XOM Options History — September 2018

In September 2018, XOM traded between $80.16 and $86.58. ATM implied volatility averaged 14.6%, placing in the 27.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 4.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 14.0%). Max pain ranged from $77.50 to $82.50. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2018-09-24: Highest Volume — 80,122 contracts
  • 2018-09-24: Largest IV spike — 9.9% change
  • 2018-09-06: Highest IV Rank — 33.6%
  • 2018-09-06: Largest Expected Move — 4.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$83.62$80.16$86.58$80.16$85.28
Max Pain$80.26$77.50$82.50$80.00$82.50
ATM IV14.6%13.1%15.8%15.0%15.2%
Expected Move4.1%3.6%4.7%4.3%3.8%
HV 20d14.0%12.4%15.4%14.8%13.5%
HV 60d16.1%15.1%16.9%16.1%15.2%
IV Rank27.0%18.4%33.6%29.3%30.2%
IV Percentile38.4%21.4%50.4%43.3%43.3%
Term Structure0.6%-0.0%1.4%0.2%0.7%
VWIV14.9%13.1%16.8%14.8%13.3%
Skew 25d2.2%1.4%2.5%2.3%1.4%
Skew 10d5.3%2.6%16.7%4.1%2.6%
Call IV 25d13.9%12.0%14.9%14.1%14.5%
Put IV 25d16.1%14.2%17.4%16.5%15.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.272.338.734.153.02
Gamma HHI0.160.090.390.090.15
Net GEX113.9M48.1M214.5M48.1M106.2M
Net DEX-915.2M-1.41B-187.3M-187.3M-986.5M
Net VEX-7.1M-7.7M-6.5M-6.5M-7.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.330.840.330.66
Total Volume47,79933,13180,12247,84939,104
Total OI759,732.526661,680830,720723,384733,153

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-09-04$80.16$80.0015.0%4.3%14.8%29.3%14.8%2.3%0.2%48.1M-187.3M-6.5M0.334.1535,94311,906448,998274,386
2018-09-05$81.21$80.0015.1%4.3%14.6%29.7%14.9%2.3%0.2%76.2M-462.0M-7.0M0.565.1822,62912,742466,715276,413
2018-09-06$80.60$77.5015.8%4.7%14.6%33.6%16.6%2.5%0.0%65.5M-322.1M-6.9M0.713.5019,38213,749474,306280,127
2018-09-07$81.87$77.5015.7%4.4%15.4%33.0%16.2%2.5%0.1%98.1M-651.2M-7.1M0.676.9829,23719,595476,500282,275
2018-09-10$81.79$80.0015.2%4.4%14.6%30.3%15.7%2.5%-0.0%82.4M-580.1M-6.9M0.692.3319,90813,715470,451276,783
2018-09-11$82.92$80.0015.3%4.5%14.8%30.9%16.8%2.3%0.4%101.7M-879.7M-7.1M0.672.8436,52724,408475,372279,769
2018-09-12$83.27$80.0014.8%4.4%14.5%28.0%15.6%2.4%0.7%112.0M-957.0M-7.1M0.543.8338,48620,964485,091291,686
2018-09-13$82.14$80.0014.5%4.2%14.1%26.7%15.2%2.2%0.0%91.9M-634.1M-6.9M0.708.7326,77018,815495,441298,947
2018-09-14$82.96$80.0013.8%4.0%14.1%22.4%14.2%2.0%0.4%143.8M-823.6M-6.9M0.704.0924,36116,940500,999302,887
2018-09-17$83.23$80.0015.0%4.3%14.0%29.0%15.5%2.4%0.5%105.9M-844.4M-7.0M0.804.3825,29320,127490,301297,170
2018-09-18$83.77$80.0013.6%3.9%14.1%21.6%14.9%2.2%1.4%122.9M-1.02B-7.0M0.844.1118,35215,361498,429303,961
2018-09-19$84.77$80.0013.4%3.8%14.4%20.2%14.9%2.0%0.8%150.5M-1.29B-7.1M0.663.0227,59218,254504,620308,420
2018-09-20$84.87$80.0013.3%3.7%13.8%19.5%14.2%2.1%1.3%214.5M-1.31B-7.0M0.663.5132,01021,067507,245312,753
2018-09-21$85.19$80.0013.1%3.6%12.4%18.4%13.1%2.2%1.4%185.3M-1.41B-6.9M0.583.4838,43722,356511,921318,799
2018-09-24$86.58$80.0014.3%3.9%13.1%25.6%14.3%1.7%0.9%115.4M-1.38B-7.2M0.463.2355,01225,110396,864264,816
2018-09-25$86.52$82.5014.8%4.0%13.1%27.9%14.4%1.8%0.5%118.8M-1.35B-7.5M0.703.2836,84725,916419,152274,336
2018-09-26$86.06$82.5015.1%3.8%13.4%29.6%14.1%2.2%0.2%116.2M-1.21B-7.7M0.797.9321,09816,646431,213283,062
2018-09-27$85.66$82.5014.6%3.8%13.5%27.2%13.6%2.1%1.0%108.4M-1.10B-7.6M0.673.5426,10417,418434,662286,895
2018-09-28$85.28$82.5015.2%3.8%13.5%30.2%13.3%1.4%0.7%106.2M-986.5M-7.6M0.663.0223,53515,569442,713290,440