CRSPCRISPR Therapeutics AG
CRSP Options Overview
IV is elevated with unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
CRSP Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 82.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.93x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 58% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.95x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 58.6% — normal range
Effective IV 112.8% (ATM 58.6% + spread 27.1% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 36.52% (spread 27.11% + slippage 9.41%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.63 (vega 4.428 / spread 27.11%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -30% (bearish) — Raw: -24%
|OI skew| 30.0% — call-heavy
Vol skew +59.6%, OI skew +30.0% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -43%, ATM: +8%, OTM: -31% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 32% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.3x avg — normal
Vol/OI 7.9% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +15.5% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 89% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 20% — mixed
Aggressive execution 24% — patient
Conviction -30 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 27.1% — wide
OI 76,337 — deep
Volume 6,007/day — active
$1.36 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 82% — much wider than sector
Depth 78.2 contracts (bid:41.5 ask:36.7) — thin
Avg slippage 9.41% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -5.4% — contango
IV percentile 83% — seller opportunity
IV kink -2.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 52.84 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -30% @ 65% consistency — moderate (bearish)
Score 50 (ITM 20% + inst 20%) — moderate institutional
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.