OXY Options History — October 2018

In October 2018, OXY traded between $65.94 and $83.00. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.9%, placing in the 60.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.8% (HV 20d: 26.0%). Max pain ranged from $77.50 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 17 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.49.

Notable Days

  • 2018-10-18: Highest Volume — 35,047 contracts
  • 2018-10-11: Largest IV spike — 20.2% change
  • 2018-10-29: Highest IV Rank — 92.6%
  • 2018-10-29: Largest Expected Move — 11.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$74.74$65.94$83.00$83.00$67.40
Max Pain$79.24$77.50$80.00$80.00$77.50
ATM IV26.9%18.1%34.0%19.0%31.0%
Expected Move8.0%5.0%11.2%5.0%10.2%
HV 20d26.0%15.6%32.6%17.9%32.6%
HV 60d22.4%17.8%26.1%18.8%26.1%
IV Rank60.6%21.3%92.6%25.5%79.2%
IV Percentile82.8%20.6%99.6%30.2%97.2%
Term Structure0.1%-2.2%4.1%1.6%0.8%
VWIV27.6%17.4%36.7%18.1%34.3%
Skew 25d3.6%2.5%4.5%2.5%4.3%
Skew 10d7.9%4.7%10.8%5.2%9.8%
Call IV 25d25.4%17.4%31.9%18.5%29.4%
Put IV 25d29.0%20.0%36.3%21.0%33.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.573.5315.083.948.37
Gamma HHI0.120.070.230.230.08
Net GEX11.4M-1.9M31.4M29.3M-833.3K
Net DEX-40.0M-352.2M163.5M-349.8M134.6M
Net VEX-1.1M-1.5M-819.9K-1.4M-858.1K
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.490.120.820.330.54
Total Volume14,264.6967,88035,04713,9359,511
Total OI180,550.565156,107206,714156,107176,872

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-10-01$83.00$80.0019.0%5.0%17.9%25.5%18.1%2.5%1.6%29.3M-349.8M-1.4M0.333.94N/AN/A10,5023,43395,30360,804
2018-10-02$82.80$80.0018.9%5.0%17.6%25.3%17.4%2.5%1.8%31.4M-352.2M-1.4M0.463.67N/AN/A6,9253,182101,44961,468
2018-10-03$82.43$80.0018.1%5.1%17.7%21.3%18.0%2.6%4.1%30.7M-329.8M-1.4M0.434.47N/AN/A10,4824,532102,81862,080
2018-10-04$82.09$80.0019.7%6.4%16.0%28.8%21.2%2.7%3.9%30.0M-305.7M-1.5M0.384.82N/AN/A10,3843,972104,43063,137
2018-10-05$81.32$80.0020.5%6.4%15.6%32.5%24.4%3.0%3.8%28.2M-263.8M-1.4M0.825.23N/AN/A4,7053,867110,17763,736
2018-10-08$81.85$80.0022.5%6.5%15.7%41.4%23.5%3.1%-0.9%29.4M-284.9M-1.4M0.806.53N/AN/A4,3763,504107,98263,017
2018-10-09$82.05$80.0023.6%6.6%15.7%46.2%21.5%3.5%-0.8%30.7M-298.7M-1.4M0.165.77N/AN/A21,8653,600108,90663,981
2018-10-10$77.90$80.0026.9%8.0%23.9%61.0%26.3%3.9%1.3%14.5M-88.9M-1.3M0.419.39N/AN/A10,1124,103126,31164,761
2018-10-11$76.58$80.0032.4%8.8%24.3%85.3%30.2%4.3%-2.2%11.0M-41.1M-1.3M0.539.14N/AN/A8,7074,597127,72165,799
2018-10-12$76.94$80.0028.3%7.9%23.8%67.0%27.0%3.7%-0.9%10.2M-30.9M-1.3M0.346.21N/AN/A12,1854,177126,42766,792
2018-10-15$72.23$80.0030.2%8.6%32.5%75.5%29.4%3.5%-1.9%2.4M98.3M-961.0K0.375.79N/AN/A14,9925,614127,20165,658
2018-10-16$72.95$80.0027.5%7.9%31.8%63.3%27.1%3.7%-1.4%3.8M79.8M-961.1K0.365.22N/AN/A12,3604,457130,63166,903
2018-10-17$72.83$80.0027.3%7.8%31.4%62.8%27.0%3.7%-1.5%5.0M73.2M-1.0M0.614.73N/AN/A8,6465,282135,26967,430
2018-10-18$71.82$80.0028.0%8.1%31.6%65.9%29.3%3.5%-1.5%3.6M102.2M-1.0M0.1215.08N/AN/A31,3843,663137,78768,927
2018-10-19$72.30$80.0027.2%7.9%31.7%62.2%27.7%3.8%-1.4%4.4M88.7M-1.0M0.654.90N/AN/A6,8314,457125,22969,360
2018-10-22$72.38$80.0027.3%8.2%31.0%62.5%28.0%3.7%-0.5%3.0M60.8M-989.1K0.783.53N/AN/A6,3084,935110,94664,043
2018-10-23$70.88$77.5028.2%8.5%31.2%66.6%29.5%4.0%-0.5%928.8K91.3M-959.4K0.405.07N/AN/A9,6343,866112,49964,970
2018-10-24$69.23$77.5031.1%9.6%31.6%79.4%33.0%4.2%-0.9%-355.5K119.1M-903.3K0.546.20N/AN/A7,0413,818111,66064,667
2018-10-25$68.76$77.5030.4%9.6%31.5%76.4%33.4%4.0%-0.9%-548.8K127.5M-893.8K0.687.94N/AN/A7,9015,387113,07065,312
2018-10-26$67.96$77.5032.7%10.4%30.2%86.9%35.7%4.4%-1.1%-1.0M145.4M-895.7K0.519.09N/AN/A8,1114,168113,69367,264
2018-10-29$65.94$77.5034.0%11.2%30.4%92.6%36.7%4.4%0.9%-1.9M163.5M-819.9K0.599.47N/AN/A5,3333,164106,55566,189
2018-10-30$67.35$77.5032.7%10.8%32.4%86.7%36.6%4.5%0.9%-1.4M141.3M-850.1K0.436.51N/AN/A8,3933,622107,21866,211
2018-10-31$67.40$77.5031.0%10.2%32.6%79.2%34.3%4.3%0.8%-833.3K134.6M-858.1K0.548.37N/AN/A6,1673,344110,19166,681