EMAEmera Incorporated
EMA Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow and unusual activity. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
EMA Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 24.1% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.18x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 33% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.65x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 20.9% — normal range
Effective IV 52.9% (ATM 20.9% + spread 16.0% + bias) — good value
Total drag 24.05% (spread 16.00% + slippage 8.05%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 4.55 (vega 7.272 / spread 16.00%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +0% (neutral) — Raw: +0%
|OI skew| 36.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew +36.3% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: +0% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 2.0x avg — elevated
Vol/OI 7.7% — normal turnover
2 day(s) elevated — sustained
OI change +26.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 88% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 100% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 100% — highly urgent
Conviction +0 (neutral) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 16.0% — wide
OI 5,053 — thin
Volume 387/day — thin
$0.80 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 59% — neutral vs sector
Depth 12.0 contracts (bid:5.0 ask:7.0) — thin
Avg slippage 8.05% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -35.0% — contango
IV percentile 24% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -8.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 494.71 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +0% @ 50% consistency — unclear
Score 130 (ITM 20% + inst 100%) — HIGH institutional
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.