IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 83.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.83x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 55% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.01x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 50.0% — normal range
Effective IV 69.0% (ATM 50.0% + spread 9.5% + bias) — fair
Total drag 15.39% (spread 9.51% + slippage 5.88%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 230.71 (vega 219.401 / spread 9.51%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +1% (neutral) — Raw: +1%
|OI skew| 7.4% — balanced
Vol skew +14.9%, OI skew +7.4% — aligned
0-DTE 53%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +21%, ATM: -16%, OTM: +10% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 64% — bearish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.0x avg — normal
Vol/OI 10.5% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +8.5% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 72% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 9% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 29% — patient
Conviction +1 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 9.5% — wide
OI 418,635 — deep
Volume 43,790/day — active
$0.48 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 56% — neutral vs sector
Depth 134.7 contracts (bid:56.3 ask:78.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.88% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +1.2% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 83% — seller opportunity
IV kink 0.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 2557.12 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +1% @ 50% consistency — unclear
Score 39 (ITM 20% + inst 9%) — retail dominated
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.