OXY Options History — July 2015

In July 2015, OXY traded between $67.79 and $75.97. ATM implied volatility averaged 23.9%, placing in the 36.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 20.2%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $77.50. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.06.

Notable Days

  • 2015-07-15: Highest Volume — 18,824 contracts
  • 2015-07-24: Largest IV spike — 11.8% change
  • 2015-07-27: Highest IV Rank — 52.5%
  • 2015-07-27: Largest Expected Move — 8.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$71.92$67.79$75.97$75.97$70.16
Max Pain$76.36$75.00$77.50$77.50$75.00
ATM IV23.9%20.9%28.0%23.0%24.1%
Expected Move6.9%5.9%8.2%6.6%7.1%
HV 20d20.2%18.9%22.7%21.7%22.6%
HV 60d18.3%17.3%19.9%17.9%19.9%
IV Rank36.0%24.5%52.5%32.5%36.9%
IV Percentile61.2%29.8%85.7%56.7%67.5%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.4%0.5%-0.2%-0.5%
VWIV24.4%20.9%29.6%23.2%26.1%
Skew 25d4.1%2.0%5.9%3.4%3.4%
Skew 10d7.8%3.5%14.4%3.5%7.5%
Call IV 25d22.5%19.8%26.0%21.8%22.5%
Put IV 25d26.6%23.1%31.6%25.2%25.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.796.6616.0314.3410.53
Gamma HHI0.090.080.120.120.09
Net GEX1.2M-5.7M12.3M12.3M1.4M
Net DEX153.8M1.5M266.2M1.5M167.2M
Net VEX-2.0M-2.5M-1.7M-2.5M-1.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.060.301.871.421.04
Total Volume12,960.8648,91618,82411,40414,711
Total OI245,617.227234,495259,168240,217259,168

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-07-01$75.97$77.5023.0%6.6%21.7%32.5%23.2%3.4%-0.2%12.3M1.5M-2.5M1.4214.34N/AN/A4,7036,701147,79192,426
2015-07-02$75.75$77.5022.5%6.7%21.2%30.7%23.0%2.5%-0.3%11.0M17.1M-2.5M1.5215.77N/AN/A3,6075,493148,40093,231
2015-07-06$73.87$77.5024.6%6.7%20.6%38.7%24.9%2.0%-0.7%4.6M106.7M-2.2M1.277.19N/AN/A4,9876,351147,16693,612
2015-07-07$74.15$77.5023.9%6.7%19.2%36.1%25.2%3.5%-0.2%5.9M90.6M-2.3M1.2910.98N/AN/A6,5388,431148,37495,293
2015-07-08$72.68$77.5025.8%7.3%20.1%43.8%26.9%4.4%0.1%1.9M145.8M-2.2M1.2710.86N/AN/A4,6115,875148,44296,886
2015-07-09$73.29$77.5024.8%7.2%19.3%39.9%24.6%4.4%-0.2%2.4M127.3M-2.2M1.269.71N/AN/A4,3765,532148,67298,336
2015-07-10$73.45$77.5023.6%6.9%19.4%35.2%23.3%4.2%-0.4%2.0M122.7M-2.1M1.449.37N/AN/A3,6595,257149,47598,914
2015-07-13$73.46$77.5022.4%6.6%19.2%30.5%23.8%3.5%0.2%2.1M131.9M-2.1M1.229.55N/AN/A4,1555,070147,86297,155
2015-07-14$74.32$77.5020.9%5.9%19.8%24.5%22.7%3.2%-0.6%4.0M98.4M-2.0M1.396.66N/AN/A4,1855,809148,38397,993
2015-07-15$73.08$77.5022.1%6.4%19.5%29.1%21.4%4.0%-0.2%1.0M151.8M-2.0M0.3010.92N/AN/A14,4434,381149,14799,233
2015-07-16$72.64$77.5021.7%6.2%19.3%27.4%21.3%3.5%-0.0%304.9K154.1M-2.0M0.438.29N/AN/A10,8424,680153,05998,888
2015-07-17$71.88$77.5021.8%6.2%19.3%28.1%20.9%4.5%-0.3%-838.1K178.0M-1.9M0.579.39N/AN/A8,5634,879150,05499,145
2015-07-20$70.26$75.0023.1%6.6%20.2%33.0%24.7%4.4%0.0%-2.9M212.3M-1.7M0.8914.51N/AN/A6,4315,693139,39395,102
2015-07-21$70.22$75.0023.5%6.7%19.8%34.8%22.8%4.5%-0.9%-2.9M207.6M-1.8M0.9611.84N/AN/A4,5814,416141,71895,920
2015-07-22$69.40$75.0024.0%6.9%19.0%36.4%24.1%4.1%-1.4%-3.5M230.0M-1.7M0.8911.27N/AN/A6,6645,946142,27496,399
2015-07-23$69.66$75.0024.1%6.9%19.2%37.0%24.6%4.0%-0.1%-3.4M221.6M-1.8M1.2610.55N/AN/A4,7585,983144,46397,194
2015-07-24$68.45$75.0027.0%7.8%19.6%48.2%29.6%4.7%-0.0%-4.9M252.4M-1.7M1.8710.44N/AN/A5,88811,011144,62298,397
2015-07-27$67.79$75.0028.0%8.2%18.9%52.5%28.8%5.6%-0.8%-5.7M266.2M-1.7M1.026.84N/AN/A7,6057,779143,362100,735
2015-07-28$69.56$75.0026.9%7.9%21.6%48.2%27.1%5.2%0.5%-2.9M214.2M-1.8M0.6110.81N/AN/A11,4407,009144,491101,993
2015-07-29$70.77$75.0024.9%7.4%22.7%40.0%25.0%5.9%-0.2%1.2M161.2M-1.9M0.7411.52N/AN/A9,7657,263150,335103,042
2015-07-30$71.46$75.0022.3%6.6%22.0%29.7%22.6%4.3%0.2%3.7M125.9M-1.9M0.7416.03N/AN/A8,6816,387153,657103,377
2015-07-31$70.16$75.0024.1%7.1%22.6%36.9%26.1%3.4%-0.5%1.4M167.2M-1.9M1.0410.53N/AN/A7,2237,488155,982103,186