RAREUltragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.
RARE Options Overview
bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
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RISK ANALYSIS
RARE Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 50.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.00x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 50% — below sector median
Front/Back 1.02x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.00x — normal
ATM IV 0.0% — normal range
Effective IV 43.8% (ATM 0.0% + spread 21.9% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 45.14% (spread 21.91% + slippage 23.23%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 21.91%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +33% (strong bullish) — Raw: +48%
|OI skew| 32.8% — put-heavy
Vol skew +64.0%, OI skew -32.8% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +47%, ATM: -65%, OTM: +49% — neutral (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 29% — very bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.8% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +6.3% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 53% — neutral vs sector
Large trade volume 9% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 60% — urgent
Conviction +33 (bullish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 21.9% — wide
OI 119,933 — deep
Volume 2,219/day — adequate
$1.10 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 0% — much tighter than sector
Depth 85.7 contracts (bid:51.1 ask:34.6) — thin
Avg slippage 23.23% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +2.4% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 50% — neutral
IV kink -25.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +33% @ 66% consistency — moderate (bullish)
Score 39 (ITM 20% + inst 9%) — retail dominated
Directional Strategy Fit
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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.