MRVUDirexion Daily MRVL Bull 2X ETF
MRVU Options Overview
IV is elevated with bearish flow and unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
MRVU Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 98.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.70x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 99% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.88x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 125.8% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 194.6% (ATM 125.8% + spread 34.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 41.86% (spread 34.38% + slippage 7.48%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.80 (vega 9.633 / spread 34.38%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +4% (neutral) — Raw: +8%
|OI skew| 7.5% — balanced
Vol skew -55.3%, OI skew +7.5% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +60%, ATM: -7%, OTM: +8% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 96% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 6.6x avg — hot
Vol/OI 101.2% — high turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +48.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 99% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 13% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 15% — patient
Conviction +4 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 34.4% — wide
OI 742 — thin
Volume 751/day — adequate
$1.72 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 99% — much wider than sector
Depth 87.9 contracts (bid:50.8 ask:37.1) — thin
Avg slippage 7.48% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -12.4% — contango
IV percentile 98% — seller opportunity
IV kink -11.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 34.95 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +4% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 43 (ITM 20% + inst 13%) — moderate 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.