XOM Options History — November 2018

In November 2018, XOM traded between $75.49 and $82.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.8%, placing in the 60.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.2% (HV 20d: 23.0%). Max pain ranged from $80.00 to $82.50. Net GEX was positive for 15 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.97.

Notable Days

  • 2018-11-08: Highest Volume — 106,934 contracts
  • 2018-11-12: Largest IV spike — 13.9% change
  • 2018-11-23: Highest IV Rank — 81.4%
  • 2018-11-01: Largest Expected Move — 7.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$79.23$75.49$82.99$80.34$79.35
Max Pain$81.64$80.00$82.50$82.50$80.00
ATM IV20.8%16.6%24.6%22.6%20.1%
Expected Move6.1%4.9%7.7%7.7%6.1%
HV 20d23.0%19.9%25.8%22.2%23.7%
HV 60d18.5%17.2%20.3%17.2%20.3%
IV Rank60.6%37.5%81.4%70.7%56.7%
IV Percentile80.2%46.4%96.4%92.1%76.6%
Term Structure-0.3%-1.5%0.2%-0.6%-0.4%
VWIV21.5%17.1%27.1%27.1%22.1%
Skew 25d3.7%3.2%4.5%4.0%3.5%
Skew 10d7.3%5.4%9.1%8.0%6.7%
Call IV 25d19.4%15.8%23.2%21.2%18.9%
Put IV 25d23.2%19.0%27.7%25.2%22.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.442.505.113.533.40
Gamma HHI0.070.060.100.070.07
Net GEX18.3M-17.5M69.8M31.5M33.6M
Net DEX148.2M-475.6M641.1M29.2M-24.2M
Net VEX-6.4M-7.0M-5.7M-6.8M-6.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.970.241.540.711.46
Total Volume49,645.04833,002106,93455,77136,477
Total OI681,668.762605,860731,530715,396657,284

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-11-01$80.34$82.5022.6%7.7%22.2%70.7%27.1%4.0%-0.6%31.5M29.2M-6.8M0.713.5332,61623,155427,625287,771
2018-11-02$81.76$82.0019.8%6.4%23.4%55.1%23.5%4.1%0.1%53.1M-276.6M-7.0M0.603.8444,92727,118436,904294,022
2018-11-05$81.61$82.5019.5%5.4%22.6%53.3%19.1%3.7%-0.0%40.5M-179.2M-6.8M0.703.2627,77419,562414,435276,112
2018-11-06$81.75$82.5018.6%5.3%22.7%48.8%18.9%3.4%-0.3%43.6M-191.3M-6.8M0.554.1023,00312,636424,925283,770
2018-11-07$82.99$82.5016.6%4.9%22.6%37.5%17.1%3.2%0.2%69.8M-475.6M-6.8M0.343.8138,51513,221431,959285,131
2018-11-08$81.62$82.5017.4%4.9%20.1%41.9%17.6%3.2%0.0%53.5M-151.4M-6.6M0.243.8386,50320,431444,632286,898
2018-11-09$81.31$82.5018.3%5.2%19.9%46.9%19.9%3.5%0.1%27.1M-116.5M-6.7M0.592.8531,80618,906436,355294,494
2018-11-12$80.03$82.5020.8%5.9%20.7%60.9%21.0%3.9%-0.0%18.7M140.2M-6.6M1.423.4417,05724,162414,941283,173
2018-11-13$77.98$82.5022.8%6.6%22.6%71.5%22.5%4.3%0.2%-9.6M490.4M-6.2M1.004.6724,27324,277418,718288,386
2018-11-14$77.71$82.5022.6%6.4%22.6%70.6%21.8%3.6%-0.3%-17.5M536.3M-6.0M1.513.1022,53034,024421,259292,715
2018-11-15$78.02$82.5022.0%6.3%22.4%67.3%20.8%3.6%0.2%-15.1M468.2M-6.1M0.993.3528,24027,921427,044291,940
2018-11-16$79.05$82.5020.0%5.6%23.0%56.0%19.9%3.3%-0.6%1.9M316.2M-6.3M0.982.8420,62920,268432,800296,410
2018-11-19$78.98$82.5021.2%6.1%22.7%62.7%20.6%4.1%-0.8%12.7M148.5M-6.3M0.832.9520,50817,109352,052253,808
2018-11-20$77.03$82.5024.1%6.9%23.9%78.7%23.8%4.4%-1.3%-1.2M424.3M-6.1M1.543.7125,84639,803360,952258,829
2018-11-21$77.72$80.0022.1%6.3%23.1%67.6%21.3%4.3%-1.1%3.9M335.6M-6.2M1.422.5419,48827,692367,560265,239
2018-11-23$75.49$80.0024.6%7.2%25.2%81.4%25.1%4.5%-1.5%-9.7M641.1M-5.7M1.145.1122,59925,856373,522270,505
2018-11-26$76.84$80.0021.8%6.6%25.8%66.3%22.9%3.6%-0.2%-409.6K402.8M-5.9M1.103.0216,94018,657364,551265,239
2018-11-27$76.98$80.0021.3%6.5%25.4%63.4%22.6%3.6%-0.2%1.4M392.6M-5.9M1.022.5016,34216,660368,572267,734
2018-11-28$78.10$80.0020.5%6.2%23.9%58.7%21.7%3.5%-0.2%16.6M203.1M-6.1M1.113.1319,73921,846373,729269,797
2018-11-29$79.27$80.0020.1%6.1%23.8%56.8%22.6%3.3%-0.4%30.7M-786.2K-6.3M1.153.1615,58317,847378,424274,828
2018-11-30$79.35$80.0020.1%6.1%23.7%56.7%22.1%3.5%-0.4%33.6M-24.2M-6.3M1.463.4014,83421,643380,806276,478