IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 88.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.45x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 80% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.85x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 89.5% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 115.8% (ATM 89.5% + spread 13.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 17.77% (spread 13.14% + slippage 4.63%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.84 (vega 2.412 / spread 13.14%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -9% (neutral) — Raw: -14%
|OI skew| 10.4% — balanced
Vol skew +44.0%, OI skew +10.4% — aligned
0-DTE 38%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -24%, ATM: +10%, OTM: -26% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 54% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 6.6% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +5.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 64% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 21% — mixed
Aggressive execution 31% — patient
Conviction -9 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 13.1% — wide
OI 270,246 — deep
Volume 17,844/day — active
$0.66 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 89% — much wider than sector
Depth 994.5 contracts (bid:410.6 ask:583.9) — deep
Avg slippage 4.63% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -15.2% — contango
IV percentile 89% — seller opportunity
IV kink -5.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 104.40 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -9% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 51 (ITM 20% + inst 21%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.