ABBVABBVIE INC.
ABBV Options Overview
IV is low. Conditions favor option buyers.
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RISK ANALYSIS
ABBV Gamma Walls
ABBV Hedge Radar
Fragility reads low; protection is priced cheap. Neither axis is a forecast — this is where ABBV sits on protection cost vs. fragility today.
Protection is priced in the cheap band (2.7) — near-dated vol is priced 13% below far-dated, and downside puts carry 1.6 IV points more than at-the-money, measured against this name's own rolling 20-trading-day realized moves (484 overlapping windows). Fragility reads resilient (3.7): it is trading 8% above its hedge wall on a wall graded MEDIUM for reliability, and its realized-vol regime is stable.
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 26.9% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.07x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 10% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.87x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 26.2% — normal range
Effective IV 42.2% (ATM 26.2% + spread 8.0% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 12.89% (spread 8.00% + slippage 4.89%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 88.05 (vega 70.437 / spread 8.00%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -21% (bearish) — Raw: -11%
|OI skew| 12.6% — balanced
Vol skew +13.5%, OI skew +12.6% — aligned
0-DTE 20%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +10%, ATM: -6%, OTM: -14% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 51% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -9.1% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 71% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 11% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 29% — patient
Conviction -21 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 8.0% — wide
OI 263,868 — deep
Volume 9,780/day — active
$0.40 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 12% — much tighter than sector
Depth 98.6 contracts (bid:44.4 ask:54.2) — thin
Avg slippage 4.89% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -13.3% — contango
IV percentile 27% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -1.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1149.06 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -21% @ 60% consistency — unclear
Score 41 (ITM 20% + inst 11%) — moderate institutional
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.