BP plc ADR (BP) Historical Volatility

Tracking BP historical volatility helps you see how much BP plc ADR's stock price has actually moved over past periods, giving you a baseline to judge whether current option premiums are fair, cheap, or expensive. While implied volatility tells you what the market expects, BP plc ADR's HV tells you what really happened. Use our scanner to monitor BP 30 day historical volatility alongside longer lookback windows and spot the moments when realized and implied diverge.

Historical volatility is the annualized standard deviation of an underlying's past returns, typically measured over rolling windows like 10, 20, 30, or 60 days. The BP 30 day historical volatility is one of the most widely watched readings because it balances responsiveness with stability. Comparing BP plc ADR's HV to its implied volatility reveals the volatility risk premium — when IV sits well above HV, option sellers tend to have an edge; when HV runs hot relative to IV, buyers may be underpaying for movement.

BP p.l.c. provides carbon products and services. The company operates through Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Oil Production & Operations, and Customers & Products segments. It engages in the production of natural gas, and integrated gas and power; trading of gas; operation of onshore and offshore wind power, as well as hydrogen and carbon capture and storage facilities; trading and marketing of renewable and non-renewable power; and production of crude oil. In addition, the company involved in convenience and retail fuel, EV charging, Castrol lubricant, aviation, B2B, and midstream businesses; refining and oil trading; and bioenergy business.

The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Sizing a long premium trade, modeling a covered call, or hunting volatility arbitrage all come back to one question: how much has the stock actually moved? Our scanner puts BP plc ADR's historical volatility side-by-side with implied readings across every lookback window, so you can see exactly where BP HV is running hot, cold, or in line. Make the BP 30 day historical volatility — and every other window — work for your edge instead of against it.