
CPCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
CP Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
CP Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 26.1% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.22x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 5% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.87x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 21.7% — normal range
Effective IV 86.7% (ATM 21.7% + spread 32.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 40.72% (spread 32.49% + slippage 8.23%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 6.84 (vega 22.235 / spread 32.49%) — acceptable
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +23% (bullish) — Raw: +24%
|OI skew| 52.6% — call-heavy
Vol skew +85.9%, OI skew +52.6% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: -1%, OTM: +48% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 11% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.8% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 32% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 42% — patient
Conviction +23 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 32.5% — wide
OI 31,095 — adequate
Volume 213/day — thin
$1.62 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 41% — neutral vs sector
Depth 138.4 contracts (bid:45.5 ask:92.9) — adequate
Avg slippage 8.23% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -12.7% — contango
IV percentile 26% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -2.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 983.84 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +23% @ 62% 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.