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 90.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.88x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 95% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.10x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 89.3% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 117.0% (ATM 89.3% + spread 13.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 16.64% (spread 13.83% + slippage 2.81%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.94 (vega 5.445 / spread 13.83%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -1% (neutral) — Raw: -3%
|OI skew| 14.7% — balanced
Vol skew +30.5%, OI skew +14.7% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +33%, ATM: -2%, OTM: -6% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 21% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 8.8% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -0.5% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 86% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 14% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 34% — patient
Conviction -1 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 13.8% — wide
OI 747,454 — deep
Volume 66,023/day — active
$0.69 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 96% — much wider than sector
Depth 527.0 contracts (bid:255.1 ask:271.9) — deep
Avg slippage 2.81% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +10.1% — backwardation
IV percentile 91% — seller opportunity
IV kink 8.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 22.50 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -1% @ 50% consistency — unclear
Score 44 (ITM 20% + inst 14%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.