ORCL Options History — December 2007

In December 2007, ORCL traded between $20.03 and $23.04. ATM implied volatility averaged 37.5%, placing in the 56.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 2.3% (HV 20d: 39.8%). Max pain ranged from $17.50 to $20.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 7 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.66.

Notable Days

  • 2007-12-19: Highest Volume — 177,357 contracts
  • 2007-12-13: Largest IV drop — 28.9% change
  • 2007-12-11: Highest IV Rank — 87.6%
  • 2007-12-05: Largest Expected Move — 13.2%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$21.65$20.03$23.04$20.24$22.58
Max Pain$18.00$17.50$20.00$20.00$17.50
ATM IV37.5%26.6%49.3%45.1%28.4%
Expected Move10.2%7.6%13.2%12.9%8.2%
HV 20d39.8%33.6%51.8%48.6%38.2%
HV 60d37.2%34.8%38.9%34.8%38.9%
IV Rank56.0%26.9%87.6%76.3%31.8%
IV Percentile84.6%62.4%98.7%97.4%70.8%
Term Structure-1.4%-7.7%4.1%-6.0%1.8%
VWIV35.1%26.6%45.3%45.2%29.7%
Skew 25d4.1%-0.5%8.3%2.0%2.9%
Skew 10d9.8%-3.0%23.8%16.1%5.7%
Call IV 25d34.0%25.2%44.4%44.2%30.9%
Put IV 25d38.2%30.8%46.8%46.3%33.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %8.633.8115.969.745.01
Gamma HHI0.520.310.810.340.56
Net GEX11.5M4.2M37.2M4.8M11.7M
Net DEX-684.4M-1.03B-404.4M-437.5M-769.2M
Net VEX-3.0M-3.2M-2.8M-3.2M-2.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.660.141.950.580.47
Total Volume44,422.212,794177,35722,65714,367
Total OI1,079,662.71,002,6871,211,3701,029,3931,024,416

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-12-03$20.24$20.0045.1%12.9%48.6%76.3%45.2%2.0%-6.0%4.8M-437.5M-3.2M0.589.7414,3078,350568,562460,831
2007-12-04$20.03$20.0045.1%12.9%48.6%76.3%44.9%2.4%-7.0%4.2M-404.4M-3.2M0.2010.0218,7663,696573,313464,706
2007-12-05$21.22$20.0046.1%13.2%51.8%78.9%45.3%6.6%-7.7%7.8M-615.7M-3.1M0.9411.4026,18724,545577,885464,923
2007-12-06$21.42$20.0039.8%11.4%50.8%62.2%42.8%8.3%-6.0%8.4M-640.2M-3.1M1.959.434,8419,423581,740475,115
2007-12-07$21.14$17.5043.5%10.5%41.2%72.1%35.0%3.0%-0.4%7.6M-597.6M-3.0M0.469.9210,8224,972581,565480,491
2007-12-10$21.64$17.5044.4%9.9%37.0%74.5%35.9%4.3%-0.1%9.2M-682.6M-2.9M0.239.3636,5768,296585,260482,491
2007-12-11$21.07$17.5049.3%10.8%38.7%87.6%36.5%4.4%-1.7%8.7M-595.5M-3.0M1.2115.968,89610,725604,461483,765
2007-12-12$21.37$17.5048.2%10.2%34.2%84.5%36.4%2.6%-1.5%9.8M-647.4M-3.0M0.668.7516,68811,070606,202491,401
2007-12-13$21.61$17.5034.2%9.8%33.6%47.3%34.9%3.8%-0.3%11.3M-698.2M-3.0M0.467.9710,1344,696616,701495,989
2007-12-14$21.20$17.5037.6%10.8%34.4%56.3%33.6%2.9%-1.1%9.6M-628.6M-3.0M1.0811.146,1426,652616,309497,473
2007-12-17$20.94$17.5039.8%11.4%34.2%62.2%37.6%5.8%-3.0%8.0M-567.9M-2.9M1.248.4210,75813,339616,649499,311
2007-12-18$21.25$17.5041.8%12.0%34.1%67.4%38.3%6.0%-3.9%9.3M-615.4M-2.9M0.149.7564,3908,859619,941505,998
2007-12-19$20.76$17.5039.6%11.4%35.2%61.6%38.6%1.9%-3.4%7.8M-552.1M-2.9M0.486.65119,51457,843644,880509,772
2007-12-20$22.10$17.5028.4%8.1%40.4%31.5%29.0%-0.5%3.1%28.3M-861.4M-2.9M0.2910.41113,82932,545686,329525,041
2007-12-21$22.71$17.5026.6%7.6%41.2%26.9%27.4%3.3%4.1%37.2M-1.03B-2.9M0.3010.7978,76823,423667,833539,458
2007-12-24$22.76$17.5027.9%8.0%39.0%30.4%28.1%4.7%0.1%11.5M-813.5M-2.9M0.554.5310,9646,011548,232454,455
2007-12-26$23.00$17.5028.1%8.1%39.0%30.9%28.0%6.2%1.5%11.6M-836.7M-2.8M0.674.8615,67210,572550,082457,392
2007-12-27$23.04$17.5028.3%8.1%38.0%31.5%27.5%6.6%1.5%11.5M-854.5M-2.8M0.903.8115,97514,418550,122464,076
2007-12-28$22.97$17.5027.4%7.8%38.0%28.9%26.6%5.0%2.9%11.6M-836.8M-2.8M0.444.7621,7879,626552,059468,025
2007-12-31$22.58$17.5028.4%8.2%38.2%31.8%29.7%2.9%1.8%11.7M-769.2M-2.8M0.475.019,7744,593555,558468,858