EGEverest Group, Ltd.
EG Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
EG Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 8.8% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.34x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 11% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.89x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 21.4% — normal range
Effective IV 54.9% (ATM 21.4% + spread 16.8% + bias) — good value
Total drag 29.56% (spread 16.75% + slippage 12.81%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 55.11 (vega 92.310 / spread 16.75%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +6% (neutral) — Raw: +0%
|OI skew| 72.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew +25.0%, OI skew +72.9% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: -100%, OTM: +0% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 43% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.2% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.6% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 6% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 14% — patient
Conviction +6 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 16.8% — wide
OI 3,891 — thin
Volume 8/day — thin
$0.84 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 12% — much tighter than sector
Depth 19.299999999999997 contracts (bid:10.6 ask:8.7) — thin
Avg slippage 12.81% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -10.9% — contango
IV percentile 9% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -1.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1169.96 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +6% @ 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.