OXY Options History — May 2015

In May 2015, OXY traded between $75.84 and $80.48. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.8%, placing in the 28.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.6% (HV 20d: 15.2%). Max pain ranged from $77.50 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.95.

Notable Days

  • 2015-05-14: Highest Volume — 32,707 contracts
  • 2015-05-08: Largest IV drop — 6.6% change
  • 2015-05-05: Highest IV Rank — 34.6%
  • 2015-05-01: Largest Expected Move — 6.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$77.50$75.84$80.48$80.48$78.25
Max Pain$78.13$77.50$80.00$77.50$77.50
ATM IV21.8%19.6%23.5%22.6%22.1%
Expected Move6.3%5.5%6.9%6.9%6.0%
HV 20d15.2%12.5%18.0%17.0%15.5%
HV 60d20.4%19.9%21.2%20.7%20.1%
IV Rank28.1%19.5%34.6%31.3%29.0%
IV Percentile45.7%26.2%65.5%55.2%44.0%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.3%1.1%0.4%-0.4%
VWIV22.1%18.9%24.8%24.8%21.3%
Skew 25d2.8%1.3%4.3%1.3%2.5%
Skew 10d5.2%2.0%8.5%4.2%4.7%
Call IV 25d20.7%18.3%23.0%22.4%19.9%
Put IV 25d23.5%20.6%25.3%23.6%22.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %16.6510.8621.9416.7818.31
Gamma HHI0.090.060.120.110.07
Net GEX9.8M1.1M27.3M27.3M12.2M
Net DEX-5.6M-218.1M109.0M-218.1M-63.3M
Net VEX-2.6M-2.9M-2.5M-2.9M-2.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.950.351.910.590.61
Total Volume13,318.754,15132,70718,89512,950
Total OI226,888.45189,385267,498234,090213,311

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-05-01$80.48$77.5022.6%6.9%17.0%31.3%24.8%1.3%0.4%27.3M-218.1M-2.9M0.5916.78N/AN/A11,8717,024143,31890,772
2015-05-04$80.03$80.0023.0%6.7%15.2%32.9%23.3%2.2%0.3%25.3M-187.1M-2.8M1.2711.67N/AN/A1,8272,324139,00387,797
2015-05-05$78.71$80.0023.5%6.9%16.6%34.6%23.3%2.6%0.4%20.2M-89.8M-2.8M1.0611.41N/AN/A8,7599,260144,93289,717
2015-05-06$79.20$80.0022.8%6.5%16.7%32.0%22.6%2.8%-1.2%22.8M-112.9M-2.7M1.1313.64N/AN/A7,4938,471147,46292,821
2015-05-07$77.63$80.0023.4%6.8%17.5%34.1%24.0%2.2%0.7%11.9M-4.3M-2.7M1.9116.59N/AN/A6,05711,563149,75994,894
2015-05-08$77.90$80.0021.8%6.4%17.3%28.1%23.8%2.7%1.1%9.2M-11.9M-2.6M0.9814.95N/AN/A5,1485,026145,25998,197
2015-05-11$76.68$77.5022.9%6.3%18.0%32.4%22.0%3.7%-0.8%8.0M59.3M-2.5M1.1415.84N/AN/A2,4462,799144,70397,760
2015-05-12$76.70$77.5023.3%6.3%16.8%33.9%21.4%3.9%-1.3%7.6M74.0M-2.5M0.7110.86N/AN/A12,1648,620150,61299,945
2015-05-13$76.20$77.5023.0%6.5%12.5%32.7%23.5%3.9%0.6%3.7M106.2M-2.5M1.7214.09N/AN/A5,83310,059153,688100,280
2015-05-14$76.21$77.5021.7%6.2%12.5%27.5%21.0%3.8%1.0%5.0M109.0M-2.5M0.8015.22N/AN/A18,20214,505154,348101,613
2015-05-15$76.84$77.5020.3%5.7%12.8%22.0%20.5%3.1%-0.8%5.4M61.4M-2.5M1.2118.66N/AN/A6,7048,130160,298107,200
2015-05-18$77.24$77.5019.6%5.5%13.1%19.5%18.9%2.4%0.3%2.1M32.5M-2.5M0.3521.84N/AN/A5,0681,761105,44883,937
2015-05-19$75.84$77.5020.4%5.8%14.1%22.4%22.4%3.3%-0.3%1.1M72.6M-2.5M0.5617.24N/AN/A4,3752,461109,42185,042
2015-05-20$76.67$77.5020.4%5.9%14.8%22.6%20.2%3.1%-0.2%3.4M39.8M-2.5M0.7521.94N/AN/A7,7755,854114,56187,099
2015-05-21$76.98$77.5021.1%6.1%14.7%25.4%21.3%1.9%-0.3%5.9M10.8M-2.7M0.6017.48N/AN/A8,2074,905119,14788,653
2015-05-22$77.06$77.5020.4%5.9%14.7%22.4%20.5%2.1%-0.5%6.4M1.6M-2.7M0.9020.08N/AN/A5,5905,015122,41589,282
2015-05-26$76.78$77.5021.4%6.3%14.7%26.6%22.4%4.3%-0.4%5.0M22.0M-2.7M1.1618.64N/AN/A3,1733,677118,38989,022
2015-05-27$76.89$77.5020.8%6.3%14.7%24.3%22.5%2.8%-0.1%5.7M9.8M-2.6M0.9217.38N/AN/A4,5474,182118,53289,269
2015-05-28$77.72$77.5021.6%6.4%15.2%27.4%23.2%1.9%-0.5%8.5M-22.6M-2.7M0.6320.47N/AN/A7,7134,837120,01289,851
2015-05-29$78.25$77.5022.1%6.0%15.5%29.0%21.3%2.5%-0.4%12.2M-63.3M-2.7M0.6118.31N/AN/A8,0654,885123,04790,264