VISTVista Energy S.A.B. de C.V.
VIST Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
VIST Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 70.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.99x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 70% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.86x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 44.7% — normal range
Effective IV 83.1% (ATM 44.7% + spread 19.2% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 25.68% (spread 19.20% + slippage 6.48%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 8.85 (vega 16.986 / spread 19.20%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -50% (strong bearish) — Raw: -36%
|OI skew| 38.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew +57.9%, OI skew +38.8% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -86%, ATM: +21%, OTM: +9% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 39% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.9% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +24.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 65% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 27% — patient
Conviction -50 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 19.2% — wide
OI 24,581 — adequate
Volume 480/day — thin
$0.96 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 82% — much wider than sector
Depth 133.7 contracts (bid:69.4 ask:64.3) — adequate
Avg slippage 6.48% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -13.9% — contango
IV percentile 70% — seller opportunity
IV kink -5.7pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 534.14 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -50% @ 75% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
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.