RIORio Tinto plc
RIO Options Overview
bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
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RISK ANALYSIS
RIO Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 46.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.04x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 12% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.99x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 32.8% — normal range
Effective IV 52.5% (ATM 32.8% + spread 9.8% + bias) — good value
Total drag 14.29% (spread 9.83% + slippage 4.46%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 20.91 (vega 20.553 / spread 9.83%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -6% (neutral) — Raw: -1%
|OI skew| 11.3% — balanced
Vol skew +51.5%, OI skew +11.3% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -46%, ATM: -2%, OTM: +4% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 37% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.6% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 67% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 15% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 38% — patient
Conviction -6 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.8% — wide
OI 127,727 — deep
Volume 3,390/day — adequate
$0.49 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 51% — neutral vs sector
Depth 165.8 contracts (bid:86.0 ask:79.8) — adequate
Avg slippage 4.46% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -0.6% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 46% — neutral
IV kink 0.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 527.00 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; FOMC in 5d; CPI in 0d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -6% @ 53% consistency — unclear
Score 45 (ITM 20% + inst 15%) — moderate 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 Sep 7, 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.