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IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
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RISK ANALYSIS
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Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 9.2% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 8.71x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 1% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.17x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 19.6% — normal range
Effective IV 21.4% (ATM 19.6% + spread 0.9% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 0.89% (spread 0.89% + slippage 0.00%) — minimal drag
Vega efficiency 16.38 (vega 1.458 / spread 0.89%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
P/C 0.00 — call-heavy (buy/sell unknown)
|OI skew| 86.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew +86.8% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: +0% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.7% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.2% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 21% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 82% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +0 (neutral) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 0.9% — tight
OI 53,993 — deep
Volume 366/day — thin
$0.04 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 51% — neutral vs sector
Depth 0 contracts (bid:0 ask:0) — thin
Avg slippage 0.00% — excellent
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -82.6% — contango
IV percentile 9% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -19.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 364.45 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +0% @ 50% consistency — unclear
Score 112 (ITM 20% + inst 82%) — 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.