
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 89.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.76x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 93% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.97x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 93.0% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 115.5% (ATM 93.0% + spread 11.3% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 18.24% (spread 11.27% + slippage 6.97%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 7.85 (vega 8.845 / spread 11.27%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +2% (neutral) — Raw: +2%
|OI skew| 18.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew +38.1%, OI skew +18.3% — aligned
0-DTE 47%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +14%, ATM: +3%, OTM: +0% — neutral (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 23% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 5.6% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +10.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 68% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 36% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 29% — patient
Conviction +2 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 11.3% — wide
OI 283,553 — deep
Volume 15,843/day — active
$0.56 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 94% — much wider than sector
Depth 394.8 contracts (bid:190.8 ask:204.0) — adequate
Avg slippage 6.97% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -3.5% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 90% — seller opportunity
IV kink 1.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 35.24 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +2% @ 51% consistency — unclear
Score 66 (ITM 20% + inst 36%) — HIGH institutional
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