Options Skew Analytics

ACN options analytics

ACN · Stock

Data as of 23 September 2026 (end of day)

ACN options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 52.7%, a move of about ±15.1% over the next month. That is higher than 96% of the 228 sessions in its trailing year.

Its 25-delta calls carry 2.12 volatility points more than the puts, closer together than on 100% of the past year.

The term structure is inverted: 90-day volatility is 11% below 30-day, which happens when the market prices something dated into the nearer expirations.

Its next earnings report is 2026-10-01, before the open.

Across its last 4 reports the options market priced an average move of ±7.5% and ACN moved 6.7% on average, staying inside the priced band 3 times out of 4.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
52.72%

Prices a move of about ±15.1% over 30 days, or ±3.3% on a typical day.

Higher than 96% of the past year.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
-2.12

Calls carry 2.12 volatility points more than puts the same distance from the money.

Lower than almost every reading of the past year.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+0.36

The wings carry 0.36 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
0.888

90-day volatility is 11% below 30-day.

Higher than 39% of the past year.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 228 prior sessions (one-year window)

52.7% — 96th percentile
16.5%55.1%
IV percentile, 1 year
96%
IV rank, 1 year
94%
IV percentile, 2 years
96%
IV rank, 2 years
94%

Rank is the position between the lowest and highest readings in the window, so a single past extreme pins everything after it near one end. Percentile is the share of sessions below the current reading and is unaffected by how far that extreme reached. Both are withheld when the window holds fewer than 180 sessions.

Session detail

Underlying close
$183.52
30-day implied forward
$183.90
60-day ATM IV
47.94%
90-day ATM IV
46.81%
180-day ATM IV
45.75%
Expirations used
12
Total open interest
153,176
Put / call open interest
1.08

The forward is derived from put-call parity on the strikes nearest the money, not taken from the underlying close. It is what every moneyness and delta on this page is measured against.

