FTVFortive Corporation
FTV Options Overview
bearish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
FTV Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 46.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.67x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 11% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.88x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 28.6% — normal range
Effective IV 332.6% (ATM 28.6% + spread 152.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 197.85% (spread 152.00% + slippage 45.85%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.86 (vega 13.099 / spread 152.00%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -79% (strong bearish) — Raw: -75%
|OI skew| 17.3% — put-heavy
Vol skew -55.6%, OI skew -17.3% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: -100%, OTM: +100% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 93% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.2% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +12.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 1% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 50% — patient
Conviction -79 (bearish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 152.0% — wide
OI 3,960 — thin
Volume 9/day — thin
$7.60 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 12% — much tighter than sector
Depth 21.5 contracts (bid:3.0 ask:18.5) — thin
Avg slippage 45.85% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -11.8% — contango
IV percentile 46% — neutral
IV kink -2.9pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 645.28 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -79% @ 86% consistency — STRONG directional (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.