AMATApplied Materials Inc
AMAT Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
AMAT Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 92.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.14x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 71% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.88x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 54.0% — normal range
Effective IV 71.9% (ATM 54.0% + spread 8.9% + bias) — fair
Total drag 17.87% (spread 8.95% + slippage 8.92%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 31.63 (vega 28.309 / spread 8.95%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -3% (neutral) — Raw: +1%
|OI skew| 17.8% — put-heavy
Vol skew +3.1%, OI skew -17.8% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 40%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -12%, ATM: -12%, OTM: +5% — bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 71% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 5.9% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -7.8% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 40% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 20% — mixed
Aggressive execution 18% — patient
Conviction -3 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 8.9% — wide
OI 538,213 — deep
Volume 31,757/day — active
$0.45 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 72% — wider than sector
Depth 105.8 contracts (bid:46.3 ask:59.5) — adequate
Avg slippage 8.92% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -11.7% — contango
IV percentile 93% — seller opportunity
IV kink -4.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 29.62 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -3% @ 51% consistency — unclear
Score 50 (ITM 20% + inst 20%) — moderate institutional
Directional Strategy Fit
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