XOM Options History — April 2016

In April 2016, XOM traded between $82.21 and $88.50. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.9%, placing in the 23.7% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 6.6% (HV 20d: 12.3%). Max pain ranged from $82.50 to $85.00. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.48.

Notable Days

  • 2016-04-20: Highest Volume — 202,267 contracts
  • 2016-04-06: Largest IV drop — 9.9% change
  • 2016-04-05: Highest IV Rank — 32.3%
  • 2016-04-05: Largest Expected Move — 6.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$85.39$82.21$88.50$83.15$88.50
Max Pain$83.10$82.50$85.00$82.50$85.00
ATM IV18.9%16.9%21.3%20.4%17.4%
Expected Move5.4%4.8%6.0%5.2%5.1%
HV 20d12.3%10.9%14.1%14.1%12.0%
HV 60d22.2%14.4%26.5%26.5%14.4%
IV Rank23.7%16.1%32.3%29.2%18.0%
IV Percentile33.4%18.7%48.0%44.4%23.0%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.3%0.9%0.0%0.1%
VWIV19.8%17.5%21.6%18.3%19.6%
Skew 25d5.0%4.3%5.7%4.6%5.1%
Skew 10d9.5%5.2%12.3%12.3%10.0%
Call IV 25d16.7%14.4%18.9%18.4%15.4%
Put IV 25d21.7%19.3%24.0%23.1%20.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %10.254.8416.495.3711.07
Gamma HHI0.170.090.800.120.10
Net GEX91.5M32.4M569.9M43.4M61.0M
Net DEX-772.5M-1.35B-46.0M-268.6M-1.32B
Net VEX-11.3M-13.5M-9.9M-10.7M-13.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.480.673.091.561.70
Total Volume75,890.23837,272202,26775,978128,678
Total OI1,042,677.619718,4891,236,8221,172,0581,023,127

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-04-01$83.15$82.5020.4%5.2%14.1%29.2%18.3%4.6%0.0%43.4M-268.6M-10.7M1.565.3729,62946,349474,812697,246
2016-04-04$83.11$82.5020.0%5.9%14.0%27.6%20.4%5.1%0.3%57.7M-288.2M-10.4M0.954.8519,09818,174463,967682,176
2016-04-05$82.21$82.5021.3%6.0%11.7%32.3%20.3%5.1%0.3%41.1M-50.0M-10.3M0.934.8425,51623,683470,062687,494
2016-04-06$83.44$82.5019.2%5.8%10.9%24.6%18.7%4.3%0.6%72.4M-391.1M-10.3M1.799.4220,63136,906475,898692,505
2016-04-07$82.32$82.5020.8%6.0%11.9%30.4%21.6%5.0%0.6%32.4M-46.0M-10.2M1.257.9518,35222,976479,073699,501
2016-04-08$83.09$82.5019.6%5.7%12.3%26.0%20.7%5.4%0.9%69.4M-300.0M-10.2M1.3010.9123,78930,913483,584705,020
2016-04-11$83.47$82.5019.6%5.7%12.4%26.1%20.2%5.7%0.3%74.0M-387.5M-9.9M1.138.5625,19028,360478,076697,059
2016-04-12$84.27$82.5021.0%5.5%12.8%31.1%20.2%5.5%-0.8%100.7M-673.3M-10.2M1.398.7723,81633,167486,035701,039
2016-04-13$84.85$82.5019.3%5.2%12.9%25.1%18.0%5.1%-1.2%119.9M-826.0M-10.4M0.6710.0132,67322,001491,653714,374
2016-04-14$85.44$82.5019.0%5.1%13.0%24.0%17.9%4.4%-0.6%145.6M-1.07B-10.2M0.8110.2844,42536,037499,326716,293
2016-04-15$85.02$82.5018.5%5.1%11.8%22.2%18.9%4.5%-1.3%569.9M-906.4M-10.5M1.068.0140,97243,320509,729727,093
2016-04-18$85.66$82.5017.0%4.8%12.0%16.6%17.5%5.1%-0.3%69.3M-828.8M-10.4M1.1110.6330,15233,595397,530320,959
2016-04-19$86.06$82.5016.9%4.8%11.8%16.1%18.0%4.5%-0.6%80.7M-958.0M-10.7M1.199.9728,49133,958411,818331,872
2016-04-20$86.87$82.5018.1%5.2%12.1%20.6%19.7%4.8%-0.6%84.8M-1.16B-11.0M2.7913.9053,429148,838421,199347,386
2016-04-21$86.97$83.0019.0%5.5%12.0%24.0%21.4%5.3%-0.4%57.2M-1.01B-12.9M1.2710.1641,50852,555444,374456,909
2016-04-22$87.52$84.0018.4%5.3%12.0%21.9%19.7%5.1%-0.2%63.5M-1.20B-13.2M0.9410.0735,98233,774459,689484,506
2016-04-25$87.28$84.0018.6%5.5%12.1%22.6%21.5%5.0%-0.3%39.7M-967.4M-13.1M1.9714.6912,93725,524447,772470,260
2016-04-26$87.54$84.0018.7%5.6%12.1%22.8%20.8%4.6%-0.4%44.8M-1.09B-12.9M3.0914.6616,14049,863452,817470,531
2016-04-27$88.46$85.0017.7%5.3%12.5%19.0%21.3%4.6%-0.3%52.0M-1.35B-12.9M1.1014.7033,02936,203457,197491,253
2016-04-28$87.86$85.0017.5%5.4%12.4%18.5%21.4%5.2%-0.1%41.8M-1.14B-13.2M3.0416.4937,929115,133467,950507,066
2016-04-29$88.50$85.0017.4%5.1%12.0%18.0%19.6%5.1%0.1%61.0M-1.32B-13.5M1.7011.0747,71980,959473,565549,562