ACBAurora Cannabis Inc. Common Shares
ACB Options Overview
IV is elevated. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
ACB Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 78.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.66x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 50% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.87x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 52.6% — normal range
Effective IV 151.4% (ATM 52.6% + spread 49.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 62.23% (spread 49.38% + slippage 12.85%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.20 (vega 0.972 / spread 49.38%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -2% (neutral) — Raw: -1%
|OI skew| 41.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew +23.5%, OI skew +41.9% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +83%, ATM: -42%, OTM: +10% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 48% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.5% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +9.2% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 21% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 33% — patient
Conviction -2 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 49.4% — wide
OI 37,328 — adequate
Volume 170/day — thin
$2.47 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 79% — wider than sector
Depth 368.8 contracts (bid:333.3 ask:35.5) — adequate
Avg slippage 12.85% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -12.8% — contango
IV percentile 78% — seller opportunity
IV kink -3.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 571.47 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -2% @ 51% 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.