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Accenture plc (ACN) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

ACN is Accenture plc, an Information Technology name the model ranks every trading day. The options figures are from the close on 28 Sep 2026. The model's figures are from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind the latest, as the Free plan shows them. Every model figure is paper trading.

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At a glance

FigureValueDate
IV rank99 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV53.4%28 Sep
Priced move to 30 Oct15.8% down, 14.8% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall180 and 16528 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view bearish25 Sep
Last close174.4728 Sep
Next report1 Oct 202628 Sep

Options Snapshot

ACN's IV rank is 99 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank99 of 100
At the money IV53.4%, near month, 32 days
Put/call ratio, open interest0.98
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price73,400 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price71,700 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 21.0% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among ACN's own weekly readings, 0 the lowest and 100 the highest.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Priced Range

On 28 Sep 2026, ACN options priced a move of 15.8 percent down and 14.8 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
2 Oct 202649.1%8.8%158.67 to 189.77
9 Oct 20261111.2%10.7%154.97 to 193.17
23 Oct 20262514.1%14.2%149.87 to 199.27
30 Oct 20263215.8%14.8%146.97 to 200.37
20 Nov 20265319.2%18.4%140.97 to 206.57
18 Dec 20268123.7%22.8%133.17 to 214.27
19 Feb 202714429.7%29.9%122.67 to 226.67

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 174.47, as the option prices imply it.

A priced move restates option prices at the close and says nothing certain about where the price goes.

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, ACN's call wall is the 180 strike and its put wall is the 165 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma180
Put wall, most open put gamma165
Net dollar gamma, calls minus putsminus $4.79 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides$35.47 million
Close174.47

Dollar gamma is stated for a one percent move in the price.

Net is calls minus puts under the standard convention, not a record of who holds the contracts.

Net gamma changes sign at 5 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, ACN's at the money IV is 53.4 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 42.2 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV53.4%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days42.2%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days45.3%
IV against its own weekly recordHigh, in the top fifth
Weekly readings on record865, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move33.7% of 252 weeks

Realized volatility is worked out from the daily closes the desk holds, not from the option chain.

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, ACN's at the money IV runs from 89.2 percent at 4 days to 48.1 percent at 144 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
489.2%
1163.7%
1859.0%
2554.5%
3952.5%
5350.1%
8150.0%
14448.1%

Near expiries price more volatility than far ones, an inverted term structure.

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 32 day expiry, ACN's IV ten percent below the price sits 2.9 points below at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price50.5%-2.9 points
At the money53.4%0.0 points
10% above the price54.1%+0.7 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, ACN's surface spans 10 expiries out to 144 days, with IV from 46.6 to 66.2 percent near the price.

FigureValue
Expiries captured10
Nearest expiry2 Oct 2026, 4 days
Farthest expiry19 Feb 2027, 144 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more88
Lowest IV among them46.6%
Highest IV among them66.2%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, ACN has 10 captured expiries, from 2 Oct 2026 to 19 Feb 2027.

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
2 Oct 2026489.2%4,8895,294
9 Oct 20261163.7%1,4182,652
16 Oct 20261859.0%7,76714,364
23 Oct 20262554.5%1,3231,046
30 Oct 20263253.4%236343
6 Nov 20263952.5%3342
20 Nov 20265350.1%15,2617,402
18 Dec 20268150.0%12,6029,388
15 Jan 202710948.9%28,29728,110
19 Feb 202714448.1%1,6163,082

Open interest is summed over the strikes captured near the price on each expiry.

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, ACN's largest open interest sits at the 165 strike, with 9,971 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
1659339,0389,971
1703,6084,5528,160
1803,8374,0047,841
1852,3595,2037,562
125967,2947,390
2406,8734027,275

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, ACN's at the money IV moved from 54.7 percent to 53.4 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV54.7%53.4%-1.3 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price159,760145,165-14,595
Put/call ratio, open interest1.000.98-0.02

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 27,563 ACN option contracts traded, 1.9 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded12,119
Puts traded15,444
Against its recent average1.9 times
Busier than20 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain187,694 contracts
Volume to open interest0.15
Unusual volume flagYes, 3 contracts traded well above open interest
Largest flagged contractThe 170 put expiring 20 Nov, 1,889 traded against 326 open

Traded volume and open interest are shown side by side and never combined. Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Positioning Replay

The replay holds 33 trading days of ACN's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 2026179.82$9.41 million190170
21 Sep 2026186.11minus $1.02 million190185
28 Sep 2026174.47minus $4.79 million180165

Each frame restates one nightly capture. Net is calls minus puts, a convention, not who holds the contracts.

