OXY Options History — August 2015

In August 2015, OXY traded between $66.08 and $73.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 29.6%, placing in the 57.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 26.9%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $75.00. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.17.

Notable Days

  • 2015-08-18: Highest Volume — 24,734 contracts
  • 2015-08-24: Largest IV spike — 23.9% change
  • 2015-08-24: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2015-08-24: Largest Expected Move — 12.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$70.60$66.08$73.81$69.40$73.01
Max Pain$70.71$70.00$75.00$75.00$70.00
ATM IV29.6%23.8%41.8%25.4%33.9%
Expected Move8.6%6.8%12.4%7.4%10.3%
HV 20d26.9%20.3%35.3%21.4%35.3%
HV 60d22.4%19.4%26.7%19.6%26.6%
IV Rank57.2%35.7%100.0%42.1%70.9%
IV Percentile83.3%59.5%100.0%75.8%93.7%
Term Structure-0.5%-2.6%1.1%-0.2%-1.4%
VWIV31.0%24.9%44.7%25.6%37.5%
Skew 25d6.7%4.0%11.3%5.0%10.1%
Skew 10d13.7%8.0%23.2%8.2%23.2%
Call IV 25d27.1%22.4%37.0%23.9%30.0%
Put IV 25d33.8%27.5%48.3%28.9%40.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %18.478.6251.458.6227.04
Gamma HHI0.090.060.160.090.06
Net GEX4.3M-3.2M15.2M-1.5M6.8M
Net DEX102.5M-45.2M226.2M199.4M-45.2M
Net VEX-1.9M-2.3M-1.7M-1.8M-2.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.170.592.201.102.20
Total Volume14,711.8572,96924,7345,79323,759
Total OI247,858.048173,923289,551254,039203,519

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-08-03$69.40$75.0025.4%7.4%21.4%42.1%25.6%5.0%-0.2%-1.5M199.4M-1.8M1.108.62N/AN/A2,7623,031151,842102,197
2015-08-04$69.01$75.0025.7%7.6%21.2%43.2%25.8%5.5%-0.1%-2.5M215.7M-1.8M1.4610.85N/AN/A4,0025,831155,955104,258
2015-08-05$68.69$75.0024.6%7.7%20.3%38.9%27.1%5.8%0.2%-3.2M226.2M-1.7M1.188.67N/AN/A6,4197,556156,567104,765
2015-08-06$69.50$70.0026.9%7.5%20.6%48.1%29.2%5.7%0.1%-388.4K197.7M-1.8M1.2913.32N/AN/A5,7787,449157,448107,095
2015-08-07$68.75$70.0027.7%8.2%20.7%51.0%31.6%5.6%-1.2%-2.4M221.5M-1.8M1.1113.42N/AN/A6,6947,416159,564108,826
2015-08-10$71.30$70.0025.1%6.9%25.1%40.7%24.9%4.0%-1.6%4.1M111.8M-1.8M1.1713.02N/AN/A5,5016,447157,299108,747
2015-08-11$71.48$70.0026.3%7.1%24.6%45.7%28.3%5.7%-1.8%5.5M98.4M-1.9M1.0611.74N/AN/A1,4441,525156,087109,201
2015-08-12$73.75$70.0026.1%7.6%26.6%44.6%26.8%5.8%1.0%11.9M-23.3M-2.0M0.5910.98N/AN/A13,0967,762159,034110,530
2015-08-13$73.04$70.0026.5%7.6%26.8%46.2%28.9%5.3%0.1%11.0M19.6M-2.0M1.2210.58N/AN/A5,1556,294160,743112,788
2015-08-14$73.41$70.0026.2%7.5%26.5%45.3%27.5%5.5%0.7%12.9M-2.0M-2.0M1.239.95N/AN/A5,0216,169161,558113,644
2015-08-17$73.75$70.0025.5%7.4%25.0%42.5%27.7%5.7%-0.0%14.5M-9.1M-1.9M1.6111.42N/AN/A3,3865,438158,975111,590
2015-08-18$73.81$70.0023.8%6.8%25.0%35.7%25.2%5.1%1.1%15.2M-16.0M-1.9M0.7110.04N/AN/A14,49810,236159,734112,178
2015-08-19$72.16$70.0026.7%7.6%26.1%47.1%25.9%5.4%-1.0%10.6M57.7M-2.0M0.6513.25N/AN/A7,6584,956168,824116,655
2015-08-20$70.54$70.0029.9%8.6%27.5%59.8%28.7%6.3%-2.6%3.3M152.2M-2.0M1.3215.12N/AN/A5,2006,853168,626120,060
2015-08-21$69.40$70.0033.7%9.7%27.4%74.8%35.6%7.8%-1.5%289.2K204.3M-1.9M1.7313.55N/AN/A5,1108,861168,942120,609
2015-08-24$66.08$70.0041.8%12.4%32.4%100.0%44.7%11.3%-1.8%-1.7M173.7M-1.8M0.9045.41N/AN/A9,2258,31792,05581,868
2015-08-25$66.43$70.0038.6%11.4%31.0%88.1%37.0%9.8%-0.5%-1.8M166.1M-1.8M0.6751.45N/AN/A8,8815,95395,59484,908
2015-08-26$67.12$70.0036.3%10.9%30.5%79.8%38.3%8.4%1.1%-1.2M155.0M-1.8M0.9736.89N/AN/A11,89911,56498,54685,719
2015-08-27$70.41$70.0036.9%10.6%35.2%81.9%37.4%8.5%-0.9%4.4M48.8M-2.1M1.3823.00N/AN/A9,32712,841104,31090,635
2015-08-28$71.63$70.0035.2%10.3%35.1%75.7%37.0%8.9%-1.2%5.2M-152.3K-2.2M1.1129.64N/AN/A9,31510,320107,41296,112
2015-08-31$73.01$70.0033.9%10.3%35.3%70.9%37.5%10.1%-1.4%6.8M-45.2M-2.3M2.2027.04N/AN/A7,41416,345107,37696,143