WBS
WBS Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
WBS Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 17.8% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.39x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 32% — below sector median
Front/Back 2.19x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 19.9% — normal range
Effective IV 82.5% (ATM 19.9% + spread 31.3% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 42.79% (spread 31.31% + slippage 11.48%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.87 (vega 12.110 / spread 31.31%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +79% (strong bullish) — Raw: +70%
|OI skew| 55.2% — put-heavy
Vol skew -53.8%, OI skew -55.2% — aligned
0-DTE 93%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +70%, OTM: +0% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 95% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 8.0% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +3.1% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 77% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 33% — patient
Conviction +79 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 31.3% — wide
OI 2,445 — thin
Volume 195/day — thin
$1.57 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 48% — neutral vs sector
Depth 24.799999999999997 contracts (bid:4.1 ask:20.7) — thin
Avg slippage 11.48% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +119.0% — backwardation
IV percentile 18% — buyer opportunity
IV kink 14.9pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 438.78 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +79% @ 90% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
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.