MRNYYieldMax MRNA Option Income Strategy ETF
MRNY Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
MRNY Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 85.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.17x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 85% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.94x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 63.1% — normal range
Effective IV 248.0% (ATM 63.1% + spread 92.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 106.82% (spread 92.47% + slippage 14.35%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.47 (vega 4.348 / spread 92.47%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +46% (strong bullish) — Raw: +54%
|OI skew| 56.4% — put-heavy
Vol skew -27.3%, OI skew -56.4% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +60%, OTM: +69% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 89% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 5.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +14.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 78% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +46 (bullish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 92.5% — wide
OI 587 — thin
Volume 33/day — thin
$4.62 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 91% — much wider than sector
Depth 334.2 contracts (bid:222.4 ask:111.8) — adequate
Avg slippage 14.35% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -6.5% — contango
IV percentile 85% — seller opportunity
IV kink -2.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 391.72 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +46% @ 74% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
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.