Options Skew Analytics

CIEN options analytics

CIEN · Stock

Data as of 22 September 2026 (end of day)

CIEN options are pricing a 30-day at-the-money volatility of 65.3%, a move of about ±18.7% over the next month. Its history here is 230 sessions, short of the 180 a percentile needs, so this reading is not yet ranked against its own past.

Its 25-delta calls carry 1.24 volatility points more than the puts.

Longer-dated options carry more: 90-day volatility is 7% above 30-day.

Its next earnings report is 2026-12-03 (estimated from its reporting cadence).

Across its last 5 reports the options market priced an average move of ±14.2% and CIEN moved 8.4% on average, staying inside the priced band 4 times out of 5.

Current readings

30-day ATM implied volatilityⓘ
65.29%

Prices a move of about ±18.7% over 30 days, or ±4.1% on a typical day.

25-delta risk reversalⓘ
-1.24

Calls carry 1.24 volatility points more than puts the same distance from the money.

25-delta butterflyⓘ
+1.06

The wings carry 1.06 volatility points more than at-the-money.

Term structure slopeⓘ
1.066

90-day volatility is 7% above 30-day.

Where 30-day implied volatility sits

Against 134 prior sessions (one-year window)

Not enough history in this window to place the current reading.

IV percentile, 1 year
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IV rank, 1 year
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IV percentile, 2 years
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IV rank, 2 years
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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
$368.56
30-day implied forward
$371.39
60-day ATM IV
65.11%
90-day ATM IV
69.61%
180-day ATM IV
69.80%
Expirations used
11
Total open interest
59,619
Put / call open interest
0.89

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 230 sessions

20%40%60%80%100%29 Aug13 Dec5 Mar5 Jun22 Sep
Show the underlying numbers (most recent 120)
Session30-day ATM IV25-delta RRTerm slopeClose
2026-09-2265.29%-1.241.066$368.56
2026-09-2166.53%+0.711.051$365.96
2026-09-1863.12%+0.601.083$348.80
2026-09-1763.48%-0.451.086$344.25
2026-09-1667.01%-4.001.067$340.50
2026-09-1564.54%+0.371.079$334.33
2026-09-1464.04%+2.571.094$319.64
2026-09-1159.54%-0.881.161$349.54
2026-09-1063.28%+1.741.074$334.56
2026-09-0962.47%+0.271.114$338.00
2026-09-0866.63%-1.601.089$341.29
2026-09-0461.20%-0.871.083$321.00
2026-09-0362.75%-2.001.119$317.46
2026-09-0279.55%-0.260.916$354.16
2026-09-01———$360.33
2026-08-3180.38%+2.250.920$382.80
2026-08-2874.70%-1.090.977$378.44
2026-08-2782.25%+2.720.932$399.85
2026-08-2685.33%+5.050.919$404.03
2026-08-2581.92%+5.340.954$387.66
2026-08-2486.53%+0.860.907$371.95
2026-08-2185.99%+0.750.906$395.79
2026-08-2088.40%+1.210.912$392.48
2026-08-1985.73%+4.340.940$399.47
2025-06-3039.80%+3.621.079$81.33
2025-06-2739.18%+3.841.096$82.12
2025-06-2638.34%+3.551.131$81.51
2025-06-2539.98%+3.291.097$79.43
2025-06-24———$79.35
2025-06-2338.36%+5.321.159$75.44
2025-06-2039.13%+6.591.159$74.53
2025-06-1838.70%+4.841.146$73.82
2025-06-17———$73.45
2025-06-16———$73.76
2025-06-13———$72.16
2025-06-12———$74.13
2025-06-1137.25%+4.721.172$72.22
2025-06-1038.05%+5.451.136$72.44
2025-06-09———$72.46
2025-06-0638.60%+5.381.132$72.72
2025-06-0539.93%+4.831.111$73.05
2025-06-0460.59%+6.860.844$83.89
2025-06-0355.29%+5.300.883$83.26
2025-06-0256.41%+7.290.883$81.75
2025-05-3056.83%+6.500.875$80.06
2025-05-2957.09%+6.370.882$81.55
2025-05-2856.79%+6.580.864$82.70
2025-05-2756.90%+8.080.903$82.35
2025-05-2355.94%+6.550.894$80.22
2025-05-2256.46%+6.210.867$80.12
2025-05-2157.46%+6.890.842$79.92
2025-05-20———$81.05
2025-05-19———$80.99
2025-05-16———$81.24
2025-05-15———$79.80
2025-05-14———$79.53
2025-05-13———$80.59
2025-05-12———$79.01
2025-05-09———$74.74
2025-05-08———$74.78
2025-05-07———$73.34
2025-05-06———$72.66
2025-05-05———$72.91
2025-05-02———$72.85
2025-05-01———$71.43
2025-04-30———$67.16
2025-04-29———$67.36
2025-04-28———$66.48
2025-04-25———$65.94
2025-04-24———$64.29
2025-04-23———$62.59
2025-04-2257.98%+10.620.965$59.50
2025-04-2160.65%+12.710.946$57.84
2025-04-1751.67%+12.481.074$60.14
2025-04-1658.86%+13.700.975$58.87
2025-04-15———$59.38
2025-04-14———$58.50
2025-04-11———$58.78
2025-04-10———$58.36
2025-04-09———$61.99
2025-04-0876.78%+13.760.900$54.03
2025-04-07———$55.22
2025-04-04———$53.50
2025-04-0362.10%+5.860.932$56.19
2025-04-0250.66%+3.460.980$65.03
2025-04-0150.49%+5.441.015$61.54
2025-03-3154.33%+4.190.965$60.43
2025-03-2850.69%+4.510.997$61.56
2025-03-2747.16%+5.301.037$62.86
2025-03-2647.58%+3.811.025$65.76
2025-03-2544.29%+4.421.078$69.42
2025-03-2446.69%+1.951.023$69.53
2025-03-2144.30%+3.971.085$65.56
2025-03-2045.02%+3.701.081$65.63
2025-03-1945.64%+4.101.079$65.90
2025-03-1849.02%+4.041.040$64.33
2025-03-17———$65.68
2025-03-14———$63.84
2025-03-1354.00%+4.920.984$62.31
2025-03-1252.95%+3.831.004$66.40
2025-03-11———$63.95
2025-03-1082.76%+5.570.777$65.53
2025-03-0773.42%+2.540.812$68.93
2025-03-0673.08%+4.270.826$68.43
2025-03-0569.63%+3.110.829$75.25
2025-03-0470.76%+4.290.823$74.31
2025-03-0366.75%+6.770.857$74.69
2025-02-2864.30%+4.490.817$79.57
2025-02-2765.63%+5.430.840$78.03
2025-02-2663.49%+3.810.844$80.77
2025-02-2565.86%+2.700.809$78.29
2025-02-2461.87%-0.140.853$80.43
2025-02-2163.31%+4.800.822$84.08
2025-02-2059.79%+3.230.836$86.45
2025-02-1959.48%+4.150.873$87.05
2025-02-18———$89.65
2025-02-14———$89.80
2025-02-13———$88.85
2025-02-12———$88.80
2025-02-11———$87.49

