OXY Options History — January 2009

In January 2009, OXY traded between $48.83 and $59.65. ATM implied volatility averaged 62.5%, placing in the 25.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 18.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.6% (HV 20d: 59.9%). Max pain ranged from $52.78 to $57.58. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2009-01-15: Highest Volume — 51,620 contracts
  • 2009-01-12: Largest IV spike — 17.6% change
  • 2009-01-12: Highest IV Rank — 34.9%
  • 2009-01-20: Largest Expected Move — 20.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$54.28$48.83$59.65$59.65$52.35
Max Pain$55.42$52.78$57.58$57.58$52.78
ATM IV62.5%50.7%74.2%61.5%53.2%
Expected Move18.1%14.5%20.7%17.6%15.3%
HV 20d59.9%52.2%75.8%75.8%63.3%
HV 60d105.5%92.3%123.4%123.4%92.7%
IV Rank25.1%15.2%34.9%24.9%17.3%
IV Percentile71.2%60.7%77.4%74.2%62.7%
Term Structure-0.4%-4.3%2.7%2.7%1.9%
VWIV62.9%51.9%72.3%63.3%53.6%
Skew 25d13.1%9.2%14.7%14.3%11.5%
Skew 10d25.2%16.9%29.6%29.6%21.5%
Call IV 25d56.1%47.4%63.7%53.7%48.0%
Put IV 25d69.2%57.1%77.5%68.0%59.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.554.739.724.737.46
Gamma HHI0.230.130.360.300.24
Net GEX2.3M295.0K4.3M4.2M2.7M
Net DEX-58.6M-255.5M157.4M-255.5M-49.8M
Net VEX-2.9M-3.3M-2.5M-3.3M-2.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.431.471.120.95
Total Volume21,104.45,16751,62016,30924,415
Total OI393,814.95241,402517,631479,095297,468

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-01-02$59.65$57.5861.5%17.6%75.8%24.9%63.3%14.3%2.7%4.2M-255.5M-3.3M1.124.73N/AN/A7,6898,620272,842206,253
2009-01-05$59.25$57.5863.4%18.4%66.4%26.2%62.8%14.2%-1.4%4.3M-238.1M-3.2M0.587.63N/AN/A21,05012,174274,611208,107
2009-01-06$59.16$57.5864.3%18.7%65.5%26.6%62.0%14.7%-2.2%3.9M-223.6M-3.2M1.165.21N/AN/A6,5757,627272,605209,711
2009-01-07$55.77$57.5863.2%19.1%61.7%25.7%66.1%14.3%-3.0%2.1M-47.6M-3.0M0.807.01N/AN/A19,49015,674273,378212,232
2009-01-08$56.62$57.5859.8%18.9%61.8%22.8%67.7%14.4%-1.9%2.9M-97.1M-3.0M0.737.98N/AN/A6,5064,746275,505212,347
2009-01-09$54.03$57.5863.1%19.6%52.5%25.5%65.2%13.1%-3.0%1.5M28.3M-2.9M0.478.51N/AN/A14,2106,693278,347213,757
2009-01-12$52.18$57.5874.2%20.2%53.7%34.9%70.1%13.2%-4.3%295.0K126.2M-2.7M0.756.23N/AN/A7,8005,815277,870213,889
2009-01-13$54.04$57.5868.7%18.9%52.6%30.3%64.2%12.8%-1.2%1.4M23.1M-2.7M0.568.33N/AN/A16,4199,200278,895212,297
2009-01-14$51.57$57.5869.0%19.7%55.2%30.5%72.3%13.6%-2.1%589.2K125.8M-2.7M1.307.07N/AN/A9,94212,930285,733215,680
2009-01-15$51.37$57.5867.9%19.5%52.2%29.6%71.5%13.8%0.3%1.5M111.3M-2.6M1.478.14N/AN/A20,92830,692286,619215,700
2009-01-16$51.37$57.5863.5%18.2%52.2%25.9%64.6%13.0%2.0%1.1M157.4M-2.7M0.438.03N/AN/A8,6723,687296,289221,342
2009-01-20$48.83$52.7872.1%20.7%52.8%33.1%70.7%14.3%-1.2%438.3K20.7M-2.5M0.558.90N/AN/A12,2586,724129,334112,068
2009-01-21$53.54$52.7862.0%17.8%61.9%24.6%61.7%14.0%0.1%1.7M-87.6M-2.8M0.547.67N/AN/A17,3589,354137,240115,386
2009-01-22$51.98$52.7860.7%17.4%61.2%23.5%61.2%14.0%1.4%1.8M-65.9M-2.8M0.788.66N/AN/A11,0988,608147,256119,324
2009-01-23$53.30$52.7858.6%16.8%61.7%21.8%58.1%12.6%2.0%2.4M-102.1M-2.9M0.728.32N/AN/A8,4286,089151,600121,730
2009-01-26$54.53$52.7861.5%17.6%61.8%24.2%57.6%12.3%0.5%2.7M-132.1M-3.0M0.455.94N/AN/A10,6094,745151,931122,930
2009-01-27$54.44$52.7858.8%16.9%61.4%21.9%60.4%12.6%0.1%3.3M-131.6M-3.0M1.299.72N/AN/A2,2542,913156,912123,971
2009-01-28$56.99$52.7850.7%14.5%61.9%15.2%52.4%9.7%0.6%4.2M-203.3M-3.0M1.029.60N/AN/A13,24213,529156,538123,757
2009-01-29$54.53$52.7854.6%15.7%62.7%18.4%51.9%9.2%1.4%3.7M-129.9M-3.0M0.825.93N/AN/A7,3285,997164,244130,601
2009-01-30$52.35$52.7853.2%15.3%63.3%17.3%53.6%11.5%1.9%2.7M-49.8M-2.9M0.957.46N/AN/A12,49111,924166,216131,252