GPIXGoldman Sachs ETF Trust Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income ETF
GPIX Options Overview
IV is low. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
GPIX Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 3.0% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.52x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 5% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.80x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 10.7% — normal range
Effective IV 169.6% (ATM 10.7% + spread 79.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 99.60% (spread 79.45% + slippage 20.15%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 79.45%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -9% (neutral) — Raw: -9%
|OI skew| 35.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew -11.5%, OI skew +35.1% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: -9%, OTM: +0% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 89% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -15.7% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 60% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 33% — patient
Conviction -9 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 79.5% — wide
OI 1,412 — thin
Volume 52/day — thin
$3.97 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 29% — tighter than sector
Depth 19.900000000000002 contracts (bid:17.1 ask:2.8) — thin
Avg slippage 20.15% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -20.2% — contango
IV percentile 3% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -2.9pts — 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 -9% @ 54% 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.