BLD
BLD Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BLD Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 85.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.13x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 86% — above sector median
Front/Back 3.21x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 77.7% — normal range
Effective IV 214.4% (ATM 77.7% + spread 68.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 100.57% (spread 68.36% + slippage 32.21%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 68.36%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -66% (strong bearish) — Raw: -66%
|OI skew| 48.2% — put-heavy
Vol skew +52.3%, OI skew -48.2% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -18%, ATM: +67%, OTM: -76% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 40% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 4.9% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +3.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 73% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 32% — patient
Conviction -66 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 68.4% — wide
OI 4,779 — thin
Volume 235/day — thin
$3.42 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 91% — much wider than sector
Depth 6.1 contracts (bid:3.9 ask:2.2) — thin
Avg slippage 32.21% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +221.1% — backwardation
IV percentile 85% — seller opportunity
IV kink 98.1pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -66% @ 83% consistency — STRONG directional (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.