OXY Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, OXY traded between $83.63 and $92.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 19.6%, placing in the 17.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 18.7%). Max pain ranged from $76.78 to $81.57. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.56.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-14: Highest Volume — 37,348 contracts
  • 2014-02-07: Largest IV drop — 8.6% change
  • 2014-02-03: Highest IV Rank — 34.9%
  • 2014-02-04: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$89.12$83.63$92.63$83.72$92.63
Max Pain$79.30$76.78$81.57$76.78$81.57
ATM IV19.6%16.6%24.0%24.0%17.4%
Expected Move6.5%6.2%6.9%6.9%6.2%
HV 20d18.7%15.8%21.6%17.8%17.9%
HV 60d17.0%15.7%18.3%15.9%17.1%
IV Rank17.4%5.6%34.9%34.9%8.7%
IV Percentile26.8%2.8%74.6%74.6%6.3%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.5%0.8%-1.1%0.2%
VWIV23.0%19.9%25.6%25.6%19.9%
Skew 25d2.0%1.5%2.5%1.9%1.7%
Skew 10d3.9%2.2%5.3%3.2%3.4%
Call IV 25d18.9%15.8%23.4%23.2%17.1%
Put IV 25d20.9%18.0%25.2%25.1%18.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.396.4517.5012.709.96
Gamma HHI0.170.090.450.090.17
Net GEX27.4M4.6M66.6M4.6M29.1M
Net DEX-288.7M-602.9M71.5M53.8M-453.5M
Net VEX-2.9M-3.0M-2.7M-2.7M-3.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.560.251.371.370.64
Total Volume10,210.7372,54637,3488,0649,233
Total OI247,104187,001280,041250,655203,719

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$83.72$76.7824.0%6.9%17.8%34.9%25.6%1.9%-1.1%4.6M53.8M-2.7M1.3712.70N/AN/A3,4044,660162,65887,997
2014-02-04$83.63$76.7823.8%6.9%17.7%34.0%25.1%1.7%-1.5%4.6M71.5M-2.7M0.6812.07N/AN/A3,0512,063164,15689,384
2014-02-05$83.77$76.7823.9%6.9%15.8%34.4%23.8%1.8%-1.5%5.2M65.0M-2.7M0.5217.23N/AN/A6,9623,639164,93090,113
2014-02-06$84.91$76.7822.8%6.9%17.0%30.0%25.0%1.8%-0.2%7.3M-16.1M-2.8M0.4617.50N/AN/A4,1771,901168,25391,957
2014-02-07$86.94$76.7820.8%6.8%19.5%22.2%23.5%2.2%0.1%12.6M-156.2M-2.9M0.3910.63N/AN/A6,0462,342169,24792,535
2014-02-10$87.03$76.7821.2%6.8%19.3%24.0%23.4%2.0%-0.2%13.9M-144.8M-2.9M0.948.61N/AN/A2,2362,111166,36690,943
2014-02-11$87.91$76.7820.6%6.7%17.6%21.6%22.2%2.0%-0.7%18.6M-200.7M-2.9M0.688.00N/AN/A9,1656,225167,07491,572
2014-02-12$88.47$76.7819.9%6.7%17.5%18.7%23.1%2.0%-0.6%23.4M-249.7M-2.9M0.418.99N/AN/A4,6861,932171,99494,036
2014-02-13$88.55$79.1719.5%6.6%17.2%17.1%25.1%2.1%-0.5%25.1M-258.7M-2.9M0.576.45N/AN/A1,618928173,97694,434
2014-02-14$91.90$79.1719.6%6.5%21.6%17.5%22.8%2.4%-0.0%49.9M-576.1M-3.0M0.3212.91N/AN/A28,2719,077174,59194,542
2014-02-18$92.40$81.5718.2%6.4%20.8%12.1%21.4%1.9%0.8%55.6M-602.9M-2.9M0.7910.46N/AN/A12,3409,714177,44094,523
2014-02-19$91.11$81.5717.6%6.4%21.4%9.6%22.3%2.5%0.3%49.8M-469.4M-2.9M0.469.96N/AN/A7,7943,604180,48998,186
2014-02-20$91.55$81.5717.4%6.3%21.2%8.9%23.0%2.4%0.3%53.9M-509.2M-2.9M0.418.78N/AN/A4,5641,887180,78098,126
2014-02-21$91.55$81.5716.9%6.3%20.0%6.9%22.7%2.5%0.5%66.6M-526.6M-2.9M0.368.08N/AN/A5,6302,046181,68098,361
2014-02-24$92.20$81.5716.6%6.3%18.7%5.6%22.8%2.2%0.0%23.5M-390.0M-2.9M0.489.34N/AN/A9,4894,559118,20968,792
2014-02-25$91.96$81.5716.9%6.3%18.0%6.6%22.5%1.5%0.2%25.1M-384.9M-2.9M0.279.72N/AN/A5,0011,371123,56170,525
2014-02-26$91.36$81.5717.8%6.3%18.1%10.2%22.3%1.7%0.2%24.3M-355.0M-3.0M0.258.87N/AN/A6,7791,706126,51471,161
2014-02-27$91.68$81.5717.1%6.3%17.8%7.8%20.4%1.5%0.3%27.0M-381.2M-3.0M0.567.18N/AN/A2,4351,358130,53771,615
2014-02-28$92.63$81.5717.4%6.2%17.9%8.7%19.9%1.7%0.2%29.1M-453.5M-3.0M0.649.96N/AN/A5,6273,606131,45072,269