HIBLDirexion Daily S&P 500 High Beta Bull 3X ETF
HIBL Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
HIBL Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 93.8% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.98x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 96% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.00x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 84.6% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 162.6% (ATM 84.6% + spread 39.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 53.44% (spread 38.98% + slippage 14.46%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 6.82 (vega 26.604 / spread 38.98%) — acceptable
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -66% (strong bearish) — Raw: -64%
|OI skew| 30.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew +50.0%, OI skew +30.8% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: -64% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 14% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 5.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +27.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 72% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 60% — urgent
Conviction -66 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 39.0% — wide
OI 214 — thin
Volume 12/day — thin
$1.95 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 97% — much wider than sector
Depth 66.80000000000001 contracts (bid:20.6 ask:46.2) — thin
Avg slippage 14.46% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -0.5% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 94% — seller opportunity
IV kink -1.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 404.93 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -66% @ 86% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
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.