
IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 86.9% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.09x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 75% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.99x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 84.8% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 103.1% (ATM 84.8% + spread 9.2% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 14.88% (spread 9.15% + slippage 5.73%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 54.74 (vega 50.091 / spread 9.15%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -19% (bearish) — Raw: -17%
|OI skew| 24.7% — call-heavy
Vol skew +78.1%, OI skew +24.7% — aligned
0-DTE 50%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +18%, ATM: +22%, OTM: -26% — bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 26% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 6.5% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +13.5% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 63% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 4% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 40% — patient
Conviction -19 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.2% — wide
OI 38,318 — adequate
Volume 2,474/day — adequate
$0.46 to cross — cheap
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 86% — much wider than sector
Depth 85.19999999999999 contracts (bid:53.3 ask:31.9) — thin
Avg slippage 5.73% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -1.3% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 87% — seller opportunity
IV kink 0.3pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 479.80 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -19% @ 59% consistency — unclear
Score 34 (ITM 20% + inst 4%) — retail dominated
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.