FTSFortis Inc. Common Shares
FTS Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
FTS Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 17.8% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.44x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 3% — below sector median
Front/Back 1.19x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 18.4% — normal range
Effective IV 95.3% (ATM 18.4% + spread 38.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 83.42% (spread 38.46% + slippage 44.96%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.08 (vega 7.988 / spread 38.46%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +13% (bullish) — Raw: -33%
|OI skew| 70.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew +66.7%, OI skew +70.8% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +100%, OTM: -100% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 24% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.4% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +100.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 26% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 100% — highly urgent
Conviction +13 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 38.5% — wide
OI 1,501 — thin
Volume 6/day — thin
$1.92 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 40% — neutral vs sector
Depth 145.0 contracts (bid:95.0 ask:50.0) — adequate
Avg slippage 44.96% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +18.5% — backwardation
IV percentile 18% — buyer opportunity
IV kink 1.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 399.39 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +13% @ 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.