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 53.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.61x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 26% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.90x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 45.0% — normal range
Effective IV 55.4% (ATM 45.0% + spread 5.2% + bias) — good value
Total drag 8.46% (spread 5.22% + slippage 3.24%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.64 (vega 0.854 / spread 5.22%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +8% (neutral) — Raw: +3%
|OI skew| 18.6% — call-heavy
Vol skew +28.9%, OI skew +18.6% — aligned
0-DTE 24%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -14%, ATM: -25%, OTM: +11% — bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 49% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 5.6% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +5.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 78% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 36% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 56% — patient
Conviction +8 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 5.2% — wide
OI 1,566,465 — deep
Volume 87,908/day — active
$0.26 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 70% — wider than sector
Depth 270.4 contracts (bid:139.5 ask:130.9) — adequate
Avg slippage 3.24% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -9.6% — contango
IV percentile 53% — neutral
IV kink -4.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 4.01 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +8% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 66 (ITM 20% + inst 36%) — HIGH institutional
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