
IV is elevated with bullish flow and unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 93.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.72x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 87% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.96x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 99.8% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 140.5% (ATM 99.8% + spread 20.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 25.44% (spread 20.35% + slippage 5.09%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.64 (vega 1.311 / spread 20.35%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +61% (strong bullish) — Raw: +46%
|OI skew| 12.8% — balanced
Vol skew +58.7%, OI skew +12.8% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +74%, ATM: +49%, OTM: -82% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 36% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 2.8x avg — hot
Vol/OI 16.2% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
2 day(s) elevated — sustained
OI change +11.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 96% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 59% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 26% — patient
Conviction +61 (bullish) — strong conviction
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 20.4% — wide
OI 59,835 — deep
Volume 9,719/day — active
$1.02 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 95% — much wider than sector
Depth 108.1 contracts (bid:57.7 ask:50.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.09% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -4.4% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 93% — seller opportunity
IV kink -25.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 41.35 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +61% @ 80% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
Score 89 (ITM 20% + inst 59%) — HIGH institutional
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