IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 82.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.12x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 79% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.00x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 74.4% — normal range
Effective IV 101.8% (ATM 74.4% + spread 13.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 18.39% (spread 13.69% + slippage 4.70%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.59 (vega 2.173 / spread 13.69%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +9% (neutral) — Raw: +8%
|OI skew| 51.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +44.5%, OI skew +51.1% — aligned
0-DTE 17%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +6%, ATM: +15%, OTM: +7% — neutral (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 48% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.0% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +6.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 63% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 30% — mixed
Aggressive execution 31% — patient
Conviction +9 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 13.7% — wide
OI 546,212 — deep
Volume 16,593/day — active
$0.68 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 88% — much wider than sector
Depth 1,640.4 contracts (bid:894.0 ask:746.4) — deep
Avg slippage 4.70% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -0.4% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 82% — seller opportunity
IV kink -0.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 78.15 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +9% @ 55% consistency — unclear
Score 60 (ITM 20% + inst 30%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.