FFord Motor Company
F Options Overview
Mixed signals. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
F Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 58.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.91x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 41% — below sector median
Front/Back 1.02x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 35.0% — normal range
Effective IV 51.3% (ATM 35.0% + spread 8.1% + bias) — good value
Total drag 14.33% (spread 8.13% + slippage 6.20%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.46 (vega 2.811 / spread 8.13%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +4% (neutral) — Raw: +3%
|OI skew| 2.7% — balanced
Vol skew +33.5%, OI skew +2.7% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -25%, ATM: -8%, OTM: +14% — bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 26% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.9% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +2.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 40% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 32% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 69% — urgent
Conviction +4 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 8.1% — wide
OI 1,865,246 — deep
Volume 54,447/day — active
$0.41 to cross — cheap
3 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 42% — neutral vs sector
Depth 840.4 contracts (bid:466.4 ask:374.0) — deep
Avg slippage 6.20% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +2.5% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 58% — neutral
IV kink 1.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 493.14 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
HIGH RISK: FOMC in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +4% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 62 (ITM 20% + inst 32%) — 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 Sep 14, 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.