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Read-out

On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of ACN was bearish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBearish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close175.49, the swing high of 10 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
Level below the close121.78, the swing low of 30 Jun 2026
The chartSits with the view
Strategy familyBear call spread (sell a call spread above the price)
Price targetNone. The desk has no price model.

The levels are prices the shares turned at on the chart, with the date of each.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 ACN sat at the 9th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days71 of 100Neutral
20 trading days45 of 100Neutral
45 trading days9 of 100Bearish

100 is the top of the ranking. A name in the middle three fifths is neutral.

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Timeframe Agreement

On 25 Sep 2026, 1 of 3 timeframes put ACN on the bearish side, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayNeutral0 of 2
Long45 dayBearish1 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 ACN had carried no signal for 7 trading days, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None9 of 100
24 Sep 2026None14 of 100
23 Sep 2026None15 of 100
22 Sep 2026None11 of 100
21 Sep 2026None8 of 100
18 Sep 2026None26 of 100
17 Sep 2026None11 of 100
16 Sep 2026Bearish3 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 80 of 187 Information Technology names were bullish and 61 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Information Technology187806146

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Price Chart

ACN closed at 174.47 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close174.47
Change over 5 trading days-6.3%
Change over 21 trading days-6.9%
Change over 63 trading days+39.9%
Change over 252 trading days-25.0%
52 week high291.09
52 week low118.15
20 day moving average184.65
50 day moving average175.95
200 day moving average197.50
RSI, 14 days43

Worked out from the desk's own daily bars, adjusted for share splits.

From the daily bars through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Earnings Radar

ACN reports next on 1 Oct 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 8.4 percent through 2 Oct 2026.

FigureValue
Next report1 Oct 2026, before the open
DateConfirmed by the company
Priced earnings move8.4%, a straddle of $14.60 at the 175 strike, expiring 2 Oct 2026
Move after the report of 18 Jun 2026-18.0%
Move after the report of 19 Mar 2026+4.3%
Move after the report of 18 Dec 2025-1.4%
Move after the report of 25 Sep 2025-2.7%

The priced earnings move is the straddle's cost over the share price. It restates option prices and says nothing certain about the report.

Earnings calendar as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Public Filings

The filings the desk holds carry 3 recent trades in ACN shares.

FiledWhoTradeSize
17 Sep 2026. Scott Scott Franklin, member of CongressBought$1,001 to $15,000
17 Sep 2026. Scott Scott Franklin, member of CongressBought$1,001 to $15,000
4 Sep 2026. Gilbert Cisneros, member of CongressBought$1,001 to $15,000

Every filing is reproduced as filed, and each one reaches the public days or weeks after the trade.

Filings as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 29.4 percent of ACN's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

FigureValue
Short sale share, 25 Sep29.4%
Five day average45.4%
52 week median51.7%

Short sale volume counts trades marked short at the covered venues, mostly off exchange. It is not the same as short interest.

Short volume as of 25 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 25 Septembers on record, ACN's average change was plus 0.3 percent, and it rose in 56.0 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September+0.3%+0.7%56.0%25
October+2.8%-0.2%48.0%25
November+4.9%+5.1%76.0%25

Each figure is a month end to month end change in past years. A past month says nothing certain about the next one.

Monthly history through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Headlines

The desk's news feeds carried 8 headlines naming ACN in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window8
Latest28 Sep 2026

The titles are in the Headlines window, with the time each was published.

Headlines as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Questions

What is ACN's IV rank?
ACN's IV rank is 99 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are ACN options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, ACN options priced a move of 15.8 percent down and 14.8 percent up by 30 Oct 2026.
Where are ACN's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, ACN's call wall is the 180 strike and its put wall is the 165 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of ACN on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of ACN was bearish, paper trading.
When does ACN report earnings next?
ACN reports next on 1 Oct 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 8.4 percent through 2 Oct 2026.

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