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BTGD Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow and unusual activity. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BTGD Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 72.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.79x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 84% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.91x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 46.7% — normal range
Effective IV 144.1% (ATM 46.7% + spread 48.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 58.86% (spread 48.69% + slippage 10.17%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.53 (vega 2.565 / spread 48.69%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +70% (strong bullish) — Raw: +69%
|OI skew| 32.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +53.8%, OI skew +32.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: +33%, OTM: +71% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 13% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 2.1x avg — hot
Vol/OI 16.0% — high turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +30.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 90% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +70 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 48.7% — wide
OI 163 — thin
Volume 26/day — thin
$2.43 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 88% — much wider than sector
Depth 264.8 contracts (bid:100.8 ask:164.0) — adequate
Avg slippage 10.17% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -8.6% — contango
IV percentile 72% — seller opportunity
IV kink -1.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 84.94 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +70% @ 83% consistency — STRONG directional (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.