OXY Options History — March 2025

In March 2025, OXY traded between $45.23 and $49.85. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.9%, placing in the 66.2% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.3% (HV 20d: 37.2%). Max pain ranged from $47.50 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2025-03-03: Highest Volume — 91,578 contracts
  • 2025-03-24: Largest IV drop — 15.8% change
  • 2025-03-11: Highest IV Rank — 98.2%
  • 2025-03-10: Largest Expected Move — 11.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$47.46$45.23$49.85$45.91$49.55
Max Pain$49.79$47.50$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV30.9%25.3%36.8%32.4%28.5%
Expected Move9.6%8.5%11.8%10.0%8.8%
HV 20d37.2%28.4%40.6%37.7%28.4%
HV 60d31.0%30.4%31.7%30.7%31.1%
IV Rank66.2%36.1%98.2%74.6%53.7%
IV Percentile79.1%44.0%99.2%93.3%68.7%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.2%1.3%0.2%1.3%
VWIV33.6%29.9%41.2%35.3%30.9%
Skew 25d2.0%0.6%4.8%0.6%3.1%
Skew 10d2.7%-12.0%11.7%-12.0%5.0%
Call IV 25d30.4%25.2%36.4%32.7%27.0%
Put IV 25d32.4%27.4%41.1%33.3%30.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.823.7328.3021.7812.02
Gamma HHI0.110.080.140.100.08
Net GEX321.5K-17.5M25.9M-14.9M10.8M
Net DEX196.4M-191.7M552.4M501.7M-73.3M
Net VEX-6.7M-7.0M-6.3M-6.3M-6.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.281.610.920.66
Total Volume54,315.76227,43291,57891,57839,965
Total OI947,111.333813,7731,017,066939,670836,126

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-03-03$45.91$50.0032.4%10.0%37.7%74.6%35.3%0.6%0.2%-14.9M501.7M-6.3M0.9221.78N/AN/A47,74743,831548,803390,867
2025-03-04$46.84$50.0031.8%9.6%38.3%71.3%34.1%0.6%0.5%-11.1M376.7M-6.7M1.2322.44N/AN/A33,14040,891565,614408,520
2025-03-05$45.58$50.0032.2%9.8%38.2%73.4%34.5%1.5%-0.6%-17.5M552.4M-6.4M0.9321.36N/AN/A44,34641,070570,750428,518
2025-03-06$45.60$50.0035.1%10.6%38.2%89.1%37.2%1.0%-1.2%-14.7M522.5M-6.6M0.7623.82N/AN/A28,06921,470583,598432,814
2025-03-07$47.28$50.0033.0%9.8%40.4%77.6%34.6%1.5%-0.6%-8.2M272.3M-7.0M0.6816.12N/AN/A48,64032,933587,238429,828
2025-03-10$47.23$50.0036.1%11.8%40.4%94.0%40.8%4.8%-0.0%-4.3M249.6M-7.0M0.3221.86N/AN/A36,82911,731567,401420,210
2025-03-11$46.27$50.0036.8%11.8%38.5%98.2%41.2%0.9%-1.1%-7.8M354.9M-6.8M0.4921.86N/AN/A23,12011,376575,920416,922
2025-03-12$46.26$50.0034.1%10.5%38.4%83.4%37.1%1.8%-1.1%-10.4M371.8M-6.6M1.3228.30N/AN/A19,39325,692580,331418,122
2025-03-13$45.23$48.0034.8%10.7%38.5%87.3%38.1%1.5%-0.6%-15.6M471.7M-6.4M1.1028.30N/AN/A23,25125,508585,793400,959
2025-03-14$46.48$47.5031.0%8.8%39.9%66.9%30.9%1.9%-0.3%928.3K302.7M-6.5M0.4920.24N/AN/A36,34017,725591,003404,158
2025-03-17$47.41$50.0030.2%9.1%40.6%62.7%32.2%1.8%-0.5%-3.5M175.2M-6.6M0.493.73N/AN/A31,62815,439571,597389,058
2025-03-18$47.47$50.0031.4%9.3%39.7%69.0%33.1%2.3%-0.6%-308.0K158.5M-6.7M0.456.54N/AN/A18,9788,454585,737395,691
2025-03-19$48.37$50.0029.5%8.9%37.3%58.7%31.2%2.0%-0.9%11.8M7.0M-6.8M0.5410.86N/AN/A26,39814,242588,278398,475
2025-03-20$48.02$50.0029.2%9.0%36.2%57.2%31.2%2.4%-1.0%4.9M89.7M-6.6M0.744.90N/AN/A28,18720,750593,023402,746
2025-03-21$47.92$50.0030.0%9.0%34.5%61.5%31.2%2.5%-1.2%8.2M80.8M-6.6M0.314.43N/AN/A38,67511,833603,156406,769
2025-03-24$47.95$50.0025.3%8.6%34.3%36.1%30.0%2.3%0.8%5.4M103.4M-6.5M0.5211.58N/AN/A37,08019,312467,706346,067
2025-03-25$49.16$50.0026.3%8.5%34.9%41.8%29.9%2.1%0.4%17.8M-79.9M-6.7M0.574.64N/AN/A36,06120,572482,995351,165
2025-03-26$49.85$50.0026.4%8.6%35.1%42.4%30.2%2.7%0.3%24.2M-191.7M-6.9M0.285.17N/AN/A43,63312,258490,965352,692
2025-03-27$49.54$50.0026.4%8.5%35.1%42.0%29.9%2.0%-0.2%25.9M-135.2M-6.8M1.6111.28N/AN/A22,29735,838496,911356,595
2025-03-28$48.70$50.0027.8%9.1%35.7%49.7%31.2%2.6%0.2%5.0M13.5M-6.7M0.509.94N/AN/A30,67215,257500,501365,716
2025-03-31$49.55$50.0028.5%8.8%28.4%53.7%30.9%3.1%1.3%10.8M-73.3M-6.7M0.6612.02N/AN/A24,10215,863478,649357,477