OXY Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, OXY traded between $81.84 and $93.17. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.6%, placing in the 62.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 27.2%). Max pain ranged from $91.17 to $95.97. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-01: Highest Volume — 52,105 contracts
  • 2014-10-15: Largest IV spike — 19.3% change
  • 2014-10-10: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$86.96$81.84$93.17$90.49$85.32
Max Pain$93.26$91.17$95.97$95.97$91.17
ATM IV25.6%21.5%35.4%25.9%22.2%
Expected Move6.8%6.2%8.2%6.4%6.4%
HV 20d27.2%17.0%34.6%17.9%34.4%
HV 60d20.2%16.6%23.7%16.6%23.3%
IV Rank62.6%33.0%100.0%80.6%36.2%
IV Percentile90.7%74.2%100.0%98.0%80.2%
Term Structure-0.8%-4.3%1.1%-4.3%0.3%
VWIV24.4%21.7%28.8%22.6%23.0%
Skew 25d3.3%-0.4%8.6%-0.4%4.2%
Skew 10d6.0%-1.6%14.4%-0.5%8.6%
Call IV 25d24.6%19.7%32.0%26.5%20.8%
Put IV 25d27.9%23.8%40.6%26.1%25.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.9210.9933.2912.7329.09
Gamma HHI0.100.080.160.100.11
Net GEX15.5M-4.1M56.9M26.2M-2.2M
Net DEX101.7M-450.6M464.0M-131.1M255.4M
Net VEX-4.5M-6.2M-3.3M-5.6M-3.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.222.150.222.15
Total Volume20,758.5657,75452,10552,10536,913
Total OI590,003.261551,623608,191551,623603,123

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$90.49$95.9725.9%6.4%17.9%80.6%22.6%-0.4%-4.3%26.2M-131.1M-5.6M0.2212.73N/AN/A42,6269,479418,330133,293
2014-10-02$91.38$93.5723.9%6.4%18.6%66.0%22.0%2.8%-0.2%39.5M-226.8M-5.9M0.4512.84N/AN/A18,1648,211438,084136,197
2014-10-03$92.09$93.5722.4%6.3%18.8%55.5%21.7%1.1%-0.2%47.8M-311.6M-6.0M0.6915.01N/AN/A9,5376,607451,749138,716
2014-10-06$93.17$93.5722.4%6.2%17.0%55.7%21.9%2.4%-0.3%56.9M-450.6M-6.2M0.4812.68N/AN/A8,3454,033440,645137,544
2014-10-07$91.05$93.5723.6%6.3%18.7%64.4%22.5%1.2%0.3%34.3M-188.2M-5.6M0.5511.56N/AN/A5,0172,737446,334139,034
2014-10-08$91.76$93.5723.4%6.5%19.0%62.7%22.4%1.8%0.5%41.2M-258.0M-5.7M1.1512.96N/AN/A8,6019,879448,164139,405
2014-10-09$88.80$93.5727.2%6.8%22.0%96.5%23.5%1.9%-0.6%18.8M23.5M-5.3M1.0314.05N/AN/A7,3977,605449,613140,895
2014-10-10$87.87$93.5727.8%7.1%22.0%100.0%25.0%2.4%-1.1%12.9M100.2M-5.1M1.2115.75N/AN/A6,5267,887450,918143,498
2014-10-13$84.36$93.5732.3%7.7%25.3%100.0%25.7%1.9%-1.2%4.3M314.1M-4.2M0.8116.26N/AN/A7,5746,128447,763136,716
2014-10-14$85.12$93.5729.7%7.7%25.6%85.1%26.7%3.9%1.1%7.6M274.2M-4.5M0.9015.70N/AN/A9,0368,137451,060138,832
2014-10-15$81.84$93.5735.4%8.2%28.3%100.0%28.8%8.6%-3.5%-375.3K464.0M-3.6M0.5110.99N/AN/A26,06513,349452,218141,313
2014-10-16$82.96$93.5732.8%7.8%29.2%87.5%26.5%8.2%-3.3%4.1M367.9M-3.9M0.4612.83N/AN/A9,0104,161461,640141,178
2014-10-17$84.80$93.5728.4%7.2%30.9%66.6%28.1%3.3%-1.0%5.1M268.3M-3.9M0.5314.16N/AN/A14,8407,880465,445142,746
2014-10-20$85.16$93.5725.7%7.1%31.0%53.5%23.8%4.5%1.1%8.9M188.6M-3.9M0.6415.03N/AN/A8,9045,683438,134134,280
2014-10-21$87.53$93.5722.4%6.5%33.0%37.3%25.7%4.0%1.1%15.4M18.9M-4.2M0.8011.42N/AN/A14,08411,298443,950137,748
2014-10-22$86.04$93.5723.4%6.7%32.2%42.3%26.5%4.2%-1.2%12.4M119.9M-4.1M1.4012.84N/AN/A9,90313,861451,096141,285
2014-10-23$87.09$93.5721.5%6.5%32.4%33.0%25.2%4.1%0.3%12.2M53.1M-4.0M1.3525.16N/AN/A13,00517,619450,075144,873
2014-10-24$86.01$93.5723.0%6.6%31.8%40.4%25.4%3.6%-1.5%22.5M167.1M-4.0M1.0228.15N/AN/A13,90714,250454,937149,984
2014-10-27$82.98$93.5726.3%6.8%33.6%56.1%23.5%2.0%-2.3%-4.1M403.2M-3.3M1.3233.29N/AN/A5,5617,336445,251146,790
2014-10-28$84.59$91.1722.9%6.7%34.6%39.9%22.3%3.5%-0.3%-2.7M307.4M-3.6M0.6326.27N/AN/A6,2653,947446,693150,167
2014-10-29$85.35$91.1722.6%6.5%34.5%38.4%24.0%3.7%-0.2%-1.1M258.3M-3.5M1.1630.26N/AN/A6,2787,283448,930150,749
2014-10-30$84.36$91.1723.4%6.7%34.2%42.2%24.3%3.9%-0.7%-3.3M320.5M-3.5M1.5323.20N/AN/A4,9447,575449,800150,880
2014-10-31$85.32$91.1722.2%6.4%34.4%36.2%23.0%4.2%0.3%-2.2M255.4M-3.6M2.1529.09N/AN/A11,70925,204450,170152,953