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 87.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.23x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 80% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.91x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 53.0% — normal range
Effective IV 82.8% (ATM 53.0% + spread 14.9% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 28.96% (spread 14.90% + slippage 14.06%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 32.63 (vega 48.624 / spread 14.90%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +13% (bullish) — Raw: +8%
|OI skew| 33.2% — call-heavy
Vol skew +12.6%, OI skew +33.2% — aligned
0-DTE 44%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -15%, ATM: +69%, OTM: -1% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 47% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 8.9% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +8.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 81% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 36% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 22% — patient
Conviction +13 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 14.9% — wide
OI 192,916 — deep
Volume 17,222/day — active
$0.74 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 82% — much wider than sector
Depth 386.4 contracts (bid:164.5 ask:221.9) — adequate
Avg slippage 14.06% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -8.8% — contango
IV percentile 87% — seller opportunity
IV kink -0.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 793.21 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +13% @ 56% consistency — unclear
Score 66 (ITM 20% + inst 36%) — HIGH institutional
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