DEAEasterly Government Properties, Inc.
DEA Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
DEA Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 24.8% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 0.82x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 18% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.58x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 21.1% — normal range
Effective IV 103.8% (ATM 21.1% + spread 41.3% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 48.99% (spread 41.33% + slippage 7.66%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.55 (vega 2.263 / spread 41.33%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -84% (strong bearish) — Raw: -76%
|OI skew| 46.0% — call-heavy
Vol skew +98.7%, OI skew +46.0% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: -79%, OTM: +100% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 2% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.9x avg — elevated
Vol/OI 3.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +6.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 79% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 8% — patient
Conviction -84 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 41.3% — wide
OI 4,034 — thin
Volume 151/day — thin
$2.07 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 63% — wider than sector
Depth 69.5 contracts (bid:49.3 ask:20.2) — thin
Avg slippage 7.66% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -42.0% — contango
IV percentile 25% — buyer opportunity
IV kink 0.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 219.71 — favors income trades
2 liquid expirations — limited
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -84% @ 92% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
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.