OXY Options History — October 2021

In October 2021, OXY traded between $31.11 and $35.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 52.2%, placing in the 13.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 15.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.9% (HV 20d: 47.3%). Max pain ranged from $27.00 to $31.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2021-10-05: Highest Volume — 126,496 contracts
  • 2021-10-07: Largest IV drop — 6.6% change
  • 2021-10-06: Highest IV Rank — 26.0%
  • 2021-10-04: Largest Expected Move — 16.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$33.04$31.11$35.49$31.11$33.60
Max Pain$28.86$27.00$31.00$27.00$31.00
ATM IV52.2%48.7%57.8%53.3%50.3%
Expected Move15.0%14.1%16.1%15.1%15.0%
HV 20d47.3%37.0%55.7%55.7%41.4%
HV 60d51.8%49.5%56.0%55.2%51.3%
IV Rank13.4%5.4%26.0%15.8%9.9%
IV Percentile21.0%2.0%44.8%22.6%14.3%
Term Structure-0.4%-1.9%1.4%1.4%-0.0%
VWIV53.1%49.6%56.7%53.3%53.0%
Skew 25d0.3%-0.9%2.2%1.6%-0.7%
Skew 10d0.2%-19.6%7.2%4.9%-0.8%
Call IV 25d53.5%50.3%58.8%53.4%51.7%
Put IV 25d53.8%50.4%58.7%55.1%51.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.892.254.402.434.30
Gamma HHI0.120.100.160.160.11
Net GEX18.8M15.2M25.9M23.7M15.4M
Net DEX-1.09B-1.32B-941.0M-1.02B-1.02B
Net VEX-3.7M-3.9M-3.5M-3.6M-3.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.271.170.410.59
Total Volume76,106.04840,382126,49689,01257,849
Total OI917,411.524809,844982,120911,005944,007

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-10-01$31.11$27.0053.3%15.1%55.7%15.8%53.3%1.6%1.4%23.7M-1.02B-3.6M0.412.43N/AN/A63,35525,657627,905283,100
2021-10-04$31.90$27.0056.5%16.1%54.6%23.2%56.7%-0.1%-1.9%19.4M-1.05B-3.6M0.272.43N/AN/A98,61226,650597,449269,953
2021-10-05$32.92$27.0055.6%15.7%54.8%21.0%56.6%2.2%0.7%21.0M-1.22B-3.5M0.322.51N/AN/A95,77430,722608,680275,796
2021-10-06$31.89$27.0057.8%15.9%55.1%26.0%55.9%-0.0%-0.1%21.0M-1.06B-3.6M0.462.25N/AN/A40,80418,575625,549287,999
2021-10-07$32.52$27.0053.9%15.3%55.1%17.3%55.2%1.9%0.2%21.7M-1.13B-3.7M0.352.53N/AN/A57,24820,196637,972301,695
2021-10-08$33.66$27.0053.7%15.2%55.1%16.7%53.8%0.2%-0.9%18.7M-1.32B-3.7M0.362.50N/AN/A56,64220,624646,045308,072
2021-10-11$33.41$28.0054.5%15.5%52.5%18.6%55.0%0.3%-0.2%19.3M-1.23B-3.6M0.463.94N/AN/A53,90424,775625,038299,848
2021-10-12$32.91$28.0054.3%15.4%52.2%18.1%54.0%1.0%-0.5%18.7M-1.15B-3.6M0.602.66N/AN/A44,38126,495626,057303,683
2021-10-13$32.39$28.0052.9%15.0%49.7%14.9%52.7%1.0%-0.9%17.6M-1.07B-3.6M0.572.78N/AN/A25,72614,656638,856315,421
2021-10-14$31.94$29.0051.2%14.6%49.7%11.1%51.5%0.6%-0.2%16.1M-989.0M-3.5M0.492.55N/AN/A45,46022,387650,825324,248
2021-10-15$31.73$29.0048.7%14.1%49.1%5.4%49.6%0.0%0.6%15.2M-951.4M-3.5M0.412.86N/AN/A45,64518,694654,166327,954
2021-10-18$33.00$30.0050.4%14.4%42.4%9.3%50.8%0.2%-1.7%15.5M-941.0M-3.5M0.412.77N/AN/A86,08835,328543,812266,032
2021-10-19$32.85$30.0049.7%14.2%42.9%7.7%50.1%0.3%-1.1%16.6M-956.8M-3.6M0.652.73N/AN/A26,66817,368562,278272,299
2021-10-20$33.34$30.0050.7%14.5%40.9%9.9%51.1%-0.2%-1.5%18.2M-1.03B-3.7M0.333.78N/AN/A54,42418,080600,532301,598
2021-10-21$32.82$30.0050.4%14.5%40.2%9.3%51.5%-0.6%-1.3%18.1M-957.5M-3.8M0.373.23N/AN/A46,05416,878617,457305,783
2021-10-22$33.85$30.0050.0%14.5%41.0%8.4%51.9%-0.9%-1.2%25.9M-1.14B-3.7M0.512.84N/AN/A52,06926,326632,461308,517
2021-10-25$35.23$30.0050.4%14.8%37.3%9.4%52.8%-0.5%-0.0%20.5M-1.28B-3.7M0.482.33N/AN/A62,82430,365597,968298,088
2021-10-26$35.49$30.0050.6%14.9%37.0%9.6%52.5%-0.6%0.1%19.9M-1.29B-3.7M0.372.29N/AN/A49,15518,014600,536312,789
2021-10-27$33.46$30.0050.9%15.1%44.1%10.5%53.3%-0.3%0.1%16.8M-1.01B-3.8M0.522.52N/AN/A50,61926,540612,175314,333
2021-10-28$33.78$31.0050.8%15.1%43.5%10.1%53.5%0.5%-0.1%16.0M-1.04B-3.9M1.174.40N/AN/A21,42825,168612,856325,810
2021-10-29$33.60$31.0050.3%15.0%41.4%9.9%53.0%-0.7%-0.0%15.4M-1.02B-3.8M0.594.30N/AN/A36,44121,408614,181329,826