DGROiShares Core Dividend Growth ETF
DGRO Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
DGRO Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 4.5% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.72x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 8% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.80x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 12.6% — normal range
Effective IV 63.4% (ATM 12.6% + spread 25.4% + bias) — good value
Total drag 35.62% (spread 25.41% + slippage 10.21%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 7.15 (vega 18.170 / spread 25.41%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -4% (neutral) — Raw: -4%
|OI skew| 47.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +67.6%, OI skew +47.1% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -100%, ATM: +5%, OTM: -100% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 9% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.0x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.3% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.9% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 10% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 20% — patient
Conviction -4 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 25.4% — wide
OI 26,361 — adequate
Volume 68/day — thin
$1.27 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 30% — tighter than sector
Depth 86.6 contracts (bid:29.9 ask:56.7) — thin
Avg slippage 10.21% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -20.1% — contango
IV percentile 4% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -2.5pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1593.88 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -4% @ 51% consistency — unclear
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.