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 94.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.07x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 89% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.12x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 113.7% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 123.1% (ATM 113.7% + spread 4.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 9.98% (spread 4.69% + slippage 5.29%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 37.96 (vega 17.804 / spread 4.69%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -3% (neutral) — Raw: +3%
|OI skew| 0.6% — balanced
Vol skew +10.5%, OI skew +0.6% — aligned
0-DTE 46%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +9%, ATM: -3%, OTM: +4% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 63% — bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 2.0x avg — elevated
Vol/OI 32.1% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
2 day(s) elevated — sustained
OI change +26.2% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 97% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 24% — mixed
Aggressive execution 37% — patient
Conviction -3 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 4.7% — acceptable
OI 977,584 — deep
Volume 314,087/day — active
$0.23 to cross — cheap
3 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 95% — much wider than sector
Depth 186.2 contracts (bid:89.1 ask:97.1) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.29% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +12.4% — backwardation
IV percentile 94% — seller opportunity
IV kink 10.8pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 26.03 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -3% @ 51% consistency — unclear
Score 54 (ITM 20% + inst 24%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.