IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 92.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.65x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 74% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.93x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 102.9% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 167.8% (ATM 102.9% + spread 32.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 40.60% (spread 32.44% + slippage 8.16%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.06 (vega 3.429 / spread 32.44%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -74% (strong bearish) — Raw: -61%
|OI skew| 13.5% — balanced
Vol skew -10.8%, OI skew +13.5% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 26%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -73%, ATM: -90%, OTM: -2% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 81% — very bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 2.2x avg — hot
Vol/OI 5.7% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +8.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 79% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 46% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 44% — patient
Conviction -74 (bearish) — strong conviction
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 32.4% — wide
OI 7,646 — thin
Volume 435/day — thin
$1.62 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 89% — much wider than sector
Depth 45.6 contracts (bid:19.6 ask:26.0) — thin
Avg slippage 8.16% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -7.4% — contango
IV percentile 92% — seller opportunity
IV kink -7.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 130.38 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -74% @ 87% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
Score 76 (ITM 20% + inst 46%) — HIGH institutional
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