CWII
CWII Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
CWII Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 90.8% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.19x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 95% — above sector median
Front/Back 3.20x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 89.2% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 93.8% (ATM 89.2% + spread 2.3% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 2.28% (spread 2.28% + slippage 0.00%) — acceptable
Vega efficiency 3.53 (vega 0.804 / spread 2.28%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
P/C 1.00 — balanced (buy/sell unknown)
|OI skew| 30.2% — call-heavy
Vol skew -100.0%, OI skew +30.2% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: +0% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 30% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 4.7% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 67% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +0 (neutral) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 2.3% — acceptable
OI 43 — thin
Volume 2/day — thin
$0.11 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 96% — much wider than sector
Depth 0 contracts (bid:0 ask:0) — thin
Avg slippage 0.00% — excellent
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +219.8% — backwardation
IV percentile 91% — seller opportunity
IV kink 97.0pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 11.39 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; FOMC in 7d; CPI in 0d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +0% @ 50% 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.