
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 93.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.92x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 90% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.02x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 108.0% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 123.7% (ATM 108.0% + spread 7.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 10.95% (spread 7.83% + slippage 3.12%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 10.20 (vega 7.989 / spread 7.83%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +2% (neutral) — Raw: +6%
|OI skew| 43.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +48.5%, OI skew +43.5% — aligned
0-DTE 46%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +19%, ATM: -7%, OTM: +8% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 49% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 21.6% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +17.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 92% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 34% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 38% — patient
Conviction +2 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 7.8% — wide
OI 1,358,747 — deep
Volume 293,021/day — active
$0.39 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 94% — much wider than sector
Depth 304.8 contracts (bid:153.4 ask:151.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 3.12% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +1.6% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 93% — seller opportunity
IV kink 1.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 39.89 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +2% @ 51% consistency — unclear
Score 64 (ITM 20% + inst 34%) — HIGH institutional
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