PFE Options History — April 2022

In April 2022, PFE traded between $48.35 and $55.33. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.9%, placing in the 72.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.0% (HV 20d: 27.9%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $52.50. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 3 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2022-04-07: Highest Volume — 290,494 contracts
  • 2022-04-29: Largest IV spike — 10.4% change
  • 2022-04-29: Highest IV Rank — 91.8%
  • 2022-04-29: Largest Expected Move — 11.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$51.36$48.35$55.33$51.43$49.25
Max Pain$51.00$50.00$52.50$50.00$50.00
ATM IV33.9%27.4%38.4%27.4%38.4%
Expected Move9.8%8.3%11.9%8.3%11.9%
HV 20d27.9%24.2%31.3%24.6%31.3%
HV 60d29.6%27.9%30.8%28.0%29.5%
IV Rank72.8%44.9%91.8%44.9%91.8%
IV Percentile80.4%54.4%97.2%54.4%97.2%
Term Structure-0.9%-2.6%3.1%3.1%-2.2%
VWIV34.7%29.9%41.6%30.6%41.6%
Skew 25d3.9%1.3%5.8%2.5%5.4%
Skew 10d7.2%3.4%10.9%4.8%10.9%
Call IV 25d32.7%25.5%36.9%25.5%36.9%
Put IV 25d36.6%28.0%42.3%28.0%42.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.442.414.742.803.34
Gamma HHI0.080.060.130.090.06
Net GEX19.8M-7.4M66.4M22.1M46.3K
Net DEX-775.2M-2.17B176.8M-786.7M-116.7M
Net VEX-12.3M-13.2M-11.6M-12.5M-11.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.231.171.030.77
Total Volume111,365.856,686290,49456,686170,066
Total OI1,864,376.051,746,6522,006,2531,883,0051,879,642

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-04-01$51.43$50.0027.4%8.3%24.6%44.9%30.6%2.5%3.1%22.1M-786.7M-12.5M1.032.8027,91528,771962,629920,376
2022-04-04$50.87$50.0028.5%8.4%24.5%49.6%29.9%4.5%1.2%14.8M-616.1M-12.2M0.863.5935,14030,054926,808906,084
2022-04-05$51.21$50.0029.5%8.7%24.2%54.1%30.1%2.6%0.1%16.5M-721.7M-12.3M0.522.9141,32121,591930,342917,094
2022-04-06$52.87$50.0031.5%8.8%24.5%62.3%30.9%2.9%-1.1%38.4M-1.31B-12.6M0.503.4267,82234,115938,364918,565
2022-04-07$55.26$50.0034.3%9.5%28.4%74.2%34.4%1.3%-0.0%66.4M-2.15B-12.9M0.362.81213,76476,730958,665925,380
2022-04-08$55.33$52.5033.8%9.4%27.7%72.3%34.3%2.9%-0.1%61.8M-2.17B-13.2M0.463.4884,36939,096984,958957,613
2022-04-11$53.90$52.5036.7%9.6%27.5%84.8%34.2%3.1%-2.5%48.8M-1.65B-12.7M0.232.88136,15331,430968,328943,107
2022-04-12$53.12$52.5034.7%9.7%28.1%76.1%33.5%3.0%-0.6%36.5M-1.36B-12.5M0.602.7899,66259,380993,065954,551
2022-04-13$53.15$52.5033.8%9.1%27.7%72.4%33.2%3.8%-1.5%34.8M-1.35B-12.5M1.173.4136,03842,0771,017,463977,305
2022-04-14$53.25$52.5032.2%9.1%26.6%65.6%32.0%2.4%-0.7%31.0M-1.42B-12.5M0.522.4180,76341,8641,023,602982,651
2022-04-18$51.72$52.5033.9%9.6%28.4%72.6%33.2%3.8%-1.0%17.8M-709.7M-12.0M0.583.3660,28034,940875,541871,111
2022-04-19$50.32$52.0033.4%9.5%29.6%70.7%34.2%4.1%-1.0%3.8M-328.6M-12.1M0.584.3178,22045,750889,266885,566
2022-04-20$49.68$51.0033.7%9.7%28.9%71.8%34.4%4.5%-1.6%-1.0M-163.0M-11.6M1.083.3940,52843,693904,011898,974
2022-04-21$49.02$51.0035.2%10.1%28.7%78.2%35.5%4.2%-0.6%-7.4M24.7M-11.9M0.554.5246,54725,460908,201914,889
2022-04-22$48.35$50.5036.5%10.5%28.8%84.0%37.1%5.0%-0.9%-6.0M176.8M-12.0M0.823.8043,92135,879918,735917,987
2022-04-25$49.06$50.5036.4%10.7%29.4%83.3%38.5%5.3%-1.4%-3.6M-34.3M-12.1M0.643.5853,61234,557883,231907,201
2022-04-26$49.20$50.0037.5%11.3%29.2%88.1%39.2%5.8%-1.6%1.1M-122.0M-11.9M0.364.7476,25227,218901,733917,793
2022-04-27$49.72$50.0036.5%11.0%29.6%83.8%39.5%5.3%-2.6%5.9M-243.6M-11.8M0.582.9559,36234,519913,585924,578
2022-04-28$50.52$50.0034.8%10.6%30.1%76.3%37.5%5.1%-2.0%13.9M-451.0M-12.2M0.754.3150,58837,869924,303944,224
2022-04-29$49.25$50.0038.4%11.9%31.3%91.8%41.6%5.4%-2.2%46.3K-116.7M-11.9M0.773.3495,93174,135929,952949,690