GOLDGold.com, Inc.
GOLD Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
GOLD Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 83.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.15x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 90% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.12x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 59.5% — normal range
Effective IV 100.8% (ATM 59.5% + spread 20.7% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 25.77% (spread 20.67% + slippage 5.10%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.16 (vega 6.538 / spread 20.67%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +6% (neutral) — Raw: +4%
|OI skew| 46.6% — call-heavy
Vol skew +34.7%, OI skew +46.6% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +4%, ATM: -58%, OTM: +29% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 19% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +8.4% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 42% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 21% — patient
Conviction +6 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 20.7% — wide
OI 11,360 — adequate
Volume 190/day — thin
$1.03 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 93% — much wider than sector
Depth 106.9 contracts (bid:50.7 ask:56.2) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.10% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +11.7% — backwardation
IV percentile 83% — seller opportunity
IV kink 6.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 143.07 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
HIGH RISK: Earnings in 2d (HIGH RISK)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +6% @ 53% 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.