IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 86.6% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.14x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 58% — above sector median
Front/Back 2.27x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 58.4% — normal range
Effective IV 63.3% (ATM 58.4% + spread 2.5% + bias) — good value
Total drag 5.82% (spread 2.45% + slippage 3.37%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 228.12 (vega 55.888 / spread 2.45%) — efficient
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -3% (neutral) — Raw: -3%
|OI skew| 33.8% — call-heavy
Vol skew +28.2%, OI skew +33.8% — aligned
0-DTE 51%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +3%, ATM: -7%, OTM: -2% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 40% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 14.8% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +3.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 78% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 18% — mixed
Aggressive execution 37% — patient
Conviction -3 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 2.5% — acceptable
OI 2,913,085 — deep
Volume 430,803/day — active
$0.12 to cross — cheap
15 liquid strikes — good coverage
Sector spread percentile 60% — neutral vs sector
Depth 89.6 contracts (bid:39.1 ask:50.5) — thin
Avg slippage 3.37% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +127.3% — backwardation
IV percentile 87% — seller opportunity
IV kink 45.5pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 56.89 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -3% @ 52% consistency — unclear
Score 48 (ITM 20% + inst 18%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.