OXY Options History — October 2025

In October 2025, OXY traded between $40.59 and $47.81. ATM implied volatility averaged 33.6%, placing in the 20.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.8%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 36.0%). Max pain ranged from $42.50 to $45.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.48.

Notable Days

  • 2025-10-02: Highest Volume — 232,236 contracts
  • 2025-10-10: Largest IV spike — 6.9% change
  • 2025-10-16: Highest IV Rank — 27.5%
  • 2025-10-16: Largest Expected Move — 10.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$42.75$40.59$47.81$47.81$41.22
Max Pain$43.91$42.50$45.00$45.00$42.50
ATM IV33.6%31.0%36.9%31.8%33.3%
Expected Move9.8%8.6%10.6%9.3%10.1%
HV 20d36.0%25.8%40.8%25.8%29.0%
HV 60d29.7%26.5%30.6%26.5%29.9%
IV Rank20.7%15.2%27.5%16.7%20.0%
IV Percentile69.2%47.2%89.7%54.4%63.1%
Term Structure0.6%-2.0%8.6%0.7%0.5%
VWIV34.6%31.1%37.0%33.0%35.8%
Skew 25d0.8%-1.3%1.8%1.7%-0.5%
Skew 10d1.8%-4.7%4.1%3.6%2.1%
Call IV 25d33.7%31.1%37.2%31.6%33.9%
Put IV 25d34.5%32.1%37.9%33.2%33.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %20.414.0850.8418.6330.13
Gamma HHI0.100.070.180.110.09
Net GEX-1.5M-15.4M24.7M24.7M-908.2K
Net DEX74.3M-474.7M368.6M-474.7M160.6M
Net VEX-6.7M-7.0M-6.4M-6.7M-6.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.480.200.980.470.31
Total Volume64,133.60931,593232,23649,71737,085
Total OI1,001,460.739908,1461,062,364908,1461,034,858

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-10-01$47.81$45.0031.8%9.3%25.8%16.7%33.0%1.7%0.7%24.7M-474.7M-6.7M0.4718.63N/AN/A33,93715,780506,466401,680
2025-10-02$44.41$45.0032.4%9.4%37.0%18.1%33.7%0.8%0.9%-7.4M28.5M-6.4M0.424.20N/AN/A163,74368,493516,170409,653
2025-10-03$44.89$45.0031.0%8.6%36.7%15.2%31.1%1.0%1.1%7.3M-89.0M-6.8M0.364.08N/AN/A79,58428,385580,297439,027
2025-10-06$45.45$45.0031.4%9.3%36.8%15.9%32.8%0.7%0.8%6.7M-219.1M-6.9M0.2610.64N/AN/A56,69914,784557,200426,639
2025-10-07$45.30$45.0031.7%9.4%36.8%16.7%32.5%1.3%1.1%6.1M-189.7M-6.9M0.2011.78N/AN/A57,08911,507566,838431,568
2025-10-08$45.07$45.0031.5%9.3%36.2%16.1%32.9%1.2%1.3%5.2M-172.1M-7.0M0.6211.25N/AN/A23,18114,293581,124436,863
2025-10-09$44.58$45.0032.4%9.4%36.3%18.0%33.5%-0.2%1.3%-1.6M-95.8M-7.0M0.645.01N/AN/A32,41720,732587,367440,063
2025-10-10$42.27$45.0034.6%10.2%40.7%22.7%36.1%-1.3%3.0%-7.9M261.2M-6.7M0.7939.21N/AN/A55,21643,747595,975444,853
2025-10-13$42.47$45.0034.0%9.8%40.8%21.5%34.6%0.9%-0.6%-10.4M196.3M-6.7M0.3420.81N/AN/A43,87514,906577,656436,890
2025-10-14$42.20$45.0035.4%10.0%35.7%24.3%35.3%1.0%-0.6%-9.4M198.5M-6.7M0.5729.74N/AN/A26,18715,056594,346440,521
2025-10-15$41.90$45.0036.2%9.9%35.7%26.0%34.9%0.7%-1.6%-11.8M244.1M-6.6M0.278.44N/AN/A30,2208,134601,849443,615
2025-10-16$40.87$45.0036.9%10.6%36.1%27.5%37.0%0.7%0.2%-15.4M368.6M-6.5M0.6417.76N/AN/A31,08519,749612,536445,014
2025-10-17$40.89$45.0035.0%10.1%35.8%23.5%35.5%0.9%0.4%-11.9M327.9M-6.5M0.8816.90N/AN/A38,79334,299622,835439,529
2025-10-20$41.05$42.5034.6%9.9%35.9%22.8%34.9%1.3%-0.7%-5.7M230.9M-6.4M0.3923.89N/AN/A24,6489,558549,410388,331
2025-10-21$40.91$42.5033.8%9.7%35.4%21.0%34.2%1.2%-1.1%-5.8M246.0M-6.4M0.3820.60N/AN/A30,15111,506558,961394,068
2025-10-22$41.78$42.5034.4%9.9%36.5%22.3%35.1%1.8%-1.3%-737.0K130.2M-6.7M0.9825.17N/AN/A34,82634,288570,827400,272
2025-10-23$43.05$42.5035.1%10.1%38.6%23.7%35.3%1.5%-1.2%9.5M-92.7M-7.0M0.2718.49N/AN/A87,33323,319584,769403,827
2025-10-24$42.61$42.5033.8%9.9%38.0%21.1%34.5%1.2%-2.0%11.6M-51.3M-7.0M0.4314.43N/AN/A24,20210,480602,655403,716
2025-10-27$42.27$42.5033.6%10.0%37.7%20.6%34.7%1.3%8.6%1.6M36.9M-6.7M0.3823.00N/AN/A22,8788,715581,900398,820
2025-10-28$40.89$42.5033.0%10.1%38.7%19.4%35.9%1.2%3.0%-5.0M202.0M-6.6M0.4434.14N/AN/A31,55913,793590,454401,888
2025-10-29$40.59$42.5033.7%10.3%37.8%20.7%36.7%0.2%-0.8%-6.5M246.0M-6.5M0.4850.84N/AN/A27,90213,430600,070409,249
2025-10-30$40.80$42.5033.9%10.4%29.0%21.3%36.3%-0.1%1.0%-5.7M216.6M-6.6M0.4430.24N/AN/A32,92114,588608,645414,303
2025-10-31$41.22$42.5033.3%10.1%29.0%20.0%35.8%-0.5%0.5%-908.2K160.6M-6.7M0.3130.13N/AN/A28,3288,757614,975419,883