IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 85.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.86x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 64% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.89x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 81.1% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 99.6% (ATM 81.1% + spread 9.3% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 13.33% (spread 9.27% + slippage 4.06%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 7.88 (vega 7.309 / spread 9.27%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +6% (neutral) — Raw: +1%
|OI skew| 23.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +27.3%, OI skew +23.1% — aligned
0-DTE 48%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +60%, ATM: -15%, OTM: -8% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 54% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 9.6% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +17.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 88% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 37% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 40% — patient
Conviction +6 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.3% — wide
OI 1,264,026 — deep
Volume 121,034/day — active
$0.46 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 85% — much wider than sector
Depth 591.1 contracts (bid:292.6 ask:298.5) — deep
Avg slippage 4.06% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -10.7% — contango
IV percentile 86% — seller opportunity
IV kink -2.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 529.62 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +6% @ 53% consistency — unclear
Score 67 (ITM 20% + inst 37%) — HIGH institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.