ORCL Options History — August 2018

In August 2018, ORCL traded between $47.36 and $49.35. ATM implied volatility averaged 20.0%, placing in the 40.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.5%. IV traded above realized volatility by 7.8% (HV 20d: 12.2%). Max pain ranged from $47.00 to $47.00. Net GEX was positive for 23 of 23 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 13 of 23 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.16.

Notable Days

  • 2018-08-01: Highest Volume — 51,816 contracts
  • 2018-08-10: Largest IV spike — 17.0% change
  • 2018-08-30: Highest IV Rank — 75.2%
  • 2018-08-30: Largest Expected Move — 7.9%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$48.50$47.36$49.35$47.36$48.50
Max Pain$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00$47.00
ATM IV20.0%14.2%26.5%17.8%26.1%
Expected Move6.5%4.4%7.9%5.3%7.7%
HV 20d12.2%10.2%14.8%14.8%10.5%
HV 60d24.3%23.5%24.9%24.8%23.7%
IV Rank40.8%9.8%75.2%29.1%73.0%
IV Percentile51.5%8.3%88.5%45.6%86.5%
Term Structure1.5%-1.9%6.8%-0.3%-1.5%
VWIV22.8%16.1%28.5%18.4%26.6%
Skew 25d3.1%0.8%4.0%3.1%3.6%
Skew 10d7.5%4.9%15.9%6.3%7.4%
Call IV 25d18.7%13.2%24.3%16.3%24.3%
Put IV 25d21.8%15.4%27.9%19.4%27.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %13.884.7432.4632.467.77
Gamma HHI0.130.110.160.120.15
Net GEX17.9M3.9M30.2M3.9M11.0M
Net DEX-311.1M-430.8M-142.1M-142.1M-255.1M
Net VEX-4.1M-4.5M-3.9M-4.0M-4.5M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.160.413.403.401.57
Total Volume26,721.39112,68751,81651,81625,873
Total OI589,133.696545,002628,427570,677628,427

Daily Data (23 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2018-08-01$47.36$47.0017.8%5.3%14.8%29.1%18.4%3.1%-0.3%3.9M-142.1M-4.0M3.4032.4611,77440,042308,709261,968
2018-08-02$48.04$47.0016.0%4.5%14.6%19.3%16.1%3.3%-0.3%4.4M-262.6M-4.1M1.0622.1811,28111,918311,863274,377
2018-08-03$48.43$47.0016.0%4.4%14.3%19.4%16.6%3.4%-0.5%14.8M-336.1M-4.1M1.1626.4611,06812,835313,842276,716
2018-08-06$48.76$47.0014.9%6.2%13.7%13.8%22.2%3.0%5.2%16.5M-380.5M-4.0M1.247.317,4629,282312,801271,332
2018-08-07$48.58$47.0014.3%6.1%13.8%10.1%22.4%2.5%6.1%15.7M-352.2M-4.0M1.259.816,3357,940315,622272,962
2018-08-08$48.43$47.0014.8%6.2%12.8%13.1%21.0%2.5%4.3%12.6M-320.5M-4.0M2.057.014,1588,529317,040275,041
2018-08-09$48.60$47.0014.2%6.2%12.5%9.8%21.0%2.3%2.4%13.7M-349.3M-4.0M0.779.3812,5779,656317,744277,490
2018-08-10$48.35$47.0016.6%6.6%11.9%22.7%23.7%2.5%0.6%15.7M-309.8M-4.0M0.9020.8810,4809,410324,034277,253
2018-08-13$48.14$47.0018.7%6.7%11.8%33.9%26.4%2.8%5.4%16.4M-274.6M-3.9M1.6222.406,65710,788317,676267,298
2018-08-14$48.30$47.0017.8%6.7%11.2%28.8%22.5%2.0%4.7%16.5M-296.6M-3.9M1.179.227,8609,230319,088271,664
2018-08-15$47.76$47.0017.2%6.9%11.5%25.7%24.5%2.5%6.8%11.6M-204.9M-3.9M0.8711.7811,1029,637322,464272,335
2018-08-16$48.21$47.0019.4%6.6%12.0%37.6%22.6%0.8%4.3%17.8M-296.7M-3.9M0.417.2720,5768,487323,761272,949
2018-08-17$48.39$47.0020.3%6.5%12.0%42.2%22.7%2.8%2.7%16.8M-338.7M-3.9M1.184.7418,39021,786329,689274,729
2018-08-20$48.52$47.0021.2%6.4%12.0%46.9%22.9%3.7%0.4%21.4M-274.5M-4.1M0.5015.4119,3829,664297,913247,089
2018-08-21$48.48$47.0023.1%6.8%12.0%57.4%22.9%4.0%-0.8%24.2M-279.1M-4.0M0.8813.3014,55212,862306,527248,372
2018-08-22$48.89$47.0023.0%6.6%12.3%56.6%22.9%3.8%0.5%29.4M-350.0M-4.2M0.8923.7117,43615,522312,150253,915
2018-08-23$48.98$47.0023.7%6.8%12.3%60.6%23.2%3.6%0.0%30.2M-378.4M-4.3M0.796.6312,4089,778319,054259,006
2018-08-24$49.29$47.0023.8%6.8%12.3%60.8%23.4%3.7%-0.5%29.1M-430.8M-4.3M0.5411.5623,83212,759321,433262,663
2018-08-27$49.35$47.0024.3%7.2%10.2%63.4%24.5%3.6%-1.0%27.1M-427.3M-4.3M0.8113.7213,59210,960321,316263,413
2018-08-28$48.73$47.0025.5%7.4%11.4%70.2%26.1%3.7%-1.9%21.1M-307.7M-4.3M1.4213.7215,63422,256324,971267,632
2018-08-29$49.00$47.0025.4%7.4%10.9%69.2%24.2%3.8%-1.5%24.3M-352.2M-4.4M0.959.8818,84717,990332,575279,730
2018-08-30$48.40$47.0026.5%7.9%10.9%75.2%28.5%3.6%-0.6%17.2M-236.6M-4.5M1.2412.5714,25717,728341,422282,020
2018-08-31$48.50$47.0026.1%7.7%10.5%73.0%26.6%3.6%-1.5%11.0M-255.1M-4.5M1.577.7710,08015,793346,501281,926