AERAercap Holdings N.V.
AER Options Overview
Mixed signals. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
AER Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 33.1% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.33x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 10% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.83x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 24.5% — normal range
Effective IV 45.3% (ATM 24.5% + spread 10.4% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 13.32% (spread 10.41% + slippage 2.91%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 33.80 (vega 35.189 / spread 10.41%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -35% (strong bearish) — Raw: -25%
|OI skew| 43.2% — call-heavy
Vol skew +39.2%, OI skew +43.2% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -100%, ATM: +82%, OTM: -20% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 37% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.3% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +3.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 46% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 5% — patient
Conviction -35 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 10.4% — wide
OI 16,221 — adequate
Volume 217/day — thin
$0.52 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 44% — neutral vs sector
Depth 36.4 contracts (bid:19.7 ask:16.7) — thin
Avg slippage 2.91% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -17.3% — contango
IV percentile 33% — neutral
IV kink -2.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 873.18 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -35% @ 68% consistency — moderate (bearish)
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — 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 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.