OXY Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, OXY traded between $74.19 and $81.44. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.5%, placing in the 30.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.0% (HV 20d: 21.5%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $77.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.87.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-29: Highest Volume — 34,540 contracts
  • 2015-04-17: Largest IV spike — 8.7% change
  • 2015-04-21: Highest IV Rank — 36.5%
  • 2015-04-30: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$78.76$74.19$81.44$74.19$80.01
Max Pain$77.38$75.00$77.50$75.00$77.50
ATM IV22.5%21.0%24.0%22.8%23.2%
Expected Move6.5%5.9%7.3%5.9%7.3%
HV 20d21.5%17.0%25.7%25.7%17.0%
HV 60d23.5%20.9%24.6%24.1%20.9%
IV Rank30.9%24.9%36.5%32.1%33.4%
IV Percentile56.5%43.3%70.6%59.5%61.9%
Term Structure-0.0%-2.1%2.4%1.0%0.3%
VWIV23.0%20.3%26.6%20.3%26.6%
Skew 25d2.6%0.9%3.8%3.2%2.0%
Skew 10d5.4%2.4%9.6%8.4%2.4%
Call IV 25d21.8%20.1%23.7%21.5%23.0%
Put IV 25d24.4%22.9%25.2%24.7%25.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.559.3523.8417.0618.86
Gamma HHI0.120.090.160.090.11
Net GEX18.8M4.9M28.0M4.9M23.0M
Net DEX-175.9M-338.9M33.3M33.3M-190.1M
Net VEX-2.3M-2.9M-1.7M-1.7M-2.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.870.341.530.600.55
Total Volume18,571.2867,59634,54011,83421,159
Total OI192,807.381160,067233,236160,067233,236

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$74.19$75.0022.8%5.9%25.7%32.1%20.3%3.2%1.0%4.9M33.3M-1.7M0.6017.06N/AN/A7,3864,44897,69462,373
2015-04-02$74.55$77.5023.8%6.5%25.7%35.9%22.1%3.4%0.5%7.2M14.9M-1.8M0.8510.15N/AN/A6,9465,874100,53062,753
2015-04-06$76.49$77.5022.2%6.1%23.7%29.5%21.7%3.4%-1.3%12.1M-64.0M-1.9M1.2011.46N/AN/A4,5815,494100,25863,705
2015-04-07$76.78$77.5022.4%6.2%23.7%30.2%23.0%3.0%-1.3%13.6M-77.8M-1.9M1.349.35N/AN/A3,2424,354102,01064,609
2015-04-08$76.60$77.5022.7%6.4%23.2%31.4%21.5%3.8%-0.1%12.9M-75.5M-1.9M0.3411.82N/AN/A7,9602,72197,37764,871
2015-04-09$77.77$77.5021.8%6.4%23.6%27.9%22.1%3.8%0.2%17.5M-145.8M-2.1M0.609.51N/AN/A7,4874,508108,59468,059
2015-04-10$78.40$77.5021.6%6.3%23.7%27.4%21.0%3.7%0.6%18.8M-191.8M-2.1M0.5712.83N/AN/A9,9155,673112,14868,773
2015-04-13$77.81$77.5021.7%6.2%22.0%27.5%20.7%3.4%2.4%18.6M-146.0M-2.0M0.5315.91N/AN/A7,8704,175111,83267,190
2015-04-14$79.15$77.5021.1%6.0%22.5%25.4%21.5%3.1%0.2%21.8M-226.6M-2.1M1.0110.51N/AN/A7,0887,164114,37768,139
2015-04-15$81.44$77.5021.0%6.0%23.4%24.9%22.1%3.3%-0.1%19.5M-338.9M-2.2M1.169.87N/AN/A9,29610,769115,55869,906
2015-04-16$81.42$77.5021.1%6.0%22.7%25.3%21.4%2.6%1.2%20.1M-332.0M-2.3M1.5311.15N/AN/A5,3128,150118,43475,361
2015-04-17$80.54$77.5022.9%6.6%19.8%32.5%23.5%2.6%0.2%19.0M-288.4M-2.2M0.3810.33N/AN/A18,8897,090118,99477,466
2015-04-20$80.29$77.5023.1%6.7%19.9%33.2%23.9%2.6%-0.6%21.9M-235.1M-2.4M0.4220.72N/AN/A12,4385,267122,02571,352
2015-04-21$79.52$77.5024.0%6.7%20.5%36.5%24.2%0.9%-2.1%22.5M-188.0M-2.3M0.8615.24N/AN/A7,0406,041131,26772,002
2015-04-22$79.66$77.5023.8%7.0%20.2%36.0%24.3%1.3%-1.0%22.2M-203.1M-2.4M0.8216.62N/AN/A15,84512,982128,30472,798
2015-04-23$80.10$77.5022.8%6.7%19.6%31.9%23.4%1.2%-0.2%28.0M-254.1M-2.9M0.8816.25N/AN/A15,56113,731141,15880,993
2015-04-24$79.83$77.5022.5%6.7%19.8%30.9%24.2%1.7%-0.7%22.4M-218.5M-2.8M1.2417.44N/AN/A11,60214,442139,95282,830
2015-04-27$79.58$77.5023.2%6.9%18.9%33.7%25.1%1.2%0.0%22.4M-180.2M-2.8M1.1919.25N/AN/A11,77314,064136,92482,471
2015-04-28$79.64$77.5022.6%6.8%18.3%31.3%25.4%1.5%-0.0%23.0M-181.5M-2.7M1.2817.46N/AN/A11,89715,223137,65382,842
2015-04-29$80.10$77.5022.6%7.0%17.3%31.3%25.7%2.8%0.5%24.0M-205.8M-2.8M0.8523.84N/AN/A18,63515,905137,84084,297
2015-04-30$80.01$77.5023.2%7.3%17.0%33.4%26.6%2.0%0.3%23.0M-190.1M-2.9M0.5518.86N/AN/A13,6917,468142,70990,527