
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 88.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.01x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 80% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.16x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 89.2% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 100.5% (ATM 89.2% + spread 5.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 8.16% (spread 5.67% + slippage 2.49%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 68.27 (vega 38.707 / spread 5.67%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +33% (strong bullish) — Raw: +19%
|OI skew| 4.3% — balanced
Vol skew +20.1%, OI skew +4.3% — aligned
0-DTE 46%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +17%, ATM: +43%, OTM: +12% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 70% — bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 15.9% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +10.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 87% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 44% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 41% — patient
Conviction +33 (bullish) — moderate
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 5.7% — wide
OI 2,142,251 — deep
Volume 340,231/day — active
$0.28 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 89% — much wider than sector
Depth 365.8 contracts (bid:187.4 ask:178.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 2.49% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +15.7% — backwardation
IV percentile 89% — seller opportunity
IV kink 11.2pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 716.80 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +33% @ 66% consistency — moderate (bullish)
Score 74 (ITM 20% + inst 44%) — HIGH institutional
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