BHVNBiohaven Ltd.
BHVN Options Overview
IV is elevated with unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BHVN Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 92.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.85x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 81% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.78x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 84.2% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 163.5% (ATM 84.2% + spread 39.6% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 51.75% (spread 39.63% + slippage 12.12%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.19 (vega 0.753 / spread 39.63%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -5% (neutral) — Raw: -14%
|OI skew| 55.2% — call-heavy
Vol skew +17.3%, OI skew +55.2% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +86%, ATM: -45%, OTM: -7% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 51% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 4.5% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +5.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 79% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 46% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 50% — patient
Conviction -5 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 39.6% — wide
OI 67,786 — deep
Volume 3,053/day — adequate
$1.98 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 92% — much wider than sector
Depth 163.0 contracts (bid:90.3 ask:72.7) — adequate
Avg slippage 12.12% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -22.0% — contango
IV percentile 92% — seller opportunity
IV kink -11.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 20.19 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: FOMC in 5d; CPI in 0d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -5% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 76 (ITM 20% + inst 46%) — HIGH 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.