PFE Options History — February 2022

In February 2022, PFE traded between $45.80 and $54.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.7%, placing in the 67.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.3% (HV 20d: 26.3%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2022-02-08: Highest Volume — 387,763 contracts
  • 2022-02-08: Largest IV drop — 28.3% change
  • 2022-02-07: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2022-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.11$45.80$54.04$53.05$46.67
Max Pain$51.84$50.00$55.00$55.00$50.00
ATM IV32.7%28.6%40.3%36.4%32.5%
Expected Move9.5%8.3%11.4%11.4%9.8%
HV 20d26.3%21.7%30.0%30.0%27.1%
HV 60d37.1%35.2%43.0%43.0%35.9%
IV Rank67.6%50.0%100.0%84.4%66.8%
IV Percentile81.1%71.0%100.0%94.0%78.2%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.9%0.6%-0.3%-0.3%
VWIV34.2%30.8%40.7%40.7%36.0%
Skew 25d2.7%0.2%4.8%1.4%4.3%
Skew 10d6.3%-0.4%12.6%3.2%8.9%
Call IV 25d32.5%28.7%41.1%36.6%31.9%
Put IV 25d35.2%30.1%41.3%38.0%36.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.332.294.842.704.03
Gamma HHI0.100.070.160.140.07
Net GEX16.2M-25.4M69.1M50.4M-8.1M
Net DEX-435.4M-1.83B696.3M-1.45B424.7M
Net VEX-14.3M-16.0M-12.4M-15.8M-12.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.351.890.601.89
Total Volume153,056.47480,206387,76389,17089,542
Total OI2,139,106.1581,935,3952,324,4572,042,9121,985,053

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-02-01$53.05$55.0036.4%11.4%30.0%84.4%40.7%1.4%-0.3%50.4M-1.45B-15.8M0.602.7055,81033,3601,206,978835,934
2022-02-02$54.04$55.0035.6%11.3%28.0%81.1%40.1%1.7%-0.5%69.1M-1.83B-15.6M0.352.9987,70830,4651,220,841841,775
2022-02-03$53.31$50.0036.9%10.1%26.7%86.9%35.1%1.8%-1.1%63.7M-1.59B-15.8M0.634.3949,16531,0411,242,360847,567
2022-02-04$53.16$50.0038.1%10.3%26.3%91.8%35.6%1.8%-1.4%53.4M-1.53B-15.9M0.553.57136,70975,2131,248,525854,132
2022-02-07$53.01$52.5040.3%10.9%25.9%100.0%40.3%0.2%-1.9%53.0M-1.50B-16.0M0.553.47229,667125,9771,248,425869,179
2022-02-08$51.51$52.5028.9%8.3%27.2%51.2%31.0%1.5%-0.1%34.3M-774.4M-15.0M0.642.29236,533151,2301,336,848926,464
2022-02-09$51.39$52.5028.6%8.3%26.9%50.0%30.9%1.4%0.1%31.0M-744.8M-14.7M0.543.42100,41854,5201,338,226940,955
2022-02-10$50.52$52.5029.0%8.5%27.1%51.9%31.2%1.8%0.6%10.0M-380.0M-14.3M0.783.4167,43452,3311,354,407946,478
2022-02-11$50.62$52.5030.9%8.9%26.8%59.7%32.5%2.3%0.6%10.4M-387.7M-14.6M1.053.3581,63485,7261,362,263962,194
2022-02-14$49.74$52.5032.5%9.3%27.1%66.9%34.6%3.8%-0.4%4.8M-149.1M-14.1M1.383.0972,535100,3771,252,992915,888
2022-02-15$49.58$52.5029.0%8.3%26.6%51.6%31.4%2.3%0.4%-3.0M-88.8M-14.0M1.582.8046,68173,7301,257,685948,960
2022-02-16$49.83$52.5029.5%8.5%26.8%54.0%30.8%3.3%0.2%206.2K-158.5M-13.8M0.872.7769,29760,5451,264,757973,713
2022-02-17$49.00$52.5031.7%9.1%26.6%63.5%32.6%4.2%-0.9%-13.5M125.7M-13.8M0.963.0150,33748,2611,277,131986,982
2022-02-18$48.68$52.5031.2%9.0%25.9%61.2%30.8%3.2%-0.2%1.1M245.7M-13.7M1.382.6556,77878,1241,287,220996,504
2022-02-22$47.59$50.0032.3%9.4%24.3%65.9%34.4%3.6%-0.1%-9.5M238.5M-13.2M0.963.3856,62854,1581,051,256884,139
2022-02-23$46.89$50.0032.9%9.7%21.7%68.4%35.0%4.5%-0.4%-13.6M429.6M-13.0M1.103.4546,41551,2691,063,525896,495
2022-02-24$45.80$50.0032.9%9.7%22.1%68.4%34.9%4.2%-0.2%-25.4M696.3M-12.4M1.663.6459,47498,4431,077,798914,263
2022-02-25$47.74$50.0031.2%9.1%26.9%61.0%31.9%4.8%0.1%-515.2K144.1M-13.3M0.974.8456,14754,3911,088,790936,315
2022-02-28$46.67$50.0032.5%9.8%27.1%66.8%36.0%4.3%-0.3%-8.1M424.7M-12.5M1.894.0330,98858,5541,060,630924,423