IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 93.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.80x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 84% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.11x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 102.7% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 118.5% (ATM 102.7% + spread 7.9% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 13.24% (spread 7.90% + slippage 5.34%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 180.68 (vega 142.738 / spread 7.90%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +8% (neutral) — Raw: +11%
|OI skew| 10.0% — balanced
Vol skew +10.3%, OI skew -10.0% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 45%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -5%, ATM: +16%, OTM: +12% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 70% — bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 7.4% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +7.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 80% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 12% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 30% — patient
Conviction +8 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 7.9% — wide
OI 951,332 — deep
Volume 69,991/day — active
$0.40 to cross — cheap
3 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 90% — much wider than sector
Depth 106.8 contracts (bid:43.5 ask:63.3) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.34% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +11.3% — backwardation
IV percentile 93% — seller opportunity
IV kink 7.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1211.70 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
acceptable: FOMC in 5d
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +8% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 42 (ITM 20% + inst 12%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.