XOM Options History — February 2015

In February 2015, XOM traded between $88.60 and $93.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.9%, placing in the 39.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded below realized volatility by 6.2% (HV 20d: 25.0%). Max pain ranged from $90.00 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 12 of 18 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 18 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.18.

Notable Days

  • 2015-02-26: Highest Volume — 142,262 contracts
  • 2015-02-03: Largest IV drop — 12.9% change
  • 2015-02-02: Highest IV Rank — 56.7%
  • 2015-02-02: Largest Expected Move — 6.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$90.79$88.60$93.35$89.58$88.60
Max Pain$90.00$90.00$90.00$90.00$90.00
ATM IV18.9%16.6%22.0%22.0%18.7%
Expected Move5.4%4.9%6.4%6.4%5.5%
HV 20d25.0%21.5%25.9%25.5%21.5%
HV 60d25.1%24.1%25.8%24.1%24.4%
IV Rank39.9%27.5%56.7%56.7%39.1%
IV Percentile77.8%65.5%88.9%88.9%75.0%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.1%0.9%0.2%-0.5%
VWIV19.5%16.6%24.2%24.2%18.6%
Skew 25d5.2%3.5%8.4%8.4%3.5%
Skew 10d10.5%6.5%15.4%15.4%6.5%
Call IV 25d16.9%14.4%19.2%19.2%17.1%
Put IV 25d22.0%19.4%27.6%27.6%20.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.297.8319.1818.0413.85
Gamma HHI0.100.070.290.080.15
Net GEX23.6M-66.7M118.2M-7.2M-13.8M
Net DEX-195.4M-1.10B446.1M210.5M294.1M
Net VEX-10.8M-11.6M-9.8M-10.2M-11.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.180.333.751.241.16
Total Volume76,366.27834,407142,26264,09365,557
Total OI893,155.722794,517982,651794,517939,648

Daily Data (18 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-02-02$89.58$90.0022.0%6.4%25.5%56.7%24.2%8.4%0.2%-7.2M210.5M-10.2M1.2418.0428,63835,455388,543405,974
2015-02-03$92.14$90.0019.1%5.5%25.6%41.4%20.3%6.4%-0.1%55.7M-667.3M-9.8M1.0616.7443,12545,527400,070423,444
2015-02-04$91.34$90.0019.1%5.7%25.7%41.4%21.3%4.2%-0.0%33.3M-394.5M-10.2M0.4919.1863,91131,490414,012444,958
2015-02-05$92.21$90.0019.0%5.3%25.7%40.7%19.7%6.3%-0.3%83.4M-631.2M-10.6M0.3614.1076,71727,951436,008452,247
2015-02-06$91.41$90.0019.4%5.3%25.5%42.8%19.9%5.2%-0.6%25.2M-402.6M-10.8M0.6610.9954,52536,141423,677463,185
2015-02-09$91.59$90.0019.2%5.2%25.4%41.6%19.8%5.6%-0.7%47.0M-479.2M-10.9M3.757.8317,99567,475425,627431,472
2015-02-10$91.05$90.0018.8%5.7%24.6%39.5%19.3%6.1%0.9%17.4M-232.8M-11.2M1.3312.5114,77219,635430,011477,426
2015-02-11$90.53$90.0018.8%5.5%24.5%39.5%20.6%5.4%0.5%1.3M-64.1M-11.0M1.7211.6417,54630,122431,639480,787
2015-02-12$92.26$90.0017.4%5.0%25.4%32.2%18.1%4.9%0.1%64.0M-595.6M-11.2M0.5814.8266,99039,160434,641496,760
2015-02-13$93.35$90.0016.6%5.0%25.3%27.5%17.5%5.0%0.8%118.2M-1.10B-11.6M0.7311.2535,04925,631465,570513,836
2015-02-17$92.95$90.0018.3%5.3%24.1%37.1%19.3%4.9%-0.4%94.4M-891.7M-11.2M1.0510.1126,68728,101456,335469,349
2015-02-18$90.82$90.0020.2%5.8%25.6%47.0%20.0%5.4%-1.1%28.5M-185.8M-11.0M1.6711.9632,81254,791458,311483,231
2015-02-19$89.44$90.0019.6%5.6%25.9%43.7%19.7%5.2%-0.3%-21.5M375.6M-10.8M1.189.6734,35440,694457,279501,836
2015-02-20$89.92$90.0018.7%5.3%25.7%39.1%18.9%4.9%0.2%-66.7M293.3M-11.0M1.8616.2223,04342,866469,420513,231
2015-02-23$88.90$90.0018.7%5.3%24.8%39.2%19.3%4.1%-0.2%-1.6M341.4M-10.6M0.7513.0628,14721,240393,555405,507
2015-02-25$89.56$90.0017.0%4.9%24.7%30.1%16.6%3.9%0.0%1.6M162.0M-10.6M1.2515.5325,01231,172408,718426,425
2015-02-26$88.60$90.0018.9%5.6%24.8%40.0%18.4%3.7%-0.2%-33.7M446.1M-10.4M0.3311.78106,98635,276414,812439,259
2015-02-27$88.60$90.0018.7%5.5%21.5%39.1%18.6%3.5%-0.5%-13.8M294.1M-11.0M1.1613.8530,29035,267489,294450,354