FROFrontline Plc
FRO Options Overview
IV is elevated with unusual activity. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
FRO Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 75.9% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.12x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 78% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.21x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 49.8% — normal range
Effective IV 80.6% (ATM 49.8% + spread 15.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 21.88% (spread 15.40% + slippage 6.48%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.56 (vega 3.938 / spread 15.40%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -39% (strong bearish) — Raw: -30%
|OI skew| 13.2% — balanced
Vol skew +68.9%, OI skew +13.2% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -51%, ATM: -6%, OTM: -27% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 28% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 3.0x avg — hot
Vol/OI 18.4% — high turnover
2 day(s) elevated — sustained
OI change +26.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 98% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 52% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 43% — patient
Conviction -39 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 15.4% — wide
OI 118,474 — deep
Volume 21,783/day — active
$0.77 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 86% — much wider than sector
Depth 307.7 contracts (bid:138.2 ask:169.5) — adequate
Avg slippage 6.48% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +21.4% — backwardation
IV percentile 76% — seller opportunity
IV kink 12.3pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 233.04 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -39% @ 69% consistency — moderate (bearish)
Score 82 (ITM 20% + inst 52%) — 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.