12.9%61.6M-2.21B-8.3M0.0713.45243,39616,6891,123,560538,267
2020-12-10$41.98$38.0060.5%14.6%43.6%73.3%46.5%-15.0%-15.1%71.3M-2.20B-8.6M0.0614.09114,8337,0131,183,335542,699
2020-12-11$41.11$38.0050.5%12.8%43.1%57.3%41.9%-10.4%-12.1%65.3M-1.93B-8.1M0.1117.00137,41514,4461,203,630545,370
2020-12-14$39.18$38.0030.5%7.3%46.2%25.1%29.9%-1.3%29.4%66.2M-1.37B-7.1M0.2218.71193,46442,9861,177,014550,136
2020-12-15$38.58$38.0028.8%7.7%44.5%22.3%27.6%-10.7%17.9%63.5M-1.11B-7.0M0.1918.84118,71922,6461,228,884565,482
2020-12-16$37.91$38.0026.5%7.6%37.9%18.6%28.5%-18.7%15.5%48.8M-871.8M-6.8M0.4219.6957,23623,9411,243,325569,305
2020-12-17$38.05$38.0025.1%6.4%35.0%16.4%28.3%-13.7%22.2%42.4M-864.7M-6.9M0.2816.2477,31021,8591,252,789579,173
2020-12-18$37.66$38.0029.9%7.9%35.1%24.0%29.8%-5.5%5.7%36.7M-672.1M-6.6M0.3219.3465,53621,0291,269,225579,132
2020-12-21$37.27$38.0032.1%8.4%34.9%27.6%32.3%-1.8%3.3%32.2M-499.2M-6.6M0.2311.1944,22310,027979,686462,889
2020-12-22$36.69$38.0030.9%8.3%35.2%25.6%33.9%-1.4%3.3%26.4M-322.8M-6.2M0.229.5258,78413,047998,424469,771
2020-12-23$37.55$38.0032.1%8.7%36.1%27.3%30.6%-0.9%2.3%35.2M-506.0M-6.4M0.2312.9652,45712,1031,017,198479,761
2020-12-24$37.32$38.0030.2%8.3%36.2%23.0%26.3%-1.1%2.9%31.7M-436.5M-6.5M0.2711.3020,8945,6701,039,283488,150
2020-12-28$36.77$38.0030.4%10.1%35.9%22.4%33.0%-2.1%1.4%26.8M-295.4M-6.0M0.328.0653,22017,0611,004,708488,763
2020-12-29$37.15$38.0029.6%11.2%35.2%21.0%29.8%-1.8%0.1%31.2M-362.4M-5.9M0.3610.3838,17413,7351,016,412500,406
2020-12-30$36.80$38.0029.7%10.0%32.7%21.3%31.7%-2.7%0.1%25.2M-226.1M-5.9M0.389.2131,94712,1501,028,021506,319
2020-12-31$36.66$38.0028.2%6.9%29.7%18.7%32.4%-2.2%2.8%24.6M-220.6M-5.7M0.509.0446,17322,8921,036,802512,961