Over 1 Year Ago
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Off goes OXY. The stock plunged, today. Here's what's going on:



Shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY) are trading -5% lower at a price of $71.55 at the time of this writing. The stock is floundering behind peers on a slightly bearish day for the Energy sector.


Occidental Petroleum Corp has been trading between a 52-week high of $77.13 and a 52-week low of $24.28. The stock has a market cap of $67.1 Billion.

Occidental is an international energy company with assets in the United States, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. It is one of the largest oil producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Its midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas.

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As you can imagine, the internet had a few things to say about the price move. Here's a few choice comments from the Reddit Traderverse™:

daveflav21 - 8 upvotes - source
Finally OXY is dumping, I've been waiting for more than a week now and my puts kept getting annihalated by theta

betaforever - 8 upvotes - source
Oxy, bbby calls and spy puts is what we doing today or what

deuce-deuce-pap - 6 upvotes - source
Civil war in Iraq and China river dry so no hydro power? Oxy gonna hulk dick so hard

jostradumass - 6 upvotes - source
OXY and BBBY calls again I guess.

Justheretolearnnn - 5 upvotes - source
So thoughts on oxy?

deuce-deuce-pap - 5 upvotes - source
My oxy 77c don’t feel so good

ScruffyBelievesInGME - 5 upvotes - source
Oil is $97 a barrel again = all my remaining cash on hand is now XOM. Already have OXY

Zeroknowledgeproof87 - 5 upvotes - source
Oxy making 52 week highs at $95 oil is mania. Puts

Sir_Trashbin - 4 upvotes - source
Where are the cucks that echo chambered that OXY had topped out at $73 and then downvote brigaded and flamed anyone that said otherwise last week

Zeroknowledgeproof87 - 4 upvotes - source
oxy is at 52 week high with $95 oil. overbought