XOM Options History — April 2015

In April 2015, XOM traded between $84.06 and $88.02. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.7%, placing in the 33.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.2% (HV 20d: 17.5%). Max pain ranged from $85.00 to $87.50. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.72.

Notable Days

  • 2015-04-13: Highest Volume — 139,124 contracts
  • 2015-04-16: Largest IV drop — 7.6% change
  • 2015-04-13: Highest IV Rank — 40.5%
  • 2015-04-28: Largest Expected Move — 5.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$86.41$84.06$88.02$84.31$87.37
Max Pain$86.48$85.00$87.50$86.00$87.50
ATM IV17.7%16.1%19.0%18.3%16.1%
Expected Move5.3%4.8%5.6%4.8%5.2%
HV 20d17.5%13.9%20.0%18.1%13.9%
HV 60d19.6%17.1%20.9%20.9%17.1%
IV Rank33.5%25.0%40.5%36.7%25.0%
IV Percentile61.9%44.4%76.2%68.7%44.4%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.1%1.0%0.4%0.7%
VWIV18.4%17.0%19.6%17.0%18.1%
Skew 25d2.5%1.3%4.4%2.6%2.1%
Skew 10d5.3%2.5%12.7%4.4%3.0%
Call IV 25d16.6%15.4%18.0%17.7%15.4%
Put IV 25d19.1%17.5%20.4%20.4%17.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %12.728.7723.5611.1514.06
Gamma HHI0.120.080.180.090.12
Net GEX50.5M-39.7M161.9M-11.7M80.2M
Net DEX82.6M-606.4M818.8M691.3M-211.2M
Net VEX-9.6M-10.1M-8.9M-9.4M-9.7M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.720.301.810.750.70
Total Volume65,260.57134,602139,12443,26080,639
Total OI909,073.857782,9451,075,456884,830903,382

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-04-01$84.31$86.0018.3%4.8%18.1%36.7%17.0%2.6%0.4%-11.7M691.3M-9.4M0.7511.1524,75818,502480,774404,056
2015-04-02$84.38$85.0018.0%5.3%18.1%35.2%19.4%3.6%0.2%-9.8M682.0M-9.3M1.8110.2125,21745,713488,035404,518
2015-04-06$85.18$85.0018.0%5.3%17.7%35.5%18.9%2.6%-0.1%-4.4M465.2M-9.3M0.7810.6524,06618,886474,663419,383
2015-04-07$85.76$85.0017.5%5.2%17.8%32.6%18.5%2.8%0.7%17.7M350.6M-9.4M0.7110.2921,59215,379484,334423,921
2015-04-08$84.06$85.0017.8%5.1%18.9%34.0%18.3%2.3%-0.3%-39.7M818.8M-8.9M0.799.3926,16720,617490,236427,258
2015-04-09$84.59$85.0017.6%5.0%19.0%32.9%18.0%4.4%-0.4%-29.1M674.8M-9.1M0.9110.2030,98228,284497,761435,033
2015-04-10$85.56$85.0017.8%5.2%19.4%34.1%18.4%1.3%1.0%65.7M335.4M-9.3M0.5711.0442,84724,535504,794444,621
2015-04-13$85.41$85.0019.0%5.5%19.3%40.5%17.6%2.6%-0.9%-16.9M457.6M-9.0M0.4710.7394,40844,716496,298442,676
2015-04-14$86.55$85.0018.6%5.4%19.5%38.8%19.2%1.8%-0.6%75.6M-62.8M-9.5M0.718.7768,05348,212558,604454,184
2015-04-15$88.02$87.5018.8%5.4%20.0%39.8%18.4%2.2%-1.1%148.5M-606.4M-10.0M0.6610.2646,86931,070578,923467,761
2015-04-16$87.81$87.5017.4%5.0%18.4%32.0%17.4%1.6%-0.8%161.9M-541.5M-9.6M0.5612.0047,31526,628585,439474,401
2015-04-17$86.81$87.5018.0%5.2%17.4%35.4%18.7%2.1%-0.7%44.7M-15.6M-9.7M0.629.9456,70935,369594,876480,580
2015-04-20$87.23$87.5017.6%5.3%17.5%33.3%17.8%2.9%-0.8%57.5M-91.0M-9.8M0.3015.2151,41215,422423,985358,960
2015-04-21$86.97$87.5017.8%5.3%17.2%34.3%18.3%2.1%-0.7%60.9M-121.9M-9.8M0.7816.7220,19015,722453,545364,449
2015-04-22$87.40$87.5017.6%5.4%16.7%33.3%18.8%2.6%-0.8%78.5M-192.7M-10.1M0.6012.0421,56413,038460,304368,773
2015-04-23$87.61$87.5017.2%5.2%16.7%30.8%18.2%2.7%-0.7%87.5M-257.5M-10.1M0.9713.7125,84624,981464,850372,978
2015-04-24$87.00$87.5017.3%5.2%16.7%31.4%18.2%2.6%-0.5%66.7M-27.0M-10.0M0.7211.7624,14817,371470,575382,872
2015-04-27$87.06$87.5017.0%5.4%16.3%30.1%18.9%2.5%0.1%57.4M-32.2M-9.8M0.8020.4923,31018,577460,147371,759
2015-04-28$87.71$87.5017.3%5.6%14.4%31.3%19.6%3.0%-0.0%74.4M-216.6M-10.0M0.4414.9650,51422,087467,401380,456
2015-04-29$87.88$87.5016.3%5.5%14.1%26.1%19.6%1.8%0.3%94.7M-365.3M-9.9M0.5023.5652,50226,255483,973389,013
2015-04-30$87.37$87.5016.1%5.2%13.9%25.0%18.1%2.1%0.7%80.2M-211.2M-9.7M0.7014.0647,45133,188506,965396,417