The chart covers every session in the archive, 230 in total. The table lists the most recent 120.

25-delta risk reversal

Last 230 sessions

-10.00.010.020.029 Aug13 Dec5 Mar5 Jun22 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

3d (2026-09-25) · 10d (2026-10-02) · 17d (2026-10-09)

60%65%70%75%80%2026-09-25 (3d) — 20Δ C — IV 72.63%2026-09-25 (3d) — 25Δ C — IV 72.63%2026-09-25 (3d) — 30Δ C — IV 71.83%2026-09-25 (3d) — 35Δ C — IV 71.04%2026-09-25 (3d) — 40Δ C — IV 72.49%2026-09-25 (3d) — 45Δ C — IV 74.24%2026-09-25 (3d) — ATM — IV 72.05%2026-09-25 (3d) — 45Δ P — IV 71.58%2026-09-25 (3d) — 40Δ P — IV 73.14%2026-09-25 (3d) — 35Δ P — IV 73.75%2026-09-25 (3d) — 30Δ P — IV 74.60%2026-09-25 (3d) — 25Δ P — IV 74.89%2026-09-25 (3d) — 20Δ P — IV 73.52%2026-09-25 (3d) — 15Δ P — IV 72.94%3d2026-10-02 (10d) — 10Δ C — IV 70.16%2026-10-02 (10d) — 15Δ C — IV 67.50%2026-10-02 (10d) — 20Δ C — IV 67.27%2026-10-02 (10d) — 25Δ C — IV 66.79%2026-10-02 (10d) — 30Δ C — IV 65.87%2026-10-02 (10d) — 35Δ C — IV 66.76%2026-10-02 (10d) — 40Δ C — IV 65.88%2026-10-02 (10d) — 45Δ C — IV 65.71%2026-10-02 (10d) — ATM — IV 67.27%2026-10-02 (10d) — 45Δ P — IV 64.68%2026-10-02 (10d) — 40Δ P — IV 64.27%2026-10-02 (10d) — 35Δ P — IV 64.23%2026-10-02 (10d) — 30Δ P — IV 65.02%2026-10-02 (10d) — 25Δ P — IV 64.13%2026-10-02 (10d) — 20Δ P — IV 64.17%2026-10-02 (10d) — 15Δ P — IV 66.04%10d2026-10-09 (17d) — 20Δ C — IV 67.79%2026-10-09 (17d) — 25Δ C — IV 66.11%2026-10-09 (17d) — 30Δ C — IV 66.92%2026-10-09 (17d) — 35Δ C — IV 65.26%2026-10-09 (17d) — 40Δ C — IV 66.66%2026-10-09 (17d) — 45Δ C — IV 62.80%2026-10-09 (17d) — ATM — IV 64.01%2026-10-09 (17d) — 45Δ P — IV 67.69%2026-10-09 (17d) — 40Δ P — IV 67.48%2026-10-09 (17d) — 35Δ P — IV 65.98%2026-10-09 (17d) — 30Δ P — IV 66.21%2026-10-09 (17d) — 25Δ P — IV 65.71%2026-10-09 (17d) — 20Δ P — IV 65.74%2026-10-09 (17d) — 15Δ P — IV 67.22%2026-10-09 (17d) — 10Δ P — IV 66.46%17d10Δ 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
Delta3d10d17d
10Δ call—70.16%—
15Δ call—67.50%—
20Δ call72.63%67.27%67.79%
25Δ call72.63%66.79%66.11%
30Δ call71.83%65.87%66.92%
35Δ call71.04%66.76%65.26%
40Δ call72.49%65.88%66.66%
45Δ call74.24%65.71%62.80%
ATM72.05%67.27%64.01%
45Δ put71.58%64.68%67.69%
40Δ put73.14%64.27%67.48%
35Δ put73.75%64.23%65.98%
30Δ put74.60%65.02%66.21%
25Δ put74.89%64.13%65.71%
20Δ put73.52%64.17%65.74%
15Δ put72.94%66.04%67.22%
10Δ put——66.46%

