OXY Options History — November 2017

In November 2017, OXY traded between $65.57 and $70.52. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.3%, placing in the 20.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.4% (HV 20d: 16.9%). Max pain ranged from $62.50 to $67.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2017-11-08: Highest Volume — 25,643 contracts
  • 2017-11-06: Largest IV spike — 12.3% change
  • 2017-11-09: Highest IV Rank — 40.6%
  • 2017-11-01: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$68.14$65.57$70.52$65.57$70.52
Max Pain$66.31$62.50$67.50$62.50$67.50
ATM IV18.3%16.3%20.8%19.5%16.4%
Expected Move5.4%5.0%6.0%6.0%5.2%
HV 20d16.9%10.8%18.8%10.8%17.8%
HV 60d15.0%13.6%15.3%13.6%15.1%
IV Rank20.8%4.7%40.6%29.6%7.0%
IV Percentile19.0%2.4%51.6%30.2%3.2%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.9%2.3%1.6%-0.3%
VWIV18.6%17.0%20.9%20.9%18.8%
Skew 25d2.3%1.4%3.4%2.3%2.2%
Skew 10d3.9%2.2%5.2%4.1%3.7%
Call IV 25d17.0%14.9%19.5%18.8%15.4%
Put IV 25d19.3%16.8%21.7%21.1%17.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.702.7717.917.3714.44
Gamma HHI0.280.210.520.210.34
Net GEX19.2M10.5M37.4M17.0M15.8M
Net DEX-219.7M-325.5M-122.7M-159.0M-242.9M
Net VEX-1.3M-1.4M-1.2M-1.4M-1.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.271.310.330.33
Total Volume11,377.5715,92525,64315,71814,029
Total OI164,095.476140,316184,343170,607147,172

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-11-01$65.57$62.5019.5%6.0%10.8%29.6%20.9%2.3%1.6%17.0M-159.0M-1.4M0.337.37N/AN/A11,8163,90293,64376,964
2017-11-02$67.82$62.5017.5%5.3%15.8%13.8%18.9%2.1%2.3%22.4M-294.3M-1.3M0.424.00N/AN/A8,6203,60494,09777,606
2017-11-03$68.22$62.5016.8%5.1%15.4%7.6%17.2%1.4%2.3%22.5M-325.5M-1.2M0.273.94N/AN/A16,2994,36994,32277,812
2017-11-06$68.81$65.0018.8%5.2%15.5%24.4%18.4%1.7%-1.9%20.5M-308.9M-1.2M0.692.83N/AN/A6,5014,49389,37577,930
2017-11-07$68.71$65.0019.4%5.5%15.5%29.8%19.7%1.9%-0.3%20.3M-299.9M-1.3M1.102.77N/AN/A4,3814,82689,70679,257
2017-11-08$68.16$65.0020.6%5.9%16.0%39.8%19.5%1.8%0.2%20.4M-265.4M-1.3M0.506.50N/AN/A17,0638,58089,98280,535
2017-11-09$68.68$65.0020.8%5.9%15.9%40.6%19.4%1.8%0.1%23.9M-311.1M-1.4M1.047.32N/AN/A7,6647,99597,70486,184
2017-11-10$68.06$67.5020.4%5.7%16.4%37.8%19.0%2.0%-0.8%25.1M-274.3M-1.4M1.315.77N/AN/A5,8757,71698,29581,517
2017-11-13$67.97$67.5019.8%5.7%16.4%32.7%18.5%2.6%-1.6%27.3M-262.7M-1.3M1.087.41N/AN/A3,5033,79596,98681,373
2017-11-14$67.29$67.5019.5%5.6%16.9%30.3%18.9%2.9%-1.0%29.6M-207.2M-1.3M0.865.82N/AN/A3,8043,28597,01882,575
2017-11-15$66.51$67.5019.8%5.7%17.6%32.5%19.5%3.4%0.6%21.1M-147.2M-1.4M0.993.70N/AN/A4,7464,69096,99283,116
2017-11-16$67.19$67.5017.6%5.1%17.9%16.3%17.5%2.6%0.1%37.4M-184.0M-1.4M0.724.10N/AN/A7,6825,52797,74484,585
2017-11-17$68.36$67.5017.9%5.3%18.6%19.1%17.2%2.2%-1.8%14.1M-297.9M-1.3M0.736.70N/AN/A7,3805,40498,67885,665
2017-11-20$67.81$67.5018.1%5.4%18.8%20.5%18.9%2.5%-0.3%11.1M-123.7M-1.3M0.924.92N/AN/A3,3763,10074,98668,290
2017-11-21$67.86$67.5017.6%5.2%18.5%15.9%17.0%3.3%-0.7%10.5M-122.7M-1.2M0.736.89N/AN/A4,2503,12175,39769,024
2017-11-22$68.26$67.5017.3%5.1%18.3%13.9%17.8%2.2%-0.5%11.4M-138.9M-1.3M0.945.23N/AN/A3,0622,86376,80169,481
2017-11-24$68.42$67.5016.4%5.0%17.7%5.8%17.5%3.0%-0.2%15.4M-149.5M-1.2M0.8212.39N/AN/A3,4582,85277,37269,587
2017-11-27$68.07$67.5016.3%5.2%17.9%4.7%18.6%2.5%0.1%11.3M-132.6M-1.2M1.235.54N/AN/A3,8414,72371,38768,929
2017-11-28$68.86$67.5016.4%5.2%18.1%5.2%17.9%2.6%0.1%12.4M-159.7M-1.3M0.725.21N/AN/A3,8882,81672,16871,181
2017-11-29$69.86$67.5016.9%5.6%18.2%9.6%19.6%1.9%-0.0%13.9M-207.4M-1.2M0.6717.91N/AN/A6,0024,02872,89471,675
2017-11-30$70.52$67.5016.4%5.2%17.8%7.0%18.8%2.2%-0.3%15.8M-242.9M-1.2M0.3314.44N/AN/A10,5543,47574,38972,783