IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 85.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.18x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 86% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.07x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 79.7% — normal range
Effective IV 100.5% (ATM 79.7% + spread 10.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 16.12% (spread 10.40% + slippage 5.72%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.97 (vega 3.089 / spread 10.40%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -9% (neutral) — Raw: -11%
|OI skew| 30.2% — call-heavy
Vol skew +56.2%, OI skew +30.2% — aligned
0-DTE 27%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +54%, ATM: +16%, OTM: -33% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 40% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 4.0% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +7.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 72% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 40% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 45% — patient
Conviction -9 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 10.4% — wide
OI 1,113,716 — deep
Volume 44,573/day — active
$0.52 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 92% — much wider than sector
Depth 568.9 contracts (bid:337.9 ask:231.0) — deep
Avg slippage 5.72% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +6.6% — backwardation
IV percentile 85% — seller opportunity
IV kink 4.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 106.14 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -9% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 70 (ITM 20% + inst 40%) — HIGH institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.