SPCQDefiance Daily Target 2X Short SPCX ETF
SPCQ Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
SPCQ Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 96.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.46x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 96% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.88x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 102.9% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 206.6% (ATM 102.9% + spread 51.9% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 83.69% (spread 51.85% + slippage 31.84%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.36 (vega 1.859 / spread 51.85%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +61% (strong bullish) — Raw: +67%
|OI skew| 47.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew +47.9% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: +67% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.9% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +10.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 30% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 80% — highly urgent
Conviction +61 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 51.9% — wide
OI 707 — thin
Volume 6/day — thin
$2.59 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 98% — much wider than sector
Depth 292.40000000000003 contracts (bid:235.8 ask:56.6) — adequate
Avg slippage 31.84% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -12.2% — contango
IV percentile 96% — seller opportunity
IV kink -7.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 95.34 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +61% @ 100% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
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.