IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 93.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.18x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 97% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.96x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 61.3% — normal range
Effective IV 88.9% (ATM 61.3% + spread 13.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 27.82% (spread 13.78% + slippage 14.04%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 97.31 (vega 134.095 / spread 13.78%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +12% (bullish) — Raw: +10%
|OI skew| 0.8% — balanced
Vol skew -4.0%, OI skew +0.8% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 24%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +52%, ATM: -6%, OTM: +8% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 69% — bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 6.7% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +8.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 80% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 36% — patient
Conviction +12 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 13.8% — wide
OI 58,973 — deep
Volume 3,965/day — adequate
$0.69 to cross — expensive
2 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 97% — much wider than sector
Depth 46.4 contracts (bid:23.0 ask:23.4) — thin
Avg slippage 14.04% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -4.0% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 94% — seller opportunity
IV kink 1.7pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 841.77 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +12% @ 56% consistency — unclear
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.