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 94.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.91x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 86% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.97x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 106.1% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 124.8% (ATM 106.1% + spread 9.3% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 13.85% (spread 9.35% + slippage 4.50%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 4.90 (vega 4.578 / spread 9.35%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +14% (bullish) — Raw: +17%
|OI skew| 33.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew +41.1%, OI skew +33.9% — aligned
0-DTE 48%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +6%, ATM: +9%, OTM: +22% — neutral (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 8.6% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +10.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 84% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 20% — mixed
Aggressive execution 46% — patient
Conviction +14 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.3% — wide
OI 864,178 — deep
Volume 74,661/day — active
$0.47 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 92% — much wider than sector
Depth 466.3 contracts (bid:261.0 ask:205.3) — adequate
Avg slippage 4.50% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -2.9% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 94% — seller opportunity
IV kink -2.3pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 56.24 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
acceptable: FOMC in 5d
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +14% @ 57% consistency — unclear
Score 50 (ITM 20% + inst 20%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.