IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
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 1.47x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 59% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.04x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 80.6% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 153.8% (ATM 80.6% + spread 36.6% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 48.49% (spread 36.58% + slippage 11.91%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.20 (vega 8.041 / spread 36.58%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +32% (strong bullish) — Raw: +22%
|OI skew| 71.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew +88.0%, OI skew +71.3% — aligned
0-DTE 22%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +82%, ATM: -3%, OTM: +100% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 16% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.1% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.4% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 7% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 37% — patient
Conviction +32 (bullish) — moderate
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 36.6% — wide
OI 43,691 — adequate
Volume 50/day — thin
$1.83 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 84% — much wider than sector
Depth 79.5 contracts (bid:45.7 ask:33.8) — thin
Avg slippage 11.91% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +3.8% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 86% — seller opportunity
IV kink 5.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 390.36 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
acceptable: Earnings in 12d
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +32% @ 67% consistency — moderate (bullish)
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.