ORCL Options History — February 2010

In February 2010, ORCL traded between $23.11 and $24.87. ATM implied volatility averaged 26.4%, placing in the 25.5% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 2.8% (HV 20d: 23.6%). Max pain ranged from $23.00 to $24.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 8 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.77.

Notable Days

  • 2010-02-03: Highest Volume — 115,052 contracts
  • 2010-02-11: Largest IV spike — 24.4% change
  • 2010-02-12: Highest IV Rank — 35.2%
  • 2010-02-08: Largest Expected Move — 9.5%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$23.91$23.11$24.87$23.22$24.65
Max Pain$23.37$23.00$24.00$24.00$24.00
ATM IV26.4%22.6%31.3%27.1%23.3%
Expected Move7.9%6.5%9.5%7.8%6.7%
HV 20d23.6%18.8%25.5%18.8%24.4%
HV 60d24.8%23.7%25.4%23.7%24.5%
IV Rank25.5%18.0%35.2%27.0%19.5%
IV Percentile26.4%3.2%60.3%30.2%7.5%
Term Structure-0.1%-3.6%5.0%3.5%1.3%
VWIV28.2%23.6%33.6%27.5%24.7%
Skew 25d4.4%2.7%6.0%3.8%3.3%
Skew 10d9.3%5.8%12.7%7.2%8.8%
Call IV 25d26.2%22.2%30.4%25.8%23.1%
Put IV 25d30.6%24.9%36.4%29.6%26.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.053.5116.344.4716.34
Gamma HHI0.170.130.230.130.20
Net GEX5.2M1.4M12.3M2.4M5.1M
Net DEX-95.2M-253.7M36.0M13.1M-177.6M
Net VEX-2.6M-3.0M-2.3M-2.3M-2.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.770.211.791.050.72
Total Volume41,577.89516,622115,05232,96618,772
Total OI709,486.053624,545766,947624,545732,180

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2010-02-01$23.22$24.0027.1%7.8%18.8%27.0%27.5%3.8%3.5%2.4M13.1M-2.3M1.054.4716,06716,899279,394345,151
2010-02-02$23.76$24.0024.3%7.0%20.2%21.4%25.6%2.7%3.6%5.2M-63.1M-2.4M0.574.5618,30910,443284,513350,679
2010-02-03$23.75$24.0022.6%6.5%20.2%18.0%23.6%2.7%4.4%5.6M-60.1M-2.4M0.885.3161,08853,964291,843354,195
2010-02-04$23.11$24.0026.2%7.5%21.7%25.1%25.6%3.4%5.0%1.6M24.6M-2.9M1.106.2624,69227,055337,712403,248
2010-02-05$23.55$23.0025.1%8.8%23.0%23.0%33.6%5.7%-2.0%3.8M-41.8M-3.0M1.114.7137,68041,915347,477419,470
2010-02-08$23.12$23.0026.8%9.5%23.1%26.4%32.9%6.0%-3.6%1.4M35.4M-2.8M0.884.7233,34429,218337,418413,022
2010-02-09$23.51$23.0024.5%8.8%24.2%21.7%31.0%5.6%-2.4%4.4M-34.3M-2.6M0.503.8916,9968,445321,409394,795
2010-02-10$23.11$23.0025.1%9.2%24.7%23.0%31.8%5.6%-2.8%1.8M36.0M-2.5M0.214.3024,8145,322322,807399,310
2010-02-11$23.35$23.0031.2%9.0%24.8%35.0%30.6%5.7%-2.6%3.3M-714.9K-2.6M0.234.3521,6594,893327,859399,693
2010-02-12$23.41$23.0031.3%9.0%23.1%35.2%29.6%5.3%-2.2%3.7M-22.3M-2.6M0.314.6014,9434,698336,731400,937
2010-02-16$23.81$23.0030.0%8.6%24.3%32.5%31.0%5.5%-2.6%7.1M-91.2M-2.6M0.293.8412,8923,730345,976401,560
2010-02-17$24.18$23.0029.0%8.3%25.1%30.6%29.2%4.9%-2.0%9.7M-181.7M-2.6M0.893.8415,22613,494350,722401,598
2010-02-18$24.52$23.0026.2%7.5%25.5%25.1%27.4%4.3%-0.6%12.3M-253.7M-2.5M1.023.8213,80614,077355,147403,272
2010-02-19$24.32$23.0026.8%7.7%25.5%26.4%27.3%4.5%-0.8%8.7M-201.8M-2.5M0.703.7033,71023,723350,374405,915
2010-02-22$24.81$23.0025.5%7.3%24.4%23.7%26.4%4.3%-0.4%6.0M-205.6M-2.7M0.393.5116,3466,418283,024362,029
2010-02-23$24.48$23.0026.9%7.7%24.9%26.5%26.7%3.9%0.1%6.0M-179.5M-2.6M1.795.3116,13928,850289,199366,228
2010-02-24$24.77$24.0024.5%7.0%25.0%21.7%25.1%3.6%1.0%5.4M-195.0M-2.7M0.864.1912,89611,063295,871382,874
2010-02-25$24.87$24.0024.5%7.0%25.0%21.8%25.5%3.3%0.5%5.7M-210.1M-2.7M1.094.2736,50839,886299,355387,248
2010-02-26$24.65$24.0023.3%6.7%24.4%19.5%24.7%3.3%1.3%5.1M-177.6M-2.9M0.7216.3410,8857,887322,706409,474