XOM Options History — April 2013

In April 2013, XOM traded between $86.08 and $90.77. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.0%, placing in the 28.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.6% (HV 20d: 12.4%). Max pain ranged from $90.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 2 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.47.

Notable Days

  • 2013-04-23: Highest Volume — 144,091 contracts
  • 2013-04-08: Largest IV spike — 35.9% change
  • 2013-04-17: Highest IV Rank — 51.0%
  • 2013-04-17: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$88.53$86.08$90.77$90.77$88.99
Max Pain$90.00$90.00$90.00$90.00$90.00
ATM IV16.0%13.7%20.8%15.0%13.7%
Expected Move4.4%3.7%6.0%3.7%3.8%
HV 20d12.4%9.8%15.1%10.0%15.1%
HV 60d11.6%10.5%12.7%10.9%12.6%
IV Rank28.0%17.4%51.0%23.4%17.4%
IV Percentile54.2%23.8%93.3%46.4%23.8%
Term Structure-0.7%-3.2%1.6%1.6%0.0%
VWIV17.5%13.8%21.8%13.8%16.5%
Skew 25d5.2%3.3%7.6%3.5%3.8%
Skew 10d11.2%7.4%15.9%7.5%8.3%
Call IV 25d13.7%11.7%17.3%11.7%12.5%
Put IV 25d18.9%15.2%24.5%15.2%16.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.274.319.195.738.93
Gamma HHI0.160.110.550.140.14
Net GEX-42.2M-206.6M17.5M17.5M-30.4M
Net DEX415.1M-401.0M1.24B-401.0M273.5M
Net VEX-10.4M-11.4M-9.4M-10.6M-11.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.470.772.620.991.44
Total Volume58,377.68224,907144,09124,90736,433
Total OI982,981.864769,8101,067,628960,696968,160

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-04-01$90.77$90.0015.0%3.7%10.0%23.4%13.8%3.5%1.6%17.5M-401.0M-10.6M0.995.7312,53312,374410,300550,396
2013-04-02$90.58$90.0015.6%3.7%9.8%26.0%14.1%3.5%1.3%14.2M-330.3M-10.6M2.626.9312,31132,265413,636557,699
2013-04-03$89.93$90.0016.7%3.8%9.9%31.3%15.9%3.8%1.5%-8.3M22.9M-10.8M2.526.4510,00125,164417,557577,818
2013-04-04$89.77$90.0013.8%3.8%9.9%17.6%14.8%3.8%1.5%-16.0M128.8M-10.8M1.516.6013,36720,141419,482589,215
2013-04-05$89.01$90.0013.8%4.3%9.8%17.4%16.7%5.5%-0.9%-30.8M442.5M-10.7M1.554.8619,16729,629422,912599,719
2013-04-08$88.60$90.0018.7%4.8%9.8%41.0%17.3%5.5%-1.3%-32.8M482.9M-10.3M1.934.3113,08725,232422,746595,577
2013-04-09$88.77$90.0016.7%4.2%9.8%31.2%17.7%5.4%-0.6%-24.2M413.6M-10.4M1.434.6314,69820,977425,668594,135
2013-04-10$88.68$90.0015.5%4.7%9.8%25.9%17.0%5.1%-1.6%-36.6M464.0M-10.2M1.485.1619,52228,966430,468604,078
2013-04-11$89.22$90.0014.3%4.1%10.1%20.2%15.8%4.7%-0.8%-18.8M248.9M-10.1M0.815.3415,49512,518432,483605,731
2013-04-12$88.99$90.0014.3%4.1%9.8%19.9%17.4%4.6%-0.5%-14.4M339.4M-10.1M0.775.6114,68411,363437,811608,082
2013-04-15$86.49$90.0018.4%5.3%13.9%39.7%20.8%6.8%-1.8%-80.8M1.12B-9.5M1.597.1234,33854,539433,448598,186
2013-04-16$86.61$90.0017.3%5.0%13.8%34.4%21.8%6.4%-1.7%-73.4M1.06B-9.4M1.337.3828,93838,592437,300605,878
2013-04-17$86.08$90.0020.8%6.0%13.9%51.0%21.4%7.3%-3.2%-91.3M1.24B-9.5M1.284.3132,92742,022441,342614,544
2013-04-18$86.62$90.0018.0%5.2%14.2%37.8%21.6%7.5%-1.6%-88.2M1.05B-9.7M0.826.6737,48330,567433,852610,191
2013-04-19$87.45$90.0016.5%4.7%14.6%30.6%21.2%7.6%-1.5%-206.6M806.4M-9.9M2.045.4434,70970,724451,862615,766
2013-04-22$88.09$90.0015.7%4.5%14.1%26.5%18.2%5.9%-1.8%-24.2M260.7M-9.6M0.899.1131,20527,817320,373449,437
2013-04-23$89.30$90.0014.2%4.1%14.9%19.7%17.8%6.3%-0.9%-6.3M17.3M-9.8M2.459.0641,806102,285336,626462,935
2013-04-24$89.43$90.0015.3%4.4%14.2%24.7%18.4%6.5%-1.1%-18.2M66.6M-11.3M1.659.1937,98762,586358,517530,660
2013-04-25$88.07$90.0014.5%4.2%15.0%20.9%15.0%4.2%-0.9%-56.2M474.0M-11.0M0.814.7436,59529,667374,197559,756
2013-04-26$88.00$90.0015.3%4.1%14.9%24.7%16.3%3.8%-0.8%-54.7M470.7M-11.2M1.065.8928,51330,245385,724567,065
2013-04-29$88.21$90.0017.2%4.3%14.7%33.6%15.9%3.3%-1.1%-47.5M481.3M-11.1M1.474.5920,57830,259389,520564,749
2013-04-30$88.99$90.0013.7%3.8%15.1%17.4%16.5%3.8%0.0%-30.4M273.5M-11.4M1.448.9314,91821,515397,542570,618