XOM Options History — January 2008

In January 2008, XOM traded between $82.45 and $93.83. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.6%, placing in the 69.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 8.8%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.3% (HV 20d: 23.3%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $95.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 2 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.88.

Notable Days

  • 2008-01-23: Highest Volume — 92,506 contracts
  • 2008-01-04: Largest IV spike — 16.6% change
  • 2008-01-22: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2008-01-22: Largest Expected Move — 11.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$87.97$82.45$93.83$93.51$86.40
Max Pain$90.24$80.00$95.00$80.00$85.00
ATM IV30.6%23.0%38.6%23.9%29.7%
Expected Move8.8%6.6%11.1%6.8%8.5%
HV 20d23.3%19.5%28.8%20.4%28.7%
HV 60d28.2%27.2%29.9%27.3%28.6%
IV Rank69.7%38.8%100.0%42.6%64.1%
IV Percentile87.1%54.4%100.0%58.6%85.7%
Term Structure-1.6%-4.4%2.7%1.8%-0.3%
VWIV30.7%24.8%38.4%26.0%30.7%
Skew 25d6.2%4.3%23.5%4.5%23.5%
Skew 10d9.0%3.0%14.7%9.7%3.0%
Call IV 25d27.7%15.4%34.9%22.9%15.4%
Put IV 25d33.9%26.5%41.3%27.4%38.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.334.2815.284.2810.58
Gamma HHI0.220.110.670.250.15
Net GEX24.8M-109.6M76.9M70.6M13.5M
Net DEX-1.49B-3.36B56.6M-3.23B-279.7M
Net VEX-15.5M-15.9M-14.5M-15.8M-15.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.880.501.600.900.94
Total Volume48,637.38113,20892,50635,77254,709
Total OI1,199,966.571702,8931,515,5131,424,923809,614

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2008-01-02$93.51$80.0023.9%6.8%20.4%42.6%26.0%4.5%1.8%70.6M-3.23B-15.8M0.904.2818,82116,951706,876718,047
2008-01-03$93.83$80.0023.0%6.6%20.0%38.8%24.8%4.8%2.7%76.9M-3.36B-15.6M0.776.477,4445,764712,578720,931
2008-01-04$92.08$95.0026.8%8.1%20.4%55.1%26.6%4.9%-0.5%61.6M-2.84B-15.8M0.9610.1822,69821,710712,030721,690
2008-01-07$91.22$95.0028.1%8.2%19.9%60.9%27.5%4.9%-0.7%56.3M-2.61B-15.7M0.689.1428,35219,302720,245725,666
2008-01-08$90.05$95.0028.3%8.4%20.4%61.7%29.1%5.1%-1.1%50.1M-2.42B-15.8M0.6213.6221,52013,445724,033729,761
2008-01-09$91.56$95.0028.2%8.3%21.2%61.0%28.1%5.4%-0.9%58.7M-2.68B-15.9M0.5012.4021,53310,736726,800732,171
2008-01-10$91.66$95.0028.5%8.2%20.0%62.4%27.2%5.0%-0.7%63.8M-2.73B-15.7M0.6712.4729,05319,572735,192732,800
2008-01-11$90.30$95.0028.0%8.0%19.6%60.4%27.2%4.4%-0.7%54.1M-2.39B-15.6M1.3111.2820,51726,919741,888735,615
2008-01-14$90.83$90.0027.9%8.0%19.5%59.8%26.4%4.7%-1.1%57.4M-2.51B-15.4M0.9612.4117,48016,795744,508745,362
2008-01-15$89.02$90.0028.2%8.1%19.9%61.4%28.6%4.4%-1.0%35.6M-2.02B-15.4M1.6011.5920,66533,074747,331751,953
2008-01-16$86.53$90.0032.5%9.3%21.6%79.6%31.7%4.3%-3.1%4.8M-1.39B-15.4M0.909.8235,11231,498751,200755,773
2008-01-17$83.91$90.0034.1%9.8%22.7%86.6%34.0%5.0%-3.6%-16.5M-712.6M-15.2M1.286.1434,66144,427753,303758,910
2008-01-18$85.08$90.0034.2%9.8%23.6%86.7%34.3%4.7%-3.2%-109.6M-1.20B-15.2M0.9313.5042,74339,885756,035759,478
2008-01-22$82.45$90.0038.6%11.1%25.1%100.0%37.0%5.3%-4.4%1.3M56.6M-14.5M0.816.7829,55823,937362,386340,507
2008-01-23$83.45$90.0036.6%10.5%24.9%91.7%38.4%6.6%-4.3%2.7M-1.4M-15.0M0.7510.1552,84339,663370,617346,516
2008-01-24$86.00$90.0033.9%9.7%27.9%81.0%33.9%6.8%-3.0%8.2M-274.9M-15.5M0.677.6827,06718,194388,113355,166
2008-01-25$83.94$90.0033.9%9.7%28.0%80.7%34.5%7.2%-1.3%5.0M-90.7M-15.4M1.0910.1620,14321,998396,716361,023
2008-01-28$85.13$90.0034.0%9.7%28.8%81.3%34.4%7.2%-2.4%7.7M-212.5M-15.4M0.5215.2825,67913,285402,151365,596
2008-01-29$85.08$90.0032.8%9.4%28.0%76.3%32.9%5.7%-2.4%8.7M-206.9M-15.6M0.8313.5417,95314,984411,681371,019
2008-01-30$85.28$90.0031.7%9.1%28.0%72.1%32.1%6.6%-2.7%9.8M-207.7M-15.6M0.679.4924,32516,370420,001378,016
2008-01-31$86.40$85.0029.7%8.5%28.7%64.1%30.7%23.5%-0.3%13.5M-279.7M-15.8M0.9410.5828,14426,565429,255380,359