
IV is elevated with bullish flow and 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 94.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.04x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 88% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.31x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 112.8% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 144.2% (ATM 112.8% + spread 15.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 20.94% (spread 15.70% + slippage 5.24%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 4.01 (vega 6.299 / spread 15.70%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -7% (neutral) — Raw: -28%
|OI skew| 81.6% — call-heavy
Vol skew +94.1%, OI skew +81.6% — aligned
0-DTE 4%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -76%, ATM: +91%, OTM: -61% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 10% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 3.8x avg — hot
Vol/OI 23.6% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +4.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 95% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 86% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 39% — patient
Conviction -7 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 15.7% — wide
OI 316,144 — deep
Volume 74,687/day — active
$0.79 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 94% — much wider than sector
Depth 202.3 contracts (bid:105.6 ask:96.7) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.24% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +30.8% — backwardation
IV percentile 94% — seller opportunity
IV kink 34.2pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 437.44 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -7% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 116 (ITM 20% + inst 86%) — HIGH institutional
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