PFE Options History — May 2022

In May 2022, PFE traded between $48.16 and $54.11. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.1%, placing in the 60.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.9% (HV 20d: 27.2%). Max pain ranged from $49.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 16 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2022-05-20: Highest Volume — 178,220 contracts
  • 2022-05-03: Largest IV drop — 15.2% change
  • 2022-05-02: Highest IV Rank — 93.8%
  • 2022-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 12.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$50.84$48.16$54.11$48.16$53.03
Max Pain$49.71$49.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV31.1%26.0%38.9%38.9%27.9%
Expected Move9.1%7.6%12.6%12.6%8.2%
HV 20d27.2%22.8%33.1%31.9%22.8%
HV 60d29.5%26.8%30.4%29.8%26.9%
IV Rank60.7%39.0%93.8%93.8%46.9%
IV Percentile60.7%34.5%97.6%97.6%43.7%
Term Structure-0.4%-2.1%0.7%-1.1%-0.1%
VWIV32.8%30.0%43.5%43.5%30.4%
Skew 25d4.0%3.3%4.8%4.8%3.3%
Skew 10d8.2%6.4%10.1%8.8%7.5%
Call IV 25d29.9%25.1%36.8%36.8%26.8%
Put IV 25d33.9%29.3%41.6%41.6%30.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.653.005.263.775.14
Gamma HHI0.080.060.110.060.10
Net GEX19.5M-10.6M53.1M-5.8M35.6M
Net DEX-763.1M-1.68B17.4M17.4M-1.26B
Net VEX-11.6M-12.0M-11.3M-11.9M-11.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.311.341.301.34
Total Volume104,883.42953,131178,220148,645109,504
Total OI1,859,776.0951,700,0431,944,9451,841,6781,776,778

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-05-02$48.16$50.0038.9%12.6%31.9%93.8%43.5%4.8%-1.1%-5.8M17.4M-11.9M1.303.7764,62584,020910,636931,042
2022-05-03$49.23$50.0033.0%9.9%33.0%68.7%35.3%3.6%0.1%-1.9M-246.5M-11.9M0.513.90106,22354,110926,527962,163
2022-05-04$49.72$50.0029.3%8.8%33.1%53.1%30.8%4.3%0.7%11.5M-423.8M-11.7M0.743.1142,83231,752952,108968,403
2022-05-05$48.40$49.0033.3%9.4%31.8%70.1%33.2%4.5%-0.4%-7.3M-36.0M-11.4M1.303.2732,05941,668964,731974,609
2022-05-06$49.01$49.0031.8%9.2%27.0%63.5%32.7%3.4%0.1%-10.6M-234.0M-11.5M0.783.1637,63429,208966,819978,126
2022-05-09$48.57$49.0033.2%9.5%26.9%69.8%34.9%3.8%0.2%-3.6M-147.4M-11.3M1.234.4931,32738,576922,797926,091
2022-05-10$49.42$49.0033.0%9.5%27.1%68.7%34.5%3.9%0.3%5.7M-351.0M-11.5M0.403.2784,00633,281930,871927,405
2022-05-11$49.35$49.0033.7%9.6%26.9%71.9%31.7%4.4%0.2%6.8M-368.8M-11.7M0.313.0075,46023,449954,028934,346
2022-05-12$49.98$50.0033.8%9.7%27.5%72.3%34.6%4.4%0.1%23.2M-569.9M-11.9M0.783.2549,96038,780946,841937,422
2022-05-13$49.89$49.0032.4%9.2%27.4%66.2%34.9%4.3%-0.3%13.0M-511.6M-11.7M0.793.2362,34049,356952,429941,193
2022-05-16$50.69$50.0030.8%8.9%26.4%59.6%31.4%3.9%-1.4%22.5M-771.9M-11.3M0.624.2962,27738,833930,230926,785
2022-05-17$51.18$50.0029.6%8.5%24.7%54.3%30.1%3.3%-1.5%27.5M-898.9M-11.4M0.625.2656,03834,510944,016946,279
2022-05-18$50.28$50.0031.9%9.2%25.1%64.3%32.7%4.1%-1.1%16.9M-607.7M-11.5M1.183.4634,71141,084953,722954,520
2022-05-19$50.56$50.0030.7%8.9%24.6%59.0%31.0%4.1%-2.1%20.0M-665.4M-11.5M0.573.0433,85619,275954,584960,594
2022-05-20$52.26$50.0029.8%8.6%26.3%55.2%32.5%3.8%-0.8%28.1M-1.24B-11.4M0.853.1096,29481,926962,723962,733
2022-05-23$52.75$50.0028.6%8.7%26.1%50.2%30.0%3.4%0.3%37.1M-1.27B-11.5M0.493.4079,30339,067834,557865,486
2022-05-24$53.55$50.0028.8%8.7%26.4%50.8%31.5%4.0%-0.4%45.1M-1.51B-11.3M1.023.8970,64471,778852,289880,848
2022-05-25$53.79$50.0028.3%8.4%26.3%48.9%30.8%4.7%-0.3%48.3M-1.63B-11.5M0.484.1370,86034,234881,101911,429
2022-05-26$54.11$50.0028.1%8.3%26.0%48.1%32.3%4.1%-0.2%53.1M-1.68B-12.0M0.863.4756,11148,469896,672917,069
2022-05-27$53.77$50.0026.0%7.6%23.9%39.0%30.1%4.2%0.2%43.4M-1.61B-11.6M0.953.0257,87855,234906,739927,557
2022-05-31$53.03$50.0027.9%8.2%22.8%46.9%30.4%3.3%-0.1%35.6M-1.26B-11.4M1.345.1446,79862,706871,316905,462