AEISAdvanced Energy Industries Inc
AEIS Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
AEIS Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 84.9% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.77x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 88% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.89x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 62.6% — normal range
Effective IV 80.8% (ATM 62.6% + spread 9.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 13.14% (spread 9.09% + slippage 4.05%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 64.46 (vega 58.598 / spread 9.09%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +12% (bullish) — Raw: +12%
|OI skew| 1.4% — balanced
Vol skew -1.4%, OI skew -1.4% — weak (same direction)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +6%, ATM: +33%, OTM: +10% — bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 77% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +9.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 29% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 24% — patient
Conviction +12 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.1% — wide
OI 11,925 — adequate
Volume 73/day — thin
$0.45 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 93% — much wider than sector
Depth 14.5 contracts (bid:7.6 ask:6.9) — thin
Avg slippage 4.05% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -10.6% — contango
IV percentile 85% — seller opportunity
IV kink -4.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 327.73 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +12% @ 57% 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.