AMEAmetek, Inc.
AME Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
AME Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 25.8% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 0.96x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 22% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.89x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 24.8% — normal range
Effective IV 52.8% (ATM 24.8% + spread 14.0% + bias) — good value
Total drag 22.45% (spread 14.00% + slippage 8.45%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 15.71 (vega 22.001 / spread 14.00%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -28% (bearish) — Raw: -33%
|OI skew| 52.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +75.2%, OI skew +52.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: -29%, OTM: -51% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 11% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.3% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +24.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 40% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 28% — mixed
Aggressive execution 40% — patient
Conviction -28 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 14.0% — wide
OI 15,560 — adequate
Volume 355/day — thin
$0.70 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 24% — tighter than sector
Depth 65.2 contracts (bid:24.6 ask:40.6) — thin
Avg slippage 8.45% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -10.9% — contango
IV percentile 26% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -1.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 174.61 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -28% @ 64% consistency — moderate (bearish)
Score 58 (ITM 20% + inst 28%) — 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.