CSEXTradr 2X Long CLS Daily ETF
CSEX Options Overview
IV is elevated with bearish flow and unusual activity. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
CSEX Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 98.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.73x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 98% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.91x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 126.6% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 222.8% (ATM 126.6% + spread 48.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 54.63% (spread 48.08% + slippage 6.55%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.59 (vega 2.817 / spread 48.08%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -4% (neutral) — Raw: -5%
|OI skew| 39.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew -78.8%, OI skew +39.5% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +14%, ATM: -14%, OTM: -16% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 97% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.9x avg — normal
Vol/OI 12.9% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +19.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 91% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 7% — patient
Conviction -4 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 48.1% — wide
OI 1,236 — thin
Volume 160/day — thin
$2.40 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 99% — much wider than sector
Depth 335.4 contracts (bid:204.8 ask:130.6) — adequate
Avg slippage 6.55% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -9.3% — contango
IV percentile 98% — seller opportunity
IV kink -6.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 276.15 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -4% @ 52% consistency — unclear
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.