ORAOrmat Technologies, Inc.
ORA Options Overview
bearish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
ORA Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 55.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.78x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 67% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.84x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 34.9% — normal range
Effective IV 65.5% (ATM 34.9% + spread 15.3% + bias) — fair
Total drag 18.77% (spread 15.32% + slippage 3.45%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 19.88 (vega 30.459 / spread 15.32%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -37% (strong bearish) — Raw: -32%
|OI skew| 18.5% — put-heavy
Vol skew -18.6%, OI skew -18.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -100%, ATM: -33%, OTM: -29% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 85% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.2x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.8% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 34% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 27% — patient
Conviction -37 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 15.3% — wide
OI 23,955 — adequate
Volume 177/day — thin
$0.77 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 80% — wider than sector
Depth 59.8 contracts (bid:22.9 ask:36.9) — thin
Avg slippage 3.45% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -16.2% — contango
IV percentile 55% — neutral
IV kink -4.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 872.74 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -37% @ 69% consistency — moderate (bearish)
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
Directional Strategy Fit
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.
The Options Desk tracks the move options price into every US earnings report the week of Aug 31, next to how much each stock has actually moved on its past prints — plus the SPY, QQQ and IWM expected ranges and the gamma walls that box them in.