BABoeing Company
BA Options Overview
unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BA Gamma Walls
BA Hedge Radar
Neither score is at an extreme today. Neither axis is a forecast — this is where BA sits on protection cost vs. fragility today.
Protection is priced in the cheap band (3.72) — downside puts carry 0.5 IV points more than at-the-money, and near-dated vol is priced 6% below far-dated, measured against this name's own rolling 20-trading-day realized moves (484 overlapping windows). Fragility reads neutral (4.75): its realized-vol regime is contracting, and it is trading 5% below its hedge wall on a wall graded HIGH for reliability.
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 49.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.71x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 57% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.94x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 32.6% — normal range
Effective IV 43.4% (ATM 32.6% + spread 5.4% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 9.15% (spread 5.38% + slippage 3.77%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 29.84 (vega 16.051 / spread 5.38%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +9% (neutral) — Raw: +5%
|OI skew| 6.3% — balanced
Vol skew +4.1%, OI skew +6.3% — weak (same direction)
0-DTE 27%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +17%, ATM: -7%, OTM: +4% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 52% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.0x avg — normal
Vol/OI 7.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +2.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 83% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 24% — mixed
Aggressive execution 25% — patient
Conviction +9 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 5.4% — wide
OI 812,400 — deep
Volume 62,477/day — active
$0.27 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 60% — wider than sector
Depth 158.8 contracts (bid:69.6 ask:89.2) — adequate
Avg slippage 3.77% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -5.6% — contango
IV percentile 50% — neutral
IV kink -0.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 83.25 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: FOMC in 5d; CPI in 0d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +9% @ 55% consistency — unclear
Score 54 (ITM 20% + inst 24%) — 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 Sep 7, 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.