ORCL Options History — April 2017

In April 2017, ORCL traded between $44.00 and $44.89. ATM implied volatility averaged 13.8%, placing in the 10.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 3.9%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 14.4%). Max pain ranged from $43.00 to $44.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 11 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.68.

Notable Days

  • 2017-04-07: Highest Volume — 63,153 contracts
  • 2017-04-20: Largest IV drop — 9.4% change
  • 2017-04-11: Highest IV Rank — 22.0%
  • 2017-04-17: Largest Expected Move — 4.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$44.44$44.00$44.89$44.68$44.89
Max Pain$43.84$43.00$44.00$43.00$44.00
ATM IV13.8%12.5%15.6%12.8%12.5%
Expected Move3.9%3.3%4.4%3.5%3.5%
HV 20d14.4%7.0%23.7%23.3%8.1%
HV 60d15.6%15.3%15.9%15.9%15.4%
IV Rank10.8%3.2%22.0%4.8%3.2%
IV Percentile14.3%2.8%34.9%4.0%2.8%
Term Structure0.2%-1.0%1.8%0.0%-0.5%
VWIV13.9%11.6%18.3%12.1%12.6%
Skew 25d2.4%1.7%3.3%2.3%2.0%
Skew 10d5.6%3.8%8.7%5.5%5.0%
Call IV 25d13.0%11.8%14.4%11.9%11.8%
Put IV 25d15.4%13.8%17.6%14.2%13.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.427.2327.0810.6727.08
Gamma HHI0.250.150.700.180.42
Net GEX65.8M39.2M271.5M42.8M71.1M
Net DEX-441.2M-512.6M-345.3M-477.2M-512.6M
Net VEX-3.9M-4.1M-3.6M-3.6M-3.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.680.161.270.340.16
Total Volume26,073.10511,95863,15350,24342,990
Total OI567,576.895508,758601,757535,372531,374

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2017-04-03$44.68$43.0012.8%3.5%23.3%4.8%12.1%2.3%0.0%42.8M-477.2M-3.6M0.3410.6737,60812,635311,370224,002
2017-04-04$44.57$43.0013.1%3.4%23.3%6.8%12.0%2.1%0.1%45.2M-478.8M-4.0M0.8710.2211,3819,878337,074227,955
2017-04-05$44.55$43.0012.9%3.3%23.4%5.5%11.6%2.1%0.6%48.0M-480.9M-3.9M0.8121.4212,57910,169339,529229,140
2017-04-06$44.27$44.0012.7%3.9%23.4%4.1%18.3%2.4%0.2%45.3M-402.8M-3.9M0.618.7115,0629,122340,752230,160
2017-04-07$44.32$44.0013.7%4.1%23.4%10.4%13.4%1.7%-0.1%48.6M-440.5M-3.9M0.1912.3352,98210,171348,486232,117
2017-04-10$44.00$44.0014.5%4.2%23.6%15.3%16.2%2.4%0.4%54.7M-376.1M-4.0M0.457.2314,3566,475359,433233,026
2017-04-11$44.18$44.0015.6%4.4%23.7%22.0%14.8%3.1%-0.4%61.6M-408.7M-4.1M0.319.6725,7467,858359,753233,468
2017-04-12$44.10$44.0015.2%4.4%23.6%19.3%14.8%2.9%0.1%59.6M-388.7M-4.0M0.5510.3712,0166,558363,820235,604
2017-04-13$44.15$44.0015.2%4.3%7.0%19.2%14.7%3.0%-0.1%62.5M-381.4M-4.0M0.6110.1714,0388,586365,724236,033
2017-04-17$44.04$44.0015.6%4.4%7.0%21.6%15.2%3.3%0.0%50.2M-345.3M-3.9M1.1014.516,1476,787350,117234,277
2017-04-18$44.51$44.0014.4%4.1%7.7%14.6%14.0%2.8%0.9%67.7M-485.0M-3.9M1.058.459,1299,571352,171235,369
2017-04-19$44.13$44.0014.6%4.2%7.3%16.0%14.2%2.6%0.8%60.8M-362.8M-3.8M1.1415.9111,42613,014354,009240,144
2017-04-20$44.57$44.0013.3%3.7%8.2%7.7%16.0%2.8%1.5%99.3M-499.8M-3.8M0.5011.8315,2247,668354,610244,905
2017-04-21$44.52$44.0013.7%3.8%8.0%10.3%14.2%3.1%1.8%271.5M-462.7M-3.9M0.8711.3215,20913,159349,212247,964
2017-04-24$44.85$44.0012.7%3.4%8.2%4.1%12.4%1.8%-0.1%41.0M-488.3M-3.8M0.6211.6014,0068,663297,384211,374
2017-04-25$44.65$44.0013.0%3.5%8.2%6.2%12.2%2.2%-1.0%39.2M-455.4M-3.8M1.2718.167,8009,937303,971214,172
2017-04-26$44.70$44.0013.2%3.6%8.2%7.3%13.0%2.1%-0.2%40.3M-470.1M-3.8M0.5913.189,7495,732307,109219,075
2017-04-27$44.75$44.0013.1%3.7%8.1%6.5%12.6%1.9%-0.8%40.2M-465.8M-3.8M0.8322.236,5205,438309,102220,176
2017-04-28$44.89$44.0012.5%3.5%8.1%3.2%12.6%2.0%-0.5%71.1M-512.6M-3.8M0.1627.0836,9866,004310,785220,589