CVNACarvana Co.
CVNA Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
CVNA Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 95.5% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.93x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 96% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.86x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 59.5% — normal range
Effective IV 73.7% (ATM 59.5% + spread 7.1% + bias) — fair
Total drag 11.04% (spread 7.08% + slippage 3.96%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 8.28 (vega 5.865 / spread 7.08%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -0% (neutral) — Raw: -1%
|OI skew| 0.8% — balanced
Vol skew +15.1%, OI skew +0.8% — aligned
0-DTE 38%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +32%, ATM: -13%, OTM: +2% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 42% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.5% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -18.8% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 36% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 26% — mixed
Aggressive execution 29% — patient
Conviction -0 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 7.1% — wide
OI 1,054,389 — deep
Volume 37,341/day — active
$0.35 to cross — cheap
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 96% — much wider than sector
Depth 159.8 contracts (bid:83.3 ask:76.5) — adequate
Avg slippage 3.96% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -13.7% — contango
IV percentile 96% — seller opportunity
IV kink -5.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 53.03 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -0% @ 50% consistency — unclear
Score 56 (ITM 20% + inst 26%) — moderate institutional
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.