
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 81.5% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 2.03x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 59% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.82x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 73.3% — normal range
Effective IV 156.9% (ATM 73.3% + spread 41.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 57.58% (spread 41.78% + slippage 15.80%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 7.01 (vega 29.288 / spread 41.78%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +68% (strong bullish) — Raw: +71%
|OI skew| 58.7% — call-heavy
Vol skew -93.5%, OI skew +58.7% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 95%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: -100%, OTM: +71% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 98% — very bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 2.2x avg — hot
Vol/OI 3.5% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
2 day(s) elevated — sustained
OI change -6.2% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 68% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 85% — highly urgent
Conviction +68 (bullish) — strong conviction
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 41.8% — wide
OI 10,493 — adequate
Volume 372/day — thin
$2.09 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 83% — much wider than sector
Depth 22.4 contracts (bid:8.1 ask:14.3) — thin
Avg slippage 15.80% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -17.8% — contango
IV percentile 82% — seller opportunity
IV kink -12.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 829.67 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +68% @ 84% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
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