ERIEErie Indemnity Co
ERIE Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
ERIE Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 75.5% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.07x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 92% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.93x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 36.8% — normal range
Effective IV 216.4% (ATM 36.8% + spread 89.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 113.88% (spread 89.80% + slippage 24.08%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.76 (vega 24.828 / spread 89.80%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -28% (bearish) — Raw: -25%
|OI skew| 73.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew -25.0%, OI skew +73.3% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +0%, OTM: -25% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 85% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.3% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +25.5% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 12% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 38% — patient
Conviction -28 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 89.8% — wide
OI 2,451 — thin
Volume 8/day — thin
$4.49 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 93% — much wider than sector
Depth 13.0 contracts (bid:6.2 ask:6.8) — thin
Avg slippage 24.08% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -6.7% — contango
IV percentile 76% — seller opportunity
IV kink -2.7pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 112.75 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -28% @ 60% consistency — moderate (bearish)
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.