AMLXAmylyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock
AMLX Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
AMLX Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 85.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.34x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 65% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.92x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 63.6% — normal range
Effective IV 124.8% (ATM 63.6% + spread 30.6% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 40.77% (spread 30.60% + slippage 10.17%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.47 (vega 7.568 / spread 30.60%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -55% (strong bearish) — Raw: -28%
|OI skew| 5.5% — balanced
Vol skew -2.7%, OI skew -5.5% — weak (same direction)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -88%, ATM: -34%, OTM: +31% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 76% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.2% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.7% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 60% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 43% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 37% — patient
Conviction -55 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 30.6% — wide
OI 61,779 — deep
Volume 1,383/day — adequate
$1.53 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 85% — much wider than sector
Depth 87.5 contracts (bid:41.7 ask:45.8) — thin
Avg slippage 10.17% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -8.5% — contango
IV percentile 86% — seller opportunity
IV kink -5.3pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 292.20 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -55% @ 78% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
Score 73 (ITM 20% + inst 43%) — HIGH 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.