LC
LC Options Overview
bullish flow. No clear edge detected.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
LC Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 63.2% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.21x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 67% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.88x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 66.9% — normal range
Effective IV 108.5% (ATM 66.9% + spread 20.8% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 26.19% (spread 20.81% + slippage 5.38%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 1.02 (vega 2.130 / spread 20.81%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -4% (neutral) — Raw: -4%
|OI skew| 35.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew +67.0%, OI skew +35.8% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +28%, ATM: -49%, OTM: -27% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 15% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.0% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +9.7% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 32% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 13% — patient
Conviction -4 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 20.8% — wide
OI 21,578 — adequate
Volume 424/day — thin
$1.04 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 73% — wider than sector
Depth 432.79999999999995 contracts (bid:261.4 ask:171.4) — adequate
Avg slippage 5.38% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -12.0% — contango
IV percentile 63% — neutral
IV kink -8.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 109.77 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -4% @ 52% consistency — unclear
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.