OXY Options History — October 2019

In October 2019, OXY traded between $40.31 and $43.84. ATM implied volatility averaged 36.0%, placing in the 67.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.3% (HV 20d: 27.7%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $47.50. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.60.

Notable Days

  • 2019-10-22: Highest Volume — 46,505 contracts
  • 2019-10-02: Largest IV spike — 11.7% change
  • 2019-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 90.9%
  • 2019-10-08: Largest Expected Move — 11.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$41.69$40.31$43.84$43.84$40.52
Max Pain$45.33$45.00$47.50$45.00$45.00
ATM IV36.0%32.4%41.8%33.2%33.9%
Expected Move10.4%9.1%11.4%9.1%10.9%
HV 20d27.7%16.8%38.9%38.7%24.3%
HV 60d35.1%32.0%36.2%35.7%32.0%
IV Rank67.9%53.5%90.9%58.1%59.4%
IV Percentile87.8%71.4%99.6%82.5%79.0%
Term Structure-0.9%-7.6%1.4%0.1%0.7%
VWIV37.2%32.6%39.7%32.6%39.3%
Skew 25d1.9%0.5%9.5%1.7%0.7%
Skew 10d3.7%-0.2%19.8%5.1%1.1%
Call IV 25d36.1%32.7%41.2%33.9%34.8%
Put IV 25d38.0%33.5%44.9%35.7%35.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.466.0329.179.019.96
Gamma HHI0.110.100.130.110.12
Net GEX-5.5M-10.4M1.2M127.9K-8.7M
Net DEX297.7M191.1M403.5M198.1M349.8M
Net VEX-2.2M-2.5M-2.0M-2.5M-2.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.600.191.200.480.77
Total Volume14,602.8268,25046,5058,33017,324
Total OI529,772.174492,716567,352514,585528,374

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2019-10-01$43.84$45.0033.2%9.1%38.7%58.1%32.6%1.7%0.1%127.9K198.1M-2.5M0.489.01N/AN/A5,6192,711280,835233,750
2019-10-02$43.01$45.0037.1%10.1%38.9%73.0%35.8%1.8%1.4%-2.3M248.2M-2.5M0.2710.08N/AN/A12,7993,461282,364235,166
2019-10-03$43.16$47.5035.9%10.6%36.3%68.5%36.8%3.1%0.8%-1.4M229.2M-2.5M0.1919.78N/AN/A12,3222,298289,563236,940
2019-10-04$42.91$47.5035.4%10.2%36.2%65.4%36.0%1.5%-0.4%-2.3M257.3M-2.4M0.7719.25N/AN/A5,4564,223296,032237,882
2019-10-07$42.33$47.5038.2%10.3%36.4%76.4%36.8%1.4%-1.7%-5.4M289.9M-2.3M0.3112.27N/AN/A6,5692,058291,920236,199
2019-10-08$41.00$45.0041.8%11.4%35.7%90.9%39.4%1.9%-1.7%-7.8M355.7M-2.2M0.5723.06N/AN/A7,9744,569294,876237,328
2019-10-09$40.77$45.0041.5%11.3%35.7%89.5%39.4%3.2%-2.4%-8.3M374.3M-2.1M0.2719.85N/AN/A16,8344,482298,582239,569
2019-10-10$41.06$45.0039.5%11.2%35.8%81.5%39.7%3.2%-0.4%-6.6M344.1M-2.3M1.2014.84N/AN/A4,3855,241303,480239,551
2019-10-11$41.30$45.0041.4%10.3%36.0%89.0%38.7%9.5%-7.6%-8.2M352.7M-2.1M0.5629.17N/AN/A5,7613,223305,318243,063
2019-10-14$40.45$45.0037.1%10.6%26.7%72.2%37.1%1.9%-1.2%-9.4M390.3M-2.0M0.5012.23N/AN/A11,0065,450301,091240,334
2019-10-15$40.83$45.0035.4%10.1%20.5%65.5%35.2%1.9%-1.3%-9.7M376.9M-2.0M1.0115.14N/AN/A7,2057,257304,683242,571
2019-10-16$40.34$45.0035.6%10.2%20.3%66.3%39.2%1.5%-0.2%-10.0M399.2M-2.0M0.9716.65N/AN/A10,0869,755307,575244,657
2019-10-17$40.31$45.0035.6%10.2%16.8%66.1%39.3%0.5%0.2%-10.4M403.5M-2.0M0.2612.40N/AN/A14,6823,770310,086247,715
2019-10-18$40.51$45.0035.9%10.4%17.2%67.4%36.5%1.2%-0.5%-8.5M382.1M-2.0M0.6411.97N/AN/A10,3176,555319,820247,532
2019-10-21$40.80$45.0034.3%10.1%17.6%61.0%36.4%2.1%-1.6%-8.0M334.8M-2.0M0.4711.37N/AN/A7,8673,674258,076234,640
2019-10-22$42.23$45.0035.6%10.5%22.6%66.2%37.9%1.3%-1.5%-4.4M226.9M-2.2M0.9111.62N/AN/A24,39122,114263,458237,173
2019-10-23$42.76$45.0034.3%10.1%23.3%60.9%36.7%1.2%-1.6%-2.9M191.1M-2.2M0.488.57N/AN/A10,1734,846274,212245,439
2019-10-24$42.28$45.0034.1%10.2%23.5%60.2%36.1%1.2%-1.7%-2.2M215.7M-2.2M0.647.29N/AN/A5,1103,253277,970237,894
2019-10-25$42.58$45.0033.0%9.9%23.8%55.8%35.6%0.7%-1.7%1.2M192.1M-2.2M0.846.03N/AN/A4,6173,857279,813239,293
2019-10-28$42.36$45.0032.4%10.1%23.5%53.5%35.8%0.7%0.7%-3.4M219.1M-2.1M0.5711.62N/AN/A9,2765,326274,001237,339
2019-10-29$42.35$45.0033.1%10.5%22.9%56.1%37.4%0.6%0.7%-3.2M218.8M-2.1M0.476.18N/AN/A6,5983,121281,351241,139
2019-10-30$41.26$45.0033.4%10.8%23.7%57.6%38.7%0.9%0.5%-6.1M297.0M-2.0M0.6611.29N/AN/A4,9593,291282,900243,206
2019-10-31$40.52$45.0033.9%10.9%24.3%59.4%39.3%0.7%0.7%-8.7M349.8M-2.0M0.779.96N/AN/A9,7717,553283,178245,196