
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 89.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.00x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 96% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.04x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 92.1% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 115.8% (ATM 92.1% + spread 11.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 17.99% (spread 11.83% + slippage 6.16%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.23 (vega 2.633 / spread 11.83%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +3% (neutral) — Raw: +2%
|OI skew| 45.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +47.2%, OI skew +45.1% — aligned
0-DTE 27%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +22%, ATM: -40%, OTM: +7% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 60% — bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 4.7% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +6.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 75% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 28% — mixed
Aggressive execution 39% — patient
Conviction +3 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 11.8% — wide
OI 543,395 — deep
Volume 25,663/day — active
$0.59 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 98% — much wider than sector
Depth 838.4 contracts (bid:448.4 ask:390.0) — deep
Avg slippage 6.16% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +3.6% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 89% — seller opportunity
IV kink 4.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 93.37 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +3% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 58 (ITM 20% + inst 28%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.