
EGPEastGroup Properties Inc.
EGP Options Overview
IV is low with unusual activity. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
EGP Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 20.5% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.59x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 11% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.94x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 19.4% — normal range
Effective IV 159.9% (ATM 19.4% + spread 70.3% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 90.40% (spread 70.27% + slippage 20.13%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 8.29 (vega 58.258 / spread 70.27%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -100% (strong bearish) — Raw: -100%
|OI skew| 44.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +80.0%, OI skew +44.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: -100%, OTM: -100% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 10% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 6.1x avg — hot
Vol/OI 17.5% — high turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +11.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 96% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 40% — patient
Conviction -100 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 70.3% — wide
OI 400 — thin
Volume 70/day — thin
$3.51 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 60% — neutral vs sector
Depth 19.0 contracts (bid:9.0 ask:10.0) — thin
Avg slippage 20.13% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -6.4% — contango
IV percentile 20% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -1.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1941.95 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -100% @ 100% 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.