
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 91.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.79x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 91% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.09x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 98.4% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 117.7% (ATM 98.4% + spread 9.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 15.02% (spread 9.66% + slippage 5.36%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 7.73 (vega 7.467 / spread 9.66%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -8% (neutral) — Raw: -8%
|OI skew| 17.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +28.5%, OI skew +17.1% — aligned
0-DTE 41%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -12%, ATM: +4%, OTM: -10% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 46% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 10.9% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +15.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 92% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 17% — mixed
Aggressive execution 38% — patient
Conviction -8 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.7% — wide
OI 688,158 — deep
Volume 75,289/day — active
$0.48 to cross — cheap
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 95% — much wider than sector
Depth 321.1 contracts (bid:160.5 ask:160.6) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.36% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +8.5% — backwardation
IV percentile 91% — seller opportunity
IV kink 6.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 59.93 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -8% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 47 (ITM 20% + inst 17%) — moderate institutional
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