ROMProShares Ultra Technology
ROM Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
ROM Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 75.5% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.92x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 86% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.88x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 49.4% — normal range
Effective IV 119.6% (ATM 49.4% + spread 35.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 40.90% (spread 35.08% + slippage 5.82%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 10.92 (vega 38.323 / spread 35.08%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -35% (strong bearish) — Raw: -20%
|OI skew| 33.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew +60.0%, OI skew +33.3% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: -100%, OTM: +0% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 12% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.3% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +7.2% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 37% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 33% — patient
Conviction -35 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 35.1% — wide
OI 387 — thin
Volume 5/day — thin
$1.75 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 89% — much wider than sector
Depth 61.7 contracts (bid:29.0 ask:32.7) — thin
Avg slippage 5.82% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -12.3% — contango
IV percentile 76% — seller opportunity
IV kink -5.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 617.12 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -35% @ 67% consistency — moderate (bearish)
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
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.