IV is elevated with bullish flow. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 89.7% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.02x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 72% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.96x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 85.1% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 134.1% (ATM 85.1% + spread 24.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 32.86% (spread 24.49% + slippage 8.37%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 2.61 (vega 6.396 / spread 24.49%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +20% (bullish) — Raw: +2%
|OI skew| 4.2% — balanced
Vol skew +62.7%, OI skew +4.2% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +44%, ATM: -4%, OTM: -1% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 37% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.8x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.5% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +4.8% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 45% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 34% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 30% — patient
Conviction +20 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 24.5% — wide
OI 147,202 — deep
Volume 3,687/day — adequate
$1.22 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 84% — much wider than sector
Depth 986.6 contracts (bid:541.1 ask:445.5) — deep
Avg slippage 8.37% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -4.1% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 90% — seller opportunity
IV kink 0.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1254.20 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +20% @ 60% consistency — unclear
Score 64 (ITM 20% + inst 34%) — HIGH institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.