AVEMAvantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF
AVEM Options Overview
IV is low. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
AVEM Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 26.4% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.21x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 44% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.85x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 21.8% — normal range
Effective IV 142.9% (ATM 21.8% + spread 60.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 87.52% (spread 60.54% + slippage 26.98%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 4.21 (vega 25.513 / spread 60.54%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -28% (bearish) — Raw: -33%
|OI skew| 79.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +0.0%, OI skew +79.5% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: -100% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 27% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.3% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +5.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 67% — urgent
Conviction -28 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 60.5% — wide
OI 176 — thin
Volume 4/day — thin
$3.03 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 58% — neutral vs sector
Depth 37.0 contracts (bid:10.0 ask:27.0) — thin
Avg slippage 26.98% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -15.1% — contango
IV percentile 26% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -2.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1238.48 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -28% @ 67% consistency — moderate (bearish)
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
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.