SLViShares Silver Trust
SLV Options Overview
bullish flow with unusual activity. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
SLV Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 68.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.29x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 82% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.86x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 44.9% — normal range
Effective IV 48.8% (ATM 44.9% + spread 1.9% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 3.99% (spread 1.95% + slippage 2.04%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 168.44 (vega 32.846 / spread 1.95%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +8% (neutral) — Raw: +8%
|OI skew| 39.0% — call-heavy
Vol skew +55.4%, OI skew +39.0% — aligned
0-DTE 22%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -1%, ATM: +6%, OTM: +10% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 15% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 5.2% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -6.3% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 69% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 42% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 35% — patient
Conviction +8 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 1.9% — tight
OI 6,473,805 — deep
Volume 338,784/day — active
$0.10 to cross — cheap
24 liquid strikes — good coverage
Sector spread percentile 86% — much wider than sector
Depth 827.2 contracts (bid:420.5 ask:406.7) — deep
Avg slippage 2.04% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -14.0% — contango
IV percentile 68% — neutral
IV kink -5.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 2831.56 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +8% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 72 (ITM 20% + inst 42%) — HIGH institutional
Directional Strategy Fit
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.