ACWIiShares MSCI ACWI ETF
ACWI Options Overview
IV is low. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
ACWI Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 9.4% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.52x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 17% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.71x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 14.9% — normal range
Effective IV 45.7% (ATM 14.9% + spread 15.4% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 20.50% (spread 15.39% + slippage 5.11%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 14.73 (vega 22.674 / spread 15.39%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -63% (strong bearish) — Raw: -60%
|OI skew| 51.0% — put-heavy
Vol skew -9.8%, OI skew -51.0% — weak (same direction)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +11%, ATM: -20%, OTM: -100% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 89% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.2x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.6% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 21% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 21% — patient
Conviction -63 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 15.4% — wide
OI 8,396 — thin
Volume 51/day — thin
$0.77 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 37% — tighter than sector
Depth 178.7 contracts (bid:86.2 ask:92.5) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.11% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -29.4% — contango
IV percentile 9% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -3.7pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 547.68 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -63% @ 82% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
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.