PGRProgressive Corporation
PGR Options Overview
IV is low. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
PGR Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 18.5% — cheap vs history
IV/HV 0.87x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 29% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.80x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 23.4% — normal range
Effective IV 55.5% (ATM 23.4% + spread 16.1% + bias) — good value
Total drag 24.87% (spread 16.05% + slippage 8.82%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 12.12 (vega 19.455 / spread 16.05%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -50% (strong bearish) — Raw: -44%
|OI skew| 1.7% — balanced
Vol skew +65.8%, OI skew +1.7% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +37%, ATM: -66%, OTM: -35% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 9% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.7x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.3% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +9.1% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 49% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 10% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 52% — patient
Conviction -50 (bearish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 16.1% — wide
OI 55,796 — deep
Volume 1,264/day — adequate
$0.80 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 30% — tighter than sector
Depth 39.3 contracts (bid:23.8 ask:15.5) — thin
Avg slippage 8.82% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -19.6% — contango
IV percentile 18% — buyer opportunity
IV kink -3.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 143.79 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -50% @ 75% consistency — STRONG directional (bearish)
Score 40 (ITM 20% + inst 10%) — moderate institutional
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.