IV is elevated with unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 89.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.08x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 94% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.02x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 87.9% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 110.9% (ATM 87.9% + spread 11.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 14.84% (spread 11.50% + slippage 3.34%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.96 (vega 4.554 / spread 11.50%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +8% (neutral) — Raw: +10%
|OI skew| 17.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew +19.5%, OI skew +17.3% — aligned
0-DTE 39%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +12%, ATM: +7%, OTM: +11% — bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 28% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.6x avg — normal
Vol/OI 7.2% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +8.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 82% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 22% — mixed
Aggressive execution 30% — patient
Conviction +8 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 11.5% — wide
OI 789,704 — deep
Volume 56,572/day — active
$0.58 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 95% — much wider than sector
Depth 568.9000000000001 contracts (bid:271.8 ask:297.1) — deep
Avg slippage 3.34% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +2.3% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 90% — seller opportunity
IV kink 2.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 15.81 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
acceptable: No earnings detected; FOMC in 5d
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +8% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 52 (ITM 20% + inst 22%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.