KOCoca-Cola Company
KO Options Overview
IV is low. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
KO Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 2.2% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.27x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 0% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.90x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 20.1% — normal range
Effective IV 30.7% (ATM 20.1% + spread 5.3% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 8.98% (spread 5.29% + slippage 3.69%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 13.15 (vega 6.955 / spread 5.29%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -14% (bearish) — Raw: -8%
|OI skew| 10.9% — balanced
Vol skew +20.3%, OI skew +10.9% — aligned
0-DTE 18%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -0%, ATM: +1%, OTM: -15% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 34% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 4.8% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.1% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 63% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 30% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 45% — patient
Conviction -14 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 5.3% — wide
OI 719,999 — deep
Volume 34,585/day — active
$0.26 to cross — cheap
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 9% — much tighter than sector
Depth 302.9 contracts (bid:142.6 ask:160.3) — adequate
Avg slippage 3.69% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -10.4% — contango
IV percentile 2% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -1.2pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 222.20 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: FOMC in 5d; CPI in 0d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -14% @ 57% consistency — unclear
Score 60 (ITM 20% + inst 30%) — HIGH institutional
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 Sep 14, 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.