IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 87.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.27x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 89% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.89x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 85.7% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 108.7% (ATM 85.7% + spread 11.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 17.46% (spread 11.52% + slippage 5.94%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.37 (vega 2.725 / spread 11.52%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +6% (neutral) — Raw: -4%
|OI skew| 9.1% — balanced
Vol skew +49.4%, OI skew +9.1% — aligned
0-DTE 25%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +4%, ATM: -17%, OTM: -2% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 47% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.9% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +8.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 73% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 27% — mixed
Aggressive execution 44% — patient
Conviction +6 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 11.5% — wide
OI 333,970 — deep
Volume 12,845/day — active
$0.58 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 94% — much wider than sector
Depth 514.9 contracts (bid:267.4 ask:247.5) — deep
Avg slippage 5.94% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -11.4% — contango
IV percentile 88% — seller opportunity
IV kink -13.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 280.98 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +6% @ 53% consistency — unclear
Score 57 (ITM 20% + inst 27%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.