30-day at-the-money implied volatility

Last 235 sessions

10%20%30%40%50%60%26 Aug18 Nov12 Feb6 May23 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2352.72%-2.120.888$183.52
2026-09-2253.18%-1.450.871$183.72
2026-09-2152.72%+1.850.913$186.11
2026-09-1852.61%-0.130.878$181.29
2026-09-1752.17%+0.780.922$190.29
2026-09-1653.28%+1.060.893$189.64
2026-09-1554.63%-0.900.897$193.40
2026-09-14———$195.00
2026-09-1152.03%+1.410.894$183.90
2026-09-1053.10%-0.260.931$177.91
2026-09-0953.09%+0.010.906$175.80
2026-09-0855.12%-1.660.857$179.03
2026-09-0448.78%+1.280.979$186.72
2026-09-0353.86%-0.660.889$193.12
2026-09-0248.85%+0.280.946$187.68
2026-09-0150.44%+1.370.927$188.09
2026-08-31———$189.76
2026-08-2848.95%+0.810.974$189.61
2026-08-2645.08%-1.101.102$181.38
2026-08-25———$186.93
2026-08-2449.05%+1.100.992$186.53
2026-08-2145.34%+1.621.140$185.28
2026-08-2045.39%-2.161.074$181.35
2026-08-1943.49%+3.261.126$183.17
2026-08-18———$172.93
2026-08-17———$169.98
2025-06-3021.31%+3.291.074$298.89
2025-06-2721.50%+1.231.091$295.46
2025-06-2621.39%+2.591.073$296.08
2025-06-2520.78%+3.111.086$294.60
2025-06-2421.41%+2.601.022$300.72
2025-06-2322.38%+1.841.039$295.00
2025-06-2024.34%+3.441.024$285.37
2025-06-1833.29%+4.450.897$306.38
2025-06-1736.12%+3.450.808$312.03
2025-06-1635.13%+2.840.837$314.33
2025-06-1337.17%+3.580.769$311.71
2025-06-1234.98%+4.180.811$318.13
2025-06-1133.74%+5.830.836$319.22
2025-06-1034.60%+4.050.812$320.92
2025-06-0934.34%+3.050.821$316.62
2025-06-0634.16%+3.070.822$317.65
2025-06-0534.29%+3.150.838$315.38
2025-06-0434.74%+3.520.811$316.40
2025-06-0333.77%+3.070.844$312.90
2025-06-0234.59%+4.250.839$314.47
2025-05-3034.99%+4.980.829$316.82
2025-05-2934.82%+4.210.829$317.73
2025-05-2834.59%+4.640.852$315.99
2025-05-2736.37%+4.640.808$315.43
2025-05-2336.58%+4.640.827$309.58
2025-05-2235.68%+4.440.826$316.45
2025-05-2135.80%+4.760.812$317.72
2025-05-2033.40%+3.450.842$320.18
2025-05-1931.74%+5.750.891$319.39
2025-05-16———$317.69
2025-05-1524.25%+4.911.129$323.21
2025-05-1422.60%+3.381.231$320.41
2025-05-1321.60%+3.591.247$322.53
2025-05-1222.56%+3.901.237$322.09
2025-05-0924.67%+4.601.204$307.90
2025-05-0825.94%+4.431.154$308.88
2025-05-0730.11%+4.780.996$306.09
2025-05-0629.66%+5.581.010$303.80
2025-05-0525.68%+4.571.152$307.71
2025-05-0226.39%+4.621.145$305.33
2025-05-0127.73%+6.201.102$300.53
2025-04-3028.67%+5.261.077$299.15
2025-04-2929.34%+6.091.008$298.47
2025-04-2828.71%+5.331.111$293.25
2025-04-2527.70%+7.001.086$293.39
2025-04-2428.93%+6.881.107$291.41
2025-04-2330.66%+6.031.005$288.16
2025-04-2231.05%+6.501.063$283.96
2025-04-2134.17%+7.271.004$279.23
2025-04-1729.38%+10.551.092$282.35
2025-04-1630.40%+9.321.111$285.24
2025-04-1526.83%+7.671.155$288.66
2025-04-1429.67%+8.841.089$289.79
2025-04-1134.18%+8.211.027$284.34
2025-04-1036.68%+14.501.000$285.22
2025-04-0931.54%+8.491.000$299.94
2025-04-0843.51%+13.360.883$281.39
2025-04-0743.41%+13.530.857$284.72
2025-04-0443.31%+10.380.856$285.06
2025-04-0330.89%+5.921.002$301.46
2025-04-0225.39%+4.461.081$316.33
2025-04-0124.92%+3.981.105$313.58
2025-03-3125.59%+3.441.099$312.04
2025-03-2824.19%+3.591.130$304.33
2025-03-2722.23%+3.411.157$308.53
2025-03-2622.07%+3.211.170$311.16
2025-03-2521.04%+2.691.198$308.90
2025-03-2422.32%+3.481.174$307.18
2025-03-2122.78%+3.001.158$305.32
2025-03-2025.19%+3.311.029$300.91
2025-03-1936.58%+3.950.817$324.47
2025-03-1839.72%+5.020.787$324.07
2025-03-1739.60%+3.660.794$325.71
2025-03-1440.59%+4.980.792$318.82
2025-03-1342.92%+3.390.779$317.07
2025-03-1239.54%+4.250.797$324.33
2025-03-1141.22%+4.190.793$327.79
2025-03-1039.51%+4.510.780$335.30
2025-03-0737.05%+4.380.800$342.18
2025-03-0637.20%+3.010.801$341.84
2025-03-0535.79%+5.480.806$348.26
2025-03-0436.06%+4.880.799$345.78
2025-03-0336.01%+5.410.798$344.99
2025-02-2834.09%+1.770.808$348.50
2025-02-2733.31%+1.470.812$356.87
2025-02-2633.53%+2.950.796$358.35
2025-02-2532.83%+2.440.820$362.95
2025-02-2432.70%+2.950.819$363.91
2025-02-2133.48%+0.920.788$364.26
2025-02-2030.51%+0.220.816$384.84
2025-02-1930.00%+1.310.825$390.22
2025-02-1828.26%+0.710.844$387.56
2025-02-1423.47%+1.221.034$388.00
2025-02-1321.97%+1.391.111$389.53

The chart covers every session in the archive, 235 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 235 sessions

-5.00.05.010.015.020.026 Aug18 Nov12 Feb6 May23 Sep

The dashed line marks zero, where the 25-delta put and call carry the same implied volatility.

