COPJSprott Junior Copper Miners ETF
COPJ Options Overview
Mixed signals. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
COPJ Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 68.8% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.16x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 82% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.90x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 43.8% — normal range
Effective IV 135.9% (ATM 43.8% + spread 46.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 58.51% (spread 46.03% + slippage 12.48%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.48 (vega 6.806 / spread 46.03%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +54% (strong bullish) — Raw: +58%
|OI skew| 79.6% — call-heavy
Vol skew -61.5%, OI skew +79.6% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -100%, ATM: +100%, OTM: +86% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 97% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 4.1% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +10.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 65% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 36% — patient
Conviction +54 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 46.0% — wide
OI 2,545 — thin
Volume 104/day — thin
$2.30 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 87% — much wider than sector
Depth 144.3 contracts (bid:73.4 ask:70.9) — adequate
Avg slippage 12.48% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -9.9% — contango
IV percentile 69% — neutral
IV kink -2.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 176.33 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +54% @ 78% 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.