SPDWState Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF
SPDW Options Overview
IV is low. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
SPDW Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 13.9% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.45x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 25% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.77x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 16.8% — normal range
Effective IV 265.6% (ATM 16.8% + spread 124.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 155.22% (spread 124.38% + slippage 30.84%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.35 (vega 4.367 / spread 124.38%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +17% (bullish) — Raw: +20%
|OI skew| 47.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew -50.0%, OI skew +47.1% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +33%, OTM: +0% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 95% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.6x avg — elevated
Vol/OI 8.8% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +32.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 82% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +17 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 124.4% — wide
OI 136 — thin
Volume 12/day — thin
$6.22 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 43% — neutral vs sector
Depth 40.8 contracts (bid:23.8 ask:17.0) — thin
Avg slippage 30.84% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -23.2% — contango
IV percentile 14% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -2.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 221.68 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +17% @ 60% consistency — unclear
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.