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EA Options Overview
IV is low. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
EA Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 2.5% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 3.18x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 1% — below sector median
Front/Back 8.21x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 12.5% — normal range
Effective IV 63.6% (ATM 12.5% + spread 25.6% + bias) — good value
Total drag 58.75% (spread 25.57% + slippage 33.18%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.96 (vega 5.017 / spread 25.57%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +57% (strong bullish) — Raw: +57%
|OI skew| 24.0% — call-heavy
Vol skew -37.5%, OI skew +24.0% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +100%, ATM: +56%, OTM: +11% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 94% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 2.4x avg — hot
Vol/OI 4.5% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
3 day(s) elevated — sustained
OI change +6.0% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 19% — mixed
Aggressive execution 68% — urgent
Conviction +57 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 25.6% — wide
OI 138,131 — deep
Volume 6,239/day — active
$1.28 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 42% — neutral vs sector
Depth 76.2 contracts (bid:53.4 ask:22.8) — thin
Avg slippage 33.18% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +721.0% — backwardation
IV percentile 2% — buyer opportunity
IV kink 37.1pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 796.41 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +57% @ 78% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
Score 49 (ITM 20% + inst 19%) — 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.