MEG
MEG Options Overview
IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
MEG Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 91.4% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 2.44x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 90% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.77x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 88.5% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 314.6% (ATM 88.5% + spread 113.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 164.36% (spread 113.04% + slippage 51.32%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.15 (vega 1.726 / spread 113.04%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +100% (strong bullish) — Raw: +100%
|OI skew| 49.6% — put-heavy
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew -49.6% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +100%, OTM: +0% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.1x avg — normal
Vol/OI 0.2% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.5% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 9% — quiet vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 50% — patient
Conviction +100 (bullish) — strong conviction
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 113.0% — wide
OI 2,721 — thin
Volume 6/day — thin
$5.65 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 94% — much wider than sector
Depth 244.5 contracts (bid:213.0 ask:31.5) — adequate
Avg slippage 51.32% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +76.9% — backwardation
IV percentile 91% — seller opportunity
IV kink 47.4pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 21.28 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +100% @ 100% 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.