SRESempra
SRE Options Overview
IV is low with bearish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
SRE Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 18.3% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 0.87x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 72% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.96x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 23.4% — normal range
Effective IV 43.2% (ATM 23.4% + spread 9.9% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 14.83% (spread 9.89% + slippage 4.94%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 20.94 (vega 20.709 / spread 9.89%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -7% (neutral) — Raw: -1%
|OI skew| 19.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew -83.5%, OI skew +19.8% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +91%, ATM: -30%, OTM: +47% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 94% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 8.1% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +30.5% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 91% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 9% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 62% — urgent
Conviction -7 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.9% — wide
OI 19,381 — adequate
Volume 1,564/day — adequate
$0.49 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 75% — wider than sector
Depth 100.1 contracts (bid:39.8 ask:60.3) — adequate
Avg slippage 4.94% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -4.2% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 18% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -0.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1056.56 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -7% @ 53% 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 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.