BONDPIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund
BOND Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
BOND Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 0.9% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.06x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 1% — below sector median
Front/Back 1.85x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 5.5% — normal range
Effective IV 138.8% (ATM 5.5% + spread 66.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 86.67% (spread 66.67% + slippage 20.00%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 66.67%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +100% (strong bullish) — Raw: +100%
|OI skew| 78.6% — call-heavy
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew +78.6% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +100%, OTM: +0% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 2.1x avg — hot
Vol/OI 10.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +21.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 89% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +100 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 66.7% — wide
OI 196 — thin
Volume 21/day — thin
$3.33 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 37% — tighter than sector
Depth 45.0 contracts (bid:32.0 ask:13.0) — thin
Avg slippage 20.00% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +84.7% — backwardation
IV percentile 1% — buyer opportunity
IV kink 5.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +100% @ 100% 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.