ASTXTradr 2X Long ASTS Daily ETF
ASTX Options Overview
IV is elevated with unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
ASTX Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 99.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.95x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 99% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.75x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 150.0% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 204.3% (ATM 150.0% + spread 27.2% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 36.63% (spread 27.16% + slippage 9.47%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.73 (vega 1.988 / spread 27.16%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +4% (neutral) — Raw: -8%
|OI skew| 0.4% — balanced
Vol skew +36.2%, OI skew +0.4% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +16%, ATM: -3%, OTM: -20% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 32% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 6.2% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +10.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 80% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 11% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 27% — patient
Conviction +4 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 27.2% — wide
OI 30,220 — adequate
Volume 1,864/day — adequate
$1.36 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 99% — much wider than sector
Depth 2,228.9 contracts (bid:1,235.5 ask:993.4) — deep
Avg slippage 9.47% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -25.1% — contango
IV percentile 99% — seller opportunity
IV kink -27.7pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 141.03 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +4% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 41 (ITM 20% + inst 11%) — moderate institutional
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.