IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 0.2% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.20x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 0% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.95x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 19.0% — normal range
Effective IV 101.3% (ATM 19.0% + spread 41.2% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 60.54% (spread 41.16% + slippage 19.38%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 41.16%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -14% (bearish) — Raw: -20%
|OI skew| 69.4% — call-heavy
Vol skew +66.7%, OI skew +69.4% — aligned
0-DTE 50%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: -33%, OTM: +9% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 19% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.3% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +6.1% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 12% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 46% — patient
Conviction -14 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 41.2% — wide
OI 2,742 — thin
Volume 36/day — thin
$2.06 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 9% — much tighter than sector
Depth 40.0 contracts (bid:25.4 ask:14.6) — thin
Avg slippage 19.38% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -4.7% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 0% — buyer opportunity
IV kink 0.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: Earnings in 19d (low risk)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -14% @ 57% consistency — unclear
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.