Wing readings by expiration

ExpirationDaysForwardATM IV25Δ put25Δ callRRButterflyQuotes
2026-09-253$370.3072.05%74.89%72.63%+2.26+1.7219
2026-10-0210$369.7567.27%64.13%66.79%-2.66-1.8135
2026-10-0917$371.3064.01%65.71%66.11%-0.40+1.9027
2026-10-1624$371.3063.02%64.97%64.35%+0.63+1.6437
2026-10-2331$371.4065.58%65.83%67.31%-1.48+0.9931
2026-10-3038$370.8767.13%64.04%66.49%-2.45-1.8633
2026-11-2059$372.8764.84%66.55%66.75%-0.20+1.8123
2026-12-1887$374.1969.81%71.12%71.10%+0.03+1.3046
2027-01-15115$374.6168.33%68.35%69.02%-0.67+0.3651
2027-03-19178$378.3769.75%70.88%70.61%+0.27+0.9968
2027-06-17268$381.2471.17%71.03%71.48%-0.45+0.0972

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

11 listed expirations produced a usable reading

62%64%66%68%70%72%74%2026-09-25 — 3 days — at-the-money IV 72.05%2026-10-02 — 10 days — at-the-money IV 67.27%2026-10-09 — 17 days — at-the-money IV 64.01%2026-10-16 — 24 days — at-the-money IV 63.02%2026-10-23 — 31 days — at-the-money IV 65.58%2026-10-30 — 38 days — at-the-money IV 67.13%2026-11-20 — 59 days — at-the-money IV 64.84%2026-12-18 — 87 days — at-the-money IV 69.81%2027-01-15 — 115 days — at-the-money IV 68.33%2027-03-19 — 178 days — at-the-money IV 69.75%2027-06-17 — 268 days — at-the-money IV 71.17%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
2026-09-253 days$370.3072.05%$371.0919
2026-10-0210 days$369.7567.27%$372.0535
2026-10-0917 days$371.3064.01%$374.8627
2026-10-1624 days$371.3063.02%$376.1837
2026-10-2331 days$371.4065.58%$378.2531
2026-10-3038 days$370.8767.13%$379.6833
2026-11-2059 days$372.8764.84%$385.7623
2026-12-1887 days$374.1969.81%$396.5746
2027-01-15115 days$374.6168.33%$403.2051
2027-03-19178 days$378.3769.75%$426.0368
2027-06-17268 days$381.2471.17%$459.1472

Constant maturities

Interpolated between the bracketing listed expirations, in total variance

30 days
65.29%
60 days
65.11%
90 days
69.61%
180 days
69.80%

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 230 sessions

0.600.801.001.201.4029 Aug13 Dec5 Mar5 Jun22 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

2026-12-03Time not statedEstimated from its reporting cadence

How the pricing has held up

Over the last 5 reports

Landed inside the implied band
4 of 5
80% — about 68% is what an exactly-priced event gives
Mean implied move
14.2%
Mean move that happened
8.4%
absolute

Reports

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

ReportSessionImplied ±RealisedRealised / implied
2026-09-03Before the open13.9%-10.4%0.75×
2026-06-04Before the open———
2026-03-05Before the open———
2025-12-11Before the open———
2025-09-04Before the open———
2025-06-05Before the open14.9%-12.9%0.87×
2025-03-11Before the open17.2%-2.4%0.14×
2024-12-12Before the open13.0%+15.4%1.19×
2024-09-04Before the open12.3%-0.8%0.06×
2024-06-06Before the open———
2024-03-07Before the open———
2023-12-07Before the open———
2023-08-31Before 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.