XOM Options History — August 2021

In August 2021, XOM traded between $52.58 and $58.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.6%, placing in the 8.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.6%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 27.0%). Max pain ranged from $57.50 to $58.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 15 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.50.

Notable Days

  • 2021-08-11: Highest Volume — 637,901 contracts
  • 2021-08-19: Largest IV spike — 12.5% change
  • 2021-08-19: Highest IV Rank — 25.9%
  • 2021-08-19: Largest Expected Move — 9.0%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$56.08$52.58$58.35$57.66$54.72
Max Pain$57.57$57.50$58.00$58.00$57.50
ATM IV26.6%24.2%31.4%27.8%26.2%
Expected Move7.6%7.0%9.0%8.1%7.1%
HV 20d27.0%20.4%30.5%30.5%26.4%
HV 60d27.9%26.7%28.9%28.8%28.1%
IV Rank8.0%0.0%25.9%10.1%7.4%
IV Percentile7.4%0.0%27.8%8.3%5.6%
Term Structure0.2%-0.4%0.8%-0.3%0.7%
VWIV26.9%23.5%33.1%27.7%25.6%
Skew 25d2.8%1.0%5.4%2.5%3.1%
Skew 10d6.0%1.9%12.1%3.3%6.7%
Call IV 25d26.0%24.0%30.2%27.4%25.7%
Put IV 25d28.9%25.6%35.6%29.9%28.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %2.501.895.002.762.50
Gamma HHI0.100.070.150.110.07
Net GEX20.1M-26.3M74.5M27.4M14.1M
Net DEX-296.2M-926.9M610.6M-631.3M-61.2M
Net VEX-10.2M-10.8M-9.3M-10.1M-10.3M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.500.040.810.320.59
Total Volume112,618.45549,668637,901100,55154,232
Total OI1,495,816.51,413,6621,614,1911,427,6691,480,583

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-08-02$57.66$58.0027.8%8.1%30.5%10.1%27.7%2.5%-0.3%27.4M-631.3M-10.1M0.322.7676,13724,414868,107559,562
2021-08-03$58.16$58.0027.4%7.9%29.5%8.7%28.4%2.2%-0.3%38.8M-785.3M-10.2M0.652.7951,35033,545889,379570,967
2021-08-04$57.06$58.0028.2%8.1%29.8%11.8%28.1%2.4%-0.4%22.1M-491.5M-10.0M0.482.6456,46027,150903,373580,250
2021-08-05$57.22$57.5026.7%7.7%29.7%6.1%27.3%1.8%-0.0%16.7M-511.5M-9.9M0.382.7847,55317,839910,311592,508
2021-08-06$57.76$57.5024.6%7.3%28.9%0.0%25.6%1.7%-0.0%29.5M-675.3M-9.6M0.551.9049,94127,674922,317593,447
2021-08-09$57.31$57.5025.3%7.4%28.9%2.4%26.0%1.4%0.6%20.2M-558.0M-9.3M0.322.0280,16525,426870,753567,697
2021-08-10$58.16$57.5024.8%7.3%29.6%0.5%25.9%1.3%0.7%44.4M-787.4M-9.5M0.432.1174,30131,989876,479573,985
2021-08-11$58.35$57.5024.2%7.1%28.5%0.0%23.5%1.0%0.5%74.5M-926.9M-9.5M0.042.23611,41926,482920,042579,937
2021-08-12$57.26$57.5024.9%7.2%29.1%2.6%25.3%2.6%0.4%37.6M-550.2M-10.6M0.662.14100,32066,541919,333586,037
2021-08-13$56.84$57.5024.8%7.2%27.3%2.2%26.4%2.9%0.2%6.0M-330.5M-10.1M0.615.0053,21632,497901,830594,575
2021-08-16$55.89$57.5026.7%7.7%24.2%9.0%26.9%3.5%-0.1%9.9M-131.8M-10.8M0.601.8961,19636,786922,913617,178
2021-08-17$55.41$57.5027.8%8.0%23.8%13.2%27.6%3.0%0.8%3.0M-8.5M-10.8M0.812.6740,05432,640927,466626,326
2021-08-18$54.60$57.5027.9%8.0%20.4%13.4%28.8%3.8%0.5%-8.3M198.2M-10.4M0.542.1245,03024,273947,136639,851
2021-08-19$52.58$57.5031.4%9.0%23.7%25.9%33.1%5.4%-0.3%-17.4M610.6M-10.1M0.602.1492,09855,061953,540645,747
2021-08-20$52.84$57.5029.1%8.3%23.9%17.7%28.6%4.5%0.2%-26.3M596.9M-9.9M0.681.9249,49033,638963,387650,804
2021-08-23$54.91$57.5026.8%7.6%26.8%9.6%27.2%3.2%0.2%14.8M-126.4M-10.5M0.352.3283,29228,985821,291592,371
2021-08-24$55.41$57.5026.5%7.4%26.9%8.3%25.8%3.1%0.5%21.7M-289.3M-10.6M0.462.3356,47225,878833,664600,624
2021-08-25$55.48$57.5026.4%7.4%26.6%7.9%27.2%3.0%0.4%29.4M-306.3M-10.5M0.482.4833,53816,130850,581611,526
2021-08-26$54.83$57.5027.0%7.5%26.3%10.2%26.7%3.8%0.4%21.2M-130.2M-10.6M0.763.1629,28422,254861,397622,313
2021-08-27$55.84$57.5025.3%7.0%26.4%4.0%24.6%3.1%0.4%41.6M-389.1M-10.8M0.342.6661,45820,667870,703625,599
2021-08-30$55.39$57.5025.8%7.1%26.4%6.0%25.1%2.8%0.4%22.3M-230.9M-10.3M0.252.4348,51112,220845,124616,950
2021-08-31$54.72$57.5026.2%7.1%26.4%7.4%25.6%3.1%0.7%14.1M-61.2M-10.3M0.592.5034,10220,130856,562624,021