XOM Options History — September 2013

In September 2013, XOM traded between $86.04 and $89.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.0%, placing in the 18.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.7%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 13.4%). Max pain ranged from $75.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 8 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.67.

Notable Days

  • 2013-09-20: Highest Volume — 80,866 contracts
  • 2013-09-30: Largest IV spike — 22.9% change
  • 2013-09-30: Highest IV Rank — 32.9%
  • 2013-09-30: Largest Expected Move — 5.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$87.90$86.04$89.58$87.15$86.04
Max Pain$86.18$75.00$90.00$90.00$80.00
ATM IV14.0%12.3%17.0%16.8%17.0%
Expected Move4.7%3.7%5.4%4.5%5.4%
HV 20d13.4%9.5%14.5%13.5%10.1%
HV 60d11.8%11.1%12.8%12.7%11.2%
IV Rank18.5%10.5%32.9%31.9%32.9%
IV Percentile35.9%8.3%81.0%77.0%81.0%
Term Structure1.0%-0.0%1.5%-0.0%0.9%
VWIV17.2%13.1%21.4%16.6%18.0%
Skew 25d2.1%1.3%2.5%1.3%2.5%
Skew 10d4.5%3.2%5.9%3.2%5.5%
Call IV 25d13.4%12.1%15.6%15.6%15.0%
Put IV 25d15.5%14.3%17.5%17.0%17.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.263.277.876.454.20
Gamma HHI0.170.140.220.170.22
Net GEX-405.8K-27.1M34.6M-7.2M-27.1M
Net DEX121.3M-362.5M509.1M276.2M509.1M
Net VEX-8.2M-8.9M-7.6M-8.8M-7.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.670.172.540.511.04
Total Volume35,164.217,63580,86625,05756,753
Total OI933,868.75869,395985,665904,595928,674

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-09-03$87.15$90.0016.8%4.5%13.5%31.9%16.6%1.3%-0.0%-7.2M276.2M-8.8M0.516.4516,5588,499472,298432,297
2013-09-04$87.76$90.0015.8%4.2%13.9%27.3%14.8%1.7%0.3%-1.2M147.4M-8.9M0.296.9017,5185,144475,723436,385
2013-09-05$87.35$90.0014.0%4.0%14.0%18.5%14.4%1.4%0.7%-6.7M259.3M-8.6M0.344.1027,5179,391480,658438,460
2013-09-06$87.25$90.0013.8%4.2%13.7%17.4%15.1%2.5%1.2%-3.9M297.3M-8.6M0.636.8220,56512,916496,834443,572
2013-09-09$88.04$90.0015.3%4.2%13.9%24.6%14.8%2.5%1.0%2.0M110.7M-8.6M0.397.1621,0358,229500,594445,092
2013-09-10$87.82$90.0014.6%4.1%13.6%21.4%14.3%2.2%1.3%-1.1M151.5M-8.4M0.567.4517,6359,898503,833446,944
2013-09-11$88.84$90.0012.4%3.7%14.2%10.9%13.4%2.3%1.3%18.0M-146.6M-8.7M0.326.4329,4759,345501,039448,883
2013-09-12$87.98$90.0013.7%3.9%14.5%17.0%13.5%2.1%1.3%-3.8M210.1M-8.2M0.577.8711,2496,386508,083449,737
2013-09-13$88.40$90.0013.6%3.9%14.3%16.8%13.1%2.3%1.1%7.7M-3.6M-8.3M0.227.1928,6046,247511,202451,429
2013-09-16$88.67$0.0014.0%5.4%14.2%18.5%19.9%2.3%1.3%12.2M-59.9M-8.2M0.474.6915,9997,462507,607449,373
2013-09-17$88.94$75.0012.5%5.2%13.6%11.4%18.9%2.4%1.3%16.7M-118.4M-8.3M0.673.3515,01610,096510,285450,241
2013-09-18$89.58$75.0012.3%5.1%13.7%10.6%18.5%2.2%1.5%34.6M-362.5M-8.1M0.723.4324,11517,345514,065451,293
2013-09-19$89.28$87.5012.3%5.1%13.6%10.5%18.9%2.1%1.4%32.4M-219.6M-8.0M1.143.2721,10424,093512,948454,556
2013-09-20$88.66$87.5014.0%5.3%13.8%18.5%18.4%2.2%0.9%9.0M-28.9M-8.1M2.543.4622,87657,990519,987465,678
2013-09-23$87.75$87.5013.7%5.2%14.2%17.2%19.7%2.3%0.9%-11.6M179.0M-7.9M0.554.0718,0679,863450,023419,372
2013-09-24$87.36$87.5013.5%5.1%14.2%16.2%21.4%1.9%1.0%-14.5M246.9M-7.6M1.534.0612,11918,582452,937423,347
2013-09-25$87.14$87.5013.4%5.2%14.2%15.5%20.6%2.0%1.2%-26.6M332.7M-7.8M0.405.0014,5115,769456,920431,994
2013-09-26$87.07$80.0013.1%5.2%11.4%14.5%18.9%1.8%1.1%-23.6M327.7M-7.6M0.174.9148,2537,978464,036434,078
2013-09-27$86.90$80.0013.8%5.2%9.5%17.8%21.2%2.3%1.2%-13.5M318.8M-8.1M0.444.3320,2418,841499,202437,696
2013-09-30$86.04$80.0017.0%5.4%10.1%32.9%18.0%2.5%0.9%-27.1M509.1M-7.6M1.044.2027,75229,001494,464434,210