
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 92.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.17x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 79% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.18x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 93.3% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 102.6% (ATM 93.3% + spread 4.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 6.66% (spread 4.66% + slippage 2.00%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 30.89 (vega 14.394 / spread 4.66%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -17% (bearish) — Raw: -10%
|OI skew| 12.9% — balanced
Vol skew +47.9%, OI skew +12.9% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +11%, ATM: -10%, OTM: -11% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 49% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 9.7% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -1.8% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 87% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 29% — mixed
Aggressive execution 44% — patient
Conviction -17 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 4.7% — acceptable
OI 1,982,727 — deep
Volume 193,008/day — active
$0.23 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 88% — much wider than sector
Depth 227.2 contracts (bid:119.9 ask:107.3) — adequate
Avg slippage 2.00% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +17.9% — backwardation
IV percentile 92% — seller opportunity
IV kink 16.1pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 101.44 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -17% @ 58% consistency — unclear
Score 59 (ITM 20% + inst 29%) — moderate institutional
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