IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 84.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.25x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 86% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.88x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 51.0% — normal range
Effective IV 83.4% (ATM 51.0% + spread 16.2% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 24.07% (spread 16.21% + slippage 7.86%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 45.30 (vega 73.426 / spread 16.21%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +4% (neutral) — Raw: +6%
|OI skew| 9.6% — balanced
Vol skew +13.2%, OI skew +9.6% — aligned
0-DTE 22%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +15%, ATM: +15%, OTM: +3% — bullish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 49% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 3.4% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +13.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 56% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 40% — patient
Conviction +4 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 16.2% — wide
OI 128,140 — deep
Volume 4,297/day — adequate
$0.81 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 86% — much wider than sector
Depth 72.0 contracts (bid:38.6 ask:33.4) — thin
Avg slippage 7.86% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -12.1% — contango
IV percentile 84% — seller opportunity
IV kink -9.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1253.01 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
acceptable: Earnings in 12d
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +4% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.