OXY Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, OXY traded between $77.80 and $83.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.7%, placing in the 43.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.9% (HV 20d: 26.6%). Max pain ranged from $77.50 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.82.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-18: Highest Volume — 16,188 contracts
  • 2015-02-12: Largest IV drop — 8.8% change
  • 2015-02-04: Highest IV Rank — 58.7%
  • 2015-02-09: Largest Expected Move — 8.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$80.78$77.80$83.06$80.16$77.80
Max Pain$78.55$77.50$80.00$77.50$80.00
ATM IV25.7%21.8%29.6%28.4%22.2%
Expected Move7.1%6.1%8.0%8.0%6.3%
HV 20d26.6%22.1%30.0%30.0%22.1%
HV 60d34.7%30.6%35.3%34.9%30.6%
IV Rank43.3%27.9%58.7%53.8%29.8%
IV Percentile77.5%61.1%90.5%88.5%61.5%
Term Structure-0.3%-2.4%1.2%0.1%0.9%
VWIV25.9%21.5%31.3%27.3%23.6%
Skew 25d5.0%2.4%7.3%5.9%2.4%
Skew 10d9.9%5.5%14.5%9.5%5.5%
Call IV 25d23.6%19.7%26.9%26.2%22.2%
Put IV 25d28.5%24.7%32.0%32.0%24.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.9112.8929.8123.2516.99
Gamma HHI0.220.080.750.230.08
Net GEX31.2M3.6M101.7M26.4M3.6M
Net DEX-219.6M-414.8M9.4M-238.4M9.4M
Net VEX-2.0M-2.3M-1.7M-2.2M-1.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.820.381.210.411.12
Total Volume12,530.7899,51316,18812,73410,310
Total OI198,065.263137,594229,522184,980148,321

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$80.16$77.5028.4%8.0%30.0%53.8%27.3%5.9%0.1%26.4M-238.4M-2.2M0.4123.25N/AN/A9,0203,714129,37755,603
2015-02-03$82.14$77.5028.5%7.6%27.3%54.4%25.5%4.9%-0.7%34.0M-342.6M-2.3M0.7121.57N/AN/A9,4196,700156,53060,470
2015-02-04$80.87$77.5029.6%7.9%27.8%58.7%29.3%5.6%-0.5%30.3M-267.7M-2.3M0.9122.32N/AN/A7,1126,451158,43162,304
2015-02-05$82.05$77.5028.2%7.5%28.1%53.1%28.0%5.5%-1.6%35.7M-350.9M-2.3M0.6525.95N/AN/A8,5385,573159,07163,469
2015-02-06$81.79$77.5027.2%7.2%28.1%49.2%28.8%3.4%-0.6%38.7M-348.7M-2.3M1.0324.69N/AN/A6,1126,266161,05163,935
2015-02-09$81.21$77.5027.5%8.0%28.3%50.3%31.3%4.6%1.2%33.4M-286.3M-2.2M0.8023.30N/AN/A5,9104,739157,32262,996
2015-02-10$81.41$77.5027.5%7.1%24.9%50.5%25.4%7.1%-2.4%34.2M-269.2M-2.1M0.8424.13N/AN/A7,6456,456158,32963,953
2015-02-11$79.95$77.5028.7%7.8%26.0%55.1%29.7%3.9%-1.7%25.9M-173.6M-2.1M0.8729.81N/AN/A6,5965,742159,80465,207
2015-02-12$81.93$77.5026.2%7.5%27.0%45.2%27.5%7.3%-0.9%39.7M-319.0M-2.1M0.8128.99N/AN/A7,3125,927160,69966,256
2015-02-13$83.06$77.5025.2%7.1%27.2%41.3%24.9%5.8%0.7%52.0M-414.8M-2.2M0.8923.57N/AN/A6,7015,959162,09067,432
2015-02-17$82.45$77.5025.7%7.4%26.1%43.3%27.5%5.2%-0.4%44.3M-344.1M-2.0M1.0716.55N/AN/A6,0266,432159,74265,247
2015-02-18$81.28$80.0023.9%6.8%26.8%36.2%26.0%5.3%-0.2%32.0M-257.1M-1.9M0.5917.60N/AN/A10,1866,002160,61666,385
2015-02-19$80.61$80.0024.5%7.0%26.6%38.7%24.1%5.3%0.8%27.3M-194.7M-1.8M0.9613.97N/AN/A5,4245,194132,46965,371
2015-02-20$80.10$80.0023.6%6.8%26.6%35.3%22.1%5.3%-1.0%101.7M-164.5M-1.8M0.3812.89N/AN/A6,9042,609133,11768,536
2015-02-23$79.70$80.0023.4%6.6%26.7%34.2%21.9%5.4%-0.5%8.5M-57.2M-1.8M0.6916.03N/AN/A7,6885,28885,53852,056
2015-02-24$79.70$80.0022.5%6.3%25.9%30.9%23.3%2.9%-0.1%9.4M-60.2M-1.8M0.8318.05N/AN/A5,9374,94088,79453,176
2015-02-25$80.20$80.0021.8%6.1%25.7%27.9%21.5%5.5%0.4%10.6M-81.5M-1.8M0.7820.62N/AN/A6,2354,85789,94753,872
2015-02-26$78.37$80.0023.5%6.4%23.4%34.6%24.1%3.1%0.7%5.3M-12.0M-1.7M1.2117.01N/AN/A5,5136,64891,19954,525
2015-02-27$77.80$80.0022.2%6.3%22.1%29.8%23.6%2.4%0.9%3.6M9.4M-1.7M1.1216.99N/AN/A4,8655,44591,83356,488