DEAEasterly Government Properties, Inc.
DEA Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
DEA Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 20.6% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 0.76x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 14% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.63x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 19.9% — normal range
Effective IV 126.4% (ATM 19.9% + spread 53.2% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 65.36% (spread 53.25% + slippage 12.11%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.43 (vega 2.306 / spread 53.25%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +62% (strong bullish) — Raw: +62%
|OI skew| 47.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew -73.1%, OI skew +47.5% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: +36%, OTM: +100% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 92% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.3% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -4.6% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 59% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 17% — patient
Conviction +62 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 53.2% — wide
OI 3,983 — thin
Volume 52/day — thin
$2.66 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 61% — wider than sector
Depth 20.2 contracts (bid:6.5 ask:13.7) — thin
Avg slippage 12.11% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -36.9% — contango
IV percentile 21% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -6.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 213.48 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +62% @ 81% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
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.