ORCL Options History — February 2011

In February 2011, ORCL traded between $32.18 and $33.68. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.4%, placing in the 18.1% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.6%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 22.1%). Max pain ranged from $29.00 to $31.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 19 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2011-02-01: Highest Volume — 53,417 contracts
  • 2011-02-22: Largest IV spike — 20.4% change
  • 2011-02-24: Highest IV Rank — 30.9%
  • 2011-02-24: Largest Expected Move — 7.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$32.96$32.18$33.68$33.24$32.90
Max Pain$30.05$29.00$31.00$31.00$30.00
ATM IV22.4%19.4%27.3%21.6%24.7%
Expected Move6.6%5.8%7.8%6.2%7.1%
HV 20d22.1%19.8%26.4%20.6%24.2%
HV 60d20.5%19.1%21.0%21.0%20.2%
IV Rank18.1%10.4%30.9%15.9%24.1%
IV Percentile34.2%11.5%63.5%27.0%53.6%
Term Structure2.2%1.2%3.4%1.2%3.3%
VWIV23.6%21.0%27.7%22.1%25.3%
Skew 25d4.2%2.8%5.3%2.8%5.3%
Skew 10d9.1%6.2%13.4%6.2%11.2%
Call IV 25d21.6%19.7%25.3%20.6%23.1%
Put IV 25d25.8%23.1%30.2%23.4%28.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.263.996.485.285.48
Gamma HHI0.180.160.250.160.16
Net GEX14.4M10.9M18.8M13.8M13.9M
Net DEX-556.6M-756.5M-369.2M-600.1M-471.3M
Net VEX-3.2M-3.5M-3.0M-3.0M-3.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.291.780.950.56
Total Volume25,561.05310,12653,41753,41719,135
Total OI640,643.789596,259698,841596,259652,032

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2011-02-01$33.24$31.0021.6%6.2%20.6%15.9%22.1%2.8%1.2%13.8M-600.1M-3.0M0.955.2827,42625,991326,666269,593
2011-02-02$33.14$31.0021.2%6.1%20.6%15.1%21.4%3.1%1.3%13.4M-588.4M-3.1M0.764.348,3386,340334,727280,473
2011-02-03$32.99$31.0020.3%5.8%19.8%12.6%21.0%3.5%2.3%13.5M-553.7M-3.1M0.485.1810,8075,171334,287282,915
2011-02-04$32.62$29.0019.5%6.4%20.4%10.6%23.4%4.3%1.9%13.6M-507.4M-3.2M1.594.529,19114,593338,058285,106
2011-02-07$32.98$30.0019.6%6.2%20.5%10.7%22.1%4.2%2.3%12.7M-553.8M-3.1M0.735.5513,83710,049338,892291,921
2011-02-08$33.03$30.0019.6%6.4%20.5%10.9%23.4%4.3%2.0%15.2M-577.1M-3.1M0.463.997,9193,656345,368293,008
2011-02-09$32.89$30.0019.4%6.4%20.6%10.4%21.7%4.4%1.8%15.5M-557.0M-3.1M0.295.4411,7073,383347,017293,249
2011-02-10$33.26$30.0022.4%6.4%20.7%18.3%23.0%4.1%1.8%15.7M-625.6M-3.0M0.376.117,3732,753347,825293,762
2011-02-11$33.47$30.0022.6%6.5%20.7%18.7%24.0%4.7%1.6%14.9M-632.8M-3.1M0.464.838,8524,115348,779294,365
2011-02-14$33.29$30.0022.6%6.5%20.9%18.5%23.3%3.9%2.1%14.8M-640.3M-3.0M0.824.9118,95115,592348,581296,246
2011-02-15$32.76$29.0022.4%6.4%21.9%18.1%23.8%4.1%2.3%16.2M-574.4M-3.0M0.845.9318,09815,151360,526298,029
2011-02-16$33.11$30.0022.1%6.3%22.1%17.4%22.5%3.7%2.3%17.3M-641.2M-3.1M0.734.7827,32420,012366,725305,169
2011-02-17$33.01$30.0022.3%6.4%20.9%17.7%22.7%3.6%2.2%18.8M-635.6M-3.2M0.554.6914,0307,659378,022316,074
2011-02-18$33.68$30.0020.9%6.0%21.9%14.3%22.2%3.8%2.9%16.1M-756.5M-3.2M0.576.4822,40312,828381,398317,443
2011-02-22$32.53$30.0025.2%7.2%25.4%25.5%26.2%4.3%3.0%12.8M-428.7M-3.3M1.325.6220,23226,759324,215280,938
2011-02-23$32.18$30.0027.3%7.8%25.7%30.8%26.4%4.9%2.3%10.9M-369.2M-3.4M0.525.4519,88010,330330,721295,286
2011-02-24$32.25$30.0027.3%7.8%25.5%30.9%27.7%5.0%2.7%11.3M-387.6M-3.4M0.686.4510,0266,787336,743299,678
2011-02-25$32.95$30.0024.7%7.1%26.4%24.0%26.8%4.9%3.4%13.8M-474.5M-3.5M1.785.016,82712,135339,880298,515
2011-02-28$32.90$30.0024.7%7.1%24.2%24.1%25.3%5.3%3.3%13.9M-471.3M-3.4M0.565.4812,3006,835339,573312,459