
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 95.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.07x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 91% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.15x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 109.1% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 122.6% (ATM 109.1% + spread 6.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 10.22% (spread 6.74% + slippage 3.48%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 33.17 (vega 22.355 / spread 6.74%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +4% (neutral) — Raw: +2%
|OI skew| 12.0% — balanced
Vol skew +35.5%, OI skew +12.0% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +14%, ATM: -5%, OTM: +4% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 58% — bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 12.4% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -7.4% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 92% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 5% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 43% — patient
Conviction +4 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 6.7% — wide
OI 231,025 — deep
Volume 28,680/day — active
$0.34 to cross — cheap
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 95% — much wider than sector
Depth 83.19999999999999 contracts (bid:48.9 ask:34.3) — thin
Avg slippage 3.48% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +15.0% — backwardation
IV percentile 95% — seller opportunity
IV kink 13.5pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 43.48 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +4% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 35 (ITM 20% + inst 5%) — retail dominated
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.