GRIDFirst Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund
GRID Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
GRID Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 29.4% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.20x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 48% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.82x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 23.0% — normal range
Effective IV 85.1% (ATM 23.0% + spread 31.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 40.04% (spread 31.06% + slippage 8.98%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 8.14 (vega 25.291 / spread 31.06%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -8% (neutral) — Raw: -14%
|OI skew| 63.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +94.1%, OI skew +63.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: -33%, OTM: -20% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 2% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +5.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 62% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 17% — patient
Conviction -8 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 31.1% — wide
OI 1,836 — thin
Volume 68/day — thin
$1.55 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 60% — wider than sector
Depth 59.0 contracts (bid:21.2 ask:37.8) — thin
Avg slippage 8.98% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -17.7% — contango
IV percentile 29% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -3.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 373.58 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -8% @ 54% 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.