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AMG Options Overview
Mixed signals. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
AMG Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 57.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.43x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 75% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.86x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 36.3% — normal range
Effective IV 103.2% (ATM 36.3% + spread 33.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 51.33% (spread 33.45% + slippage 17.88%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 10.56 (vega 35.314 / spread 33.45%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +50% (strong bullish) — Raw: +60%
|OI skew| 19.4% — call-heavy
Vol skew +9.1%, OI skew +19.4% — weak (same direction)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: +60% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 25% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.2x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.4% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +30.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 15% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 55% — patient
Conviction +50 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 33.5% — wide
OI 2,790 — thin
Volume 11/day — thin
$1.67 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 81% — much wider than sector
Depth 5.300000000000001 contracts (bid:3.1 ask:2.2) — thin
Avg slippage 17.88% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -14.5% — contango
IV percentile 58% — neutral
IV kink -4.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 120.03 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +50% @ 75% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
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.