IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 87.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.73x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 77% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.81x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 87.0% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 107.9% (ATM 87.0% + spread 10.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 16.60% (spread 10.47% + slippage 6.13%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.23 (vega 1.292 / spread 10.47%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +10% (neutral) — Raw: +10%
|OI skew| 55.2% — call-heavy
Vol skew +79.2%, OI skew +55.2% — aligned
0-DTE 35%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -44%, ATM: -24%, OTM: +21% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 24% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 5.7% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +12.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 60% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 38% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 66% — urgent
Conviction +10 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 10.5% — wide
OI 935,851 — deep
Volume 53,463/day — active
$0.52 to cross — expensive
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 87% — much wider than sector
Depth 837.3 contracts (bid:429.4 ask:407.9) — deep
Avg slippage 6.13% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -18.5% — contango
IV percentile 88% — seller opportunity
IV kink -23.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 99.42 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +10% @ 55% consistency — unclear
Score 68 (ITM 20% + inst 38%) — HIGH institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.