SHELShell plc American Depositary Shares (Each represents two Ordinary shares)
SHEL Options Overview
bullish flow with unusual activity. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
SHEL Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 30.4% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.64x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 10% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.98x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 25.1% — normal range
Effective IV 41.6% (ATM 25.1% + spread 8.2% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 13.47% (spread 8.24% + slippage 5.23%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 15.89 (vega 13.090 / spread 8.24%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +10% (neutral) — Raw: +4%
|OI skew| 24.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew +66.6%, OI skew +24.3% — aligned
0-DTE 6%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -17%, ATM: +3%, OTM: +6% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 31% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.3% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.1% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 64% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 9% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 65% — urgent
Conviction +10 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 8.2% — wide
OI 237,665 — deep
Volume 7,748/day — active
$0.41 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 41% — neutral vs sector
Depth 259.9 contracts (bid:142.5 ask:117.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.23% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -1.6% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 30% — neutral
IV kink -0.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 308.72 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: FOMC in 5d; CPI in 0d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +10% @ 55% consistency — unclear
Score 39 (ITM 20% + inst 9%) — 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 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.