IV is elevated with bullish flow and unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 82.9% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.54x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 69% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.14x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 75.2% — normal range
Effective IV 116.1% (ATM 75.2% + spread 20.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 27.33% (spread 20.47% + slippage 6.86%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.48 (vega 3.020 / spread 20.47%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -40% (strong bearish) — Raw: -9%
|OI skew| 35.0% — call-heavy
Vol skew +56.2%, OI skew +35.0% — aligned
0-DTE 24%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -92%, ATM: +34%, OTM: +12% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 44% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.2x avg — normal
Vol/OI 6.0% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +8.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 65% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 49% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 20% — patient
Conviction -40 (bearish) — moderate
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 20.5% — wide
OI 123,280 — deep
Volume 7,403/day — active
$1.02 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 83% — much wider than sector
Depth 158.4 contracts (bid:107.7 ask:50.7) — adequate
Avg slippage 6.86% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +14.3% — backwardation
IV percentile 83% — seller opportunity
IV kink 0.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 41.60 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: Earnings in 27d (low risk)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -40% @ 70% consistency — moderate (bearish)
Score 79 (ITM 20% + inst 49%) — HIGH institutional
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