PFE Options History — October 2022

In October 2022, PFE traded between $41.86 and $47.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.5%, placing in the 54.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.8% (HV 20d: 22.7%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $47.50. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.96.

Notable Days

  • 2022-10-31: Highest Volume — 162,180 contracts
  • 2022-10-13: Largest IV drop — 7.2% change
  • 2022-10-12: Highest IV Rank — 73.2%
  • 2022-10-12: Largest Expected Move — 9.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.11$41.86$47.44$44.17$46.74
Max Pain$45.38$45.00$47.50$46.00$45.00
ATM IV32.5%28.1%35.7%33.5%29.7%
Expected Move9.1%8.1%9.7%8.6%9.5%
HV 20d22.7%18.1%28.5%22.6%28.5%
HV 60d23.1%21.5%25.6%21.7%25.6%
IV Rank54.1%28.6%73.2%60.2%37.8%
IV Percentile61.1%20.6%86.9%72.2%40.5%
Term Structure-1.1%-3.4%0.1%-1.1%-0.4%
VWIV31.1%26.2%33.7%28.9%32.7%
Skew 25d5.5%3.0%7.1%6.8%4.1%
Skew 10d10.4%7.3%13.4%12.2%8.1%
Call IV 25d30.1%26.9%33.2%30.7%28.2%
Put IV 25d35.6%29.9%40.0%37.4%32.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.662.605.733.193.72
Gamma HHI0.070.050.150.060.09
Net GEX5.0M-24.0M44.0M3.1M23.2M
Net DEX268.4M-546.0M719.8M314.6M-282.9M
Net VEX-7.9M-8.3M-7.3M-8.3M-8.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.960.253.081.071.08
Total Volume79,946.33338,261162,18073,656162,180
Total OI1,531,871.5241,442,4451,634,6421,456,1011,540,447

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2022-10-03$44.17$46.0033.5%8.6%22.6%60.2%28.9%6.8%-1.1%3.1M314.6M-8.3M1.073.1935,66037,996798,798657,303
2022-10-04$44.38$46.0033.1%8.1%22.6%57.8%27.0%6.6%-0.9%4.9M293.5M-8.3M0.643.0844,78428,662814,705680,085
2022-10-05$44.19$46.0033.5%8.2%22.5%60.4%26.2%6.3%-1.1%3.3M332.3M-8.2M0.602.9031,86119,188831,423684,896
2022-10-06$43.09$47.5034.6%9.6%22.5%66.4%31.2%6.5%-1.2%-6.0M523.1M-7.9M0.253.3896,04423,864835,098689,804
2022-10-07$42.17$47.5035.4%9.5%21.1%71.3%32.8%6.9%-2.1%-9.6M687.7M-7.5M0.783.0545,13535,357820,169695,260
2022-10-10$41.86$45.0035.4%9.6%21.1%71.6%33.7%6.8%-1.7%-12.5M719.8M-7.3M1.172.8423,71827,635809,361696,200
2022-10-11$41.96$45.0035.6%9.5%18.1%72.7%32.8%7.1%-2.1%-11.5M670.8M-7.5M0.843.4434,68328,969816,999701,247
2022-10-12$42.20$45.0035.7%9.7%18.4%73.2%33.4%6.0%-1.9%-9.4M621.8M-7.5M0.493.6742,48020,894825,759714,001
2022-10-13$42.94$45.0033.2%9.3%19.9%58.2%31.7%5.7%-0.6%-5.5M524.2M-7.6M0.455.3244,13019,996832,595719,647
2022-10-14$42.85$45.0033.8%9.7%19.6%61.9%32.5%6.2%0.1%-2.2M517.8M-7.7M0.774.7135,84627,591842,598723,273
2022-10-17$43.73$45.0033.5%9.6%20.7%60.1%32.7%4.8%-3.4%4.2M338.2M-7.9M0.722.6028,22220,446833,396708,477
2022-10-18$44.02$45.0031.7%9.0%20.6%49.7%31.8%5.8%-0.5%7.2M281.0M-7.9M1.783.3125,64645,721840,802716,201
2022-10-19$43.13$45.0033.3%9.5%20.6%58.9%32.0%6.6%-1.9%-12.7M538.0M-7.5M3.082.7520,91064,304846,101743,455
2022-10-20$42.91$45.0032.9%9.5%19.4%56.5%32.4%6.3%-1.8%-24.0M623.0M-7.5M1.683.3120,06833,649850,291769,115
2022-10-21$45.04$45.0030.6%8.9%25.7%43.2%31.4%3.4%-1.5%27.9M22.7M-8.0M1.113.6164,81971,810854,014780,628
2022-10-24$45.66$45.0030.3%9.1%26.0%41.6%31.0%4.3%-0.5%16.1M-83.1M-8.2M0.583.8141,62524,003752,231690,214
2022-10-25$45.62$45.0029.1%8.7%26.0%34.4%29.1%4.0%0.1%17.8M-79.8M-8.1M0.763.4336,73627,882768,215698,544
2022-10-26$46.22$45.0029.5%8.8%26.2%36.9%29.8%4.5%-0.4%24.9M-213.0M-8.0M0.935.7348,80845,499786,621711,672
2022-10-27$46.03$45.0029.1%8.8%26.0%34.6%30.8%4.1%-0.4%22.3M-168.3M-8.2M1.144.0217,86720,394805,609733,933
2022-10-28$47.44$45.0028.1%8.4%27.8%28.6%29.4%3.0%-0.1%44.0M-546.0M-8.3M0.354.92113,86639,925810,781739,334
2022-10-31$46.74$45.0029.7%9.5%28.5%37.8%32.7%4.1%-0.4%23.2M-282.9M-8.3M1.083.7277,93984,241816,301724,146