XOM Options History — October 2013

In October 2013, XOM traded between $85.16 and $89.62. ATM implied volatility averaged 15.2%, placing in the 24.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.0% (HV 20d: 10.2%). Max pain ranged from $70.00 to $80.00. Net GEX was positive for 14 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.86.

Notable Days

  • 2013-10-31: Highest Volume — 107,486 contracts
  • 2013-10-31: Largest IV drop — 24.6% change
  • 2013-10-08: Highest IV Rank — 40.5%
  • 2013-10-09: Largest Expected Move — 5.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$87.17$85.16$89.62$86.00$89.62
Max Pain$72.17$70.00$80.00$80.00$70.00
ATM IV15.2%11.4%18.6%15.4%11.4%
Expected Move5.2%4.8%5.5%5.3%4.8%
HV 20d10.2%8.9%11.0%10.1%10.4%
HV 60d11.3%10.8%11.8%11.1%11.8%
IV Rank24.3%6.4%40.5%25.3%6.4%
IV Percentile54.8%2.8%90.9%64.7%2.8%
Term Structure-0.5%-1.7%1.9%1.3%-0.0%
VWIV18.7%15.9%22.4%17.5%15.9%
Skew 25d3.7%2.6%4.4%2.6%3.6%
Skew 10d7.8%5.8%11.2%6.0%7.7%
Call IV 25d14.0%10.5%17.8%13.9%10.5%
Put IV 25d17.7%14.1%22.0%16.5%14.1%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.963.7428.294.137.80
Gamma HHI0.190.120.300.240.21
Net GEX9.4M-49.6M92.5M-34.3M75.8M
Net DEX50.9M-694.4M691.7M643.3M-694.4M
Net VEX-7.7M-8.2M-7.4M-7.5M-7.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.860.421.950.530.45
Total Volume50,322.78325,061107,48638,401107,486
Total OI938,982.348774,5881,078,100950,119915,186

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2013-10-01$86.00$80.0015.4%5.3%10.1%25.3%17.5%2.6%1.3%-34.3M643.3M-7.5M0.534.1325,14513,256495,176454,943
2013-10-02$86.08$80.0015.8%5.4%9.7%27.2%17.9%2.9%1.9%-33.5M525.4M-7.6M0.723.7431,99723,028504,113448,364
2013-10-03$85.50$80.0015.6%5.4%9.8%26.1%18.2%2.8%1.3%-45.4M624.0M-7.5M0.763.8625,71919,494512,682452,685
2013-10-04$86.32$80.0014.2%5.3%10.5%19.7%20.2%3.1%-0.5%-27.5M400.9M-7.7M0.956.1121,42120,246520,811456,152
2013-10-07$85.90$80.0016.1%5.5%10.0%28.6%22.4%2.9%-1.5%-38.0M501.7M-7.6M0.594.7315,7719,290514,854453,675
2013-10-08$85.51$70.0018.6%5.5%10.1%40.5%20.3%3.9%-1.5%-40.6M586.2M-7.8M1.034.1017,86318,363518,921457,415
2013-10-09$85.16$70.0018.3%5.5%8.9%39.0%21.9%4.1%-1.7%-49.6M691.7M-7.6M0.673.7544,40829,888519,172461,967
2013-10-10$86.04$70.0018.3%5.5%9.4%39.0%18.4%3.5%-0.5%-28.8M416.7M-7.8M0.836.9236,44730,101542,154474,493
2013-10-11$86.95$70.0016.4%5.3%10.1%29.8%18.5%3.6%-1.5%4.8M179.9M-7.7M0.605.4728,05816,957548,955481,046
2013-10-14$87.60$70.0015.8%5.3%10.4%27.2%21.9%3.7%-0.9%9.5M35.9M-7.7M0.435.0330,46813,222553,847480,835
2013-10-15$86.79$70.0016.2%5.4%10.8%29.0%20.9%4.3%-1.0%-10.5M244.3M-7.7M1.074.5519,74821,221556,717483,883
2013-10-16$87.31$70.0015.1%5.3%10.7%24.0%17.7%3.9%-1.0%11.5M65.3M-7.7M0.845.0418,56815,630562,686492,021
2013-10-17$87.48$70.0014.9%5.3%10.7%23.1%19.2%4.3%0.2%38.1M-1.9M-7.5M1.954.1618,95136,939560,831491,559
2013-10-18$87.55$70.0014.9%5.2%10.5%22.8%18.2%4.4%-0.9%92.5M-14.0M-7.6M0.984.7730,40529,810565,583512,517
2013-10-21$87.23$70.0014.8%5.2%9.9%22.4%17.1%3.8%-1.2%14.6M-106.0M-7.4M0.703.9921,18114,843413,266361,322
2013-10-22$87.98$70.0013.6%5.2%10.2%16.9%17.3%3.6%-0.2%37.2M-366.0M-7.4M1.004.4822,67722,746423,269366,410
2013-10-23$87.61$70.0013.8%5.2%10.3%17.5%17.1%3.8%-0.2%27.4M-257.1M-7.6M0.674.8815,06810,153429,816377,131
2013-10-24$88.42$70.0013.1%5.1%10.8%14.5%18.4%3.4%-0.7%44.8M-480.8M-7.5M0.424.3436,45215,263432,572380,691
2013-10-25$87.97$70.0013.6%5.0%11.0%16.5%16.5%3.9%-0.6%49.4M-370.8M-7.7M1.9428.2920,69440,069445,318383,173
2013-10-28$88.23$70.0014.3%5.0%10.2%20.0%18.3%3.6%-0.4%18.0M-329.1M-7.7M0.465.5027,40412,672440,874399,321
2013-10-29$88.93$70.0014.2%4.9%10.5%19.6%18.3%3.9%-1.2%50.9M-570.0M-8.0M1.066.3719,75620,844459,541404,717
2013-10-30$88.81$70.0015.2%5.0%10.5%24.2%18.0%4.4%-1.4%50.1M-554.8M-8.2M1.075.0842,41245,290467,443418,487
2013-10-31$89.62$70.0011.4%4.8%10.4%6.4%15.9%3.6%-0.0%75.8M-694.4M-7.7M0.457.8073,94033,546473,835441,351