CASYCasey's General Stores Inc
CASY Options Overview
unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
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RISK ANALYSIS
CASY Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 63.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.16x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 51% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.28x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 39.9% — normal range
Effective IV 64.7% (ATM 39.9% + spread 12.4% + bias) — good value
Total drag 15.70% (spread 12.42% + slippage 3.28%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 58.24 (vega 72.330 / spread 12.42%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +9% (neutral) — Raw: +7%
|OI skew| 0.3% — balanced
Vol skew -4.5%, OI skew -0.3% — weak (same direction)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +32%, ATM: -11%, OTM: +10% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 74% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 12.0% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +31.2% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 93% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 19% — patient
Conviction +9 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 12.4% — wide
OI 6,125 — thin
Volume 735/day — adequate
$0.62 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 73% — wider than sector
Depth 13.600000000000001 contracts (bid:7.7 ask:5.9) — thin
Avg slippage 3.28% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +28.1% — backwardation
IV percentile 63% — neutral
IV kink 9.3pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 84.70 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
acceptable: Earnings in 8d
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +9% @ 54% consistency — unclear
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.