IV is elevated with unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 79.9% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.63x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 84% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.06x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 70.5% — normal range
Effective IV 99.8% (ATM 70.5% + spread 14.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 19.65% (spread 14.66% + slippage 4.99%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.42 (vega 5.016 / spread 14.66%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -17% (bearish) — Raw: -14%
|OI skew| 31.4% — call-heavy
Vol skew +46.6%, OI skew +31.4% — aligned
0-DTE 17%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -0%, ATM: +11%, OTM: -18% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 39% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.8x avg — elevated
Vol/OI 7.4% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +10.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 79% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 59% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 42% — patient
Conviction -17 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 14.7% — wide
OI 509,748 — deep
Volume 37,786/day — active
$0.73 to cross — expensive
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 91% — much wider than sector
Depth 791.9 contracts (bid:351.5 ask:440.4) — deep
Avg slippage 4.99% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +6.1% — backwardation
IV percentile 80% — seller opportunity
IV kink 0.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 716.54 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -17% @ 58% consistency — unclear
Score 89 (ITM 20% + inst 59%) — HIGH institutional
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