BABXGraniteShares ETF Trust GraniteShares 2x Long BABA Daily ETF
BABX Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BABX Gamma Walls
Value
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 0.89x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 96% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.90x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 83.8% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 120.1% (ATM 83.8% + spread 18.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 25.00% (spread 18.14% + slippage 6.86%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.05 (vega 1.906 / spread 18.14%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -65% (strong bearish) — Raw: -51%
|OI skew| 61.6% — call-heavy
Vol skew +65.2%, OI skew +61.6% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -91%, ATM: -100%, OTM: -33% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 10% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 4.1% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +23.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 65% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 49% — patient
Conviction -65 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 18.1% — wide
OI 4,342 — thin
Volume 178/day — thin
$0.91 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 97% — much wider than sector
Depth 547.5 contracts (bid:272.5 ask:275.0) — deep
Avg slippage 6.86% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -10.4% — contango
IV percentile 94% — seller opportunity
IV kink -6.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 55.08 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -65% @ 83% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
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.