XOM Options History — February 2009

In February 2009, XOM traded between $67.90 and $80.34. ATM implied volatility averaged 35.9%, placing in the 15.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.7% (HV 20d: 32.2%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 7 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 10 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2009-02-05: Highest Volume — 231,185 contracts
  • 2009-02-17: Largest IV spike — 23.7% change
  • 2009-02-17: Highest IV Rank — 22.6%
  • 2009-02-17: Largest Expected Move — 12.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$74.29$67.90$80.34$76.69$67.90
Max Pain$78.42$75.00$80.00$80.00$75.00
ATM IV35.9%28.6%43.0%36.0%37.5%
Expected Move10.5%8.2%12.3%10.3%10.8%
HV 20d32.2%29.4%36.0%30.5%36.0%
HV 60d45.2%35.9%53.3%53.3%35.9%
IV Rank15.6%8.5%22.6%15.7%17.2%
IV Percentile62.9%43.7%74.2%67.5%65.9%
Term Structure0.7%-1.1%4.0%2.6%0.4%
VWIV37.1%31.1%42.6%34.8%38.7%
Skew 25d7.7%6.9%8.7%8.5%6.9%
Skew 10d15.0%11.8%17.3%16.6%11.8%
Call IV 25d33.2%26.3%39.3%31.1%36.4%
Put IV 25d40.9%33.9%47.7%39.6%43.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.342.084.372.433.31
Gamma HHI0.160.140.200.150.18
Net GEX-7.3K-24.4M40.7M6.2M-17.7M
Net DEX388.2M-701.2M1.09B141.1M952.3M
Net VEX-12.3M-14.0M-10.4M-13.0M-10.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.241.470.970.77
Total Volume94,982.26353,187231,18570,83893,514
Total OI1,186,089.4741,062,6631,301,0591,141,9001,127,035

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2009-02-02$76.69$80.0036.0%10.3%30.5%15.7%34.8%8.5%2.6%6.2M141.1M-13.0M0.972.4335,87434,964587,013554,887
2009-02-03$78.12$80.0029.3%8.4%31.4%9.2%33.1%8.1%3.7%19.2M-169.8M-13.1M1.133.7730,55034,579594,217552,115
2009-02-04$77.66$80.0029.0%8.3%31.0%8.9%32.1%6.9%4.0%13.6M-101.2M-13.3M1.223.7733,74041,121601,200564,660
2009-02-05$79.78$80.0028.6%8.2%31.2%8.5%38.5%7.6%3.8%31.1M-527.0M-13.6M0.242.25187,10544,080604,529571,056
2009-02-06$80.34$80.0029.2%9.3%31.1%9.1%31.1%8.7%1.2%40.7M-701.2M-14.0M0.663.3835,50123,256611,338579,442
2009-02-09$79.48$80.0029.5%9.5%30.5%9.4%32.4%7.6%1.0%33.3M-491.5M-13.9M0.852.5738,98933,090624,263588,911
2009-02-10$76.14$80.0035.8%10.9%34.0%15.5%35.9%7.1%0.3%3.7M239.9M-13.2M1.033.6256,75958,241626,227592,325
2009-02-11$74.58$80.0034.9%10.9%34.0%14.6%39.9%7.1%-0.0%-4.5M510.0M-12.7M1.013.5463,96664,415626,510587,689
2009-02-12$75.22$80.0037.5%10.7%31.6%17.2%38.1%7.7%0.4%-1.8M414.2M-12.9M0.853.6650,35642,783635,422601,050
2009-02-13$74.59$80.0034.8%10.0%30.8%14.5%35.9%7.3%0.9%-6.1M548.2M-12.4M0.723.8730,87522,312639,741603,442
2009-02-17$71.28$80.0043.0%12.3%33.5%22.6%42.2%8.2%-1.0%-19.4M1.09B-11.3M1.212.0851,94762,626646,550603,683
2009-02-18$71.94$80.0041.5%11.9%33.1%21.1%40.6%7.8%-0.6%-20.4M985.7M-11.5M0.813.3056,17745,265651,099616,783
2009-02-19$72.16$80.0039.3%11.3%29.5%18.9%37.7%7.6%-0.3%-17.0M969.1M-11.6M0.944.2248,60945,748670,049615,815
2009-02-20$71.23$75.0039.2%11.2%29.4%18.9%38.4%8.1%-0.1%-24.4M1.05B-11.5M1.474.3737,66855,282682,280618,779
2009-02-23$69.30$75.0041.9%12.0%30.5%21.5%42.6%8.4%-1.1%-15.3M833.2M-10.9M1.043.4556,20758,244555,432507,231
2009-02-24$72.09$75.0038.6%11.1%34.3%18.3%38.2%7.8%-0.1%-7.6M518.1M-11.6M0.642.7755,54835,805568,383513,168
2009-02-25$72.05$75.0038.5%11.0%34.2%18.2%36.8%7.3%-1.0%-4.9M473.5M-11.7M0.573.9553,07730,497584,234515,733
2009-02-26$70.95$75.0037.8%10.8%34.2%17.5%37.4%6.9%-0.3%-8.9M637.4M-11.3M0.733.1532,26323,630594,969518,440
2009-02-27$67.90$75.0037.5%10.8%36.0%17.2%38.7%6.9%0.4%-17.7M952.3M-10.4M0.773.3152,91740,597604,647522,388