
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 94.8% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.72x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 89% — above sector median
Front/Back 1.03x — flat
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 107.6% — crisis-level IV
Effective IV 135.7% (ATM 107.6% + spread 14.0% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 20.43% (spread 14.04% + slippage 6.39%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.37 (vega 0.520 / spread 14.04%) — spread drag
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +6% (neutral) — Raw: -4%
|OI skew| 38.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +55.8%, OI skew +38.1% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +21%, ATM: -2%, OTM: -8% — bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 43% — bullish vs sector
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 8.2% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -7.2% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 83% — very active vs sector
Large trade volume 28% — mixed
Aggressive execution 50% — patient
Conviction +6 (bullish) — mixed
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 14.0% — wide
OI 265,904 — deep
Volume 21,782/day — active
$0.70 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 94% — much wider than sector
Depth 742.8 contracts (bid:391.0 ask:351.8) — deep
Avg slippage 6.39% — poor
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +3.0% — flat/unclear
IV percentile 95% — seller opportunity
IV kink 4.8pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 6.59 — favors income trades
3 liquid expirations — flexible
caution advised: No earnings detected; CPI in 1d (HIGH)
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +6% @ 53% consistency — unclear
Score 58 (ITM 20% + inst 28%) — moderate institutional
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.