OXY Options History — September 2021

In September 2021, OXY traded between $24.98 and $30.20. ATM implied volatility averaged 51.4%, placing in the 11.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 14.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 5.9% (HV 20d: 57.3%). Max pain ranged from $25.00 to $27.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.39.

Notable Days

  • 2021-09-28: Highest Volume — 160,123 contracts
  • 2021-09-20: Largest IV spike — 17.2% change
  • 2021-09-20: Highest IV Rank — 31.0%
  • 2021-09-20: Largest Expected Move — 17.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$27.03$24.98$30.20$25.12$29.78
Max Pain$26.00$25.00$27.00$25.00$27.00
ATM IV51.4%48.2%59.9%49.2%54.4%
Expected Move14.6%13.5%17.1%13.5%15.1%
HV 20d57.3%53.7%60.3%54.2%56.5%
HV 60d55.2%54.0%56.5%54.7%54.4%
IV Rank11.6%4.2%31.0%6.4%18.2%
IV Percentile14.8%1.2%44.8%3.6%27.8%
Term Structure0.5%-0.5%2.2%1.0%1.1%
VWIV51.7%47.5%59.4%47.5%54.0%
Skew 25d2.8%1.0%5.8%2.3%2.9%
Skew 10d5.9%1.2%11.8%5.5%6.4%
Call IV 25d51.4%48.7%58.8%49.6%54.7%
Put IV 25d54.2%50.1%63.7%51.9%57.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.612.454.593.462.55
Gamma HHI0.150.110.450.120.15
Net GEX13.5M6.6M27.3M9.0M18.5M
Net DEX-472.8M-867.9M-232.5M-270.1M-806.3M
Net VEX-3.0M-3.6M-2.8M-2.8M-3.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.390.250.580.560.33
Total Volume68,107.38123,406160,12342,60475,552
Total OI785,388.238723,090889,149738,483889,149

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-09-01$25.12$25.0049.2%13.5%54.2%6.4%47.5%2.3%1.0%9.0M-270.1M-2.8M0.563.46N/AN/A27,26215,342507,729230,754
2021-09-02$26.47$26.0049.1%14.2%57.3%6.4%49.9%1.2%0.6%13.3M-418.1M-3.0M0.303.93N/AN/A68,11320,677517,589233,707
2021-09-03$25.80$26.0048.2%14.0%57.9%4.2%49.3%1.4%0.7%12.5M-348.1M-2.9M0.553.63N/AN/A30,34116,542527,992237,937
2021-09-07$25.72$26.0049.7%14.1%57.1%7.6%49.8%2.5%-0.5%9.3M-308.0M-2.8M0.304.02N/AN/A20,3576,208506,390233,863
2021-09-08$24.98$26.0050.8%14.5%57.4%10.1%51.3%1.8%-0.3%7.9M-233.5M-2.8M0.253.81N/AN/A36,0888,980516,214244,278
2021-09-09$25.18$26.0050.4%14.4%57.0%9.2%50.4%3.5%-0.3%8.2M-243.7M-2.8M0.293.44N/AN/A18,0745,332521,811246,485
2021-09-10$25.03$26.0049.8%14.3%56.9%7.9%50.7%4.0%0.2%10.8M-232.5M-2.8M0.524.31N/AN/A23,65812,316536,945250,787
2021-09-13$26.68$26.0050.3%14.4%59.9%9.0%51.4%4.1%0.4%12.1M-411.6M-2.9M0.484.59N/AN/A60,84729,110520,158241,842
2021-09-14$26.18$26.0051.8%14.8%58.1%12.3%51.6%3.9%0.3%12.2M-361.9M-2.9M0.484.02N/AN/A27,29313,222530,080244,520
2021-09-15$27.81$26.0049.9%14.3%60.3%8.1%50.5%2.4%0.5%14.3M-562.1M-3.0M0.343.30N/AN/A85,40228,620538,564252,955
2021-09-16$27.45$26.0049.3%14.1%60.1%6.8%50.3%1.9%0.8%16.2M-520.4M-3.0M0.584.22N/AN/A27,82716,156547,383256,726
2021-09-17$26.95$26.0051.1%14.6%53.7%10.9%52.0%2.1%0.6%27.3M-448.2M-3.1M0.492.71N/AN/A42,69821,103564,578265,924
2021-09-20$25.31$26.0059.9%17.1%59.5%31.0%59.4%4.9%-0.4%6.6M-269.0M-2.9M0.423.59N/AN/A45,95619,308496,579226,511
2021-09-21$25.62$26.0053.9%15.3%55.8%17.1%54.2%5.8%0.2%7.2M-282.7M-2.9M0.304.07N/AN/A38,05611,594511,853230,953
2021-09-22$26.87$26.0051.1%14.6%56.3%10.8%52.1%3.3%0.5%11.2M-432.3M-3.1M0.264.22N/AN/A76,62020,285535,407236,984
2021-09-23$28.01$26.0050.1%14.3%57.8%8.7%50.3%2.6%-0.1%15.3M-581.9M-3.2M0.253.68N/AN/A69,84417,259554,580242,557
2021-09-24$28.26$26.0049.9%13.9%56.9%8.2%49.7%2.3%0.3%15.9M-638.1M-3.3M0.323.77N/AN/A35,37911,455582,949249,223
2021-09-27$30.15$26.0050.4%14.2%57.4%9.2%50.7%1.0%2.2%18.0M-848.3M-3.3M0.322.45N/AN/A98,00031,267557,023243,934
2021-09-28$30.02$26.0055.5%15.6%57.2%20.9%56.0%1.9%1.6%18.7M-843.8M-3.4M0.392.77N/AN/A115,58144,542566,483247,974
2021-09-29$30.20$26.0054.9%15.4%57.1%19.5%54.5%2.6%0.3%19.3M-867.9M-3.5M0.343.30N/AN/A43,13214,857587,219258,564
2021-09-30$29.78$27.0054.4%15.1%56.5%18.2%54.0%2.9%1.1%18.5M-806.3M-3.6M0.332.55N/AN/A56,65018,902612,335276,814