ESK
ESK Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
ESK Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 94.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.77x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 95% — above sector median
Front/Back 3.63x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 108.0% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 113.3% (ATM 108.0% + spread 2.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 2.66% (spread 2.66% + slippage 0.00%) — acceptable
Vega efficiency 2.05 (vega 0.546 / spread 2.66%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
P/C 1.00 — balanced (buy/sell unknown)
|OI skew| 92.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew +0.0%, OI skew +92.3% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.0x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.0% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +0 (neutral) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 2.7% — acceptable
OI 52 — thin
Volume 0/day — thin
$0.13 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 96% — much wider than sector
Depth 0 contracts (bid:0 ask:0) — thin
Avg slippage 0.00% — excellent
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +263.2% — backwardation
IV percentile 95% — seller opportunity
IV kink 136.8pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 6.56 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
acceptable: No earnings detected; FOMC in 5d
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +0% @ 50% consistency — unclear
Score 60 (ITM 20% + inst 30%) — HIGH 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.