PYPYYieldMax PYPL Option Income Strategy ETF
PYPY Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
PYPY Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 79.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.01x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 88% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.60x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 54.2% — normal range
Effective IV 299.4% (ATM 54.2% + spread 122.6% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 167.74% (spread 122.58% + slippage 45.16%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 122.58%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +100% (strong bullish) — Raw: +100%
|OI skew| 25.0% — put-heavy
Vol skew +0.0%, OI skew -25.0% — weak (same direction)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +100%, OTM: +0% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 27% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 12.5% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +14.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 87% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +100 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 122.6% — wide
OI 16 — thin
Volume 2/day — thin
$6.13 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 91% — much wider than sector
Depth 201.0 contracts (bid:1.0 ask:200.0) — adequate
Avg slippage 45.16% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -39.6% — contango
IV percentile 80% — seller opportunity
IV kink 0.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
2 liquid expirations — limited
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +100% @ 100% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
Directional Strategy Fit
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.
The Options Desk tracks the move options price into every US earnings report the week of Aug 31, next to how much each stock has actually moved on its past prints — plus the SPY, QQQ and IWM expected ranges and the gamma walls that box them in.