HGERHarbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF
HGER Options Overview
IV is low. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
HGER Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 21.7% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.20x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 38% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.75x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 20.0% — normal range
Effective IV 293.0% (ATM 20.0% + spread 136.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 147.62% (spread 136.51% + slippage 11.11%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 136.51%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +41% (strong bullish) — Raw: +33%
|OI skew| 7.7% — balanced
Vol skew -33.3%, OI skew +7.7% — divergent (opposite)
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 1.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 12.2% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +100.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 86% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +41 (bullish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 136.5% — wide
OI 247 — thin
Volume 30/day — thin
$6.83 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 53% — neutral vs sector
Depth 174.5 contracts (bid:91.0 ask:83.5) — adequate
Avg slippage 11.11% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -25.2% — contango
IV percentile 22% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -5.5pts — 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 +41% @ 71% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
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.