
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 95.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 2.20x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 88% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.47x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 120.8% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 144.1% (ATM 120.8% + spread 11.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 15.80% (spread 11.65% + slippage 4.15%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.25 (vega 1.452 / spread 11.65%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -19% (bearish) — Raw: -9%
|OI skew| 46.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +55.5%, OI skew +46.5% — aligned
0-DTE 19%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -75%, ATM: +4%, OTM: +5% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 36% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.1% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.1% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 36% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 49% — patient
Conviction -19 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 11.7% — wide
OI 50,268 — deep
Volume 526/day — adequate
$0.58 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 95% — much wider than sector
Depth 28.5 contracts (bid:15.0 ask:13.5) — thin
Avg slippage 4.15% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +47.2% — backwardation
IV percentile 95% — seller opportunity
IV kink 25.3pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 0.82 — favors mixed
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -19% @ 60% consistency — unclear
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.