OTISOtis Worldwide Corporation
OTIS Options Overview
IV is low. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
OTIS Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 15.9% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 1.18x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 11% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.67x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 23.7% — normal range
Effective IV 66.7% (ATM 23.7% + spread 21.5% + bias) — fair
Total drag 27.56% (spread 21.51% + slippage 6.05%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 3.22 (vega 6.930 / spread 21.51%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +19% (bullish) — Raw: +12%
|OI skew| 49.7% — call-heavy
Vol skew +7.0%, OI skew +49.7% — weak (same direction)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: -6%, OTM: +15% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 57% — bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.4x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.8% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +47.2% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 32% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 34% — patient
Conviction +19 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 21.5% — wide
OI 24,057 — adequate
Volume 430/day — thin
$1.08 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 17% — much tighter than sector
Depth 96.8 contracts (bid:38.3 ask:58.5) — thin
Avg slippage 6.05% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -32.7% — contango
IV percentile 16% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -6.7pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 176.33 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +19% @ 59% 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.