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 85.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.47x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 71% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.93x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 80.9% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 102.7% (ATM 80.9% + spread 10.9% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 23.18% (spread 10.92% + slippage 12.26%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 128.60 (vega 140.430 / spread 10.92%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +6% (neutral) — Raw: +10%
|OI skew| 26.4% — call-heavy
Vol skew +34.2%, OI skew +26.4% — aligned
0-DTE 15%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -22%, ATM: -22%, OTM: +25% — bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 59% — bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 7.2% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +12.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 67% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 15% — mixed
Aggressive execution 18% — patient
Conviction +6 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 10.9% — wide
OI 225,190 — deep
Volume 16,129/day — active
$0.55 to cross — expensive
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 84% — much wider than sector
Depth 150.2 contracts (bid:40.8 ask:109.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 12.26% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -6.9% — contango
IV percentile 86% — seller opportunity
IV kink -16.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1689.89 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +6% @ 53% consistency — unclear
Score 45 (ITM 20% + inst 15%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.