XOM options flow: unusual options activity in ExxonMobil Holdings Corp.

Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET

Over the last week the tape recorded 391 unusual options prints in ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. (XOM), $23.3M of tracked premium, leaning bullish. Bullish premium was $10.9M against $8.4M bearish; $12.1M went into calls and $11.1M into puts, a put call ratio of 0.92. The largest print was $695K of XOM 15 Dec 2028 $185 puts on 24 September 2026, executed at ask. The last session with prints, 28 September 2026, added 5 prints and $301K of premium. XOM closed at $160.59 on 25 September 2026, down 1.0%.

This week's unusual flow

Prints from 21 September 2026 to 28 September 2026, 6 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.

Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.

Largest prints of the week

Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.

Where the money is aimed

The most premium, $10.4M, is aimed at the 15 Dec 2028 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 20 Nov 2026.

A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.

The last session, 28 September 2026

Every print in XOM with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open XOM in Options Sentiment Screener.

Price

The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open XOM in Options Sentiment Screener.

Analysts

The most recent analyst targets on file, from 17 firms, have a median of $174, 8.4% above the last close. The last 90 days brought 1 upgrade and 1 downgrade.

Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.

About ExxonMobil Holdings Corp.

Exchange

NYSE

Sector

Energy

Industry

Petroleum And Natural Gas

Headquarters

SPRING, Texas

Website

corporate.exxonmobil.com

ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through Upstream, Energy Products, Chemical Products, and Specialty Products segments. Its Upstream segment explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas. The Energy Products segment offers fuels, aromatics, and catalysts, as well as licensing services. Its Chemical Products segment manufactures and sells olefins, polyolefins, and intermediates. The Specialty Products segment offers finished lubricants, basestocks, waxes, synthetics, elastomers, and resins. It is also involved in the manufacture, trade, transport, and sale of crude oil, natural gas, petroleum products, petrochemicals, and other specialty products; and pursuit of lower-emission and business opportunities, including carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, lower-emission fuels, Proxxima resin systems, carbon materials, low-carbon data center, and lithium. In addition, the company offers aviation fuel. It sells its products under the Exxon, Esso, and Mobil brands. The company was formerly known as Exxon Mobil Corporation and changed its name to ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation in July 2026. ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation was founded in 1870 and is headquartered in Spring, Texas.

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Learn

• What unusual options activity means
• Reading one ticker's flow
• Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
• Size versus open interest
• Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
• The conviction score and whale prints