XOM Options History — October 2014

In October 2014, XOM traded between $90.46 and $96.80. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.5%, placing in the 66.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.3% (HV 20d: 17.3%). Max pain ranged from $92.50 to $95.00. Net GEX was positive for 10 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.20.

Notable Days

  • 2014-10-17: Highest Volume — 103,345 contracts
  • 2014-10-09: Largest IV spike — 24.0% change
  • 2014-10-09: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2014-10-15: Largest Expected Move — 6.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$93.14$90.46$96.80$92.86$96.80
Max Pain$93.70$92.50$95.00$95.00$92.50
ATM IV20.5%15.3%30.0%19.3%15.3%
Expected Move5.3%4.5%6.6%5.2%4.5%
HV 20d17.3%13.1%20.3%13.6%20.3%
HV 60d16.1%14.6%17.3%15.6%15.4%
IV Rank66.3%21.1%100.0%95.4%21.1%
IV Percentile94.4%65.1%100.0%99.6%65.1%
Term Structure-0.3%-2.6%1.5%0.5%-0.1%
VWIV18.6%15.3%25.7%19.0%15.3%
Skew 25d4.9%1.8%9.1%3.3%5.0%
Skew 10d9.9%3.3%15.5%3.6%11.0%
Call IV 25d18.7%13.6%26.4%18.6%13.6%
Put IV 25d23.6%18.6%35.5%21.9%18.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %14.6712.2920.4013.7114.18
Gamma HHI0.100.070.130.100.13
Net GEX-7.2M-83.8M68.4M-30.1M68.4M
Net DEX434.2M-831.9M1.18B810.2M-831.9M
Net VEX-9.0M-9.5M-8.7M-8.7M-9.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.200.571.971.620.57
Total Volume56,536.34822,144103,34548,30096,955
Total OI822,493.739728,028920,505784,796819,826

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-10-01$92.86$95.0019.3%5.2%13.6%95.4%19.0%3.3%0.5%-30.1M810.2M-8.7M1.6213.7118,46629,834397,257387,539
2014-10-02$93.30$95.0019.5%5.1%13.8%97.7%17.8%3.7%1.5%-34.9M786.9M-8.7M1.3213.2935,53446,748403,196401,998
2014-10-03$93.92$95.0017.8%4.9%13.5%76.6%17.4%2.9%1.0%-4.6M625.6M-8.8M1.9712.7918,20435,915414,954413,890
2014-10-06$94.52$95.0018.5%4.9%13.1%85.6%16.9%3.3%0.0%-27.6M447.7M-8.7M1.6414.3311,98319,643408,133414,274
2014-10-07$93.37$95.0019.3%5.1%13.6%95.2%18.2%1.8%1.3%-42.8M733.6M-8.8M1.3813.519,30712,837411,820422,283
2014-10-08$94.73$95.0018.9%5.0%14.7%90.1%17.4%2.9%-0.6%-23.5M395.2M-9.0M1.1715.3019,11622,353413,652424,914
2014-10-09$91.82$95.0023.4%5.5%18.1%100.0%20.1%3.4%-1.5%-66.7M1.04B-8.8M1.2214.3738,80247,457416,690429,159
2014-10-10$91.60$95.0024.1%5.8%17.7%100.0%21.2%3.2%-0.7%-83.8M1.05B-9.2M1.2119.1237,56445,517435,016441,737
2014-10-13$90.84$95.0026.9%6.2%17.6%100.0%21.7%4.5%1.2%-35.3M1.08B-9.2M0.9920.4018,39618,141429,840433,656
2014-10-14$91.72$95.0025.8%6.0%17.4%92.8%22.2%7.1%-1.9%-29.5M928.1M-9.3M1.1815.8515,89318,709437,448438,501
2014-10-15$90.46$95.0030.0%6.6%17.8%100.0%25.7%9.1%-2.6%-41.7M1.18B-9.5M1.4314.4530,71744,064448,753459,780
2014-10-16$90.60$92.5027.3%6.3%17.9%85.6%20.7%6.5%-1.0%-40.8M1.13B-9.2M0.7813.7938,49630,023451,442454,118
2014-10-17$91.21$92.5024.4%5.7%18.0%70.1%18.4%6.4%-0.5%-18.8M982.8M-8.8M1.3119.8144,72158,624464,201456,304
2014-10-20$91.80$92.5019.8%5.4%18.2%45.2%18.5%5.7%0.3%3.1M382.4M-8.9M0.8312.2926,84222,155365,282362,746
2014-10-21$93.37$92.5017.3%5.0%19.5%31.3%16.5%5.6%0.7%25.2M48.3M-8.8M1.0413.0026,17227,117377,499369,241
2014-10-22$93.01$92.5019.1%5.1%19.5%41.4%17.9%5.1%-1.1%23.8M49.7M-9.1M1.9013.8216,82331,950392,303380,868
2014-10-23$94.03$92.5017.5%4.8%19.1%32.8%16.9%5.3%-1.1%32.8M-145.9M-9.1M0.9112.8923,07121,043392,988398,382
2014-10-24$94.49$92.5017.8%4.8%18.6%34.1%16.3%5.6%-0.1%28.0M-156.4M-9.1M0.7413.2527,33320,103395,296404,360
2014-10-27$93.71$92.5019.1%5.2%18.5%41.3%17.6%6.5%-1.0%22.4M30.2M-9.2M1.2815.3013,77217,644389,071380,945
2014-10-28$95.10$92.5016.6%4.8%19.2%27.8%17.2%4.9%-0.2%43.8M-271.0M-9.3M0.7513.0816,34912,261395,815388,227
2014-10-29$94.52$92.5017.8%4.8%18.7%34.2%16.5%5.5%-0.9%36.8M-162.7M-9.2M1.0815.2736,79939,738396,813389,519
2014-10-30$94.53$92.5016.4%4.8%18.7%26.8%18.3%5.1%0.4%31.3M-145.2M-9.3M1.3913.6323,92233,223404,325403,295
2014-10-31$96.80$92.5015.3%4.5%20.3%21.1%15.3%5.0%-0.1%68.4M-831.9M-9.3M0.5714.1861,71335,242406,362413,464