APPApplovin Corporation Class A Common Stock
APP Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow and unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
APP Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 94.8% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.59x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 80% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.78x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 52.2% — normal range
Effective IV 70.5% (ATM 52.2% + spread 9.1% + bias) — fair
Total drag 13.47% (spread 9.13% + slippage 4.34%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 18.45 (vega 16.849 / spread 9.13%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +2% (neutral) — Raw: +4%
|OI skew| 13.4% — balanced
Vol skew +48.3%, OI skew +13.4% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +12%, ATM: +2%, OTM: +3% — neutral (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 14% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.6x avg — elevated
Vol/OI 21.8% — high turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +7.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 90% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 15% — mixed
Aggressive execution 19% — patient
Conviction +2 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.1% — wide
OI 363,429 — deep
Volume 79,111/day — active
$0.46 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 80% — much wider than sector
Depth 152.2 contracts (bid:75.8 ask:76.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 4.34% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -22.3% — contango
IV percentile 95% — seller opportunity
IV kink -8.7pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 27.61 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +2% @ 51% consistency — unclear
Score 45 (ITM 20% + inst 15%) — 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.