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ORCL

Oracle CorporationClose $178.34EOD only

Max Pain

$150.00

Next expiry Apr 17, 2026

Expected Move

±$4.42

2.5% from close

Price Gap

-28.34

Distance to max pain

IV Rank

100

High premium

P/C OI

0.70

Slightly call-heavy

Consensus

6.5/10

Consensus signal

Published snapshot: Apr 16, 2026 close

End-of-day snapshot

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Published Snapshot

Apr 16, 2026 close

ORCL Flow Report

Analysis based on market close April 17, 2026

Directional Theta Gang Flow Earnings Consensus

Historical consensus-supported lens with full content, report chain context, and metric rail.

Flow Verdict

Confidence:

8 / 10

base 5; +2 GEX/flow strongly aligned; +1 GEX positive (pinning); -1 spot 12.9% from MP; +1 VIX 17

Watch next session: Track Apr‑17 expiry trade/rolling and OI changes; Monitor spot movement vs MP and any rapid GEX decline; Watch put-heavy strikes 175–185 and IV moves

Flow Summary

Net premium: +$45.3M bullish

P/C volume ratio: 0.52

P/C OI ratio: 0.70

Bullish flow: dealer gamma long/pinning, big positive GEX and retail buy flows concentrated in short-dated expiries; downside risk if spot reverts toward concentrated put strikes or GEX flips.

Notable Prints

ORCL 2026-05-22 $140.00 Put

Vol: 5,186

OI: 236

Vol/OI: 22.0x

IV: 54.5%

Notional: ~$700K

Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

ORCL 2026-04-24 $180.00 Put

Vol: 4,439

OI: 319

Vol/OI: 13.9x

IV: 49.2%

Notional: ~$3.5M

Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

ORCL 2026-04-24 $185.00 Put

Vol: 1,405

OI: 101

Vol/OI: 13.9x

IV: 50.6%

Notional: ~$1.6M

Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

ORCL 2026-04-17 $177.50 Call

Vol: 23,143

OI: 2,863

Vol/OI: 8.1x

IV: 13.3%

Notional: ~$23K

Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

ORCL 2026-04-17 $175.00 Put

Vol: 28,484

OI: 4,045

Vol/OI: 7.0x

IV: 6.8%

Notional: ~$684K

Intent: Unclear flow intent

Read-through: Needs contextual interpretation.

Institutional Positioning

Call additions: Limited recent call buying; retail/short-dated nominal calls (177.5) spike vs low IV.

Put additions: Significant put flow concentrated at 175–185 near-dated expiries and multi-expiry puts (May 120–160, May 22 140).

GEX/DEX consistency: GEX +276M and DEX +68M correlate with bullish pinning pressure toward 175–185, but correlation is not causation; retail activity, odd‑lot prints and gamma trading could also drive moves.

OI clusters: Largest OI at 175/177.5/180 strikes (short-dated) and sizable May put clusters around 140–160.

Hedging evidence: Patterns consistent with institutional hedges/collars (heavy short-dated puts plus longer dated protective puts).

Max pain context: Spot ~12.9% above MP; this could contribute to pinning into 175–185 near expiries, yet noisy prints and alternative drivers make outcomes uncertain.

Signal vs Noise

~Signal: GEX+/DEX+ net buying consistent with pinning pressure into 175–185.

~Signal: Heavy short-dated put OI (175–185) indicates institutional hedging or directional bearish exposure being bought.

~Noise: Extremely high IV single prints (250 put) and tiny-price call print (177.5 last=0.01) likely odd‑lot or spree fills.

~Noise: Volume spikes at distant strikes with low OI/very high IV are unreliable for positioning.

Key Conclusions

📌Flow and GEX/DEX correlate with pinning pressure around 175–185, but other drivers could dominate.

🛡️Heavy short-dated put activity plus longer-dated protective puts reads as institutional hedging/collar behavior.

Read the Flow analysis for ORCL for 2026-04-17. Each report is a market-close snapshot with regime read, key levels, and strategy context that translates options positioning into an actionable setup.