BIDUBaidu, Inc.
BIDU Options Overview
bullish flow with unusual activity. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BIDU Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 63.9% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.74x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 50% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.98x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 41.7% — normal range
Effective IV 56.6% (ATM 41.7% + spread 7.5% + bias) — good value
Total drag 11.98% (spread 7.45% + slippage 4.53%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 10.44 (vega 7.780 / spread 7.45%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +28% (bullish) — Raw: +15%
|OI skew| 28.9% — call-heavy
Vol skew +36.9%, OI skew +28.9% — aligned
0-DTE 17%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +60%, ATM: -6%, OTM: +6% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 36% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 7.4% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -6.5% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 85% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 49% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 31% — patient
Conviction +28 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 7.5% — wide
OI 492,738 — deep
Volume 36,349/day — active
$0.37 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 78% — wider than sector
Depth 152.2 contracts (bid:83.7 ask:68.5) — adequate
Avg slippage 4.53% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -1.8% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 64% — neutral
IV kink 1.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 79.14 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +28% @ 64% consistency — moderate (bullish)
Score 79 (ITM 20% + inst 49%) — HIGH 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.