BMABanco Macro S.A.
BMA Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BMA Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 70.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.19x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 83% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.99x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 44.9% — normal range
Effective IV 148.1% (ATM 44.9% + spread 51.6% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 65.23% (spread 51.58% + slippage 13.65%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.38 (vega 7.122 / spread 51.58%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +75% (strong bullish) — Raw: +73%
|OI skew| 11.3% — balanced
Vol skew +71.9%, OI skew +11.3% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +73%, OTM: +73% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 8% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.4% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +1.1% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 14% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 25% — patient
Conviction +75 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 51.6% — wide
OI 18,185 — adequate
Volume 64/day — thin
$2.58 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 87% — much wider than sector
Depth 25.3 contracts (bid:11.3 ask:14.0) — thin
Avg slippage 13.65% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -1.4% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 70% — seller opportunity
IV kink -1.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 93.83 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +75% @ 87% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
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.