
AAONAaon Inc
AAON Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
AAON Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 85.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.17x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 89% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.84x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 63.5% — normal range
Effective IV 103.4% (ATM 63.5% + spread 19.9% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 29.71% (spread 19.94% + slippage 9.77%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 5.47 (vega 10.905 / spread 19.94%) — acceptable
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +16% (bullish) — Raw: +16%
|OI skew| 40.4% — call-heavy
Vol skew +14.6%, OI skew +40.4% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: -14%, OTM: +16% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.4% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +16.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 64% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 30% — patient
Conviction +16 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 19.9% — wide
OI 8,492 — thin
Volume 206/day — thin
$1.00 to cross — expensive
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 93% — much wider than sector
Depth 57.7 contracts (bid:26.9 ask:30.8) — thin
Avg slippage 9.77% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -15.6% — contango
IV percentile 86% — seller opportunity
IV kink -4.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 158.96 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +16% @ 58% consistency — unclear
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.