AEMAgnico Eagle Mines Ltd.
AEM Options Overview
unusual activity. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
AEM Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 67.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.72x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 50% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.95x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 42.9% — normal range
Effective IV 61.3% (ATM 42.9% + spread 9.2% + bias) — good value
Total drag 15.58% (spread 9.22% + slippage 6.36%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 20.82 (vega 19.194 / spread 9.22%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -36% (strong bearish) — Raw: -37%
|OI skew| 15.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +48.7%, OI skew +15.1% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -50%, ATM: -17%, OTM: -42% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 41% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 8.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +4.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 92% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 14% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 25% — patient
Conviction -36 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.2% — wide
OI 162,232 — deep
Volume 13,983/day — active
$0.46 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 73% — wider than sector
Depth 157.5 contracts (bid:75.6 ask:81.9) — adequate
Avg slippage 6.36% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -4.9% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 67% — neutral
IV kink -1.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 92.19 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -36% @ 68% consistency — moderate (bearish)
Score 44 (ITM 20% + inst 14%) — moderate institutional
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.