
POWLPowell Industries Inc
POWL Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
POWL Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 84.9% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.44x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 90% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.88x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 66.2% — normal range
Effective IV 110.2% (ATM 66.2% + spread 22.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 33.13% (spread 21.98% + slippage 11.15%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 23.19 (vega 50.977 / spread 21.98%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -22% (bearish) — Raw: -26%
|OI skew| 46.5% — call-heavy
Vol skew +54.1%, OI skew +46.5% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -100%, ATM: -71%, OTM: -18% — strong bearish (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 33% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.2x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.0% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -19.4% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 38% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 23% — patient
Conviction -22 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 22.0% — wide
OI 27,566 — adequate
Volume 279/day — thin
$1.10 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 94% — much wider than sector
Depth 32.4 contracts (bid:17.7 ask:14.7) — thin
Avg slippage 11.15% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -11.6% — contango
IV percentile 85% — seller opportunity
IV kink -5.1pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 470.26 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -22% @ 61% consistency — unclear
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
Directional Strategy Fit
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