XOM Options History — March 2020

In March 2020, XOM traded between $31.17 and $53.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 75.2%, placing in the 80.9% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 22.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 8.1% (HV 20d: 67.1%). Max pain ranged from $42.50 to $60.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.91.

Notable Days

  • 2020-03-10: Highest Volume — 163,193 contracts
  • 2020-03-24: Largest IV drop — 30.4% change
  • 2020-03-06: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2020-03-18: Largest Expected Move — 32.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$39.92$31.17$53.26$53.26$37.61
Max Pain$51.16$42.50$60.00$60.00$43.00
ATM IV75.2%39.2%113.6%40.8%62.3%
Expected Move22.1%11.6%32.6%12.3%21.8%
HV 20d67.1%39.9%96.5%42.5%93.2%
HV 60d44.4%28.2%59.4%28.2%59.4%
IV Rank80.9%48.0%100.0%68.2%48.0%
IV Percentile98.5%93.7%100.0%99.6%93.7%
Term Structure-0.9%-9.2%9.9%-2.3%8.0%
VWIV77.6%40.7%116.6%44.9%76.6%
Skew 25d21.3%6.1%36.5%9.0%14.1%
Skew 10d44.2%3.2%75.1%18.4%33.8%
Call IV 25d68.1%35.6%98.6%36.2%76.4%
Put IV 25d89.4%44.9%135.0%45.2%90.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %7.722.6723.232.978.36
Gamma HHI0.080.060.130.080.08
Net GEX-8.1M-23.6M-851.6K-11.3M-3.1M
Net DEX1.28B916.4M1.68B967.0M993.4M
Net VEX-5.7M-7.7M-4.1M-7.7M-5.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.910.481.810.830.72
Total Volume111,340.95564,854163,193107,81567,957
Total OI1,287,730.3641,111,5031,468,7891,111,5031,279,824

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-03-02$53.26$60.0040.8%12.3%42.5%68.2%44.9%9.0%-2.3%-11.3M967.0M-7.7M0.832.9758,87148,944632,923478,580
2020-03-03$52.01$60.0046.5%14.0%42.5%82.7%49.2%7.6%-2.2%-12.8M1.09B-7.5M0.646.6344,41528,609650,907494,477
2020-03-04$51.97$60.0039.2%11.6%42.5%64.1%40.7%9.3%-1.0%-17.3M1.16B-7.2M0.822.6735,57529,279662,078504,370
2020-03-05$49.66$60.0049.4%13.3%39.9%90.3%50.5%12.7%-1.0%-19.0M1.34B-6.9M1.502.7152,24978,462672,668513,618
2020-03-06$47.72$60.0061.0%16.1%41.1%100.0%55.9%18.8%-1.7%-23.6M1.48B-6.8M1.006.6858,91058,682689,108544,772
2020-03-09$42.75$57.5073.3%20.8%53.5%100.0%70.9%16.8%1.6%-10.9M1.52B-5.6M0.913.0079,26472,385669,581524,262
2020-03-10$43.25$57.5072.8%20.0%54.4%99.2%67.2%20.6%-2.6%-10.1M1.46B-5.7M0.937.6984,48278,711704,443533,404
2020-03-11$42.17$55.0075.9%20.5%53.7%100.0%74.0%27.4%-5.3%-9.6M1.51B-5.8M1.424.3363,34889,842742,967573,365
2020-03-12$37.72$55.0093.1%25.8%61.6%100.0%86.9%29.1%-3.3%-8.9M1.60B-5.3M1.084.0744,48148,163778,112612,454
2020-03-13$36.32$55.0085.9%23.1%61.5%90.8%82.3%35.0%-9.0%-8.9M1.68B-4.7M0.4814.60110,13152,757799,543625,734
2020-03-16$35.09$50.0095.0%26.9%61.0%100.0%92.8%30.3%-7.4%-6.2M1.53B-4.9M1.818.6150,53091,462796,590619,915
2020-03-17$35.97$47.5087.5%25.0%63.6%90.7%86.7%27.8%9.4%-7.3M1.52B-5.0M0.616.1046,62028,335810,048631,936
2020-03-18$31.84$47.50113.6%32.6%70.7%100.0%116.6%36.5%1.5%-5.2M1.48B-4.3M0.976.3370,27667,891817,318633,886
2020-03-19$33.25$47.50108.4%31.3%75.2%94.7%108.0%33.5%4.7%-4.8M1.40B-4.9M0.6123.2349,91430,638837,773631,016
2020-03-20$32.75$45.0090.2%26.9%75.1%76.2%91.2%32.4%-0.2%-6.7M1.41B-4.4M0.8215.8167,67955,549840,636620,911
2020-03-23$31.17$45.0097.0%27.2%75.3%83.1%91.1%26.1%-6.5%-4.3M1.12B-4.1M0.8412.8858,07248,979645,779531,487
2020-03-24$34.41$42.5067.5%24.0%87.8%53.3%80.6%17.5%9.9%-2.3M1.03B-4.8M1.257.3169,59787,096670,586518,154
2020-03-25$37.65$42.5074.1%22.9%96.5%59.9%82.8%21.3%-9.2%-948.7K916.4M-6.2M0.485.9972,59234,780688,748549,452
2020-03-26$37.63$45.0076.9%22.9%95.7%62.8%80.8%6.1%-5.5%-851.6K934.5M-6.1M0.527.1556,37129,485698,129563,786
2020-03-27$36.62$45.0077.4%24.0%95.6%63.3%88.6%13.3%-2.4%-1.3M985.9M-5.9M1.016.9040,53140,744712,131574,684
2020-03-30$37.41$45.0066.9%23.9%92.9%52.7%87.8%22.4%4.7%-3.1M975.2M-6.1M0.675.7140,04926,794687,770562,143
2020-03-31$37.61$43.0062.3%21.8%93.2%48.0%76.6%14.1%8.0%-3.1M993.4M-5.9M0.728.3639,51028,447703,433576,391