BJRIBJ's Restaurants, Inc.
BJRI Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BJRI Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 72.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.20x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 71% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.99x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 46.8% — normal range
Effective IV 129.8% (ATM 46.8% + spread 41.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 58.90% (spread 41.50% + slippage 17.40%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.50 (vega 6.206 / spread 41.50%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +33% (strong bullish) — Raw: +0%
|OI skew| 21.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew +0.0%, OI skew +21.9% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: +0% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 55% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 27% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 75% — urgent
Conviction +33 (bullish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 41.5% — wide
OI 1,368 — thin
Volume 10/day — thin
$2.07 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 84% — much wider than sector
Depth 63.7 contracts (bid:42.2 ask:21.5) — thin
Avg slippage 17.40% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -1.3% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 72% — seller opportunity
IV kink 1.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 87.91 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +33% @ 67% consistency — moderate (bullish)
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.