ETHAiShares Ethereum Trust ETF
ETHA Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
ETHA Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 79.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.11x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 88% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.95x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 57.1% — normal range
Effective IV 65.8% (ATM 57.1% + spread 4.3% + bias) — fair
Total drag 7.64% (spread 4.35% + slippage 3.29%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 5.93 (vega 2.580 / spread 4.35%) — acceptable
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +2% (neutral) — Raw: +9%
|OI skew| 20.2% — call-heavy
Vol skew +70.4%, OI skew +20.2% — aligned
0-DTE 34%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -8%, ATM: +16%, OTM: +8% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 11% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 6.1% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -6.5% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 74% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 48% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 56% — patient
Conviction +2 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 4.3% — acceptable
OI 2,371,354 — deep
Volume 145,040/day — active
$0.22 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 91% — much wider than sector
Depth 1,040.2 contracts (bid:473.6 ask:566.6) — deep
Avg slippage 3.29% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -5.0% — contango
IV percentile 79% — seller opportunity
IV kink -0.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 163.32 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +2% @ 51% consistency — unclear
Score 78 (ITM 20% + inst 48%) — 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.