
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 97.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.50x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 97% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.17x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 141.7% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 162.7% (ATM 141.7% + spread 10.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 16.25% (spread 10.49% + slippage 5.76%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 9.70 (vega 10.177 / spread 10.49%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -8% (neutral) — Raw: -8%
|OI skew| 14.9% — balanced
Vol skew +29.1%, OI skew +14.9% — aligned
0-DTE 46%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +8%, ATM: -32%, OTM: -6% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 64% — bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.9x avg — normal
Vol/OI 7.8% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +12.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 71% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 14% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 35% — patient
Conviction -8 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 10.5% — wide
OI 121,152 — deep
Volume 9,479/day — active
$0.52 to cross — expensive
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 98% — much wider than sector
Depth 265.5 contracts (bid:155.1 ask:110.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.76% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +16.8% — backwardation
IV percentile 97% — seller opportunity
IV kink 17.6pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 30.99 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -8% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 44 (ITM 20% + inst 14%) — moderate institutional
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