AEMAgnico Eagle Mines Ltd.
AEM Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
AEM Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 73.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.89x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 56% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.12x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 51.5% — normal range
Effective IV 69.8% (ATM 51.5% + spread 9.2% + bias) — fair
Total drag 14.57% (spread 9.17% + slippage 5.40%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 26.55 (vega 24.345 / spread 9.17%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -5% (neutral) — Raw: -16%
|OI skew| 14.2% — balanced
Vol skew +40.6%, OI skew +14.2% — aligned
0-DTE 46%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +44%, ATM: -42%, OTM: -9% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 48% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.9% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.4% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 70% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 8% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 25% — patient
Conviction -5 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.2% — wide
OI 162,680 — deep
Volume 4,758/day — adequate
$0.46 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 75% — wider than sector
Depth 114.0 contracts (bid:58.4 ask:55.6) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.40% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +12.3% — backwardation
IV percentile 73% — seller opportunity
IV kink 4.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 144.82 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: FOMC in 5d; CPI in 0d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -5% @ 53% consistency — unclear
Score 38 (ITM 20% + inst 8%) — retail dominated
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 Sep 7, 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.