PFE Options History — August 2022

In August 2022, PFE traded between $45.44 and $50.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.2%, placing in the 26.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 21.3%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.94.

Notable Days

  • 2022-08-11: Highest Volume — 161,757 contracts
  • 2022-08-11: Largest IV spike — 12.9% change
  • 2022-08-31: Highest IV Rank — 42.5%
  • 2022-08-31: Largest Expected Move — 8.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.73$45.44$50.68$50.68$45.44
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV26.2%23.7%29.5%26.1%29.5%
Expected Move7.6%7.0%8.4%7.7%8.4%
HV 20d21.3%16.6%25.1%19.8%23.1%
HV 60d26.7%25.9%27.8%26.7%26.9%
IV Rank26.3%11.6%42.5%37.8%42.5%
IV Percentile21.3%4.4%46.8%19.4%46.8%
Term Structure0.2%-0.8%1.3%-0.6%0.4%
VWIV26.6%24.6%29.3%27.8%29.0%
Skew 25d3.7%2.4%5.1%3.5%4.7%
Skew 10d7.8%4.8%10.6%7.7%10.6%
Call IV 25d24.9%22.4%27.6%24.8%27.6%
Put IV 25d28.6%25.6%32.3%28.3%32.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.961.765.833.093.28
Gamma HHI0.090.070.160.090.08
Net GEX-218.2K-22.8M50.1M17.8M-15.3M
Net DEX-144.5M-611.7M463.5M-506.5M463.5M
Net VEX-9.3M-10.0M-8.5M-9.7M-8.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.940.391.490.621.31
Total Volume83,202.26142,818161,757114,11592,299
Total OI1,602,332.8261,519,4231,686,6451,526,5311,631,764

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-08-01$50.68$50.0026.1%7.7%19.8%37.8%27.8%3.5%-0.6%17.8M-506.5M-9.7M0.623.0970,31243,803767,647758,884
2022-08-02$49.83$50.0027.0%8.0%20.0%37.1%27.3%4.3%-0.8%-3.8M-240.3M-9.6M0.952.7938,38936,569779,846781,182
2022-08-03$50.02$50.0025.6%7.4%17.3%23.8%25.8%3.4%-0.5%-6.2M-291.9M-9.5M0.593.9948,67728,673787,726791,402
2022-08-04$49.84$50.0025.9%7.4%16.8%25.3%26.8%3.5%-0.7%-11.6M-262.0M-9.5M1.042.0750,55552,676793,712793,607
2022-08-05$49.26$50.0025.7%7.2%17.0%24.3%25.4%3.7%-0.3%-22.8M-78.1M-9.2M1.032.5238,71239,907801,646797,031
2022-08-08$49.54$50.0024.8%7.3%17.2%19.7%25.9%3.5%0.9%2.4M-232.3M-9.1M0.652.9561,74540,419776,391766,412
2022-08-09$49.70$50.0024.8%7.2%16.6%17.1%26.2%3.0%0.5%13.1M-360.1M-9.5M1.172.3022,68726,434811,993768,513
2022-08-10$49.99$50.0023.7%7.0%16.8%11.6%24.6%3.2%0.8%16.9M-419.4M-9.3M1.392.2625,48835,314812,882773,602
2022-08-11$48.25$50.0026.8%8.0%20.6%28.0%27.5%3.1%1.3%-11.8M80.1M-9.2M0.502.35107,78253,975815,506784,572
2022-08-12$50.09$50.0024.8%7.2%25.1%17.1%25.8%2.4%0.6%50.1M-611.7M-10.0M0.472.06107,04450,732871,425797,286
2022-08-15$49.80$50.0025.8%7.4%24.1%22.6%26.1%3.9%-0.2%15.0M-428.4M-9.6M0.842.6537,12931,244839,534789,342
2022-08-16$49.91$50.0024.9%7.2%23.2%18.1%25.0%3.7%-0.0%17.9M-461.6M-9.6M0.752.0624,42618,392848,944804,170
2022-08-17$49.27$50.0025.5%7.3%23.4%20.9%25.6%3.1%0.2%4.8M-256.1M-9.5M0.902.7452,62447,211851,515810,039
2022-08-18$48.75$50.0025.1%7.2%23.5%19.1%26.7%3.8%1.0%-7.9M-96.2M-9.4M1.292.3833,86343,592851,731814,495
2022-08-19$49.08$50.0025.2%7.2%23.7%19.5%26.2%3.2%0.7%9.1M-214.2M-9.5M0.951.7645,08742,796861,814824,831
2022-08-22$48.86$50.0026.4%7.5%23.4%25.9%25.5%3.6%0.2%5.6M-283.7M-9.3M0.642.8439,10624,859767,833751,590
2022-08-23$48.12$50.0027.1%7.7%22.9%29.8%26.6%3.8%-0.1%-2.8M-75.9M-9.3M0.762.9233,16525,143790,146767,515
2022-08-24$47.51$50.0026.5%7.8%23.1%26.2%26.6%3.9%0.4%-9.3M50.4M-9.1M1.342.8827,91837,310793,913766,035
2022-08-25$47.82$50.0026.0%7.4%22.6%23.9%25.5%4.3%0.6%-12.0M-8.8M-9.4M0.393.0752,65420,386804,531783,634
2022-08-26$46.75$50.0027.9%8.1%23.6%33.6%28.9%5.1%-0.2%-17.4M241.1M-9.1M1.325.8333,95144,923836,143792,389
2022-08-29$46.39$50.0029.3%8.2%23.6%41.1%28.8%4.7%-0.4%-18.0M280.0M-8.8M1.223.9827,53633,460826,165785,906
2022-08-30$45.92$50.0029.0%8.2%23.2%39.6%29.3%4.2%-0.1%-18.9M387.6M-8.7M1.495.3925,94238,743836,527791,884
2022-08-31$45.44$50.0029.5%8.4%23.1%42.5%29.0%4.7%0.4%-15.3M463.5M-8.5M1.313.2839,94652,353844,729787,035