HOOYYieldMax HOOD Option Income Strategy ETF
HOOY Options Overview
IV is elevated with bearish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
HOOY Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 79.8% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.99x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 88% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.88x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 54.5% — normal range
Effective IV 102.2% (ATM 54.5% + spread 23.9% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 38.65% (spread 23.86% + slippage 14.79%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.43 (vega 5.805 / spread 23.86%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -30% (bearish) — Raw: +8%
|OI skew| 19.2% — put-heavy
Vol skew -91.5%, OI skew -19.2% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -100%, ATM: +100%, OTM: +100% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 99% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.0x avg — normal
Vol/OI 5.4% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +23.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 71% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction -30 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 23.9% — wide
OI 864 — thin
Volume 47/day — thin
$1.19 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 91% — much wider than sector
Depth 165.10000000000002 contracts (bid:88.4 ask:76.7) — adequate
Avg slippage 14.79% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -12.2% — contango
IV percentile 80% — seller opportunity
IV kink -4.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 5805.40 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -30% @ 64% consistency — moderate (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.