MDBX
MDBX Options Overview
bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
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RISK ANALYSIS
MDBX Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 61.8% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.40x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 62% — above sector median
Front/Back 2.38x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 42.3% — normal range
Effective IV 301.6% (ATM 42.3% + spread 129.6% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 184.56% (spread 129.63% + slippage 54.93%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.14 (vega 1.849 / spread 129.63%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +98% (strong bullish) — Raw: +97%
|OI skew| 89.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +96.6%, OI skew +89.1% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +97%, OTM: +0% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 3% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 7.3% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +5.6% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 71% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 100% — highly urgent
Conviction +98 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 129.6% — wide
OI 811 — thin
Volume 59/day — thin
$6.48 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 75% — wider than sector
Depth 366.4 contracts (bid:333.7 ask:32.7) — adequate
Avg slippage 54.93% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +138.2% — backwardation
IV percentile 62% — neutral
IV kink 12.0pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 271.88 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +98% @ 99% consistency — STRONG directional (bullish)
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.