OXY Options History — April 2021

In April 2021, OXY traded between $23.24 and $27.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 57.9%, placing in the 3.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 16.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.5% (HV 20d: 51.3%). Max pain ranged from $20.00 to $30.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.33.

Notable Days

  • 2021-04-29: Highest Volume — 103,932 contracts
  • 2021-04-05: Largest IV spike — 19.6% change
  • 2021-04-05: Highest IV Rank — 8.6%
  • 2021-04-06: Largest Expected Move — 17.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$25.00$23.24$27.35$27.35$25.32
Max Pain$22.43$20.00$30.00$30.00$23.00
ATM IV57.9%54.2%66.3%55.4%57.2%
Expected Move16.5%15.4%17.5%15.9%16.7%
HV 20d51.3%41.0%62.6%60.8%47.0%
HV 60d62.3%58.3%69.1%67.7%58.3%
IV Rank3.7%0.0%8.6%0.0%4.9%
IV Percentile2.8%0.0%12.7%0.0%3.6%
Term Structure-0.9%-25.5%11.0%11.0%0.1%
VWIV59.3%55.8%62.5%57.5%61.0%
Skew 25d0.1%-2.0%5.6%-1.7%0.2%
Skew 10d-0.3%-5.4%4.3%-4.3%-0.1%
Call IV 25d59.4%56.1%64.2%61.2%59.9%
Put IV 25d59.5%55.9%65.3%59.5%60.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.363.6929.195.303.88
Gamma HHI0.110.100.150.120.11
Net GEX7.6M4.8M14.1M8.4M10.8M
Net DEX-368.1M-536.1M-266.9M-494.4M-460.1M
Net VEX-2.7M-3.0M-2.5M-2.8M-3.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.330.110.730.320.23
Total Volume46,471.04830,919103,93252,70647,800
Total OI693,010.81624,490763,186674,077763,186

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-04-01$27.35$30.0055.4%15.9%60.8%0.0%57.5%-1.7%11.0%8.4M-494.4M-2.8M0.325.30N/AN/A39,78112,925475,481198,596
2021-04-05$25.55$20.0066.3%17.4%62.6%8.6%62.5%0.4%-25.5%5.9M-358.6M-2.6M0.1821.27N/AN/A49,7608,833460,677190,834
2021-04-06$25.49$21.0062.2%17.5%61.7%5.4%61.3%0.0%-1.8%7.6M-363.4M-2.7M0.2620.61N/AN/A37,6239,834492,862201,581
2021-04-07$25.32$21.0060.4%17.4%59.8%4.2%61.4%5.6%2.1%7.1M-349.6M-2.7M0.539.04N/AN/A26,64714,202496,869203,980
2021-04-08$24.64$21.0058.2%16.6%58.3%2.3%59.5%-1.1%0.5%5.0M-289.4M-2.6M0.5117.10N/AN/A31,19015,810504,389212,652
2021-04-09$24.52$22.0055.1%16.3%54.5%0.0%59.1%-1.4%1.1%5.5M-281.3M-2.6M0.4411.14N/AN/A22,5499,846513,781217,013
2021-04-12$24.20$22.0056.7%16.4%54.5%1.8%59.2%-0.6%0.3%4.8M-266.9M-2.5M0.3320.40N/AN/A23,7657,767480,741209,204
2021-04-13$24.35$22.0056.6%16.2%53.4%1.7%59.2%0.3%-0.5%5.4M-287.5M-2.7M0.739.87N/AN/A22,62716,506505,962219,329
2021-04-14$25.48$22.0057.1%16.3%55.5%2.3%58.7%0.4%-0.2%8.2M-378.6M-2.7M0.1714.29N/AN/A54,5309,101494,037211,471
2021-04-15$24.95$22.0055.3%15.8%54.5%0.2%56.3%-0.4%0.0%5.8M-338.8M-2.7M0.3917.27N/AN/A25,0969,755505,650209,541
2021-04-16$24.38$22.0054.2%15.4%46.8%0.0%55.8%-0.2%-0.5%5.4M-295.5M-2.6M0.4529.19N/AN/A26,04611,676512,263209,316
2021-04-19$24.53$22.0056.5%16.1%41.0%2.6%57.4%0.6%0.1%6.4M-356.2M-2.6M0.143.69N/AN/A32,6984,690440,893183,597
2021-04-20$23.24$22.0058.7%16.7%44.2%5.1%61.0%1.3%0.2%4.9M-274.8M-2.5M0.424.07N/AN/A46,48719,385454,196185,424
2021-04-21$24.41$22.0058.1%16.6%47.0%4.4%59.0%0.8%-0.1%7.9M-362.7M-2.7M0.234.23N/AN/A27,4186,218471,822198,870
2021-04-22$24.30$22.0059.1%17.0%45.8%6.8%59.9%1.1%-2.0%6.6M-346.4M-2.7M0.564.71N/AN/A21,10711,745469,575200,602
2021-04-23$24.70$23.0056.1%16.0%46.1%2.9%58.1%0.3%0.9%7.4M-371.8M-2.8M0.473.69N/AN/A20,9749,945478,546208,089
2021-04-26$24.91$23.0057.6%16.5%44.9%5.5%58.5%0.2%-1.3%8.2M-391.2M-2.7M0.253.74N/AN/A29,5507,289463,361200,457
2021-04-27$25.12$23.0058.1%16.3%45.0%6.3%59.8%-1.2%-2.1%10.3M-414.4M-2.8M0.114.26N/AN/A33,6983,597478,519203,655
2021-04-28$26.20$23.0057.3%16.4%47.6%5.0%58.7%-1.2%-1.5%14.1M-536.1M-2.9M0.174.87N/AN/A54,0349,456501,344205,183
2021-04-29$25.94$23.0058.8%17.1%47.1%7.5%61.4%-2.0%-0.7%13.0M-511.6M-2.9M0.165.01N/AN/A89,74614,186512,247207,432
2021-04-30$25.32$23.0057.2%16.7%47.0%4.9%61.0%0.2%0.1%10.8M-460.1M-3.0M0.233.88N/AN/A38,9618,839548,105215,081