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 94.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.30x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 97% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.91x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 114.3% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 139.0% (ATM 114.3% + spread 12.3% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 18.44% (spread 12.34% + slippage 6.10%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 4.67 (vega 5.757 / spread 12.34%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +4% (neutral) — Raw: +11%
|OI skew| 19.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew +46.7%, OI skew +19.8% — aligned
0-DTE 33%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +16%, ATM: -9%, OTM: +17% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 41% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.0x avg — normal
Vol/OI 6.8% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +7.2% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 76% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 21% — mixed
Aggressive execution 37% — patient
Conviction +4 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 12.3% — wide
OI 277,922 — deep
Volume 18,846/day — active
$0.62 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 98% — much wider than sector
Depth 728.7 contracts (bid:459.4 ask:269.3) — deep
Avg slippage 6.10% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -8.6% — contango
IV percentile 94% — seller opportunity
IV kink -18.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 70.81 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +4% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 51 (ITM 20% + inst 21%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.