
RELLRichardson Electronics Ltd
RELL Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
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RISK ANALYSIS
RELL Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 92.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.37x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 86% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.79x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 78.7% — normal range
Effective IV 127.3% (ATM 78.7% + spread 24.3% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 32.52% (spread 24.31% + slippage 8.21%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.69 (vega 1.671 / spread 24.31%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -78% (strong bearish) — Raw: -69%
|OI skew| 49.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +88.1%, OI skew +49.1% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: -79%, OTM: -68% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 11% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.9x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.9% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +3.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 42% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 37% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 27% — patient
Conviction -78 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 24.3% — wide
OI 14,276 — adequate
Volume 269/day — thin
$1.22 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 92% — much wider than sector
Depth 219.39999999999998 contracts (bid:136.6 ask:82.8) — adequate
Avg slippage 8.21% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -21.2% — contango
IV percentile 92% — seller opportunity
IV kink -19.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 62.35 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -78% @ 89% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
Score 67 (ITM 20% + inst 37%) — HIGH institutional
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.