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 97.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.26x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 89% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.58x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 75.6% — normal range
Effective IV 102.9% (ATM 75.6% + spread 13.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 19.31% (spread 13.65% + slippage 5.66%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 25.87 (vega 35.309 / spread 13.65%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -20% (bearish) — Raw: -23%
|OI skew| 15.0% — call-heavy
Vol skew +15.9%, OI skew +15.0% — aligned
0-DTE 42%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -60%, ATM: +8%, OTM: -32% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 64% — bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 5.0% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +7.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 34% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 4% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 33% — patient
Conviction -20 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 13.7% — wide
OI 167,155 — deep
Volume 8,294/day — active
$0.68 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 90% — much wider than sector
Depth 142.1 contracts (bid:63.3 ask:78.8) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.66% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +57.5% — backwardation
IV percentile 98% — seller opportunity
IV kink 30.1pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 624.93 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: Earnings in 6d (elevated risk)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -20% @ 60% consistency — unclear
Score 34 (ITM 20% + inst 4%) — retail dominated
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.