XOM Options History — November 2016

In November 2016, XOM traded between $83.54 and $87.70. ATM implied volatility averaged 18.7%, placing in the 22.4% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 16.4%). 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 5 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.94.

Notable Days

  • 2016-11-09: Highest Volume — 114,568 contracts
  • 2016-11-07: Largest IV drop — 11.2% change
  • 2016-11-16: Highest IV Rank — 29.0%
  • 2016-11-28: Largest Expected Move — 6.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$85.68$83.54$87.70$83.66$87.70
Max Pain$87.26$85.00$87.50$85.00$87.50
ATM IV18.7%17.0%20.5%18.5%17.3%
Expected Move5.5%4.9%6.1%5.7%5.2%
HV 20d16.4%14.2%18.8%15.1%16.7%
HV 60d17.7%16.8%18.5%17.6%18.5%
IV Rank22.4%16.3%29.0%21.7%17.4%
IV Percentile51.4%32.1%66.3%48.4%35.3%
Term Structure-0.2%-0.9%0.6%-0.2%-0.2%
VWIV19.6%17.1%22.7%20.3%18.7%
Skew 25d3.4%2.7%4.6%4.4%2.8%
Skew 10d6.8%5.0%8.4%8.4%6.2%
Call IV 25d17.4%15.5%19.0%17.2%16.1%
Put IV 25d20.9%18.9%22.4%21.7%18.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.699.4721.6515.7421.65
Gamma HHI0.120.070.250.070.16
Net GEX33.8M-55.0M110.1M-27.4M110.1M
Net DEX-89.3M-851.1M780.6M690.9M-851.1M
Net VEX-10.8M-11.6M-10.3M-10.4M-10.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.940.511.481.330.86
Total Volume66,761.1944,056114,56879,71298,307
Total OI1,050,542.429976,1461,125,845976,1461,073,063

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2016-11-01$83.66$85.0018.5%5.7%15.1%21.7%20.3%4.4%-0.2%-27.4M690.9M-10.4M1.3315.7434,25245,460491,498484,648
2016-11-02$83.65$85.0018.1%5.6%14.6%20.4%20.6%4.2%-0.1%-32.0M726.2M-10.6M0.6317.3949,44131,069505,353505,057
2016-11-03$83.54$87.5018.7%5.5%14.6%22.5%18.9%4.4%-0.2%-27.0M780.6M-10.6M1.1511.3920,50123,555510,547516,827
2016-11-04$83.65$87.5019.2%5.7%14.6%24.3%19.7%4.6%-0.2%-17.1M729.4M-10.6M1.2711.6432,73241,706515,249522,468
2016-11-07$85.07$87.5017.0%4.9%14.2%16.3%18.0%4.5%0.3%-7.2M354.2M-10.6M0.6912.4242,35829,374499,520521,836
2016-11-08$85.55$87.5017.2%5.1%14.3%17.1%18.1%4.2%0.5%13.5M69.7M-10.8M0.9110.8426,23823,887493,644531,197
2016-11-09$86.21$87.5018.0%5.3%14.5%19.9%17.1%3.3%0.6%38.3M-239.6M-11.1M0.519.7475,69438,874497,538532,724
2016-11-10$87.18$87.5018.6%5.3%14.8%22.0%18.5%3.0%0.1%73.0M-685.2M-11.6M0.579.4757,68932,989534,774537,393
2016-11-11$85.61$87.5019.6%5.6%16.2%25.7%20.4%3.5%0.2%80.9M-105.6M-11.5M1.3710.1941,22756,381551,868546,803
2016-11-14$85.13$87.5019.5%5.6%16.3%25.6%19.3%3.3%-0.2%12.5M55.4M-11.1M0.7910.1428,63622,694544,401527,813
2016-11-15$86.80$87.5019.1%5.5%17.8%23.9%19.7%2.9%-0.1%68.5M-550.5M-11.4M0.7210.5938,10927,553546,405532,240
2016-11-16$85.72$87.5020.5%5.9%18.1%29.0%19.8%3.1%-0.9%33.0M-129.4M-11.2M0.7710.4831,38024,155558,238539,032
2016-11-17$85.28$87.5019.5%5.6%18.1%25.3%19.2%3.0%-0.6%9.8M27.6M-11.0M0.8911.2132,87729,130568,086546,715
2016-11-18$85.22$87.5019.5%5.6%18.1%25.4%19.2%2.8%-0.8%-55.0M15.1M-10.5M0.7611.5636,94028,180569,827556,018
2016-11-21$86.31$87.5018.4%5.3%18.7%21.2%18.8%3.0%-0.5%67.1M-396.1M-10.6M0.7513.8431,76923,893528,881468,341
2016-11-22$86.72$87.5018.8%5.5%18.8%22.8%19.5%2.9%-0.5%81.0M-529.9M-10.9M0.9217.1924,71022,818541,097478,563
2016-11-23$86.93$87.5017.9%5.3%18.7%19.7%19.8%2.7%-0.3%92.4M-630.9M-10.8M1.2916.9819,40125,106548,464488,300
2016-11-25$87.12$87.5018.5%5.7%18.8%21.8%21.0%2.8%-0.5%102.8M-702.3M-10.6M1.2019.0922,61627,195555,456501,444
2016-11-28$86.42$87.5019.2%6.1%16.0%24.2%22.7%3.5%-0.4%56.4M-362.3M-10.5M1.4817.7520,22629,937542,117489,247
2016-11-29$85.80$87.5019.2%6.1%15.1%24.5%21.9%2.9%-0.3%35.6M-141.9M-10.3M0.8518.2428,60124,325550,648508,051
2016-11-30$87.70$87.5017.3%5.2%16.7%17.4%18.7%2.8%-0.2%110.1M-851.1M-10.3M0.8621.6552,95145,356556,962516,101