Skew curve

Implied volatility by delta, front expirations

Implied volatility by delta

2d (2026-09-25) · 9d (2026-10-02) · 16d (2026-10-09)

40%50%60%70%80%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ C — IV 50.69%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ C — IV 52.44%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ C — IV 52.82%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ C — IV 50.19%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ C — IV 48.57%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ C — IV 49.29%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ C — IV 50.61%2026-09-25 (2d) — ATM — IV 51.55%2026-09-25 (2d) — 45Δ P — IV 52.03%2026-09-25 (2d) — 40Δ P — IV 52.38%2026-09-25 (2d) — 35Δ P — IV 52.28%2026-09-25 (2d) — 30Δ P — IV 50.72%2026-09-25 (2d) — 25Δ P — IV 49.04%2026-09-25 (2d) — 20Δ P — IV 48.75%2026-09-25 (2d) — 15Δ P — IV 48.81%2026-09-25 (2d) — 10Δ P — IV 49.13%2026-09-25 (2d) — 5Δ P — IV 50.87%2d2026-10-02 (9d) — 15Δ C — IV 73.68%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ C — IV 73.17%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ C — IV 73.81%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ C — IV 72.86%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ C — IV 73.36%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ C — IV 75.08%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ C — IV 73.57%2026-10-02 (9d) — ATM — IV 72.63%2026-10-02 (9d) — 45Δ P — IV 71.87%2026-10-02 (9d) — 40Δ P — IV 71.18%2026-10-02 (9d) — 35Δ P — IV 74.50%2026-10-02 (9d) — 30Δ P — IV 71.82%2026-10-02 (9d) — 25Δ P — IV 71.64%2026-10-02 (9d) — 20Δ P — IV 71.71%2026-10-02 (9d) — 15Δ P — IV 72.60%2026-10-02 (9d) — 10Δ P — IV 72.48%9d2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ C — IV 59.59%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ C — IV 60.87%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ C — IV 61.41%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ C — IV 60.40%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ C — IV 59.60%2026-10-09 (16d) — ATM — IV 59.81%2026-10-09 (16d) — 45Δ P — IV 61.70%2026-10-09 (16d) — 40Δ P — IV 62.19%2026-10-09 (16d) — 35Δ P — IV 62.27%2026-10-09 (16d) — 30Δ P — IV 62.13%2026-10-09 (16d) — 25Δ P — IV 61.23%2026-10-09 (16d) — 20Δ P — IV 60.95%2026-10-09 (16d) — 15Δ P — IV 61.14%16d10Δ C25Δ CATM25Δ P10Δ Pout-of-the-money calls ← delta → out-of-the-money puts

The axis is call delta. Readings to the right of the dashed centre line are taken from the out-of-the-money put at that strike, which is the contract whose quote the volatility was solved from. Points are only plotted where surviving quotes bracket the delta on both sides; nothing is extrapolated past the last traded strike.

Show the underlying numbers
Delta2d9d16d
15Δ call50.69%73.68%—
20Δ call52.44%73.17%—
25Δ call52.82%73.81%59.59%
30Δ call50.19%72.86%60.87%
35Δ call48.57%73.36%61.41%
40Δ call49.29%75.08%60.40%
45Δ call50.61%73.57%59.60%
ATM51.55%72.63%59.81%
45Δ put52.03%71.87%61.70%
40Δ put52.38%71.18%62.19%
35Δ put52.28%74.50%62.27%
30Δ put50.72%71.82%62.13%
25Δ put49.04%71.64%61.23%
20Δ put48.75%71.71%60.95%
15Δ put48.81%72.60%61.14%
10Δ put49.13%72.48%—
5Δ put50.87%——

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-252$184.7751.55%49.04%52.82%-3.79-0.627
2026-10-029$184.6572.63%71.64%73.81%-2.17+0.1022
2026-10-0916$184.8059.81%61.23%59.59%+1.63+0.6018
2026-10-1623$183.8556.84%56.61%56.11%+0.50-0.4828
2026-10-2330$183.9052.72%52.02%54.13%-2.12+0.3624
2026-10-3037$183.8551.10%50.75%50.40%+0.35-0.5328
2026-11-2058$184.2548.07%47.60%48.09%-0.49-0.2322
2026-12-1886$185.1546.78%47.62%47.44%+0.18+0.7529
2027-01-15114$184.7046.93%46.53%47.15%-0.63-0.1023
2027-02-19149$183.8845.66%45.15%45.70%-0.55-0.2430
2027-03-19177$185.2045.79%46.10%45.45%+0.65-0.0229
2027-06-17267$185.9844.85%46.07%44.91%+1.16+0.6430

Each curve above is one expiration. The vertical position is implied volatility; the horizontal position is the delta of the contract it was read from. For US equities the curve normally slopes upward to the right, meaning out-of-the-money puts carry higher implied volatility than equidistant calls.

