OXY Options History — September 2015

In September 2015, OXY traded between $63.65 and $70.92. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.5%, placing in the 67.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 1.6% (HV 20d: 35.2%). Max pain ranged from $67.50 to $70.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.25.

Notable Days

  • 2015-09-25: Highest Volume — 19,132 contracts
  • 2015-09-28: Largest IV spike — 19.6% change
  • 2015-09-01: Highest IV Rank — 91.2%
  • 2015-09-01: Largest Expected Move — 12.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$67.24$63.65$70.92$69.81$66.22
Max Pain$68.69$67.50$70.00$70.00$67.50
ATM IV33.5%29.5%39.4%39.4%31.5%
Expected Move9.5%8.3%12.1%12.1%9.0%
HV 20d35.2%27.4%39.4%39.1%27.4%
HV 60d28.4%27.6%29.8%27.6%29.8%
IV Rank67.7%51.9%91.2%91.2%58.8%
IV Percentile89.4%81.7%98.8%98.8%83.3%
Term Structure-0.3%-4.7%3.1%-0.5%-0.0%
VWIV33.6%28.0%43.2%43.2%30.4%
Skew 25d7.5%3.8%10.6%9.6%7.0%
Skew 10d15.3%10.2%21.4%18.7%18.1%
Call IV 25d30.6%27.3%36.7%36.7%29.3%
Put IV 25d38.1%32.9%46.3%46.3%36.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.139.1728.2128.2112.69
Gamma HHI0.090.060.140.060.09
Net GEX-717.0K-8.1M3.0M1.0M-460.3K
Net DEX143.8M40.0M214.8M79.6M164.9M
Net VEX-1.7M-2.2M-1.4M-2.2M-1.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.250.602.371.640.83
Total Volume12,232.1434,37819,13213,35110,337
Total OI200,707.286176,211218,981211,578192,882

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-09-01$69.81$70.0039.4%12.1%39.1%91.2%43.2%9.6%-0.5%1.0M79.6M-2.2M1.6428.21N/AN/A5,0648,287108,823102,755
2015-09-02$70.90$70.0039.3%10.7%39.4%90.8%38.0%10.6%-1.1%3.0M40.0M-2.2M1.6416.45N/AN/A6,38510,472109,485104,186
2015-09-03$70.92$70.0034.5%9.7%39.2%72.4%36.2%10.4%-0.6%2.8M42.0M-2.1M1.4821.12N/AN/A5,7918,573111,035106,757
2015-09-04$69.92$70.0036.1%9.9%39.3%78.8%39.7%8.7%-0.9%1.7M90.2M-2.0M1.6521.76N/AN/A5,0748,396111,432107,549
2015-09-08$69.50$70.0034.1%9.5%37.1%70.1%35.4%7.4%-1.8%3.0M73.5M-2.0M0.6012.83N/AN/A3,6032,162104,30496,595
2015-09-09$67.58$70.0034.9%9.9%38.2%73.0%33.7%8.2%-0.7%-585.3K132.6M-1.9M1.0312.15N/AN/A6,1586,373109,18297,909
2015-09-10$67.69$70.0034.3%9.7%36.1%70.8%33.5%8.4%-0.5%-1.5M141.0M-1.8M1.3516.78N/AN/A6,3858,598109,92898,347
2015-09-11$66.71$70.0034.1%9.6%36.2%70.1%34.2%7.9%-1.6%-8.1M181.9M-1.7M1.0613.38N/AN/A6,9057,348110,713101,163
2015-09-14$66.12$70.0035.9%10.3%36.1%77.1%35.1%8.1%1.7%-3.2M178.6M-1.7M1.3214.59N/AN/A4,7036,223109,19096,245
2015-09-15$66.75$70.0032.6%9.3%36.3%64.0%32.7%7.1%3.1%-2.6M158.8M-1.7M0.7916.08N/AN/A2,4501,928106,99096,337
2015-09-16$68.45$67.5031.6%9.1%37.8%60.2%29.7%7.1%0.2%2.0M113.1M-1.8M1.1916.04N/AN/A5,2936,287110,43196,929
2015-09-17$68.24$67.5030.7%8.7%37.2%56.7%28.0%6.9%2.6%1.3M113.3M-1.8M0.6317.85N/AN/A9,2505,781110,73897,602
2015-09-18$66.77$67.5030.6%8.7%37.1%56.5%32.6%7.1%0.4%-328.8K165.2M-1.6M0.9815.11N/AN/A6,1786,082112,01297,840
2015-09-21$66.79$67.5029.5%8.3%36.8%51.9%29.3%5.7%0.0%-764.5K159.0M-1.6M1.029.69N/AN/A4,9795,05998,01578,196
2015-09-22$65.54$67.5030.6%8.9%33.0%55.5%30.6%5.4%-0.1%-2.0M189.9M-1.5M1.259.17N/AN/A3,4774,35699,76679,156
2015-09-23$64.85$67.5031.4%8.9%33.1%58.3%30.1%3.8%-0.1%-2.3M201.4M-1.5M1.229.28N/AN/A4,8765,925102,04780,479
2015-09-24$65.03$67.5032.2%9.1%32.9%61.8%29.9%5.7%1.3%-2.2M199.0M-1.5M1.8211.23N/AN/A6,66712,114102,99481,760
2015-09-25$66.08$67.5030.7%8.7%28.1%55.5%32.1%7.4%-0.5%-889.5K173.7M-1.5M2.3713.51N/AN/A5,67413,458103,78789,216
2015-09-28$63.65$67.5036.7%10.1%29.5%79.7%36.1%8.2%-4.7%-2.5M214.8M-1.4M1.4214.80N/AN/A3,9705,628101,75388,551
2015-09-29$64.42$67.5033.7%9.7%28.8%67.7%34.4%7.9%-1.9%-2.5M208.0M-1.4M1.0015.11N/AN/A5,2915,315102,15489,620
2015-09-30$66.22$67.5031.5%9.0%27.4%58.8%30.4%7.0%-0.0%-460.3K164.9M-1.5M0.8312.69N/AN/A5,6514,686102,82990,053