ORCL Options History — February 2012

In February 2012, ORCL traded between $27.98 and $29.39. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.2%, placing in the 7.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.3%. IV traded above realized volatility by 4.7% (HV 20d: 17.4%). Max pain ranged from $27.00 to $28.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 20 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.89.

Notable Days

  • 2012-02-23: Highest Volume — 112,595 contracts
  • 2012-02-09: Largest IV spike — 22.7% change
  • 2012-02-15: Highest IV Rank — 11.4%
  • 2012-02-15: Largest Expected Move — 7.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$28.83$27.98$29.39$28.88$29.25
Max Pain$27.90$27.00$28.00$27.00$28.00
ATM IV22.2%18.3%24.6%23.0%22.3%
Expected Move6.3%5.8%7.1%6.0%6.0%
HV 20d17.4%14.7%19.4%16.5%18.6%
HV 60d36.9%33.5%40.0%40.0%33.5%
IV Rank7.3%0.7%11.4%8.7%7.5%
IV Percentile18.5%0.4%32.5%24.2%19.8%
Term Structure3.9%2.4%5.5%2.4%4.8%
VWIV23.0%20.8%25.3%21.8%22.1%
Skew 25d4.1%2.6%5.9%2.6%3.6%
Skew 10d10.8%6.0%14.3%6.0%13.2%
Call IV 25d20.8%19.3%22.8%20.2%19.9%
Put IV 25d25.0%22.8%28.7%22.8%23.5%
Bid-Ask Spread %3.682.206.942.713.00
Gamma HHI0.230.140.380.210.24
Net GEX11.8M5.6M20.1M11.0M15.2M
Net DEX-247.6M-330.0M-110.1M-299.4M-299.8M
Net VEX-3.8M-4.2M-3.6M-3.7M-4.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.890.401.860.780.59
Total Volume40,776.210,511112,59534,90031,652
Total OI846,989.9758,873925,391802,522925,391

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-02-01$28.88$27.0023.0%6.0%16.5%8.7%21.8%2.6%2.4%11.0M-299.4M-3.7M0.782.7119,57215,328427,093375,429
2012-02-02$28.81$27.0022.3%6.1%16.8%7.5%22.1%3.2%2.5%10.4M-275.8M-3.7M1.293.0013,30317,159431,685379,385
2012-02-03$29.11$28.0021.3%6.4%15.7%5.8%23.4%4.0%3.4%11.9M-327.6M-3.7M0.646.9433,12721,158436,814387,483
2012-02-06$29.00$28.0021.2%6.3%15.6%5.7%23.2%4.4%3.5%12.0M-292.0M-3.6M1.136.5215,72817,710438,426390,942
2012-02-07$28.95$28.0020.8%6.3%15.8%5.0%22.0%4.0%3.1%13.8M-281.8M-3.6M0.403.6816,3686,472445,864393,581
2012-02-08$28.73$28.0018.3%6.3%16.1%0.7%23.5%4.3%3.4%14.2M-235.4M-3.6M0.943.6314,77013,885450,610391,928
2012-02-09$28.89$28.0022.4%6.4%16.0%7.6%24.8%4.5%3.5%14.2M-276.2M-3.7M0.903.0715,31413,759453,058396,099
2012-02-10$28.50$28.0024.6%7.1%16.9%11.4%24.2%4.4%3.4%11.2M-194.9M-3.7M1.763.9010,67718,747451,558401,384
2012-02-13$28.43$28.0024.3%7.0%16.9%10.9%24.2%4.8%3.2%10.5M-190.2M-3.6M0.722.566,1254,386450,077404,008
2012-02-14$28.24$28.0024.1%6.9%16.7%10.4%24.0%5.4%3.9%8.7M-147.9M-3.6M0.583.3819,69911,414450,976405,204
2012-02-15$27.98$28.0024.6%7.1%14.7%11.4%24.6%5.9%3.9%6.5M-110.1M-3.7M0.644.5626,23516,659457,531410,904
2012-02-16$28.95$28.0023.1%6.6%19.0%8.9%25.3%4.3%4.5%20.1M-320.2M-3.8M1.002.7426,97026,902460,349414,765
2012-02-17$28.79$28.0021.4%6.1%19.1%6.0%22.1%3.7%5.5%11.0M-261.5M-3.7M0.943.9422,59921,199463,867428,774
2012-02-21$28.74$28.0020.1%5.8%18.6%3.9%20.8%4.0%5.1%5.7M-175.7M-3.7M0.734.1925,13518,310404,134354,739
2012-02-22$28.55$28.0020.2%5.8%18.7%4.0%21.9%4.1%5.4%5.6M-131.0M-3.8M0.903.4714,44212,969420,834365,194
2012-02-23$28.81$28.0020.8%6.0%19.0%5.0%22.4%4.7%4.6%7.8M-182.2M-3.8M0.522.4674,24338,352426,586370,732
2012-02-24$29.25$28.0020.6%6.0%19.4%4.7%21.7%3.1%4.5%15.8M-330.0M-4.1M0.753.8237,38128,183484,010394,891
2012-02-27$29.26$28.0024.6%6.4%19.4%11.4%23.3%3.8%3.6%14.2M-301.2M-4.1M0.813.8632,71826,489479,870406,696
2012-02-28$29.39$28.0023.1%6.2%19.3%8.8%22.9%3.8%4.1%15.2M-319.2M-4.2M1.862.2010,63119,754490,065418,862
2012-02-29$29.25$28.0022.3%6.0%18.6%7.5%22.1%3.6%4.8%15.2M-299.8M-4.2M0.593.0019,95111,701494,524430,867