
IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 92.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.29x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 78% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.86x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 103.8% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 147.7% (ATM 103.8% + spread 22.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 28.00% (spread 21.97% + slippage 6.03%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.89 (vega 1.955 / spread 21.97%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -16% (bearish) — Raw: -16%
|OI skew| 49.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +29.6%, OI skew +49.1% — aligned
0-DTE 42%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -16%, ATM: -46%, OTM: +5% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 52% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.9% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +5.1% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 63% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 33% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 27% — patient
Conviction -16 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 22.0% — wide
OI 689,611 — deep
Volume 20,234/day — active
$1.10 to cross — expensive
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 91% — much wider than sector
Depth 1,365.2 contracts (bid:811.0 ask:554.2) — deep
Avg slippage 6.03% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -13.6% — contango
IV percentile 92% — seller opportunity
IV kink -7.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 275.37 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -16% @ 58% consistency — unclear
Score 63 (ITM 20% + inst 33%) — HIGH institutional
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