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 83.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.49x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 66% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.92x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 76.1% — normal range
Effective IV 108.9% (ATM 76.1% + spread 16.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 23.46% (spread 16.38% + slippage 7.08%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.05 (vega 5.000 / spread 16.38%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +26% (bullish) — Raw: +30%
|OI skew| 60.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +74.1%, OI skew +60.1% — aligned
0-DTE 45%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +31%, ATM: +28%, OTM: +32% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 29% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 8.4% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +7.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 73% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 8% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 46% — patient
Conviction +26 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 16.4% — wide
OI 118,556 — deep
Volume 9,974/day — active
$0.82 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 81% — much wider than sector
Depth 225.5 contracts (bid:143.7 ask:81.8) — adequate
Avg slippage 7.08% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -7.8% — contango
IV percentile 83% — seller opportunity
IV kink -9.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 46.82 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +26% @ 63% consistency — moderate (bullish)
Score 38 (ITM 20% + inst 8%) — retail dominated
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.