IV is elevated with bullish flow and unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 95.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.06x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 97% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.31x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 108.3% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 136.3% (ATM 108.3% + spread 14.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 19.30% (spread 14.01% + slippage 5.29%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.54 (vega 3.560 / spread 14.01%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +34% (strong bullish) — Raw: +27%
|OI skew| 33.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +83.2%, OI skew +33.1% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +30%, ATM: +35%, OTM: +22% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 6% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 3.7x avg — hot
Vol/OI 29.3% — high turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
3 day(s) elevated — sustained
OI change +21.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 97% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 47% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 51% — patient
Conviction +34 (bullish) — moderate
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 14.0% — wide
OI 390,327 — deep
Volume 114,572/day — active
$0.70 to cross — expensive
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 97% — much wider than sector
Depth 354.20000000000005 contracts (bid:214.3 ask:139.9) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.29% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +31.1% — backwardation
IV percentile 95% — seller opportunity
IV kink 25.0pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 64.14 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +34% @ 67% consistency — moderate (bullish)
Score 77 (ITM 20% + inst 47%) — HIGH institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.