IRMIron Mountain Inc.
IRM Options Overview
Mixed signals. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
IRM Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 51.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.96x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 78% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.92x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 30.5% — normal range
Effective IV 81.8% (ATM 30.5% + spread 25.6% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 34.59% (spread 25.64% + slippage 8.95%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.44 (vega 8.818 / spread 25.64%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -17% (bearish) — Raw: -11%
|OI skew| 35.1% — put-heavy
Vol skew +21.7%, OI skew -35.1% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -56%, ATM: -16%, OTM: -6% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 44% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.0% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +4.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 62% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 29% — patient
Conviction -17 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 25.6% — wide
OI 47,354 — adequate
Volume 1,433/day — adequate
$1.28 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 83% — much wider than sector
Depth 89.1 contracts (bid:49.1 ask:40.0) — thin
Avg slippage 8.95% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -7.6% — contango
IV percentile 51% — neutral
IV kink -0.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 80.23 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -17% @ 58% consistency — unclear
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.