
QUADQUAD/GRAPHICS, INC.
QUAD Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
QUAD Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 70.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.45x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 70% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.84x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 44.7% — normal range
Effective IV 102.2% (ATM 44.7% + spread 28.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 33.05% (spread 28.77% + slippage 4.28%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.33 (vega 0.952 / spread 28.77%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -74% (strong bearish) — Raw: -69%
|OI skew| 68.0% — call-heavy
Vol skew +71.4%, OI skew +68.0% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: -69%, OTM: +0% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 20% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.1% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -2.0% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 71% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction -74 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 28.8% — wide
OI 907 — thin
Volume 28/day — thin
$1.44 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 81% — much wider than sector
Depth 128.7 contracts (bid:27.4 ask:101.3) — adequate
Avg slippage 4.28% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -16.3% — contango
IV percentile 70% — seller opportunity
IV kink -4.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 103.51 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -74% @ 86% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
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.