
bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 50.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.00x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 50% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.94x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.00x — normal
ATM IV 0.0% — normal range
Effective IV 66.7% (ATM 0.0% + spread 33.3% + bias) — fair
Total drag 40.40% (spread 33.34% + slippage 7.06%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 33.34%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +8% (neutral) — Raw: -3%
|OI skew| 54.0% — call-heavy
Vol skew +46.9%, OI skew +54.0% — aligned
0-DTE 23%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -41%, ATM: +13%, OTM: +10% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 47% — neutral vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.1% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +3.1% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 64% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 52% — heavy institutional
Aggressive execution 9% — patient
Conviction +8 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 33.3% — wide
OI 625,914 — deep
Volume 13,131/day — active
$1.67 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 0% — much tighter than sector
Depth 1,295.6 contracts (bid:1,070.3 ask:225.3) — deep
Avg slippage 7.06% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -6.0% — contango
IV percentile 50% — neutral
IV kink -6.6pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
4 liquid expirations — flexible
acceptable: No earnings detected; FOMC in 5d
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +8% @ 54% consistency — unclear
Score 82 (ITM 20% + inst 52%) — HIGH institutional
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