BABoeing Company
BA Options Overview
unusual activity. No clear edge detected.
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RISK ANALYSIS
BA Gamma Walls
BA Hedge Radar
Neither score is at an extreme today. Neither axis is a forecast — this is where BA sits on protection cost vs. fragility today.
Protection is priced in the cheap band (1.45) — near-dated vol is priced 22% below far-dated, and downside puts carry 0.3 IV points more than at-the-money, measured against this name's own rolling 19-trading-day realized moves (485 overlapping windows). Fragility reads neutral (5.62): it is trading 2% below its hedge wall on a wall graded HIGH for reliability, and its realized-vol regime is stable.
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 40.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.76x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 48% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.78x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 27.6% — normal range
Effective IV 42.4% (ATM 27.6% + spread 7.4% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 11.84% (spread 7.41% + slippage 4.43%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 26.34 (vega 19.514 / spread 7.41%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +13% (bullish) — Raw: +9%
|OI skew| 6.1% — balanced
Vol skew +20.8%, OI skew +6.1% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -10%, ATM: +6%, OTM: +13% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 49% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 11.8% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +9.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 92% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 23% — mixed
Aggressive execution 26% — patient
Conviction +13 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 7.4% — wide
OI 753,082 — deep
Volume 88,455/day — active
$0.37 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 49% — neutral vs sector
Depth 181.3 contracts (bid:84.6 ask:96.7) — adequate
Avg slippage 4.43% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -22.4% — contango
IV percentile 41% — neutral
IV kink -4.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 140.19 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +13% @ 56% consistency — unclear
Score 53 (ITM 20% + inst 23%) — 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.