
BCCBoise Cascade Company
BCC Options Overview
bearish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BCC Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 63.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.94x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 36% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.99x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 40.1% — normal range
Effective IV 124.6% (ATM 40.1% + spread 42.2% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 53.78% (spread 42.23% + slippage 11.55%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.74 (vega 7.356 / spread 42.23%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +20% (bullish) — Raw: +12%
|OI skew| 14.4% — balanced
Vol skew -84.6%, OI skew -14.4% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +65%, OTM: +0% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 97% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 9.5% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +5.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 93% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 81% — highly urgent
Conviction +20 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 42.2% — wide
OI 1,234 — thin
Volume 117/day — thin
$2.11 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 65% — wider than sector
Depth 54.1 contracts (bid:34.5 ask:19.6) — thin
Avg slippage 11.55% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -1.5% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 64% — neutral
IV kink -0.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 131.35 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +20% @ 60% consistency — unclear
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.