FHLCFidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF
FHLC Options Overview
IV is low with bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
FHLC Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 15.7% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 0.99x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 28% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.89x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 17.6% — normal range
Effective IV 244.1% (ATM 17.6% + spread 113.3% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 120.17% (spread 113.27% + slippage 6.90%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 113.27%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -6% (neutral) — Raw: -14%
|OI skew| 53.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew +53.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +50%, OTM: -100% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.2% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +3.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction -6 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 113.3% — wide
OI 314 — thin
Volume 7/day — thin
$5.66 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 46% — neutral vs sector
Depth 257.6 contracts (bid:192.0 ask:65.6) — adequate
Avg slippage 6.90% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -10.9% — contango
IV percentile 16% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -1.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -6% @ 57% consistency — unclear
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.