Oracle’s Unusual Put Option Activity – A Contrarian Signal – Should Investors Buy ORCL Stock?

Oracle’s Unusual Put Option Activity – A Contrarian Signal – Should Investors Buy ORCL Stock?

By Mark R. Hake, CFA
Publication Date: 2025-12-17 18:30:00

Huge, unusual volume of out-of-the-money (OTM) put option activity Oracle Corp (ORCL) The stock can be a contrarian signal. Are investors overlooking long-term value? This article focuses on operating cash flow, analyst revenue estimates and derives a 12-month price target.

ORCL was on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, until $188.65after he was at the day before $184.92. Has the bottom been reached? Is it time for investors to take a closer look at ORCL?

ORCL stock – last 6 months – Barchart – as of December 16, 2025

This could be the case based on operating cash flow (OCF) and analysts’ significant revenue expectations next year. But first, let’s look at what investors are doing with the recent massive volume of ORCL put options.

Unusual volume on OTM puts could be a contrarian buy signal

This can be seen in Barchart’s Unusual Stock Options Activity Report late Tuesday, December 16th. It shows that over 7,300 put option contracts traded at the strike price of $172.50 for…