EBCEastern Bankshares, Inc. Common Stock
EBC Options Overview
bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
EBC Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 44.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 2.02x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 65% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.19x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 29.4% — normal range
Effective IV 368.2% (ATM 29.4% + spread 169.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 191.26% (spread 169.39% + slippage 21.87%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 169.39%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +23% (bullish) — Raw: +33%
|OI skew| 77.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew -33.3%, OI skew +77.3% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: +100% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 93% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.4% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 16% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +23 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 169.4% — wide
OI 706 — thin
Volume 3/day — thin
$8.47 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 73% — wider than sector
Depth 2.0 contracts (bid:1.0 ask:1.0) — thin
Avg slippage 21.87% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +19.0% — backwardation
IV percentile 44% — neutral
IV kink 0.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
2 liquid expirations — limited
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +23% @ 67% 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.