DVADaVita Inc.
DVA Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
DVA Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 76.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.52x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 82% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.73x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 37.1% — normal range
Effective IV 54.8% (ATM 37.1% + spread 8.9% + bias) — good value
Total drag 18.21% (spread 8.87% + slippage 9.34%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 19.33 (vega 17.149 / spread 8.87%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -43% (strong bearish) — Raw: -45%
|OI skew| 26.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +59.5%, OI skew +26.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +84%, ATM: +33%, OTM: -60% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 22% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +2.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 10% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 22% — mixed
Aggressive execution 52% — patient
Conviction -43 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 8.9% — wide
OI 69,923 — deep
Volume 514/day — adequate
$0.44 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 83% — much wider than sector
Depth 54.7 contracts (bid:30.3 ask:24.4) — thin
Avg slippage 9.34% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -26.6% — contango
IV percentile 77% — seller opportunity
IV kink -8.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 132.74 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -43% @ 71% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
Score 52 (ITM 20% + inst 22%) — 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.