MRCC
MRCC Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow and unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
MRCC Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 95.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 2.05x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 97% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.73x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 115.8% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 212.6% (ATM 115.8% + spread 48.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 72.39% (spread 48.40% + slippage 23.99%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.17 (vega 0.827 / spread 48.40%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +54% (strong bullish) — Raw: +42%
|OI skew| 3.5% — balanced
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew +3.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +42%, OTM: +0% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 3.7x avg — hot
Vol/OI 55.0% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -48.4% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 98% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 71% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 100% — highly urgent
Conviction +54 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 48.4% — wide
OI 311 — thin
Volume 171/day — thin
$2.42 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 98% — much wider than sector
Depth 74.7 contracts (bid:1.0 ask:73.7) — thin
Avg slippage 23.99% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +72.7% — backwardation
IV percentile 96% — seller opportunity
IV kink 52.5pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 129.22 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +54% @ 77% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
Score 101 (ITM 20% + inst 71%) — HIGH institutional
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.