LABXTradr 2X Long ALAB Daily ETF
LABX Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
LABX Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 99.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.98x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 99% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.95x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 156.8% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 227.6% (ATM 156.8% + spread 35.4% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 43.28% (spread 35.41% + slippage 7.87%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.76 (vega 2.708 / spread 35.41%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -34% (strong bearish) — Raw: -35%
|OI skew| 32.3% — call-heavy
Vol skew +55.8%, OI skew +32.3% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -25%, ATM: +100%, OTM: -50% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 23% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.6% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +18.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 24% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 24% — patient
Conviction -34 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 35.4% — wide
OI 16,586 — adequate
Volume 104/day — thin
$1.77 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 100% — much wider than sector
Depth 417.5 contracts (bid:204.1 ask:213.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 7.87% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -5.3% — contango
IV percentile 99% — seller opportunity
IV kink -6.3pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 255.47 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -34% @ 67% consistency — moderate (bearish)
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.