CARTMaplebear Inc. Common Stock
CART Options Overview
Mixed signals. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
CART Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 59.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.78x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 42% — below sector median
Front/Back 1.01x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 37.5% — normal range
Effective IV 69.0% (ATM 37.5% + spread 15.8% + bias) — fair
Total drag 19.16% (spread 15.75% + slippage 3.41%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 15.75%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -41% (strong bearish) — Raw: -41%
|OI skew| 40.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew +27.4%, OI skew +40.8% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -2%, ATM: -27%, OTM: -49% — bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 41% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.0% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +24.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 61% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 66% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 28% — patient
Conviction -41 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 15.8% — wide
OI 105,443 — deep
Volume 3,145/day — adequate
$0.79 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 68% — wider than sector
Depth 160.8 contracts (bid:91.7 ask:69.1) — adequate
Avg slippage 3.41% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +0.7% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 60% — neutral
IV kink 1.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -41% @ 70% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
Score 96 (ITM 20% + inst 66%) — 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.