BCOThe Brink's Company
BCO Options Overview
Mixed signals. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BCO Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 55.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.19x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 42% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.92x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 35.1% — normal range
Effective IV 124.3% (ATM 35.1% + spread 44.6% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 59.01% (spread 44.60% + slippage 14.41%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.59 (vega 16.000 / spread 44.60%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +14% (bullish) — Raw: +33%
|OI skew| 46.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew -33.3%, OI skew +46.9% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: +33% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 87% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.0x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.0% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.4% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 2% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 33% — patient
Conviction +14 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 44.6% — wide
OI 12,585 — adequate
Volume 3/day — thin
$2.23 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 64% — wider than sector
Depth 27.0 contracts (bid:18.0 ask:9.0) — thin
Avg slippage 14.41% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -7.8% — contango
IV percentile 56% — neutral
IV kink -2.3pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 311.90 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +14% @ 50% consistency — unclear
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.