XOM Options History — May 2013

In May 2013, XOM traded between $87.51 and $92.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.6%, placing in the 21.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 15.3%). Max pain ranged from $87.50 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.33.

Notable Days

  • 2013-05-08: Highest Volume — 1,175,647 contracts
  • 2013-05-08: Largest IV drop — 38.8% change
  • 2013-05-01: Highest IV Rank — 39.6%
  • 2013-05-02: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$91.07$87.51$92.80$87.51$90.47
Max Pain$89.66$87.50$90.00$90.00$90.00
ATM IV14.6%11.2%18.4%18.4%16.8%
Expected Move3.9%3.4%4.4%4.3%4.4%
HV 20d15.3%12.0%18.1%16.0%13.3%
HV 60d13.2%12.9%13.6%12.9%13.4%
IV Rank21.4%5.2%39.6%39.6%32.0%
IV Percentile36.7%2.0%83.3%83.3%69.0%
Term Structure0.2%-1.2%0.8%-0.2%0.2%
VWIV15.6%14.1%18.2%15.7%16.0%
Skew 25d4.0%3.2%5.2%3.8%3.7%
Skew 10d9.3%6.9%12.7%8.2%7.7%
Call IV 25d12.5%11.6%14.0%13.7%14.0%
Put IV 25d16.6%14.9%18.3%17.5%17.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.424.598.705.288.70
Gamma HHI0.150.130.350.140.14
Net GEX8.3M-55.2M120.5M-55.2M-24.7M
Net DEX-344.5M-907.2M647.5M647.5M61.2M
Net VEX-13.0M-14.6M-10.9M-11.0M-14.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.330.063.310.850.90
Total Volume108,620.22728,4101,175,64728,41060,441
Total OI1,107,706.409973,3301,188,679973,3301,188,679

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-05-01$87.51$90.0018.4%4.3%16.0%39.6%15.7%3.8%-0.2%-55.2M647.5M-11.0M0.855.2815,33213,078403,085570,245
2013-05-02$88.63$90.0018.0%4.4%16.8%37.8%17.2%4.3%-1.2%-25.9M273.4M-11.0M1.437.7718,04425,857409,604571,512
2013-05-03$90.02$90.0014.8%3.8%17.4%22.7%15.5%3.6%0.5%120.5M-122.0M-11.7M1.106.4133,43236,929415,480578,959
2013-05-06$90.58$87.5017.7%3.9%17.4%36.2%14.4%4.0%0.2%22.2M-414.3M-10.9M1.875.5337,61970,322413,456621,010
2013-05-07$91.15$87.5018.3%3.8%17.5%38.9%16.1%4.6%0.3%25.7M-463.9M-12.5M0.795.5827,42221,751429,366670,644
2013-05-08$91.70$87.5011.2%3.4%17.6%5.2%17.1%4.1%0.4%42.0M-693.8M-12.3M0.065.871,111,00164,646435,495682,145
2013-05-09$91.03$90.0013.2%3.8%17.8%15.0%14.4%3.3%0.3%-4.6M-306.6M-12.8M0.834.8331,23626,066396,971724,871
2013-05-10$90.14$90.0012.9%3.7%18.1%13.2%15.4%4.0%0.4%-49.5M-1.7M-13.1M1.735.8119,20133,303407,407732,213
2013-05-13$90.10$90.0013.9%3.8%14.5%18.2%14.4%4.0%0.2%-39.7M50.6M-12.8M2.164.5910,75023,247408,566736,547
2013-05-14$91.11$90.0016.0%3.9%14.9%27.9%15.3%4.0%0.2%-13.3M-272.2M-13.0M1.286.4115,89420,353411,035744,628
2013-05-15$91.24$90.0015.9%4.0%14.6%27.6%15.2%4.0%-0.1%970.4K-326.3M-13.1M1.065.7017,00918,027415,589750,443
2013-05-16$90.70$90.0013.7%3.9%14.8%17.4%16.8%4.2%0.1%-26.5M-130.4M-13.2M3.317.668,14126,927417,491748,828
2013-05-17$91.76$90.0012.8%3.7%15.0%13.1%14.3%3.2%0.4%32.8M-635.1M-12.8M0.847.7946,78039,066420,046760,181
2013-05-20$92.52$90.0013.4%3.8%15.0%15.5%16.5%4.3%-0.0%45.1M-842.9M-13.2M1.005.8552,50352,333404,292599,200
2013-05-21$92.80$90.0013.5%3.9%14.4%16.4%17.0%4.7%0.0%48.2M-907.2M-13.7M1.467.1238,85456,560422,270629,584
2013-05-22$92.19$90.0013.2%3.8%14.7%14.8%15.2%4.2%0.5%30.9M-686.5M-14.2M0.986.5743,42842,758430,924660,578
2013-05-23$91.79$90.0013.6%3.9%13.5%16.8%15.0%5.2%0.4%10.7M-419.5M-14.6M0.656.5130,68419,881444,892682,650
2013-05-24$91.53$90.0013.0%3.7%13.6%13.8%14.5%4.1%0.8%11.1M-471.0M-14.3M1.035.9518,58319,177456,328690,863
2013-05-28$92.38$90.0013.4%3.9%13.9%16.0%14.8%3.6%0.5%24.1M-770.1M-13.9M1.557.5522,74435,290450,845690,565
2013-05-29$92.08$90.0013.3%3.8%13.8%15.4%14.1%4.1%0.7%7.3M-589.6M-14.3M2.445.6811,71428,548456,299707,857
2013-05-30$92.09$90.0013.7%3.9%12.0%17.3%18.2%4.0%0.6%1.6M-558.2M-14.4M1.878.2015,58529,129459,004718,894
2013-05-31$90.47$90.0016.8%4.4%13.3%32.0%16.0%3.7%0.2%-24.7M61.2M-14.2M0.908.7031,83028,611464,512724,167