PFE Options History — December 2021

In December 2021, PFE traded between $51.45 and $61.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.2%, placing in the 63.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.0%. IV traded below realized volatility by 9.4% (HV 20d: 44.6%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $48.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.38.

Notable Days

  • 2021-12-16: Highest Volume — 667,687 contracts
  • 2021-12-21: Largest IV drop — 10.0% change
  • 2021-12-16: Highest IV Rank — 92.6%
  • 2021-12-03: Largest Expected Move — 13.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$56.46$51.45$61.35$55.00$59.20
Max Pain$44.82$43.00$48.00$47.00$48.00
ATM IV35.2%31.1%40.0%37.9%33.5%
Expected Move10.0%8.3%13.0%11.8%9.2%
HV 20d44.6%37.2%50.9%48.9%42.9%
HV 60d37.0%32.4%39.8%32.4%39.7%
IV Rank63.6%34.6%92.6%47.6%72.1%
IV Percentile94.6%86.5%99.2%96.4%91.7%
Term Structure-0.2%-2.8%1.9%-1.4%-0.6%
VWIV36.2%31.2%46.5%41.5%32.8%
Skew 25d-1.9%-5.3%0.3%-5.3%-1.3%
Skew 10d-4.0%-8.8%0.2%-8.8%-3.7%
Call IV 25d37.2%31.9%44.4%41.6%34.8%
Put IV 25d35.4%31.0%40.9%36.4%33.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.763.3412.813.736.90
Gamma HHI0.150.110.190.150.14
Net GEX112.2M88.7M150.4M146.1M100.7M
Net DEX-5.08B-7.94B-3.54B-5.69B-5.02B
Net VEX-15.0M-16.9M-13.2M-16.0M-14.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.380.220.580.220.34
Total Volume366,550.091181,778667,687378,915332,655
Total OI2,747,394.6822,344,2192,980,9952,847,1612,654,872

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-12-01$55.00$47.0037.9%11.8%48.9%47.6%41.5%-5.3%-1.4%146.1M-5.69B-16.0M0.223.73309,45469,4611,795,7041,051,457
2021-12-02$53.07$47.0037.5%11.8%50.9%46.6%42.7%-4.1%-0.1%115.6M-4.55B-16.5M0.363.34211,14976,4851,811,2391,075,395
2021-12-03$54.18$47.0040.0%13.0%49.6%52.3%46.5%-3.5%-1.6%113.9M-5.21B-16.9M0.365.28231,27583,2701,854,4001,078,640
2021-12-06$51.47$43.0039.3%10.7%40.5%50.7%38.6%0.3%-2.8%93.2M-3.54B-16.6M0.4311.28242,659105,2611,746,8551,029,720
2021-12-07$51.67$43.0036.3%9.9%40.5%44.0%35.7%-1.2%-1.1%101.5M-3.69B-16.2M0.5112.72176,14889,8141,798,7861,053,889
2021-12-08$51.45$43.0034.1%9.7%39.4%39.1%35.3%-0.3%0.7%105.1M-3.57B-16.1M0.5610.94150,21783,4651,834,1881,069,061
2021-12-09$52.07$43.0034.4%9.8%37.9%39.6%35.2%-0.8%0.9%127.0M-3.95B-16.3M0.2511.34171,63343,2941,863,8961,101,339
2021-12-10$52.73$43.0032.0%9.2%37.2%34.6%32.6%-0.4%0.1%113.0M-4.38B-15.5M0.3011.14139,46942,3091,865,0191,108,453
2021-12-13$55.11$43.0033.6%9.4%39.7%49.5%34.1%-1.9%-0.5%139.4M-5.59B-14.7M0.2411.53331,40580,0501,755,7241,066,188
2021-12-14$55.58$43.0033.6%9.4%39.7%72.3%33.6%-1.5%-0.7%150.4M-5.79B-14.5M0.3411.55219,41273,6121,768,9561,083,492
2021-12-15$58.57$44.0036.0%10.2%43.0%82.7%36.2%-3.4%-0.3%137.7M-7.16B-14.1M0.3611.40463,205166,3261,766,2841,094,256
2021-12-16$61.35$44.0038.3%10.6%44.9%92.6%39.0%-3.2%-1.6%121.8M-7.94B-13.2M0.3112.81508,845158,8421,729,9051,153,612
2021-12-17$59.39$44.0035.1%9.8%47.2%78.9%35.5%-1.9%-1.4%94.2M-6.93B-14.0M0.4311.27360,261153,5551,771,7151,209,280
2021-12-20$60.95$45.0038.2%10.9%46.9%92.5%39.2%-3.2%0.6%98.4M-5.73B-14.1M0.386.65329,169124,7611,431,445912,774
2021-12-21$58.76$45.0034.4%9.8%49.6%76.0%35.5%-2.4%1.8%88.7M-4.82B-14.6M0.416.85426,414174,6301,495,473962,548
2021-12-22$59.55$45.0035.9%10.3%49.5%82.6%37.1%-2.2%1.5%123.9M-5.27B-14.9M0.336.69480,510156,5251,580,704981,151
2021-12-23$58.82$45.0034.7%9.9%49.8%77.3%35.6%-1.1%1.9%96.2M-4.84B-15.1M0.476.78273,623128,6241,620,4761,035,502
2021-12-27$59.09$46.0033.1%9.0%46.3%70.3%32.8%-1.0%1.5%103.8M-4.82B-14.5M0.406.73133,06952,8881,501,057995,497
2021-12-28$58.03$46.0033.0%8.9%45.8%70.0%32.6%-1.0%-0.8%91.9M-4.38B-14.4M0.419.22198,64481,8271,528,2841,012,647
2021-12-29$57.59$46.0031.1%8.3%45.7%61.7%31.2%-0.9%0.1%93.7M-4.20B-14.2M0.467.30141,27965,3811,564,8121,021,200
2021-12-30$58.50$46.0032.3%8.8%45.3%66.7%32.4%-1.3%-0.2%112.5M-4.66B-14.3M0.587.31140,89182,3361,581,0381,025,750
2021-12-31$59.20$48.0033.5%9.2%42.9%72.1%32.8%-1.3%-0.6%100.7M-5.02B-14.1M0.346.90248,08684,5691,591,4491,063,423