unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 69.5% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.95x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 62% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.82x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 41.5% — normal range
Effective IV 45.1% (ATM 41.5% + spread 1.8% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 2.75% (spread 1.79% + slippage 0.96%) — acceptable
Vega efficiency 37.12 (vega 6.645 / spread 1.79%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +7% (neutral) — Raw: +8%
|OI skew| 16.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +27.7%, OI skew +16.1% — aligned
0-DTE 62%, 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 40% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 35.4% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +7.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 92% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 15% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 56% — patient
Conviction +7 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 1.8% — tight
OI 7,060,740 — deep
Volume 2,496,146/day — active
$0.09 to cross — cheap
12 liquid strikes — good coverage
Sector spread percentile 64% — wider than sector
Depth 157.4 contracts (bid:81.0 ask:76.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 0.96% — good
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -18.2% — contango
IV percentile 70% — neutral
IV kink -4.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 4.22 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +7% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 45 (ITM 20% + inst 15%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.