XOM Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, XOM traded between $80.30 and $83.23. ATM implied volatility averaged 16.4%, placing in the 38.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 5.9% (HV 20d: 10.5%). Max pain ranged from $82.50 to $82.50. Net GEX was positive for 11 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.99.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-21: Highest Volume — 107,907 contracts
  • 2017-04-28: Largest IV drop — 15.4% change
  • 2017-04-18: Highest IV Rank — 58.7%
  • 2017-04-18: Largest Expected Move — 5.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$81.91$80.30$83.23$82.20$81.65
Max Pain$82.50$82.50$82.50$82.50$82.50
ATM IV16.4%13.9%18.3%15.4%13.9%
Expected Move4.5%3.6%5.3%3.6%3.8%
HV 20d10.5%8.7%11.9%10.8%10.7%
HV 60d12.3%11.7%13.1%13.1%11.9%
IV Rank38.8%13.9%58.7%28.8%13.9%
IV Percentile50.3%7.9%82.1%31.3%7.9%
Term Structure-0.1%-1.5%1.4%0.5%-0.7%
VWIV15.9%12.7%19.2%12.9%12.7%
Skew 25d3.1%2.0%4.4%2.2%2.7%
Skew 10d5.8%3.4%8.5%3.8%6.2%
Call IV 25d14.9%13.1%16.3%14.6%13.1%
Put IV 25d17.9%15.8%19.7%16.8%15.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %17.619.1737.8332.7517.34
Gamma HHI0.100.080.120.090.11
Net GEX15.9M-42.7M71.7M36.8M3.9M
Net DEX443.4M95.4M921.5M360.0M481.0M
Net VEX-9.2M-9.7M-8.6M-9.5M-8.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.990.483.240.620.79
Total Volume54,602.89532,689107,90745,70275,523
Total OI879,491.368789,992934,160863,419872,323

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$82.20$82.5015.4%3.6%10.8%28.8%12.9%2.2%0.5%36.8M360.0M-9.5M0.6232.7528,29617,406434,064429,355
2017-04-04$82.30$82.5015.4%3.6%10.7%29.1%13.1%2.0%0.5%45.4M314.3M-9.6M0.5133.3327,27614,030443,733437,052
2017-04-05$82.59$82.5015.7%3.6%9.2%31.5%12.7%2.4%0.4%60.3M203.8M-9.7M0.5037.8345,91822,763446,871438,875
2017-04-06$83.00$82.5015.4%4.5%9.2%29.2%15.6%2.5%0.6%71.7M109.4M-9.7M0.5916.9920,51012,179448,603445,050
2017-04-07$82.72$82.5015.7%4.6%9.3%31.7%15.7%3.1%0.6%63.5M211.6M-9.7M0.669.4828,00418,484452,554447,488
2017-04-10$83.23$82.5016.5%4.7%9.4%39.9%16.1%3.2%0.2%53.3M95.4M-9.6M0.9611.1619,42618,684435,670437,444
2017-04-11$82.83$82.5017.8%5.0%9.5%52.7%17.4%3.9%-0.1%38.1M226.6M-9.5M0.739.1731,10022,617440,102444,950
2017-04-12$82.88$82.5017.8%5.0%8.7%52.7%17.1%3.6%-0.3%53.4M204.0M-9.6M0.8812.0523,01620,306449,532448,771
2017-04-13$81.82$82.5017.6%4.9%9.9%51.0%17.5%4.1%-0.8%2.5M585.4M-9.4M0.7913.2331,38624,688451,836451,303
2017-04-17$81.70$82.5017.9%5.0%9.9%54.3%19.2%3.4%0.7%-1.6M587.7M-9.1M0.8114.3419,71015,981444,814448,997
2017-04-18$81.19$82.5018.3%5.3%10.1%58.7%17.4%3.5%-1.5%-20.3M739.6M-8.8M0.4811.8731,80515,356450,019451,338
2017-04-19$80.30$82.5017.6%5.0%10.8%51.2%17.7%3.5%-0.7%-42.7M921.5M-8.6M0.9113.0723,35821,317461,336448,598
2017-04-20$81.27$82.5015.7%4.5%11.7%32.2%16.3%4.4%1.4%-8.6M663.6M-8.6M0.8013.0427,52322,025468,221454,894
2017-04-21$80.90$82.5017.1%4.9%11.8%46.4%16.3%3.9%-1.0%-35.9M778.9M-8.9M3.2413.7825,47582,432475,479458,681
2017-04-24$81.20$82.5015.9%4.4%11.7%34.1%15.7%2.4%-0.7%-5.0M510.8M-8.7M1.6316.0727,60245,019344,902445,090
2017-04-25$81.75$82.5015.6%4.5%11.9%31.1%15.9%2.3%-0.5%9.6M402.1M-8.9M1.3918.4127,61938,351355,114453,202
2017-04-26$81.57$82.5015.4%4.5%11.8%29.4%16.1%3.1%-0.3%-1.4M455.6M-9.0M1.3719.9521,94630,065366,996470,915
2017-04-27$81.17$82.5016.4%4.9%11.8%39.5%17.3%2.0%-0.6%-21.5M574.2M-9.1M1.2220.7827,11733,142372,519483,645
2017-04-28$81.65$82.5013.9%3.8%10.7%13.9%12.7%2.7%-0.7%3.9M481.0M-8.9M0.7917.3442,14233,381374,358497,965