PFE Options History — March 2022

In March 2022, PFE traded between $45.54 and $54.47. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.9%, placing in the 59.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 32.3%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.79.

Notable Days

  • 2022-03-14: Highest Volume — 250,834 contracts
  • 2022-03-17: Largest IV drop — 11.7% change
  • 2022-03-07: Highest IV Rank — 81.9%
  • 2022-03-07: Largest Expected Move — 11.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.09$45.54$54.47$45.54$51.98
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV30.9%26.2%36.1%35.6%26.4%
Expected Move9.4%8.2%11.3%10.9%8.3%
HV 20d32.3%24.2%36.2%26.9%24.5%
HV 60d32.7%28.4%36.5%35.5%28.4%
IV Rank59.8%39.9%81.9%80.1%40.7%
IV Percentile69.6%50.0%91.7%89.3%50.8%
Term Structure0.5%-0.7%3.5%-0.2%3.5%
VWIV33.6%29.3%39.9%39.9%30.6%
Skew 25d3.4%1.9%5.1%5.1%2.5%
Skew 10d7.5%3.9%12.3%12.3%6.2%
Call IV 25d30.4%25.7%35.0%34.7%25.7%
Put IV 25d33.7%28.2%39.7%39.7%28.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.452.657.213.692.65
Gamma HHI0.090.060.150.060.08
Net GEX31.7M-14.6M69.4M-14.6M26.6M
Net DEX-955.1M-2.29B719.0M719.0M-959.3M
Net VEX-13.2M-14.0M-12.5M-12.5M-12.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.790.291.441.440.52
Total Volume120,530.69659,963250,83478,45178,378
Total OI1,999,655.2171,733,6662,236,9982,008,8711,871,584

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-03-01$45.54$50.0035.6%10.9%26.9%80.1%39.9%5.1%-0.2%-14.6M719.0M-12.5M1.443.6932,20246,2491,069,281939,590
2022-03-02$47.65$50.0033.0%9.7%32.4%68.8%33.7%3.5%-0.4%-1.7M173.3M-13.1M0.692.9180,54355,3771,073,140952,028
2022-03-03$47.77$50.0034.0%9.9%31.4%73.0%37.8%4.5%0.3%3.1M68.5M-13.1M1.113.7742,98547,8121,103,725972,345
2022-03-04$48.56$50.0034.3%10.3%32.2%74.3%36.2%4.2%-0.4%24.0M-195.7M-13.4M0.904.2763,37756,9491,111,270980,719
2022-03-07$47.95$50.0036.1%11.3%32.3%81.9%39.7%4.6%0.8%6.4M27.5M-13.4M1.223.4434,81342,3771,084,452965,426
2022-03-08$47.63$50.0035.3%11.2%32.3%78.5%39.6%4.1%0.2%3.9M130.5M-13.0M1.393.3738,16952,9041,091,418978,533
2022-03-09$49.08$50.0032.9%10.0%33.4%68.6%33.8%3.9%-0.5%19.8M-326.3M-13.1M0.984.41104,335101,7941,099,496992,359
2022-03-10$49.17$50.0032.7%9.8%33.4%67.7%34.5%3.3%-0.4%22.8M-446.0M-13.5M0.843.4833,81528,4281,105,3801,009,434
2022-03-11$50.32$50.0032.9%9.8%34.1%68.5%35.4%4.0%-0.1%26.5M-917.1M-13.4M0.583.06104,56660,2131,110,1491,020,551
2022-03-14$52.07$50.0035.3%9.9%36.2%78.5%35.0%3.3%-0.7%40.7M-1.45B-14.0M0.294.41194,91255,9221,106,1581,011,643
2022-03-15$52.23$50.0034.6%9.8%35.5%75.5%35.0%3.7%-0.5%47.1M-1.55B-13.7M0.536.2388,82146,9631,142,2051,028,787
2022-03-16$52.86$50.0032.7%9.5%35.6%67.7%32.6%4.0%-0.6%54.4M-1.82B-13.6M0.697.21113,55577,9401,154,0141,040,405
2022-03-17$53.99$50.0028.9%8.8%36.2%51.4%31.6%3.3%0.4%69.4M-2.18B-13.8M0.456.86133,74360,0291,172,2471,047,768
2022-03-18$54.27$50.0027.7%8.4%35.3%46.0%30.6%2.5%0.2%44.4M-2.29B-13.0M0.596.8198,18857,6351,171,1181,065,880
2022-03-21$54.47$50.0027.9%8.4%35.1%47.2%30.1%3.0%0.8%54.3M-1.84B-13.2M0.795.5165,87852,090902,451831,215
2022-03-22$53.20$50.0027.8%8.7%35.2%46.4%31.9%2.5%0.2%46.9M-1.46B-13.3M1.026.5659,75161,161925,905851,567
2022-03-23$52.33$50.0028.5%8.7%35.3%49.6%30.9%3.2%0.2%40.1M-1.19B-13.2M1.083.0129,99332,295942,914883,954
2022-03-24$52.60$50.0027.1%8.6%33.6%43.6%31.1%2.7%0.3%43.2M-1.27B-13.2M0.546.6138,92121,042947,593891,353
2022-03-25$52.79$50.0026.9%8.7%31.0%42.9%31.6%2.1%0.1%49.9M-1.31B-13.4M0.704.1855,44238,729955,006895,915
2022-03-28$53.26$50.0027.3%8.7%29.3%44.4%31.6%2.9%3.2%45.7M-1.43B-12.8M0.543.3263,44334,286920,084887,237
2022-03-29$52.94$50.0026.3%8.4%27.3%40.4%31.1%1.9%2.8%44.3M-1.34B-12.9M0.683.2154,19537,019932,868895,196
2022-03-30$52.30$50.0026.2%8.2%24.2%39.9%29.3%2.5%2.9%32.9M-1.11B-12.6M0.703.2956,00438,963946,180911,527
2022-03-31$51.98$50.0026.4%8.3%24.5%40.7%30.6%2.5%3.5%26.6M-959.3M-12.9M0.522.6551,71426,664954,503917,081