XOP Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, XOP traded between $256.16 and $282.96. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.2%, placing in the 41.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 23.3%). Max pain ranged from $256.00 to $272.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 5.12.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-24: Highest Volume — 9,061 contracts
  • 2014-02-07: Largest IV drop — 7.6% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 66.2%
  • 2014-02-05: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$270.23$256.16$282.96$256.16$278.76
Max Pain$257.89$256.00$272.00$272.00$256.00
ATM IV24.2%22.0%28.7%28.7%22.7%
Expected Move7.5%7.2%7.8%7.7%7.3%
HV 20d23.3%20.1%26.1%24.6%20.3%
HV 60d20.3%19.2%21.8%21.8%19.8%
IV Rank41.1%28.4%66.2%66.2%32.5%
IV Percentile58.0%36.9%92.9%92.9%44.0%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.1%0.5%-1.1%0.2%
VWIV30.1%26.3%36.9%26.4%32.2%
Skew 25d4.3%3.5%5.8%5.8%4.2%
Skew 10d8.6%6.6%11.6%11.5%9.3%
Call IV 25d22.3%20.2%26.2%26.2%21.0%
Put IV 25d26.6%24.5%32.0%32.0%25.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.912.928.638.635.48
Gamma HHI0.130.090.420.130.11
Net GEX-15.8M-33.7M54.6M-27.7M-21.9M
Net DEX207.1M-17.1M482.8M482.8M143.8M
Net VEX-2.2M-2.4M-1.9M-2.1M-2.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio5.120.5020.702.2920.70
Total Volume5,2241,7189,0615,6965,854
Total OI74,347.31664,32686,81664,32678,196

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$256.16$272.0028.7%7.7%24.6%66.2%26.4%5.8%-1.1%-27.7M482.8M-2.1M2.298.631,7323,96420,63243,694
2014-02-04$260.44$260.0027.5%7.7%25.4%59.5%26.9%5.6%-0.9%-28.3M397.5M-2.3M2.746.476831,87421,58945,503
2014-02-05$257.28$260.0028.3%7.8%25.4%64.0%0.0%5.4%-1.1%-30.8M475.4M-2.2M1.624.812,1463,47721,98446,318
2014-02-06$260.76$260.0026.6%7.7%26.0%54.5%0.0%5.5%-0.3%-30.9M398.3M-2.3M8.086.059517,68223,45748,026
2014-02-07$263.04$260.0024.6%7.5%26.1%43.1%0.0%4.6%-0.1%-31.3M349.0M-2.3M2.253.468591,93023,76051,223
2014-02-10$261.16$260.0024.8%7.6%26.1%44.3%26.3%4.0%-0.3%-33.7M375.6M-2.1M6.514.526724,37622,89147,817
2014-02-11$264.84$256.0024.0%7.5%24.5%39.5%0.0%3.8%-0.3%-27.6M272.9M-2.1M19.664.403146,16723,26048,048
2014-02-12$267.08$256.0023.1%7.4%23.8%34.7%0.0%3.6%-0.3%-26.6M224.4M-2.1M1.933.447591,46623,33449,784
2014-02-13$270.84$256.0023.1%7.4%24.2%34.8%0.0%3.5%-0.2%-16.4M118.7M-2.1M3.873.271,1504,44623,68050,127
2014-02-14$273.00$256.0023.1%7.4%24.1%34.8%32.8%3.5%0.5%-8.4M54.9M-2.0M5.903.731,2107,13423,94352,960
2014-02-18$277.12$256.0023.3%7.4%24.2%35.6%0.0%3.8%-0.3%246.8K-17.1M-1.9M2.125.951,1322,40323,45452,916
2014-02-19$275.00$256.0023.6%7.4%23.0%37.5%0.0%3.7%0.1%-1.8M32.0M-2.0M9.956.587787,74624,21954,669
2014-02-20$275.60$256.0023.3%7.4%22.1%36.0%0.0%3.8%-0.1%-881.7K83.3M-2.4M1.173.491,3191,54424,25560,629
2014-02-21$276.00$256.0022.7%7.3%21.7%32.1%0.0%3.7%-0.2%54.6M58.5M-2.3M0.993.974,1254,09025,21261,604
2014-02-24$282.96$256.0022.0%7.2%21.4%28.4%29.5%4.3%0.1%-9.0M23.0M-2.2M2.166.122,8716,19020,73650,056
2014-02-25$280.92$256.0022.8%7.3%20.1%32.9%0.0%4.2%0.3%-16.2M94.5M-2.3M0.502.921,79489920,84753,244
2014-02-26$276.80$256.0023.3%7.4%20.4%36.0%36.9%4.5%-0.0%-21.9M181.6M-2.4M1.725.406311,08721,83253,223
2014-02-27$276.64$256.0022.9%7.4%20.2%33.4%0.0%4.3%0.3%-22.5M186.6M-2.4M3.064.619362,86522,31853,159
2014-02-28$278.76$256.0022.7%7.3%20.3%32.5%32.2%4.2%0.2%-21.9M143.8M-2.4M20.705.482705,58422,58655,610