BXMTBlackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (NEW)
BXMT Options Overview
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RISK ANALYSIS
BXMT Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 40.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.12x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 55% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.94x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 27.8% — normal range
Effective IV 56.5% (ATM 27.8% + spread 14.3% + bias) — good value
Total drag 19.77% (spread 14.35% + slippage 5.42%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.36 (vega 3.392 / spread 14.35%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +8% (neutral) — Raw: +9%
|OI skew| 41.8% — put-heavy
Vol skew +23.7%, OI skew -41.8% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +17%, ATM: -23%, OTM: +42% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 30% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.4% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +4.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 58% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 13% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 20% — patient
Conviction +8 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 14.3% — wide
OI 55,988 — deep
Volume 792/day — adequate
$0.72 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 80% — wider than sector
Depth 426.7 contracts (bid:234.7 ask:192.0) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.42% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -6.0% — contango
IV percentile 41% — neutral
IV kink -2.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1256.41 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +8% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 43 (ITM 20% + inst 13%) — moderate 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 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.