
IV is elevated with bullish flow and unusual activity. Conditions favor premium sellers.
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 89.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.16x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 89% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.97x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 83.3% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 115.7% (ATM 83.3% + spread 16.2% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 24.48% (spread 16.19% + slippage 8.29%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.49 (vega 0.792 / spread 16.19%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -5% (neutral) — Raw: -3%
|OI skew| 66.2% — call-heavy
Vol skew +80.9%, OI skew +66.2% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -24%, ATM: +40%, OTM: -2% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 16% — very bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 1.2x avg — normal
Vol/OI 9.0% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +0.2% (5d) — stable
Sector activity percentile 91% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 36% — institutional presence
Aggressive execution 47% — patient
Conviction -5 (bearish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 16.2% — wide
OI 80,754 — deep
Volume 7,308/day — active
$0.81 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 93% — much wider than sector
Depth 591.6 contracts (bid:323.8 ask:267.8) — deep
Avg slippage 8.29% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -3.0% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 89% — seller opportunity
IV kink -2.3pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 45.51 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -5% @ 53% consistency — unclear
Score 66 (ITM 20% + inst 36%) — HIGH institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.