
BELFBBel Fuse Inc
BELFB Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BELFB Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 78.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.95x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 47% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.80x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 52.4% — normal range
Effective IV 117.6% (ATM 52.4% + spread 32.6% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 40.78% (spread 32.61% + slippage 8.17%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 11.12 (vega 36.249 / spread 32.61%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +20% (bullish) — Raw: +25%
|OI skew| 67.6% — call-heavy
Vol skew +66.7%, OI skew +67.6% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: +50% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 27% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -0.9% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 19% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 33% — patient
Conviction +20 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 32.6% — wide
OI 1,736 — thin
Volume 12/day — thin
$1.63 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 68% — wider than sector
Depth 6.3 contracts (bid:3.5 ask:2.8) — thin
Avg slippage 8.17% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -20.3% — contango
IV percentile 78% — seller opportunity
IV kink -9.0pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 176.65 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +20% @ 57% 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.