
IV is elevated with unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 94.5% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 2.73x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 85% — above sector median
Front/Back 2.14x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 115.0% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 320.0% (ATM 115.0% + spread 102.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 139.18% (spread 102.49% + slippage 36.69%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.02 (vega 0.223 / spread 102.49%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -100% (strong bearish) — Raw: -100%
|OI skew| 84.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew +84.9% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: -100% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 11.4x avg — hot
Vol/OI 62.4% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +167.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 100% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 98% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 25% — patient
Conviction -100 (bearish) — strong conviction
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 102.5% — wide
OI 980 — thin
Volume 611/day — adequate
$5.12 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 94% — much wider than sector
Depth 62.1 contracts (bid:1.5 ask:60.6) — thin
Avg slippage 36.69% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +114.0% — backwardation
IV percentile 94% — seller opportunity
IV kink 61.7pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 0.19 — favors vol trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -100% @ 100% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
Score 128 (ITM 20% + inst 98%) — HIGH institutional
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