DVYiShares Select Dividend ETF
DVY Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
DVY Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 5.5% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.49x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 10% — below sector median
Front/Back 1.05x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 13.3% — normal range
Effective IV 75.1% (ATM 13.3% + spread 30.9% + bias) — fair
Total drag 39.27% (spread 30.91% + slippage 8.36%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 11.27 (vega 34.844 / spread 30.91%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +77% (strong bullish) — Raw: +77%
|OI skew| 50.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew +90.7%, OI skew +50.3% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: +78%, OTM: +41% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 3% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.2x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.8% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -14.0% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 41% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 63% — urgent
Conviction +77 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 30.9% — wide
OI 16,498 — adequate
Volume 302/day — thin
$1.55 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 32% — tighter than sector
Depth 48.7 contracts (bid:19.7 ask:29.0) — thin
Avg slippage 8.36% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +5.0% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 6% — buyer opportunity
IV kink 1.3pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1759.81 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +77% @ 88% 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.