TNKTeekay Tankers Ltd.
TNK Options Overview
bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
TNK Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 61.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.74x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 52% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.91x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 38.6% — normal range
Effective IV 112.1% (ATM 38.6% + spread 36.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 41.17% (spread 36.73% + slippage 4.44%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 6.59 (vega 24.196 / spread 36.73%) — acceptable
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +68% (strong bullish) — Raw: +48%
|OI skew| 6.9% — balanced
Vol skew +58.3%, OI skew +6.9% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -33%, ATM: +100%, OTM: +8% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 38% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.2x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +19.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 55% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 8% — patient
Conviction +68 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 36.7% — wide
OI 4,593 — thin
Volume 72/day — thin
$1.84 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 70% — wider than sector
Depth 69.4 contracts (bid:31.8 ask:37.6) — thin
Avg slippage 4.44% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -8.5% — contango
IV percentile 61% — neutral
IV kink -2.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 801.19 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +68% @ 83% 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.