
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 97.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 2.31x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 88% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.61x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 135.5% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 255.7% (ATM 135.5% + spread 60.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 74.84% (spread 60.12% + slippage 14.72%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.01 (vega 0.073 / spread 60.12%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +13% (bullish) — Raw: +16%
|OI skew| 81.7% — call-heavy
Vol skew +79.2%, OI skew +81.7% — aligned
0-DTE 10%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -21%, ATM: +7%, OTM: +22% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 24% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.8% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +2.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 5% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 14% — patient
Conviction +13 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 60.1% — wide
OI 119,948 — deep
Volume 2,139/day — adequate
$3.01 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 95% — much wider than sector
Depth 922.7 contracts (bid:219.0 ask:703.7) — deep
Avg slippage 14.72% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -39.1% — contango
IV percentile 97% — seller opportunity
IV kink -45.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 2.27 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: Earnings in 25d (low risk)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +13% @ 57% consistency — unclear
Score 35 (ITM 20% + inst 5%) — retail dominated
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.