XOP Options History — January 2008

In January 2008, XOP traded between $180.56 and $212.08. ATM implied volatility averaged 42.8%, placing in the 20.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 11.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 14.9% (HV 20d: 27.9%). Max pain ranged from $196.00 to $196.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.00.

Notable Days

  • 2008-01-18: Highest Volume — 17 contracts
  • 2008-01-04: Largest IV spike — 76.0% change
  • 2008-01-08: Highest IV Rank — 43.0%
  • 2008-01-29: Largest Expected Move — 16.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$196.21$180.56$212.08$211.60$192.16
Max Pain$196.00$196.00$196.00$196.00$196.00
ATM IV42.8%32.3%72.0%32.3%34.2%
Expected Move11.1%9.3%16.9%9.3%9.8%
HV 20d27.9%20.7%34.4%24.1%33.7%
HV 60d28.5%26.7%30.0%28.0%29.0%
IV Rank20.8%12.8%43.0%12.8%14.3%
IV Percentile65.4%52.4%90.9%57.2%54.4%
Term Structure-4.8%-25.7%2.7%0.4%-1.2%
VWIV38.4%38.4%38.4%38.4%38.4%
Skew 25d-0.9%-34.9%13.4%1.7%-34.9%
Skew 10d1.4%-32.1%53.8%11.6%1.3%
Call IV 25d43.9%31.9%73.6%32.4%64.3%
Put IV 25d43.0%29.4%75.1%34.0%29.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %126.5515.83182.30130.75142.43
Gamma HHI0.210.130.670.130.25
Net GEX6.0K-28.0K12.6K5.4K12.6K
Net DEX-305.6K-468.2K-93.9K-454.8K-301.1K
Net VEX-1.0K-1.2K-849-1.1K-855
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.000.000.000.000.00
Total Volume1.09501700
Total OI35.76228414128

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-01-02$211.60$196.0032.3%9.3%24.1%12.8%0.0%1.7%0.4%5.4K-454.8K-1.1K0.00130.75003011
2008-01-03$212.08$196.0034.0%9.7%23.6%14.1%0.0%3.1%-2.2%6.2K-468.2K-1.0K0.00129.47003011
2008-01-04$206.20$0.0059.8%10.1%25.5%33.8%0.0%7.3%-2.0%6.2K-377.8K-1.2K0.00175.74003011
2008-01-07$204.88$0.0067.7%10.6%22.4%39.8%0.0%5.4%-9.0%6.7K-363.6K-1.2K0.00178.91003011
2008-01-08$201.64$0.0072.0%11.2%22.9%43.0%0.0%0.0%-2.0%5.7K-325.5K-1.2K0.00178.74003011
2008-01-09$204.52$0.0032.6%9.6%23.4%13.0%0.0%0.4%-0.8%3.2K-391.1K-1.1K0.0015.83003011
2008-01-10$204.32$0.0032.6%9.4%22.3%13.1%0.0%2.0%-0.2%3.9K-400.5K-1.1K0.0016.04003011
2008-01-11$202.44$0.0032.9%9.4%20.7%13.3%0.0%0.4%-0.3%2.4K-377.0K-1.1K0.0016.48003011
2008-01-14$207.84$0.0040.2%11.5%22.8%18.9%0.0%10.0%-9.5%6.6K-400.0K-1.0K0.00177.31303011
2008-01-15$200.96$0.0042.3%12.1%25.4%20.5%0.0%-1.4%-6.6%4.5K-293.5K-1.0K0.00182.30002811
2008-01-16$194.60$0.0044.1%12.7%27.3%21.8%0.0%-13.2%-11.3%4.8K-222.0K-1.0K0.00173.74002811
2008-01-17$186.00$0.0046.1%13.2%30.8%23.3%0.0%-25.0%-11.2%4.2K-149.0K-1.0K0.00163.96032811
2008-01-18$187.60$0.0034.6%9.9%30.8%14.6%38.4%0.2%-0.3%-28.0K-93.9K-9470.0043.490172811
2008-01-22$182.44$0.0043.7%12.5%31.4%21.5%0.0%13.4%-2.5%11.1K-231.1K-8710.00133.4100280
2008-01-23$180.56$0.0034.7%9.9%30.0%14.7%0.0%0.3%2.4%10.7K-210.1K-8490.00121.1500280
2008-01-24$186.60$0.0053.4%15.3%33.1%28.9%0.0%1.5%-20.6%11.2K-259.3K-8960.00168.3300280
2008-01-25$184.48$0.0035.8%10.3%32.8%15.5%0.0%0.3%0.8%12.6K-253.0K-9200.00124.4000300
2008-01-28$187.80$0.0034.4%9.9%33.9%14.4%0.0%3.5%-0.7%12.0K-267.5K-8610.00105.1300280
2008-01-29$190.68$0.0059.1%16.9%34.4%33.3%0.0%7.6%-25.7%12.4K-289.5K-8600.00143.6700280
2008-01-30$191.00$0.0032.6%9.4%34.4%13.1%0.0%-1.6%2.7%12.4K-288.6K-8580.00136.2200280
2008-01-31$192.16$0.0034.2%9.8%33.7%14.3%0.0%-34.9%-1.2%12.6K-301.1K-8550.00142.4300280