CVECenovus Energy Inc.
CVE Options Overview
bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
CVE Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 61.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.06x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 53% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.91x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 38.8% — normal range
Effective IV 61.4% (ATM 38.8% + spread 11.3% + bias) — good value
Total drag 12.86% (spread 11.28% + slippage 1.58%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 8.01 (vega 9.033 / spread 11.28%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -16% (bearish) — Raw: -14%
|OI skew| 39.7% — call-heavy
Vol skew +19.5%, OI skew +39.7% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -52%, ATM: +14%, OTM: -24% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 67% — bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.8% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +6.5% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 35% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 8% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 22% — patient
Conviction -16 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 11.3% — wide
OI 154,366 — deep
Volume 1,270/day — adequate
$0.56 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 71% — wider than sector
Depth 337.7 contracts (bid:216.2 ask:121.5) — adequate
Avg slippage 1.58% — fair
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -8.8% — contango
IV percentile 62% — neutral
IV kink -2.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 950.81 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -16% @ 58% consistency — unclear
Score 38 (ITM 20% + inst 8%) — 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.