The 25-delta risk reversal summarises that slope as a single number: the 25-delta put volatility minus the 25-delta call volatility. The butterfly summarises the curvature: the average of the two wings minus the at-the-money reading.

Term structure

At-the-money implied volatility by expiration

At-the-money implied volatility by expiration

12 listed expirations produced a usable reading

40%50%60%70%80%2026-09-25 — 2 days — at-the-money IV 51.55%2026-10-02 — 9 days — at-the-money IV 72.63%2026-10-09 — 16 days — at-the-money IV 59.81%2026-10-16 — 23 days — at-the-money IV 56.84%2026-10-23 — 30 days — at-the-money IV 52.72%2026-10-30 — 37 days — at-the-money IV 51.10%2026-11-20 — 58 days — at-the-money IV 48.07%2026-12-18 — 86 days — at-the-money IV 46.78%2027-01-15 — 114 days — at-the-money IV 46.93%2027-02-19 — 149 days — at-the-money IV 45.66%2027-03-19 — 177 days — at-the-money IV 45.79%2027-06-17 — 267 days — at-the-money IV 44.85%7306090180days to expiration

The horizontal axis is the square root of days to expiration, which is the scale volatility lives on. A curve that is flat in variance terms plots as a straight line here rather than bending sharply through the front week.

Show the underlying numbers
ExpirationDaysForwardATM IVATM strikeQuotes used
2026-09-252 days$184.7751.55%$184.917
2026-10-029 days$184.6572.63%$185.8522
2026-10-0916 days$184.8059.81%$186.2518
2026-10-1623 days$183.8556.84%$185.7328
2026-10-2330 days$183.9052.72%$186.0124
2026-10-3037 days$183.8551.10%$186.3028
2026-11-2058 days$184.2548.07%$187.6622
2026-12-1886 days$185.1546.78%$189.9929
2027-01-15114 days$184.7046.93%$191.1623
2027-02-19149 days$183.8845.66%$191.8730
2027-03-19177 days$185.2045.79%$194.8629
2027-06-17267 days$185.9844.85%$200.1830

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
52.72%
60 days
47.94%
90 days
46.81%
180 days
45.75%

Interpolation is linear in total variance, not in volatility. Interpolating volatility directly implies a forward variance that can be negative between two expirations. A tenor beyond the longest listed expiration is reported as unavailable rather than extrapolated.

Term structure slope

Last 235 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.4026 Aug18 Nov12 Feb6 May23 Sep

The dashed line marks 1.00, where the 90-day and 30-day at-the-money volatilities are equal. Above it the longer tenor carries the higher volatility.

The term structure is the at-the-money implied volatility of each listed expiration, plotted against how far away that expiration is. Its usual shape for a calm underlying slopes gently upward, because a longer horizon admits more uncertainty.

It inverts when the market prices a dated event: an expiration that captures a scheduled announcement carries the variance of that event on top of ordinary trading, so a shorter contract can print a higher volatility than a longer one.

Earnings

What the options priced in before each report, and what happened

Next report

2026-10-01Before the openAnnounced

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 4 reports

Landed inside the implied band
3 of 4
75% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
7.5%
Mean move that happened
6.7%
absolute

Reports

Newest first. The implied move is one standard deviation, priced from the session before the release.

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-06-18Before the open———
2026-03-19Before the open———
2025-12-18Before the open———
2025-09-25Before the open———
2025-06-20Before the open8.2%-6.9%0.84×
2025-03-20Before the open7.6%-7.3%0.95×
2024-12-19Before the open7.0%+7.1%1.01×
2024-09-26Before the open7.0%+5.6%0.79×
2024-06-20Before the open———
2024-03-21Before the open———
2023-12-19Before the open———
2023-09-28Before the open———

The implied move is read from the at-the-money straddle on the first expiration strictly after the report date, converted to a one-standard-deviation move and divided by the forward. Realised moves are the close-to-close return across the event, measured from the session before the release to the session after it.

Report dates that have already happened come from the company’s own 8-K filing and are exact. A date still in the future is either one the company has announced, or an estimate from its reporting cadence.