LLoews Corporation
L Options Overview
IV is low. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
L Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 4.7% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 2.02x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 5% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.88x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 20.3% — normal range
Effective IV 260.3% (ATM 20.3% + spread 120.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 156.00% (spread 120.00% + slippage 36.00%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.00 (vega 24.020 / spread 120.00%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -100% (strong bearish) — Raw: -100%
|OI skew| 4.5% — balanced
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew -4.5% — divergent (opposite)
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
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.0x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.1% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.7% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 3% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction -100 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 120.0% — wide
OI 1,418 — thin
Volume 1/day — thin
$6.00 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 6% — much tighter than sector
Depth 54.0 contracts (bid:21.0 ask:33.0) — thin
Avg slippage 36.00% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -11.6% — contango
IV percentile 5% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -1.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 795.35 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -100% @ 100% consistency — STRONG directional (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.