
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 95.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.30x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 90% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.94x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 125.4% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 159.3% (ATM 125.4% + spread 16.9% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 24.78% (spread 16.94% + slippage 7.84%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.89 (vega 6.590 / spread 16.94%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -18% (bearish) — Raw: -19%
|OI skew| 68.0% — call-heavy
Vol skew +69.6%, OI skew +68.0% — aligned
0-DTE 54%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -24%, ATM: -37%, OTM: -13% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 28% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.6% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +8.1% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 69% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 53% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 20% — patient
Conviction -18 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 16.9% — wide
OI 148,918 — deep
Volume 5,349/day — active
$0.85 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 96% — much wider than sector
Depth 122.5 contracts (bid:75.2 ask:47.3) — adequate
Avg slippage 7.84% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -6.1% — contango
IV percentile 96% — seller opportunity
IV kink -9.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 234.52 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -18% @ 59% consistency — unclear
Score 83 (ITM 20% + inst 53%) — HIGH institutional
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